NASCAR starts its engine for Pepsi 400 at Daytona

Yep, NASCAR returns to Daytona International Speedway for the last time this year as the Pepsi 400 resumes the NASCAR season Saturday.

The 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season returns to Daytona for the Pepsi 400 as the best NASCAR drivers of the world visit the Daytona International Speedway on Saturday night for another set of laps going around in circles like complete morons.

Jeff Gordon owns the most Cup wins of any active driver coming to Daytona with six. Although Gordon had two disappointing Nextel Cup races on the said track, this year's Nextel Cup standings leader won at this very circuit back in 2004 at the Pepsi 400 and 2005 at Daytona 500.

However, as good as Jeff Gordon is this 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is still the master of Daytona, probably.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. owns the MOST Top 10s and Top 5s in the past ten years at the Daytona International Speedway. Yeah sure, Earnhardt only managed to have 14 of the maximum 20 races this season but during the times Earnhardt raced, he made the most out of it, registering two Top 5s in his last three races.

Besides, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is out to prove something this season, especially after all the controversies he had with DEI Racing.

He's raced to two Top 5 finishes in the last three weeks and seven Top 10's on the year. Most importantly for the all-important race to the 2007 Nextel Cup Chase, Earnhardt has claimed 12 top 15 finishes in his last 15 starts, putting those early struggles at the Daytona 500 and the Auto Club 400 far in the rearview.

As dominant as Jeff Gordon looked this 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is an easy bet to make for every race at the Daytona track. I mean, the guy's record at Daytona is STILL unmatched by anyone in the game today and I reckon we'll be seeing Earnhardt dominate the rest of the field on the track he just adores yet again.

Who will bag this year's Nextel Cup? Bodog has the odds on who will win the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series.

Jeff Gordon 8/1

Juan Pablo Montoya 50/1

Greg Biffle 10/1

Jimmie Johnson 5/1

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