red007 said:
4 types of bets you can make money on
1. pole bets: only pinnacle offers it....kahne on 1.5 mile tracks $$$
2. qual matchups: use similar tracks to do this...but sometimes qual draw screws you as cars that go out later (temp lowers..track speed increases)
will go faster.
3. to win bets: hard to hit...as best car doesn't win half the time
4. race matchups: use happy hour times...usually faster car in Happy hour will win matchup unless they are involved in wreck or car breaks down.
Way more than that:
I never bother with pre race wagers although theres money to be made there as well.For the race tho:
1.Head to head matchups
2.Over Under finish
3.Top 3
4.Top 5
5.To win SU
6.Manufacturer to win
7.Top driver for manufacturer
8.Car # to win
9.Speed row-more like a 4 person matchup
10.Then mixed bag of props like avg speed,yellow flags,# DNFs
Track pass costs money.You can the avg practices times (very important IMO) in the forum here on a link I posted for free.My advice is to read up on every single race each week.Find out who had run well over the last 5 years or so.Find out which cars, as in teams and manufacturers run well at the given track.Look to see how the last two or three races at THAT track has shaken out (ie fuel mileage,one driver domination,good/luck bad luck).Find out how starting position relates to victory and good finishes.Finally look at how any driver your interested in has run in just the last few recent races b/c success in NASCAR, as much as any other sport breeds more success and failure/bad luck almost always runs brings more bad luck.Very uncanny.
In the end,bad beats will occur,theres no way around it.Picking the best or strongest car on race day doesnt always equal $$$$.Thats why it important to back up your Top 3s and longshots with some other wagers containing value,which theres always is.
Hope I helped.