Following an exciting race at Tennessee, NASCAR heads to Richmond Raceway Saturday night (6 p.m. CT, FOX) to its third short-track race that the Cup Series season.
Richmond, the site of the Toyota Owners 400, is 0.25 miles longer than Bristol and Martinsville, but NASCAR still categorizes it as a brief track. It’s actually similar to Phoenix’s 1-mile flat track and New Hampshire in banking and it.
Kyle Busch, who won Sunday’s race at Bristol as the race-favorite, once again gets the shortest odds (2/1) on the board at the Westgate SuperBook as 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 finish in the Richmond. Busch has finished first and second at New Hampshire and won and directed a 177 laps at the similar layout at March of Phoenix.
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Richmond rules package results
Teams will utilize the 2019 rules bundle tailored for short tracks (less than 1.33 miles) and road classes. A 1.17-inch tapered spacer is going to be utilized as it was earlier this year at Phoenix, Martinsville, and Bristol, with engines expected to generate about 750 horsepower. When handicapping Saturday race, results from Phoenix ought to be bettors’ priority before exploring last year’s outcomes from Richmond and New Hampshire, because different packages were utilized.
Pole-sitter Ryan Blaney (94) and Aric Almirola (26) also led laps at 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 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 Martinsville and Bristol. The trio has led 795 of the 1,000 short-track laps this year, thanks to Keselowski’s 486 circuits led.
Curious to win 2019 Toyota Owners 400 at 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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