Auto Racing Odds: IZOD IndyCar World Championships at Las Vegas
Saturday, October 15, 2011
by Bodog Sportsbook
The IndyCar series title and its huge cash bonus will be on the line on Sunday as Dario Franchitti and Will Power duel on the IndyCar betting board in the IZOD IndyCar World Championships at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Franchitti (11/4 at the Bodog Sportsbook to take the checkered flag this weekend) jumped back into the lead in the standings last week with a second-place result in the Kentucky Indy 300; Power (7/1) ended up back in 19th place at that race, and heading into the final event of year he trails his rival by 18 points for top spot.
Ed Carpenter (25/1) was the surprise winner of the Kentucky Indy 300, while Scott Dixon (9/2) was third, James Hinchcliffe (60/1) was fourth, and Ryan Hunter-Reay (30/1) was fifth. Oriol Servia (40/1), Wade Cunningham (Field – 14/1), Ryan Briscoe (7/1), Buddy Rice (Field – 14/1), and Danica Patrick (16/1) rounded out the Top 10.
Dixon can't catch Franchitti for first place in the final standings and the $1 million prize, but he's now just 55 points behind Power and can jump into second place with the right set of results in Las Vegas on Sunday. Dixon has at least clinched third place in the final standings and its $175,000 prize; second place is worth $250,000.
Servia is locked into fourth place in the final standings and will get a $125,000 cheque for his efforts, while fifth place (and the last 'end of season bonus' of $75,000) can still be claimed by six drivers – Tony Kanaan (18/1), Briscoe, Hunter-Reay, Marco Andretti (14/1), Graham Rahal (25/1), and Patrick.
Kanaan enters the IZOD IndyCar World Championships with a two-point lead on Briscoe for fifth place, with Hunter-Reay 19 points behind him. Andretti (-29), Rahal (-46), and Patrick (-52) are longshots to grab that fifth-place money.
Finally, the circuit's top rookie award (and $50,000) is also on the line on Sunday; Hinchcliffe currently leads JR Hildebrand (50/1) by six points for that prize.
Get all your IZOD IndyCar odds at Bodog Sportsbook.
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