Following an exciting race at Tennessee, NASCAR heads to Richmond Raceway Saturday night (6 rebounds CT, FOX) to the next 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 is actually similar to Phoenix’s 1-mile flat monitor and New Hampshire in banking and it.
Kyle Busch, who won Sunday’s race at Bristol as the race-favorite, once more has the shortest chances (2/1) on the board in the Westgate SuperBook as he seeks his seventh win at Richmond. Busch has finished in the top 10 in every race this year and owns a series-best 6.9 average finish at the Richmond. Busch won and directed a 177 laps and has finished first and second at New Hampshire.
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Richmond rules package
Teams will utilize the 2019 rules package tailored for quick tracks (less than 1.33 miles) and street classes. A 1.17-inch tapered spacer will be utilized as it was earlier this year at Phoenix, Martinsville, and Bristol, with motors expected to generate about 750 horsepower. When handicapping the 400-lap race of Saturday, results from Phoenix ought to be bettors’ priority before exploring last year’s results from Richmond and New Hampshire, 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 Stage 2, and the duo was joined by Martin Truex Jr. (moment ), Almirola (third), and Hamlin (fifth) at the top five in 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 tracks of Bristol and Martinsville. The trio has directed 795 of the laps this season, 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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