Daytona 500 Starting Lineup: Last Minute Odds and Predictions

Greg Biffle is going to win the 2012 Daytona 500...sometime. The winner is actually easier to predict right now than the start time of the race.

The skies have opened up and let loose with a torrential showing on the day of the Great American Race. 

All we know at this point is that they will get the race in at some point. 

Odds

Tony Stewart 7/1

Dale Earnhardt Jr. 17/2

Carl Edwards 10/1

Kyle Busch 10/1

Kevin Harvick 11/1

*Odds according to Bovada

Predictions

Greg Biffle is going to take this race. His car has been running strong and fast these past two weeks. He likely would have taken the poll from Carl Edwards had they not gotten the bad end of the breeze.

Biffle and Edwards are both in Fords, and Fords have consistently been putting up the fastest times. That doesn't necessarily mean Fords will dominate in race conditions, but it does mean they'll have the horsepower when they need it. 

Matt Kenseth won one of the Gatorade duels in a Ford. Biffle finished fifth in his duel, and that was with nothing to race for but experience.

Biffle is ready. He has a strong car and he will win this race.  

Starting Lineup

1. Carl Edwards
2. Greg Biffle
3. Tony Stewart
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
6. Regan Smith
7. Marcos Ambrose
8. Jimmie Johnson
9. Jeff Burton
10. Elliott Sadler
11. Michael McDowell
12. Joey Logano
13. Kevin Harvick
14. Kyle Busch
15. AJ Allmendinger
16. Jeff Gordon
17. Robby Gordon
18. Ryan Newman
19. Jamie McMurray
20. Kasey Kahne
21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
22. Mark Martin
23. Brad Keselowski
24. Dave Blaney
25. David Ragan
26. Martin Truex Jr.
27. Aric Almirola
28. Kurt Busch
29. Danica Patrick
30. Clint Bowyer
31. Denny Hamlin
32. Bobby Labonte
33. David Gilliland
34. Joe Nemechek
35. Juan Pablo Montoya
36. Casey Mears
37. Paul Menard
38. David Reutimann
39. Landon Cassill
40. Trevor Bayne
41. Tony Raines
42. David Stremme
43. Terry Labonte