The 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup series has just about reached the halfway point of its season and with a break in the schedule this week it is a great time to take a closer look at Sportsbook.ag’s recently updated futures odds to win this year’s title.
There is a break in the action this week with no Sprint Cup series race on the schedule making it the perfect time to take a look at the recently updated futures odds to win this season’s NASCAR title.
This past season, NASCAR completely revamped the rules for the Sprint Cup series 10-race Chase to the title and the result was some of the most exciting racing in the history of the sport.
The long quest for NASCAR’s 2014 Sprint Cup title that began at Daytona International Speedway all the way back in February will finally be decided once and for all this Sunday afternoon at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the running of the Ford EcoBoost 400.
It all comes down to this Sunday’s Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 at Phoenix International Speedway to set the final four-driver field for NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Championship the following Sunday at Homestead.
NASCAR’s Eliminator Round in this season’s Chase continues this week with the running of the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. The green flag for Sunday’s race is set to wave at 3 p.m. (ET) and it will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
NASCAR’s 2014 Chase to the Sprint Cup title enters the Eliminator Round with just eight drivers left in the field heading into Sunday’s Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
NASCAR’s final race of the second round of this year’s Chase to a Sprint Cup title takes the field of contenders to Talladega Superspeedway for the running of the Geico 500. Sunday’s race is set to get underway at 2 p.m. and it will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
It is crunch time in this season’s Chase to the NASCAR Sprint Cup title as a few of the biggest names in this sport need a great run this week in the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway to keep their fading title hopes alive.
The start of the second round of this year’s Chase with just 12 drivers left in the running takes the Sprint Cup series back to Kansas Speedway for this season’s Hollywood Casino 400.
NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series just completed its 11th point race of the season with the running of the Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway last Saturday night making it a great time to take a closer look at the current odds to win this season’s Sprint Cup title.
Preview: There have been 30 Cup races held at Phoenix International Raceway, but it remains to be seen whether statistics from previous races will be an accurate predictor of this weekend’s outcome.
Preview: The 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup season may be winding down, but the Chase battle is firing up. After last week’s mayhem at Martinsville, race winner Tony Stewart moved up two spots in the championship standings, now just 8 points behind leader Carl Edwards with three races to go.
Race: AAA Texas 500 – Texas Motor Speedway
Date: Sunday, November 6, 2011
Time: 3:16 PM ET (scheduled Green Flag)
TV: 3:00 PM ET on ESPN
This week, the circuit heads to the very fast 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway, where both Stewart and Edwards are previous winners. This track has been friendly to Roush-Fenway drivers through the years, with Matt Kenseth the most recent winner here in April. The race will be led to green by three Roush teammates: Greg Biffle (pole), David Ragan, and Matt Kenseth.
Carl Edwards (7/1): In 22 races overall at Texas Motor Speedway, Edwards has made 13 starts and has three wins, making him the winningest active driver here. He swept this track in 2008 and also won the November race in 2005. Edwards finished 3rd here in April after starting 2nd. He starts 7th on Sunday.
Kurt Busch (16/1): Kurt will start 14th on Sunday and is a previous Texas winner, having won the November race in 2009. Busch finished 10th here in the spring race and rolls off 14th on Sunday. Busch is currently 8th in championship point standings. [ad-8757089]
Greg Biffle (22/1): Biffle won at Texas in the spring of 2005 and has posted six straight top-10 finishes heading into Sunday’s race, where he will be starting on the pole. Biffle ran 4th here in the spring and is one of the non-Chase contenders who doesn’t have much to lose by going for a win before the season is out.
Notes: Matt Kenseth has the best average finish at Texas Motor Speedway, followed by Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson.
Kenseth won the spring race here after leading 169 laps. Edwards and Kenseth both go off at 7/1 odds, but Edwards may have the greater motivation as he tries to put gain some distance on Tony Stewart in the Chase standings.
Stewart’s previous Texas win came in this race in 2006.
Kyle Busch, who was tied with Jimmie Johnson as a favorite with 5/1 odds, was parked by NASCAR Saturday morning following a vicious hit on Ron Hornaday in Friday night’s truck race; Busch will not race in either the Nationwide or Cup race this weekend.
Preview: Weather has been an issue already this weekend, both in Martinsville, Virginia, and along the entire northeast coast of the U.S. Rain on Friday and early in the day Saturday forced a change to the Cup schedule, resulting in just one practice session, held Saturday morning, and the cancellation of Cup qualifying.
Preview: NASCAR races at Talladega Superspeedway have become synonymous with the word ‘crapshoot’ – making predicting a race winner rather challenging, particularly with this year’s unconventional two-car tandem-style racing.
Preview: Saturday night’s running of the Bank of America 500 will be the fifth of ten Chase races and the only one taking place on a Saturday night. Because of an unusual schedule this weekend, qualifying took place Thursday with Tony Stewart scoring the pole and Matt Kenseth in P2.
