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This race has a total purse of nearly $5 million with the winner taking $220,100. You can earn yourself a piece of the pie by making the correct Pocono 500 predictions and cashing your winning ticket with the winning driver. Which Driver will take the checkered flag in 2007?

The oddmakers have made Denny Hamlin their favorite and rightly so. Hamlin has won the last 2 races at Pocono Speedway and will have a great shot at winning again this season. Hamlin’s Pocono 500 odds are 4/1 at Bodog Sportsbook. Hamlin took the pole in 2006 and finished where he started with a nice win over Kurt Busch, who actually started the race in 2 nd place as well. The Top-5 qualifiers in the 2006 Pocono 500 all finished in the Top-10. The 2007 Pocono 500 winner will likely be one who starts in the Top-5 again this season. So look for the qualifying positions when making your Pocono 500 positions and make sure you take one of the Top-5 starters.

Previous winners of the Pocono 500 to consider would be Tony Stewart in 2003, Jimmie Johnson in 2004 and Carl Edwards in 2005. Out of those three, you would get your best Pocono 500 odds on Carl Edwards listed at 20/1 to win this event. A $10 wager would earn you $200 if you believe Edwards will win. The problem is that Edwards finished in 39th and 25th place in the last 2 events at Pocono Raceway in 2006. He is a shaky bet.

Tony Stewart is also a guy you might want to pass on. Stewart hasn’t won a race this season and he is getting too much respect from the oddmakers as at 7/1 odds to win. Stewart only has two Top-5′s and is averaging a terrible 16.7 average place finish in all of his starts in 2007. Jimmie Johnson should open your eyes a bit at 5/1 odds. Johnson already has 4 wins this season with eight Top-5′s and an average finish of 10.3. He has 2 wins at Pocono and his average finish at this unique track is just 8.3. We will take Jimmie Johnson with our Pocono 500 predictions. A small $20 wager would win you $100 once Johnson ends up in the winner’s circle. You can thank us Sunday night.