Race: Food City 500 1) Goodyear brought a brand-new tire compound this weekend and drivers have been noting a lack of grip and less rubbering in of the track; rain on Sunday (see No. 2) will exacerbate that situation. Safe Bets:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Jeff Gordon (6\/1):<\/strong> Gordon and Kurt Busch are tied for the most wins ever at Bristol with five a piece. Gordon got off to a bit of a slow start this season, but finished third in Las Vegas a few weeks ago after dominating the race and was fifth last week in Atlanta. He also finished fourth in this race last year. Gordon has led the most miles so far in 2010, followed by Kurt Busch. Jeff starts the race from P5.<\/p>\n 2. Kurt Busch (12\/1):<\/strong> As noted above, Busch and Gordon each have five wins at Bristol, but Busch has 18 starts here compared to 34 for Gordon. Busch is off to a strong start in 2010, winning at Atlanta last week and currently running tenth in the point standings. <\/p>\n Dark Horse:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Marcos Ambrose (40\/1): <\/strong> Ambrose has only made two Bristol starts, but he finished tenth and third, giving him the best average finish of any driver in the series. As he’s never won a Cup race, a win here by Ambrose would be a landmark victory. He starts ninth.<\/p>\n Summary: <\/strong> You can’t rule out any of the Joe Gibbs drivers at Bristol – Hamlin, Logano, or Kyle Busch. KyBu is the odds-on favorite, but qualified 38th on Friday – the deepest-ever starting spot for a race winner here (Elliott Sadler in 2001). Race Date: Sunday, March 21 Odds to win 2010 Food City 500 Nascar Race <\/strong><\/p>\n Kurt Busch 5\/1 <\/strong> 2010 Food City 500 betting preview and racing picks from motorsports gambling experts at capperspicks.com nascar betting site for the upcoming Nascar race at Bristol Motor Speedway…<\/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":[26539,24184,24185,10364,236,11957,11958,26540,26541,11959,11960,10358,10643],"class_list":["post-20473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","tag-2010-food-city-500","tag-2010-nascar-picks","tag-2010-sprint-cup","tag-becca-gladden-articles","tag-bristol-motor-speedway","tag-food-city-500","tag-food-city-500-gambling","tag-food-city-500-lines","tag-food-city-500-odds","tag-food-city-500-picks","tag-food-city-500-predictions","tag-free-nascar-picks","tag-free-nascar-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20473","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=20473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20474,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20473\/revisions\/20474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Date<\/strong>: Sunday, March 21, 2010
\nTime<\/strong>: 1:13 PM EST (scheduled Green Flag)
\nTV<\/strong>: 1:00 PM EST on FOX<\/p>\n
\n2) The weather at Bristol looks good up until race time, when the chance of rain will be at least 30% and increasing throughout the day.
\n3) Friday’s qualifying resulted in a first-time polesitter, Joey Logano, making him the youngest-ever pole winner in Cup history; Kurt Busch starts on the outside pole.
\n4). An extension of the SAFER barriers in Turns 2 and 4 have narrowed the width of each turn by about three feet and may cause some issues, especially for drivers used to the old configuration. <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/media.partners.betus.com\/BANNERS\/racing\/sportsbook_AutoRacing_250X250_mybanner.gif\")
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\nLocation: Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tenn.
\nPre-Race: 12:00PM ET
\nGreen Flag: Approx. 1:13PM ET
\nTV Coverage: FOX
\nTrack Type: Oval (500 laps)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJimmie Johnson 5\/1
\nKyle Busch 5\/1
\nJeff Gordon 8\/1
\nMark Martin 10\/1
\nDenny Hamlin 12\/1
\nKevin Harvick 12\/1
\nMatt Kenseth 12\/1
\nCarl Edwards 12\/1
\nJeff Burton 12\/1
\nClint Bowyer 15\/1
\nTony Stewart 15\/1
\nDale Earnhardt Jr 15\/1
\nJuan Pablo Montoya 15\/1
\nKasey Kahne 18\/1
\nJoey Logano 20\/1
\nGreg Biffle 25\/1
\nRyan Newman 35\/1
\nMarcos Ambrose 40\/1
\nDavid Reutimann 50\/1
\nJamie McMurray 60\/1
\nMartin Truex Jr 75\/1
\nDavid Ragan 100\/1
\nBrian Vickers 100\/1
\nPaul Menard 100\/1
\nBrad Keselowski 200\/1
\nAJ Allmendinger 200\/1
\nElliott Sadler 300\/1
\nSam Hornish Jr 300\/1
\nRegan Smith 500\/1
\nScott Speed 500\/1
\nBobby Labonte 500\/1
\nTravis Kvapil 1000\/1
\nField (Any Other Driver) 100\/1<\/p>\nThe 2010 Daytona 500 Gambling! Open A Nascar Betting Acct. @ Betus – Get up to 145% in bonuses, + qualify for yearly Nascar Contests – CLICK HERE!\u2026<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nBecca Gladden is a freelance writer and race handicapper specializing in NASCAR.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"