NASCAR betting guide

NASCAR is the by far the most popular motor-sport in North America. National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family business venture which has been established in 1948. While not really popular in Europe, NASCAR is now “the numero uno” spectator sport in the United States, behind professional football. It is also the second rated regular-season sport on television. In the eyes of many experts NASCAR is now the fourth most popular sport in the USA, in front of the NHL.

Stock car racing started as a rural southern sport, unofficially during the Prohibition Era of the 1920′s. More than two decades later, NASCAR organization was officially born and the sport quickly spread all over the United States. The turning point on NASCAR's popularity came in the 1980s when ESPN began televising races nationwide. Today, each Sunday in the US, around 100,000 NASCAR fans show up by the

racetrack to watch their favorite NASCAR drivers, while millions of fans across the nation take part in the ritual of watching the race on TV. The atmosphere on the NASCAR race track is unforgettable. The wild roar of the crowd mixes with the rumble of the motors. Cars bunched up together, without much room to move around, but despite such conditions able to approach 200 miles per hour.

Contacts and collisions among cars are very frequent. Instead of the "polite" outside or inside passing, NASCAR drivers often prefer the bump-and-pass move which basically involves nudging the car up in front to move it up the track. Serious accidents with cars going airborne are also something of a commonplace in NASCAR. Until recently when new safety measures have been integrated, fatal accidents happened once or twice a year with the Daytona International Speedway being the most notorious track.

• NASCAR Sprint Cup Series betting (Sprint Cup, Cup Series). 36-races season divided into two parts: Chase for the Champions (26 races) and Champions stage (10 races with the top 12 highest ranked drivers). Time: on a weekly basis throughout the season.
• NASCAR Camping World Truck Series betting. Pickup truck racing. Time: on a weekly basis throughout the season.

• NASCAR Nationwide Series betting (NASCAR's lower circuit). Frequently held in the same venue as, and a day prior to, the Sprint Cup race scheduled for that weekend. Time: on a weekly basis throughout the season.
• The most famous and prestigious NASCAR race is without any doubt the Daytona 500, also known as “The Great American Race,” which takes place at Daytona International Speedway each February. The race is organised since 1959 and covers the enormous distance of 500 miles which is 200 laps!

• Create Multiple Betting Accounts
  When you have a couple of betting accounts you will always have the most competitive betting lines. With multiple accounts you can also go for sure bets.
• Take Keen Interest into NASCAR
  Watch the qualifying session and listen to NASCAR commentators. Before each race read interviews and news. All these things will provide you with good insight into the race.

• Racing Tracks Matter
  NASCAR tracks vary in terms of size and configuration. Each NASCAR tracks has its own features: high banking (angle of the racing surface),or various bumps on the track. Different drivers favour or feel more confident on different tracks: on some they perform excellently, on others they struggle completely. Overall, there are 30 NASCAR tracks. Most of them are oval, 0,5-3 mile-long racing tracks. In addition, there are four road course and one triangle course.

• Outright betting (long-term betting) – predict which driver will be the winner of the NASCAR Spring Cup series
• Winner of the race betting – predict which driver will win the race
• Driver to finish in the Top 3 – predict whether the driver will be placed 1, 2 or 3.

• Head to head betting (H2H betting, Match-up betting) – predict which one of the two drivers set by the odd-makers will be higher in the race
• Fastest Lap Time betting – bet on which driver will boast the fastest lap time
• Manufacturer betting – predict which manufacturer will win the race, e.g. Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge.