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09/18/2007 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - It's round two of NASCAR's "Chase for the Nextel Cup" as racing in Dover dominates a light racing weekend.
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Nextel Cup
Dodge Dealers 400 - Dover International Speedway - Dover, DE
After Clint Bowyer grabbed his first career "Cup" win in dominating fashion at the New Hampshire International Speedway, the series heads 350 miles south to Dover, DE for round No.2 of the 10-race "Chase for the Nextel Cup."
The win jumped the second-year driver from 12th place to fourth in the "Chase" standings behind only four-time champion Nextel Cup Jeff Gordon, defending series champion Jimmie Johnson and two-time Nextel Cup champion Tony Stewart. That's pretty heady company for the 28-year-old Emporia, KS native.
Bowyer headed a group of seven "Chase" drivers who earned top-10s in the first race. Nine of the "Chase" drivers were in the top-15.
The three drivers who fell back in the "Chase" opener were: Kevin Harvick (17th), Jeff Burton (18th) and Kurt Busch (25th). But even those results were not as bad as Johnson's 39th-place finish in last year's first race at NHIS and Johnson rebounded to win his first title.
In the three years that the "Chase" as been in existence, the results have shown that there is no one absolute method to winning the championship.
In 2004 Busch won with consistency posting nine top-10s in 10 races. The following year Stewart won with just seven top-10s, but no finish worse than 25th. Last year Johnson started the "Chase" finishing 39th, 13th, 14th and 24th before going "crazy" - finishing first or second in five consecutive races. A ninth-place finish at Homestead sealed Johnson's Nextel Cup championship.
The championship still goes through Hendrick Motorsports and Johnson. His sixth-place finish at NHIS left him in a tie for the lead with teammate Gordon. The No.48 Lowe's Chevrolet driver has been in the top-10 for 25 weeks and Gordon has been either first or second for 25 of the 27 weeks.
Sunday's Dodge Dealers 400 will be another "Car of Tomorrow" race and Hendrick Motorsports cars have won six of the 12 previous races with the new car. Gordon won at Phoenix and Darlington, Johnson at Martinsville and Richmond (twice) and Kyle Busch won at Bristol.
But when the series was last at Dover, it was Martin Truex Jr. with the victory. Since earning his first career Nextel Cup victory in early June, Truex Jr. has reeled off seven top-10 finishes in his last 14 starts. A fifth- place result at NHIS jumped the Mayetta, NJ native, who considers the Dover track his "home track," to sixth in the championship.
"We needed a good race to start off the Chase and we got it," said Truex Jr. on his team's website. "You definitely don't want to dig yourself into a hole the first race. I'm really proud of all the guys. Now we can go to Dover with some momentum."
He has momentum in the form of confidence after crushing the field in the Autism 400, winning by a whopping 7.355 seconds. At the mid-point of the race, Truex Jr. was beginning to run away with it. He was already more than four seconds ahead of Carl Edwards and six seconds over eventual second-place finisher Ryan Newman. Truex Jr.'s torrid pace left just 13 cars on the lead lap as they passed the 250-lap mark. The race came down to three drivers as the laps dwindled down. Truex Jr. led Johnson by 2.569-second with 25 laps to go, but Johnson blew a right-side tire trying to keep up with the No.1 DEI Chevrolet and Newman was too far back to challenge for the win.
The victory, and the confidence that the win brings to a team, will make Truex Jr. a huge threat this weekend.
Busch
RoadLoans.com 200 - Dover International Speedway - Dover, DE
While the "Chase for the Nextel Cup" shows six drivers within 40 points at the top of the charts, in the Busch Series there is no such "race."
The Busch Series uses the "old" scoring system in which points are accumulated over the entire season. Unfortunately, that means that in some years the championship sees a driver run away and hide from the competition. In 2006 Kevin Harvick beat Carl Edwards by a record 824 points. This season is more of the same with Edwards holding a 733-point edge over Harvick and David Reutimann. If Edwards can expand the lead to 806 points over the next two events, he can clinch the title just by showing up the rest of the way.
But still, there are seven more races to be run and won. And racers like to win no matter whether they are out of the championship or not.
The last time the series was at Dover, Edwards led 122 of 200 laps and edged Denny Hamlin for the win.
With 17 laps remaining Matt Kenseth led the field to the restart. Kenseth received heavy pressure from Edwards, who was running on fresher tires. Fourteen laps to go and Edwards took the inside lane to take over the lead while Kenseth fell all the way to fourth. The 10th caution flag came out with 10 laps remaining when Brad Keselowski crashed. With only five laps left in the race Edwards led Hamlin, Scott Wimmer, Kenseth and Casey Mears to the restart. The No.60 Ford pulled away as Hamlin, Wimmer and Mears battled for second. After seeing the white flag Edwards had comfortable lead when some back markers crashed to bring out final caution flag of the day. Edwards crossed the finish line under the caution flag for the win.
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Smith's Las Vegas 350 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Las Vegas, NV
The truck series doesn't need to artificially create a close race like the Nextel Cup Series. That's because Ron Hornaday Jr. and Mike Skinner have both been spectacular in 2007 and the result is a great championship race.
Skinner led for most of the season, but Hornaday Jr. never let up and two races ago took over the top spot in the standings. He had a four-point edge heading into last week's race in New Hampshire.
On the 1.058-mile NHIS oval Hornaday Jr. put on a "show" leading 174 of 200 laps en route to the victory. The win gave the No.33 Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet driver a 29-point margin over Skinner heading into this week's race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
"It's just awesome to get this truck to do what it's done," said Hornaday Jr. "We've finished second three times in this truck, and now we've finally won one. This truck was unbelievable."
"We just flat out got our butts whipped today," Skinner said. "Ronnie put on a clinic."
The race at LVMS is the first of four events at a 1.5-mile oval over the final seven races. Skinner won at LVMS last fall and also won the last time the series was on a 1.5 track at Kentucky. But Hornaday Jr. can argue that he is pretty good on 1.5-mile ovals too, with wins at Lowe's, Atlanta and Homestead.
Both drivers have won four times this year. Skinner leads in poles (9), driver rating (120.4), winnings ($585,600), laps led (956) and top-five (14). Hornaday Jr. leads in points (2,964), and top-10s (17). At LVMS Hornaday Jr. has earned four top-fives in six starts.
It should be another great showdown between the two competitors.
"If we don't do it, Skinner will, so we've got to go out there and try to dominate and lead as many laps as we can," said Hornaday Jr.
There are also two open-wheel drivers making their debut at LVMS. Former Formula One driver Jacques Villeneuve is scheduled to get behind the wheel of the No.27 Toyota and former IRL driver Buddy Lazier will pilot the No.15 Chevrolet.
"IROC really was an eye-opener for me into the world of stock car racing," said Lazier. "It was probably the most fun racing experience for me in my 20 years of professional motorsports. I look forward to a good start and finish and see what develops from there."
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It’s time to see how the biggest NFL free agent signings will perform for their news teams. Some will work out and could be the difference that makes a difference in the win column.
We look at the best off-season signings and if they should influence your NFL betting this season. Julius Peppers – Peppers was the biggest prize available on the 2010 NFL free agent market and the Chicago Bears opened the bank to bring his talents to the south side.
Peppers is explosive, he can get around blockers and cause quarterbacks to lose their minds. We all remember the classic Peppers game last year against the Vikings where he hounded Brett Favre into his worst game of the season. Peppers joining the Bears could be the reason Favre retired for good Tuesday morning. In addition to Peppers, the Bears added Chester Taylor to back up Matt Forte, Forte didn’t have the same intensity in 2009 compared to 2008 and bringing in Taylor will challenge Forte to bring it every game or he’ll risk losing carries to Taylor.
Betting on the Bears is a good option this season because of Julius Peppers and to a lesser extent Taylor. Antonio Bryant and Terrell Owens – The Cincinnati Bengals signed two former number one wide receivers to line up with Chad Ocho Cinco. Antonio Bryant had a huge season in 2008 catching 83 passes for over 1200 yards but regressed last season. Playing for the Tampa Bay Bucs last season was a large part of the regression, everyone was bad in TB last season.
Bryant should have a bounce back season if he can win the number two spot from Terrell Owens. If Bryant wins the number 2 WR spot, it will open up a completely new set of problems for the Bengals. If Owens is forced to the bench in favor of Bryant, his attitude will create trouble for Carson Palmer and head coach Marv Lewis. If Owens is the number two receiver, it means Bryant can’t live up to his past numbers and the Bengals are still limited in the passing game. NFL bettors should be wary of laying their money down on what could potentially be the biggest gong show in the league in 2010. 2010 football betting lines for this can be found at this top online sportsbook. Karlos Danby – The Miami Dolphins have a great running back tandem in Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown, a good young QB in Chad Henne and now the Bill Parcells regime is building a solid defense.
NFL bettors should be wary of laying their money down on what could potentially be the biggest gong show in the league in 2010. Karlos Danby – The Miami Dolphins have a great running back tandem in Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown, a good young QB in Chad Henne and now the Bill Parcells regime is building a solid defense. They signed away the Arizona Cardinals top linebacker Karlos Danby. In the past two seasons, Danby has totaled 228 tackles, 5 sacks, 3 interceptions and 3 forced fumbles. The Dolphins are the forgotten team of the AFC East with the second longest odds to win the division but with the addition of Karlos Danby and a trade for WR Brandon Marshall makes the Miami Dolphins legitimate contenders in the AFC East and in the NFL’s Eastern Conference.
The Dolphins will make NFL wagering fans a lot of money this season, get in early and enjoy the cash.
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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.
New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.
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