After 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 this Toyota Owners 400, is 0.25 miles more than Bristol and Martinsville, but NASCAR still categorizes it as a short track. It’s actually similar in banking to New Hampshire and Phoenix’s 1-mile flat track and it.
Kyle Busch, who won Sunday’s race at Bristol since the race-favorite, once more gets the shortest chances (2/1) on the board in the Westgate SuperBook because he seeks his seventh win in Richmond. Busch has finished in the top 10 in every race this season and owns a series-best 6.9 average end at the Richmond. Busch has finished first and second at New Hampshire and won and led a 177 laps in Phoenix’s similar layout in March.
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Teams will use the 2019 rules package tailored for short tracks (less than 1.33 miles) and street 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 roughly 750 horsepower. When handicapping Saturday’s 400-lap race, results in Phoenix should be bettors’ priority before researching last year’s results from Richmond and New Hampshire, because packages were utilized.
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 at the checkered flag.
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Entering Saturday’s race, short paths of Martinsville and Bristol have been dominated by Team Penske drivers Blaney, Brad Keselowski, and Joey Logano. The trio has led 795 of those 1,000 short-track laps this year, as a result of the 486 circuits of Keselowski led.
Odds to win 400 at Richmond to 2019 Toyota Owners
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 (all others) 1000/1
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