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Updated Daytona 500 Odds

DAYTONA BEACH, FL (TheSpread) – Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch made the most of Thursday’s Budweiser Duels, as they won their respective races to help improve their chances to win the Daytona 500.

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Harvick picked up the win in the first duel race, complimenting his win in the Sprint Unlimited last weekend. He finished ahead of Greg Biffle and will now be starting in the third position behind pole sitter Danica Patrick. Harvick had odds of +450 to win his duel race, which means a wager of $100 on him to win will pay out an additional $450.

In the second duel, Busch led 19 of the 60 laps while Jeff Gordon led 38 laps on the day. Busch finished ahead of Kasey Kahne to pick up the victory. Coming into the race, Busch had odds of +300 to win, which means a wager of $100 on him to win will pay out an additional $300. Busch will start fourth for Sunday’s race.

According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, Harvick is now the favorite to win this race, as he has a money line of +900 for Sunday. Other short odds to win are Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth and Busch, who each have odds of +1000 to prevail. You can see the starting grid for Sunday’s race below.

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The Daytona 500 will take place Sunday, February 24 at 1:30PM ET from Daytona International Speedway. For complete odds and track information on this year’s race, see below.

Odds to win the Daytona 500 – 2013 Daytona 500 – Daytona International Speedway – Sunday, February 24

Kevin Harvick +900

Tony Stewart +1000

Kyle Busch +1000

Matt Kenseth +1000

Kasey Kahne +1200

Dale Earnhardt Jr +1200

Brad Keselowski +1200

Jimmie Johnson +1200

Jeff Gordon +1200

Denny Hamlin +1500

Clint Bowyer +1800

Greg Biffle +1800

Carl Edwards +2000

Jeff Burton +2500

Jamie McMurray +2500

Martin Truex Jr +2500

Ryan Newman +3000

Paul Menard +3000

Kurt Busch +3000

Joey Logano +3000

Mark Martin +3000

Danica Patrick +3000

Marcos Ambrose +4000

Austin Dillon +4000

Ricky Stenhouse +5000

Juan Montoya +5000

Trevor Bayne +7500

Aric Almirola +7500

Bobby Labonte +10000

David Gilliland +20000

Dave Blaney +20000

Casey Mears +20000

Travis Kvapil +20000

Field (Any Other Driver) +2500

Daytona 500 Starting Grid

1. (10) Danica Patrick

2. (24) Jeff Gordon

3. (29) Kevin Harvick

4. (18) Kyle Busch

5. (16) Greg Biffle

6. (5) Kasey Kahne

7. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya

8. (33) Austin Dillon

9. (48) Jimmie Johnson

10. (15) Clint Bowyer

11. (78) Kurt Busch

12. (20) Matt Kenseth

13. (14) Tony Stewart

14. (55) Mark Martin

15. (2) Brad Keselowski

16. (27) Paul Menard

17. (13) Casey Mears

18. (31) Jeff Burton

19. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr.

20. (1) Jamie McMurray

21. (22) Joey Logano

22. (34) David Ragan

23. (47) Bobby Labonte

24. (9) Marcos Ambrose

25. (38) David Gilliland

26. (43) Aric Almirola

27. (87) Joe Nemechek

28. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

29. (26) Michael Waltrip

30. (7) Dave Blaney

31. (95) Scott Speed

32. (35) Josh Wise

33. (21) Trevor Bayne

34. (39) Ryan Newman

35. (11) Denny Hamlin

36. (99) Carl Edwards

37. (56) Martin Truex Jr.

38. (98) Michael McDowell

39. (32) Terry Labonte

40. (51) Regan Smith

41. (36) J.J. Yeley

42. (83) David Reutimann

43. (93) Travis Kvapil

Failed to Qualify

44. (52) Brian Keselowski

45. (19) Mike Bliss

2013 Daytona 500 Information

Race Date: Sunday, February 24

Location: Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL

Pre-Race: 12:30PM ET

Green Flag: 1:30PM ET

TV Coverage: FOX

Track Type: Super Speedway (200 laps)

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