Kurt Busch of the Roger Penske racing team has been hard charging up the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points race and after Sunday's performance at Talladega has edged past previous points leader Jeff Gordon of Rick Hendrick Motorsports. In nine starts, Busch has one win, three top five and six top ten finishes. Busch jumped up two spots in the points standings over Gordon and his Hendrick teammate and 2008 Sprint Cup points champion Jimmie Johnson.
Busch won the points championship in 2004 but finished out of the top-10 in three of the four years since winning the championship. Busch, formerly with owner Jack Roush, moved to the Penske team in 2006. Currently, Busch has 1299 points and is only leading Gordon with 1294 points by the slimist of margins, five points. Johnson with 1235 points only trails by 64 points while Tony Stewart of Stewart Hass racing with 1232 points only trails by 67.
Online sportsbook Bodog at Bodoglife.com list Kurt's points winning odds at 8/1. Busch's younger brother Kyle Busch is a 5/1 favorite but is currently sitting in seventh place in the points race.
Oddsmakers at sportsbook Bodog at Bodoglife.com have improved Busch's championship odds to 6/1 down from 8/1 earlier in April. Younger brother Kyle, currently fifth in the Sprint Cup Standings is higher on the Bodog Sprint Cup betting board at 5/1. Gordon and Johnson are the points chase favorite on the Bodog board both at 4/1.
Odds to win the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship. Odds provided by Bodog sportsbook.
Brian Vickers 80/1
Carl Edwards 7/1
Casey Mears 100/1
Clint Bowyer 25/1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 25/1
David Ragan 100/1
Denny Hamlin 15/1
Greg Biffle 12/1
Jamie McMurray 80/1
Jeff Burton 40/1
Jeff Gordon 4/1
Jimmie Johnson 4/1
Joey Logano 100/1
Juan Pablo Montoya 80/1
Kasey Kahne 40/1
Kurt Busch 6/1
Kyle Busch 5/1
Mark Martin 15/1
Martin Truex Jr. 100/1
Matt Kenseth 20/1
Ryan Newman 60/1
Tony Stewart 5/1
Field (any other driver) 50/1
Log onto Bodog at Bodoglife.com for the complete list of Sprint Cup Betting Odds.
