Will Power is the man to beat in Sunday’s 100th running of the Indianapolis 500.
So says online site Bovada.lv.
The online casino and odds-setting site has made Power an 11/2 favorite to win the milestone edition of the 500.
Power, who will start from the outside of Row 2 (sixth position) in Sunday’s race will be making his ninth start in the 500. He finished a career-best second place in last year’s race, runner-up to Team Penske teammate Juan Pablo Montoya.
Montoya is tied with yet another Team Penske teammate, Simon Pagenaud, with the second-best odds to win the 500 at 6/1. Pagenaud has been on a tear of late, having won the last three IndyCar races leading up to the 500: Long Beach, Birmingham and the Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis two weeks ago.
Helio Castroneves, who is seeking a fourth Indy 500 victory – which would tie him with AJ Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears for most in the history of the Greatest Spectacle In Racing – is tied with defending Verizon IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon with the fourth-best odds to win Sunday at 13/2 each.
Pole-sitter James Hinchcliffe has the seventh-best odds to win at 12/1.
Here’s the overall odds for each driver in the 33-driver field for the Indy 500:
Driver - Odds to Win
Will Power 11/2
Juan Pablo Montoya 6/1
Simon Pagenaud 6/1
Helio Castroneves 13/2
Scott Dixon 13/2
Tony Kanaan 9/1
James Hinchcliffe 12/1
Josef Newgarden 14/1
Sebastien Bourdais 16/1
Ryan Hunter-Reay 20/1
Townsend Bell 22/1
Marco Andretti 25/1
Graham Rahal 25/1
JR Hildebrand 33/1
Takuma Sato 33/1
Mikhail Aleshin 40/1
Charlie Kimball 40/1
Carlos Munoz 40/1
Ed Carpenter 50/1
Oriol Servia 50/1
Max Chilton 66/1
Sage Karam 66/1
Alex Tagliani 66/1
Conor Daly 75/1
Jack Hawksworth 75/1
Alexander Rossi 75/1
Stefan Wilson 75/1
Matthew Brabham 100/1
Gabby Chaves 100/1
Bryan Clauson 100/1
Buddy Lazier 100/1
Spencer Pigot 100/1
Pippa Mann 150/1
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