At one stage this season Jimmie Johnson looked an absolute certainty to win NASCAR 2013, with a huge points lead over everyone else, but those who chose to put their outright bets on Johnson may be sweating just a little bit, as recent weeks have seen his lead get whittled down. It should be acknowledged at this point that he is still the bookies top pick to win the 2013 Sprint Cup Series, at 8/5, it is just that he is no longer quite the sure thing that he seemed to be a little while back. So who are the other drivers that could be worth a punt?

Well although the standings show him as being well off the pace – eighty two points behind to be exact – Matt Kenseth is down as one of the favourites with the bookmakers at 6/1; so why is that? Well he has won four events this season, which is actually more than Johnson has managed, which suggests that he just needs to secure better placings in the events he doesn’t win. Kyle Busch, with two race wins and one hundred and ten points deficit is another possible (if more risky) pick at 8/1, while Carl Edwards at 15/1 should also not be forgotten. He hasn’t had the wins, but is just thirty two points behind Johnson in the standings. What this goes to show is just how much there is to take into account with NASCAR betting, and why some motor racing fans play online casino games like Motor Slot Speed Machine instead.

With games like this five reel, twenty pay line slots game you don’t have to worry about points versus race wins and other issues – you just put your money in and you’re away. There is also the little matter of the $50,000 jackpot, which is a sum few are likely to win by betting on NASCAR 2013, while the game involving a race between three motor bikes of different colours that you trigger when you score 1000 points is one of the major bonuses of this game for racing fans. The video graphics bring this scenario to life vividly, and let you feel like a racer as well as a gambler, which is surely what every motor sports fan secretly dreams of.