Following an exciting race in Tennessee, NASCAR heads to Richmond Raceway Saturday night (6 p.m. CT, FOX) for its third short-track race the Cup Series season.
Richmond, the site of the Toyota Owners 400, is 0.25 miles more than Bristol and Martinsville, but NASCAR still categorizes it as a brief track. It’s really most similar to New Hampshire and Phoenix’s track in banking and it.
Kyle Busch, who won Sunday’s race in Bristol since the race-favorite, once more gets the shortest odds (2/1) on the board at the Westgate SuperBook because he seeks his seventh win in Richmond. Busch has finished in the top 10 in each race this season and owns a series-best 6.9 average end in the Richmond. Busch has finished first and second at the two races in New Hampshire and won and directed a race-high 177 laps at Phoenix’s similar design in March.
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Richmond rules bundle Teams will utilize the 2019 rules bundle tailored for short paths (less than 1.33 miles) and street courses. A 1.17-inch tapered spacer will be utilized as it had been earlier this year at Phoenix, Martinsville, and Bristol, with engines expected to create about 750 horsepower. When handicapping the 400-lap race of Saturday, results in Phoenix ought to be bettors’ priority before exploring the outcomes of last year from New Hampshire and Richmond, because distinct packages were utilized.
Pole-sitter Ryan Blaney (94) and Aric Almirola (26) also led laps in Phoenix in March, as did Denny Hamlin (7), Jimmie Johnson (4), and Daniel Hemric (4). Busch won Stage 1 and Blaney won Phase 2, and the duo was joined by Martin Truex Jr. (moment ), Almirola (third), and Hamlin (fifth) at the top five in the checkered flag.
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Entering Saturday’s race, Team Penske drivers Blaney, Brad Keselowski, and Joey Logano has dominated short tracks of Martinsville and Bristol. The trio has directed 795 of the laps this year, thanks to the 486 circuits of Keselowski directed.
Odds to win 400 at Richmond to 2019 Toyota Owners Odds Supplied by Westgate
Kyle BUSCH 2/1
Kevin HARVICK 7/1
Brad KESELOWSKI 7/1
Joey LOGANO 7/1
Martin TRUEX JR 7/1
Denny HAMLIN 10/1
Ryan BLANEY 12/1
Chase ELLIOTT 12/1
Clint BOWYER 20/1
Kyle LARSON 20/1
Aric ALMIROLA 20/1
Kurt BUSCH 25/1
Erik JONES 30/1
Jimmie JOHNSON 30/1
Daniel SUAREZ 60/1
Austin DILLON 100/1
Ryan NEWMAN 100/1
Ricky STENHOUSE Jr. 100/1
Alex BOWMAN 100/1
Matt DIBENEDETTO 100/1
William BYRON 300/1
Chris BUESCHER 300/1
Paul MENARD 300/1
Ryan PREECE 500/1
Daniel HEMRIC 500/1
Ty DILLON 1000/1
Darrell WALLACE Jr. 1000/1
Michael McDOWELL 2000/1
David RAGAN 5000/1
FIELD (others) 1000/1
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