{"id":19371,"date":"2010-02-20T01:27:45","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T06:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=19371"},"modified":"2010-02-20T01:27:45","modified_gmt":"2010-02-20T06:27:45","slug":"2010-auto-club-500-gambling-picks-190210","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nascar\/2010-auto-club-500-gambling-picks-190210\/","title":{"rendered":"Nascar Auto Club 500 Gambling Picks\/Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>2010 Auto Club 500 Predictions \u2013 Betting Preview + Picks + Odds<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Preview: <\/strong> Now that the spectacle known as the Daytona 500 is over, NASCAR drivers like to say that the &#8216;real&#8217; season is starting in California.  The Cup Series has only raced in Fontana since 1997 &#8211; once a year at first, then twice a year starting in 2004, for a total of 19 races.  It&#8217;s worth noting that Roush Fords have won the last five straight spring races here, though Jimmie Johnson in a Chevy won three straight in the fall.  <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Race<\/strong>: The Auto Club 500<br \/>\n<strong>Date<\/strong>: Sunday, February 21, 2010<br \/>\n<strong>Time<\/strong>: 3:19 PM EST (scheduled Green Flag)<br \/>\n<strong>TV<\/strong>: 3:00 PM EST on FOX<\/p>\n<p>Auto Club Speedway is a 2.0-mile D-shaped oval with 14 degrees of banking in the turns and is known for its high speeds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Safe Bets:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Jimmie Johnson (9-2):<\/strong> Johnson has the best average finish at this race track with a 5.8 and has won four times in 14 starts.  He has six straight top-10 finishes here (both spring and fall dates) and has never finished lower than 16th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Carl Edwards (12-1):<\/strong> Edwards has the second-best average finish behind Johnson with a 6.6 and won this race in 2008.  Except for a 29th-place finish in 2007, Edwards has never finished worse than seventh-place in his ten other starts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dark Horse:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Jamie McMurray (60-1): <\/strong> Hard to believe that the odds are that high for the Daytona 500 winner, who is also on the pole for this race.  Jamie Mac has a decent record here, especially when he was with Ganassi, whom he is back with now.  In his first five starts in Fontana with Ganassi, McMurray scored three top-5 finishes, and he will be racing with greater confidence now than he was back then.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>:  Keep an eye on the weather this weekend with a chance of rain in the forecast both days.  Any one of the Roush drivers is a contender, especially Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth, along with Edwards.  Toyota has never won a Cup race at Fontana, though Kyle Busch has been strong here; Dodge has only won once. <a href=\"http:\/\/record.partners.betus.com\/_zzar6WLC4ykDVkvPM80nyagaAKfXWndM\/1\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: auto; height: auto; margin: 1px; border: 3px solid #ffffff;\" src=\"http:\/\/media.partners.betus.com\/BANNERS\/racing\/sportsbook_AutoRacing_250X250_mybanner.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2010 Auto Club 500<br \/>\nRace Date: Sunday, Feb. 21<br \/>\nLocation: Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA<br \/>\nPre-Race: 2PM ET<br \/>\nGreen Flag: Approx. 3:16PM ET<br \/>\nTV Coverage: FOX<br \/>\nRadio Coverage: MRN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Odds to win the Auto Club 500 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jimmie Johnson 9\/2<br \/>\nMark Martin 8\/1<br \/>\nJeff Gordon 8\/1<br \/>\nKyle Busch 8\/1<br \/>\nGreg Biffle 12\/1<br \/>\nCarl Edwards 12\/1<br \/>\nKurt Busch 12\/1<br \/>\nDenny Hamlin 12\/1<br \/>\nTony Stewart 12\/1<br \/>\nKasey Kahne 15\/1<br \/>\nMatt Kenseth 15\/1<br \/>\nJuan Pablo Montoya 15\/1<br \/>\nJeff Burton 25\/1<br \/>\nBrian Vickers 25\/1<br \/>\nDale Earnhardt Jr 25\/1<br \/>\nKevin Harvick 25\/1<br \/>\nClint Bowyer 25\/1<br \/>\nDavid Ragan 50\/1<br \/>\nRyan Newman 50\/1<br \/>\nJoey Logano 50\/1<br \/>\nMartin Truex Jr 60\/1<br \/>\nJamie McMurray 60\/1<br \/>\nDavid Reutimann 60\/1<br \/>\nElliott Sadler 100\/1<br \/>\nAJ Allmendinger 100\/1<br \/>\nSam Hornish Jr 100\/1<br \/>\nField (Any Other Driver) 100\/1<br \/>\nBrad Keselowski 100\/1<br \/>\nScott Speed 100\/1<br \/>\nCasey Mears 100\/1<br \/>\nPaul Menard 100\/1<br \/>\nBobby Labonte 100\/1<br \/>\nRegan Smith 100\/1<br \/>\nMarcos Ambrose 100\/1<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bodog.com\/welcome\/151627\" rel=\"nofollow\">The 2010 Daytona 500 Gambling! Open A Nascar Betting Acct. @ Betus &#8211; Get up to 145% in bonuses, + qualify for yearly Nascar Contests &#8211; CLICK HERE!\u2026<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Becca Gladden is a freelance writer and race handicapper specializing in NASCAR.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2010 Auto Club 500 betting preview and racing picks from motorsports gambling experts at capperspicks.com nascar betting site for the upcoming Nascar race at Auto Club Speedway&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[24587,24184,24185,10485,10868,24588,10916,10869,10870,96,24188,10358,10643],"class_list":["post-19371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","tag-2010-auto-club-500","tag-2010-nascar-picks","tag-2010-sprint-cup","tag-auto-club-500","tag-auto-club-500-gambling","tag-auto-club-500-lines","tag-auto-club-500-odds","tag-auto-club-500-picks","tag-auto-club-500-predictions","tag-auto-club-speedway","tag-bbecca-gladden-articles","tag-free-nascar-picks","tag-free-nascar-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19371"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19373,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19371\/revisions\/19373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}