Following an exciting race at 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 longer than Bristol and Martinsville, but NASCAR still categorizes it as a brief track. It is really most similar to the monitor of Phoenix and New Hampshire in banking and it.
Kyle Busch, who won Sunday’s race in Bristol as the race-favorite, once again gets the shortest chances (2/1) on the plank in the Westgate SuperBook as he seeks his seventh win in Richmond. Busch has finished in the top 10 in each race this year and owns a series-best 6.9 average end in the Richmond. Busch has finished first and second in the two races at New Hampshire and won and led a race-high 177 laps at the similar layout at March of Phoenix.
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Recent results, richmond rules bundle
Teams will use the 2019 rules bundle tailored for short tracks (less than 1.33 miles) and road classes. A 1.17-inch tapered spacer will be used as it was earlier this season at Phoenix, Martinsville, and Bristol, with engines expected to create about 750 horsepower. When handicapping Saturday’s 400-lap race, results in Phoenix ought to be bettors’ priority before exploring the results of last year from Richmond and New Hampshire, because different packages were used.
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. (moment ), Almirola (third), and Hamlin (fifth) in the top five in the checkered flag.
Recent consequences: 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 directed 795 of those 1,000 short-track laps this season, thanks to Keselowski’s 486 circuits directed.
Curious 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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