NASCAR: Pennsylvania 500 Preview
The Sprint Cup Series takes to NASCAR's version of the Bermuda Triangle this weekend. The Pennsylvania 500 pits the best stock car drivers against each other at Pocono Raceway.
The 2.5-mile tri-oval has been dominated by Denny Hamlin in recent races. The No. 11 car has visited Victory Lane in the last two events at Pocono, winning last year's Pennsylvania 500 and this season's Gillette 400 back in June. Hamlin has four career wins at the triangle.
Hamlin is priced as a football sized odds of +400 favorite but hasn't been his sharpest in recent races. He has an average finish of 19th over his last five outings, including a 15th-place showing at the Brickyard 400 last weekend. He is currently third in the standings, 260 points behind leader Kevin Harvick.
Harvick is also among the notables at Long Pond this weekend. He's priced at +850 and is coming off a second-place showing at Indianapolis last weekend. Harvick has placed inside the Top 5 in five of his last seven races, putting a solid cushion between him and the rest of the Sprint Cup field.
Harvick owns an average finish of 15.1 at Pocono and posted a fourth-place performance in June's Gillette 400. In 19 career starts at Pennsylvania, he has three Top-5 finishes.
Jeff Gordon is the closest driver to knocking off Harvick. He's 184 points off the lead and is coming off a disappointing 23rd-place finish at Indianapolis last weekend. The No. 24 car has yet to win a race this season and is winless in 49 straight starts, sparking Hendrick Motorsports to make some changes heading into Pocono.
Gordon, who is listed at +850 for the Pennsylvania 500, has replaced his spotter for this Sunday. Jeff Dickerson, who left Kyle Busch last week, was brought on in place of Shannon McGlamery, who had been with Gordon since 2007.
Busch is another driver among the sportsbooks' picks to finish up front at Long Pond. He's listed at +600 and got his season back on track with an eighth-place finish at the Brickyard last weekend. Busch snapped a skid of five finishes outside the Top 10 which dropped him back to sixth in the points standings.
The No. 18 Toyota ran well in its last trip to Pocono, finishing second at the Gillette 400. However, for his career, Busch has struggled at the Tricky Triangle, posting an average finish of 19.6 and just two Top-5 performances.
Tony Stewart is another driver to keep an eye on Sunday. The driver/owner has an average finish of 11.9 at Long Pond and has won two of his 23 career starts there. He's also taken two of the last three poles at Pennsylvania and has placed inside the Top 3 in three of his last four races there. Stewart is picking up steam heading into the weekend; he finished fifth at the Brickyard and has placed inside the Top 10 in seven of his last eight starts.
The 2.5-mile tri-oval has been dominated by Denny Hamlin in recent races. The No. 11 car has visited Victory Lane in the last two events at Pocono, winning last year's Pennsylvania 500 and this season's Gillette 400 back in June. Hamlin has four career wins at the triangle.
Hamlin is priced as a football sized odds of +400 favorite but hasn't been his sharpest in recent races. He has an average finish of 19th over his last five outings, including a 15th-place showing at the Brickyard 400 last weekend. He is currently third in the standings, 260 points behind leader Kevin Harvick.
Harvick is also among the notables at Long Pond this weekend. He's priced at +850 and is coming off a second-place showing at Indianapolis last weekend. Harvick has placed inside the Top 5 in five of his last seven races, putting a solid cushion between him and the rest of the Sprint Cup field.
Harvick owns an average finish of 15.1 at Pocono and posted a fourth-place performance in June's Gillette 400. In 19 career starts at Pennsylvania, he has three Top-5 finishes.
Jeff Gordon is the closest driver to knocking off Harvick. He's 184 points off the lead and is coming off a disappointing 23rd-place finish at Indianapolis last weekend. The No. 24 car has yet to win a race this season and is winless in 49 straight starts, sparking Hendrick Motorsports to make some changes heading into Pocono.
Gordon, who is listed at +850 for the Pennsylvania 500, has replaced his spotter for this Sunday. Jeff Dickerson, who left Kyle Busch last week, was brought on in place of Shannon McGlamery, who had been with Gordon since 2007.
Busch is another driver among the sportsbooks' picks to finish up front at Long Pond. He's listed at +600 and got his season back on track with an eighth-place finish at the Brickyard last weekend. Busch snapped a skid of five finishes outside the Top 10 which dropped him back to sixth in the points standings.
The No. 18 Toyota ran well in its last trip to Pocono, finishing second at the Gillette 400. However, for his career, Busch has struggled at the Tricky Triangle, posting an average finish of 19.6 and just two Top-5 performances.
Tony Stewart is another driver to keep an eye on Sunday. The driver/owner has an average finish of 11.9 at Long Pond and has won two of his 23 career starts there. He's also taken two of the last three poles at Pennsylvania and has placed inside the Top 3 in three of his last four races there. Stewart is picking up steam heading into the weekend; he finished fifth at the Brickyard and has placed inside the Top 10 in seven of his last eight starts.
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