Brad Keselowski is the hottest driver in NASCAR after his win at Kentucky.

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Greg Engle is the editor of the racing blog CupScene.com and covers the Sprint Cup Series for the Examiner. You can follow him on Twitter @cupscene.

It’s the mid-summer wildcard race that marks the halfway point of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway is the 18th of 36 scheduled points races in 2012.

Being a restrictor plate race - one of only two tracks on the circuit that use them - Daytona is known as an unpredictable event that can lead to some wild racing and uncertain finishes.

It’s Florida. It’s summer. It’s hot and no one is hotter in the series right now than Brad Keselowski. This week’s favorite is coming off his third win of the season at Kentucky last week, but most importantly one of his three wins came at the last restrictor plate race at Talladega in May. Keselowski was one of the big-name drivers who were caught up in a crash here in February when the season-opening Daytona 500 ran under the lights on a Monday night.

Keselowski returns 10th in the standings and wants to not only make up for that disappointment in the season opener but pick up another win to help cement him in the Chase, which starts in just eight races from this Saturday night.

“The three wins are nice, and it means that we are pretty safe in regards to making the Chase, but we are focused on staying in the Top 10 so that we can use the bonus point,” Keselowski told reporters. “I want to be the guy with the most wins and inside the Top 10 and I want to look forward to making sure that we stay inside the Top 10. Hopefully we can climb up a few more spots to be safe. But wins and being in the Top 10, that’s all that matters.”

Check out the rest of the Coke Zero 400 preview as well as Greg's picks to win.

Odds for Coke Zero 400 (Provided by SBG Global)

Matt Kenseth 10-1
Kevin Harvick 12-1
Kyle Busch 12-1
Tony Stewart 12-1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 12-1
Kurt Busch 12-1
Carl Edwards 12-1
Brad Keselowski 12-1
Jeff Gordon 12-1
Jimmie Johnson 12-1
Greg Biffle 12-1
Clint Bowyer 15-1
Denny Hamlin 15-1
Kasey Kahne 15-1
Jeff Burton 20-1
Jamie McMurray 25-1
Martin Truex Jr. 25-1
Marcos Ambrose 30-1
A.J. Allmendinger 30-1
Joey Lagano 30-1
Juan Montoya 40-1
Paul Menard 40-1
Michael Waltrip 40-1
Ryan Newman 50-1
Trevor Bayne 50-1
Aric Almirola 60-1
Casey Mears 100-1
Bobby Labonte 100-1
Dave Blaney 100-1
Regan Smith 100-1
Landon Cassill 100-1
David Gilliland 100-1
David Ragan 100-1
Field (Any Other Driver) 40-1

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Posted by stlsteve
10 months ago

Kasey Kahne seems to be a good night time racer. Today is HIS day?
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"Kasey Kahne seems to be a good night time racer. Today is HIS day?"

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