Jimmie Johnson is proving to be a tenacious leader in this season’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as he holds onto his place at the top of both the point standings and the bookies odds.

Johnson has led the pack for some time now, and he continues to set the pace with a thirty eight point lead over Carl Edwards as we move into the second half of the NASCAR season, which will see him remain the favourite in the eyes of many gambling on the winner of the title.

However his lead has been trimmed back in recent weeks, so the title is far from in the bag.

Edwards must surely feel that thirty eight points is a deficit that he can claw back with so many races still to go, although his odds of 15/1 with the bookmakers put him a little way off being one of their favourites.

Indeed the driver currently second in the odds behind the 8/5-on Johnson is Matt Kenseth at 6/1. This might seem baffling if you only look at the points, as he is eighty two behind, but looking at his race wins record shows that he has won four events this season – a record superior even to Johnson who has won three.

This suggests that if he can improve his finishes in those races he doesn’t win that he could be a real threat, but if you don’t want to bet on the favourite and are sceptical of either Edwards or Kenseth, a game like Motor Slot Speed Machine at a suitable online casino is another option.

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