After an exciting race in Tennessee, NASCAR heads to Richmond Raceway Saturday night (6 rebounds CT, FOX) for the third short-track race that the Cup Series season.
Richmond, the site of this Toyota Owners 400, is 0.25 miles longer than Bristol and Martinsville, but NASCAR still categorizes it as a short track. It is really most similar to Phoenix’s track and New Hampshire 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 plank in the Westgate SuperBook as he seeks his seventh win at Richmond. Busch has finished in the top 10 in every race this season and owns a series-best 6.9 average finish in the Richmond. Busch led and won a 177 laps and has finished first and second at New Hampshire.
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Richmond rules package
Teams will use the 2019 rules bundle tailored for quick tracks (less than 1.33 miles) and road courses. A 1.17-inch tapered spacer will be used as it had been earlier this year at Phoenix, Martinsville, and Bristol, with motors expected to create roughly 750 horsepower. When handicapping Saturday’s 400-lap race, results from Phoenix ought to be bettors’ priority before researching the outcomes of last year from New Hampshire and Richmond, since 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 Stage 2, and the duo was joined by Martin Truex Jr. (second), Almirola (third), and Hamlin (fifth) in the top five at the checkered flag.
Recent results: New Hampshire | Richmond | Phoenix
Entering Saturday’s race, Team Penske drivers Blaney, Brad Keselowski, and Joey Logano has dominated brief paths of Bristol and Martinsville. The trio has led 795 of those 1,000 short-track laps this year, as a result of the 486 circuits of Keselowski directed.
Odds to win 2019 Toyota Owners 400 in Richmond
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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