2007 championship odds

[JohnMickish]

Here is some more useless info that I thought we could find amussing. It's interesting to see where they have some people ranked, and who isn't ranked at all.

Odds to win 2007 Nextel Cup championship

By Covers. com staff

Thu, Dec 28, 2006

Futures odds to win the 2007 Nextel Cup championship

1 Tony Stewart +502

2 Jimmie Johnson +509

3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. +820

4 Matt Kenseth +925

5 Jeff Gordon +925

6 Kevin Harvick +1243

7 Kasey Kahne +1243

8 Denny Hamlin +1350

9 Carl Edwards +1350

10 Kyle Busch +1700

11 Kurt Busch +2000

12 Jeff Burton +2300

13 Greg Biffle +2121

14 Clint Bowyer +3000

15 Ryan Newan +3000

16 Brian Vickers +3000

17 Juan Pablo Montoya +7500

18 The Field +1500

[harvey lee]

Looks to me like they have the line up right. Only one thats a little to high up in the rankings is Gordon. I say he is about a 2000/1 chance. Lets just say he wont.

[LMITOUT]

Here were the odds for 2006 for retrospective.

"current" means 5/23/2006

Open Current

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TONY STEWART 4-1 7-2

JIMMIE JOHNSON 5-1 7-2

JEFF GORDON 5-1 5-1

GREG BIFFLE 7-1 7-1

CARL EDWARDS 8-1 8-1

DALE EARNHARDT JR 8-1 12-1

MATT KENSETH 12-1 5-1

RYAN NEWMAN 15-1 10-1

JAMIE McMURRAY 18-1 18-1

KURT BUSCH 18-1 18-1

MARK MARTIN 15-1 10-1

KYLE BUSCH 22-1 12-1

KYLE HARVICK 25-1 15-1

KASEY KAHNE 25-1 8-1

MARTIN TRUEX JR 35-1 25-1

ELLIOTT SANDLER 25-1 25-1

BRIAN VICKERS 40-1 40-1

JEREMY MAYFIELD 50-1 50-1

DENNY HAMLIN 50-1 50-1

DALE JARRETT 60-1 60-1

FIELD (ALL OTHERS) 18-1 18-1

[JohnMickish]

Pretty far off, weren't they. I'm thinking maybe we should do our own before the season starts to see if we could get any closer.

[harvey lee]

Mine will be

Stewart

Jr

Johnson

Harvick

Kenseth.

Thats my top five.

[PierBridge]

Obviously Johnson should be the favorite.

1.Johnson

2.Stewart

3.Gordon

4.Kenseth

5.Kayne

Long shots.

Harvick, Jr.

[Sifty]

O.K. guy's here are my best five.

Stewart

Johnson

Gordon

Kahne

Harvick

Sifty

[lawdog]

Gordon

Stewart

Kahne

Kenseth

Hamlin

[wally20]

STEWART

Kahne

Johnson

Harvick

Kenseth

I think with COT it will be intresting, some guys could hardly drive their regular car last year Look for the dirt trackers and sprinters to do well. Example--Stewart