The 63rd Daytona 500 race took place in Daytona Beach, Florida on February 14 and 15. After a slump in which many favorites fell, outsider Michael McDowell became the winner. The bookmakers gave McDowell a hundred to one to win. This is his first NASCAR stage win. In total, the 36-year-old McDowell has 358 races in 13 years. The bookmaker William Hill reported that they practically did not bet on the racer, the maximum bet amount of one hundred dollars brought ten thousand to the bookmaker’s client. Recall that a client of the betting company BetBoom made a bet of 50 rubles and won over two hundred thousand rubles.