After an exciting race in Tennessee, NASCAR heads to Richmond Raceway Saturday night (6 rebounds CT, FOX) to its next 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 brief track. It’s really similar to the track of Phoenix and New Hampshire in banking and it.
Kyle Busch, who won Sunday’s race at Bristol since the race-favorite, once again gets the shortest chances (2/1) on the board in 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 end in the Richmond. Busch has finished first and second at the two races in New Hampshire and won and led a race-high 177 laps in the similar design in March of Phoenix.
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Richmond rules bundle Teams will use the 2019 rules bundle tailored for short tracks (less than 1.33 miles) and street courses. A 1.17-inch tapered spacer will be used as it had been earlier this season at Phoenix, Martinsville, and Bristol, with engines expected to generate about 750 horsepower. When handicapping the 400-lap race of Saturday, results in Phoenix ought to be bettors’ priority before researching the results of last year from New Hampshire and Richmond, since packages were used.
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. (second), Almirola (third), and Hamlin (fifth) at the top five in the checkered flag.
Recent results: New Hampshire | Richmond | Phoenix
Entering Saturday’s race, brief paths of Bristol and Martinsville have been dominated by Team Penske drivers Blaney, Brad Keselowski, and Joey Logano. The trio has led 795 of the laps this year, thanks to Keselowski’s 486 circuits directed.
Curious to win 2019 Toyota Owners 400 in Richmond Odds provided 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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