MARK MARTIN<\/strong><\/p>\nThe 50-year old veteran has retired and un-retired almost as much as Brett Favre.\u00a0\u00a0Martin barely missed winning the Daytona 500 in 2007 and then ran a limited schedule last year for Dale Earnhardt Inc.\u00a0\u00a0However, this season Martin is running the full slate of races for his new team, Hendrick Motorsports, and the results have been impressive.\u00a0\u00a0Martin already has two wins this season (Phoenix and Darlington) which is equal to the total wins by all three of his big name teammates Jeff Gordon (1), Jimmie Johnson (1), and Dale Earnhardt, Jr (0).<\/p>\n
Martin presents value once again this weekend at Charlotte where he is currently +1100.\u00a0\u00a0Martin has 4 career wins and 22 Top 10 finishes at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n
AMERICAN IDOL\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nKRIS ALLEN<\/strong><\/p>\nThe biggest upset in the history of American Idol occurred on Wednesday night when Kris Allen upset the favorite Adam Lambert to capture the title for season #8.\u00a0\u00a0Lambert had been a heavy favorite all season long and was -260 entering the final performance on Tuesday night, while Allen was +220.\u00a0\u00a0The odds did drop on Wednesday before the results show with Lambert closing -180 and Allen +140.<\/p>\n
The real value was two months ago when Kris Allen opened as a +3000 underdog when the Final 13 began and after a slow start he was +6000 at some sportsbooks.\u00a0\u00a0Even last week Allen was +1000 when there were only three contestants remaining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>\u00a0Arizona has carried that momentum into their current series in Florida as the Diamondbacks have scored 5, 6, and 11 runs in their past three games and are now averaging 7.4 runs per game on this current road trip entering Thursday.<\/p>\n