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 Watching Kyle Busch win in Sprint Cup Series Racing week after week is beginning to remind me of a young Bill Elliott who won 11 races on the major NASCAR circuit, then called Winston Cup, in 1985. In those days, Elliott was untouchable driving for Harry Melling Racing in the Coors No. 9 Thunderbird. Busch needs five more wins in 2008 to equal Elliott’s 1985 accomplishments, and has plenty of time to do it with17 races to go.
“Busch might be better than Elliott was in ’85,” said Point-Spreads.com NASCAR racing analyst and handicapper Reno Gold. “I think Busch is better because he can win on any type track, short, super-speedway or road coarse. Elliott was deadly on a big track but was ineffective in short track racing. Back then, there were many more short track ovals than there are today.” “Elliott’s inability to win at short track racing cost him the championship that year,” Gold said reminding that to win a championship is how a driver finishes when he doesn’t win. “I don’t see that happening with Busch.” This 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season is now defined by Busch and the sky is the limit as to what he might do before the season ends in November. Oddsmakers now routinely install Joe Gibbs’ Racing’s star driver as the odds favorite every week. Busch is installed by oddsmakers at online sportsbook SBGglobal.com as +450 odds favorite for the Allstate 400 (July 27) at Indianapolis International Speedway and +125 odds to win the 2008 Sprint Cup Championship. Odds to win the Allstate 400 at Indianapolis International Speedway (SGBglobal.com) Kyle Busch +250 Kasey Kahne +600 Jimmie Johnson +700 Carl Edwards +800 Tony Stewart +800 Denny Hamlin +1100 Matt Kenseth +1200 Dale Earnhardt Jr +1200 Brian Vickers +1400 Jeff Gordon +1600 Greg Biffle +1600 Martin Truex Jr +2200 Kevin Harvick +2200 Jeff Burton +2500 David Ragan +3000 Mark Martin +3000 Clint Bowyer +3000 Kurt Busch +3000 Juan Pablo Montoya +3000 Ryan Newman +3500 Field (All Others) +2500
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