Race: Samsung Mobile 500 – Texas Motor Speedway Stewart is making his 400th career Cup start this weekend. Meanwhile, it’s rumored that Stewart-Haas Racing may expand to three teams next year to accommodate either Kasey Kahne or Mark Martin, since Kahne announced this week that he’s signed a long-term contract in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports car starting in 2010. <\/p>\n Safe Bets:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Jimmie Johnson (9\/2):<\/strong> Johnson has one win at Texas, in the fall of 2007, but he has two straight second-place finishes in the spring race and the third-best average finish overall. It’s hard to root against Johnson anywhere right now, the current Sprint Cup points leader, who’s won three of seven races this season. Johnson finished third in Phoenix last week after leading the most laps. So far in Texas, Johnson was fifth-fastest in practice Friday and qualified on the outside of row 2. <\/p>\n 2. Greg Biffle (15\/1):<\/strong> Biffle is third in Cup point standings and very hungry for a win. He won this race in 2005 and finished third here last year, one of three straight top-10s at TMS. Greg topped the speed chart in first practice at Texas today and qualified P3. <\/p>\n Dark Horse:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (25\/1):<\/strong> Dale Jr. has a soft spot in his heart for the Texas track, the site of his first-ever Cup win back in his 2000 rookie season. Though he’s struggled here the last few years, Earnhardt is off to a pretty good start in 2010 and currently ranks tenth in points. He ran third in Cup practice on Friday and qualified ninth.<\/p>\n Summary: There is a chance of rain throughout the weekend, possibly heavy at times. Goodyear brought entirely new tire codes for both the left and right sides this year, based on a January tire test, and teams are still adjusting to having spoilers back on the car. Carl Edwards swept this track in 2008. <\/p>\n Jeff Gordon won the spring race last year, while Kurt Busch won in the fall. <\/p>\n Edwards and Jeff Burton are the only drivers with more than one Texas win. Matt Kenseth has the best average finish at Texas overall. <\/p>\n Four of the last eight Texas races (both spring and fall dates) have been won from the front row.<\/p>\n Race Date: Sunday, April 18 Odds to win 2010 Samsung Mobile 500 Nascar Race <\/strong><\/p>\n Jimmie Johnson 4\/1 <\/strong> 2010 Samsung Mobile 500 betting preview and racing picks from motorsports gambling experts at capperspicks.com nascar betting site for the upcoming Nascar race at Texas 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":[24184,27918,24185,10364,10358,10643,27921,27919,27920,27922,12580],"class_list":["post-21313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","tag-2010-nascar-picks","tag-2010-samsung-mobile-500","tag-2010-sprint-cup","tag-becca-gladden-articles","tag-free-nascar-picks","tag-free-nascar-predictions","tag-odds-to-win-2010-samsung-mobile-500","tag-samsung-mobile-500","tag-samsung-mobile-500-gambling","tag-samsung-mobile-500-lines","tag-texas-motor-speedway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21313","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=21313"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21556,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21313\/revisions\/21556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Date<\/strong>: Sunday, April 18, 2010
\nTime<\/strong>: 3:16 PM EST (scheduled Green Flag)
\nTV<\/strong>: 3:00 PM EST on FOX<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/media.partners.betus.com\/BANNERS\/racing\/sportsbook_AutoRacing_250X250_mybanner.gif\")
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\nLocation: Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas
\nPre-Race: 2PM ET
\nGreen Flag: Approx. 3:16PM ET
\nTV Coverage: FOX
\nTrack Type: Oval (334 laps)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTony Stewart 8\/1
\nJeff Gordon 9\/1
\nKyle Busch 9\/1
\nKurt Busch 10\/1
\nMark Martin 12\/1
\nGreg Biffle 12\/1
\nCarl Edwards 12\/1
\nJeff Burton 15\/1
\nMatt Kenseth 15\/1
\nKasey Kahne 15\/1
\nClint Bowyer 15\/1
\nDenny Hamlin 15\/1
\nKevin Harvick 18\/1
\nJuan Pablo Montoy 18\/1
\nDale Earnhardt Jr 20\/1
\nRyan Newman 25\/1
\nJoey Logano 25\/1
\nDavid Reutimann 50\/1
\nJamie McMurray 50\/1
\nSam Hornish Jr 60\/1
\nBrian Vickers 60\/1
\nMartin Truex Jr 60\/1
\nBrad Keselowski 80\/1
\nDavid Ragan 100\/1
\nMarcos Ambrose 100\/1
\nAJ Allmendinger 200\/1
\nElliott Sadler 500\/1
\nPaul Menard 500\/1
\nScott Speed 500\/1
\nBobby Labonte 1000\/1
\nRegan Smith 1000\/1
\nTravis Kvapil 1000\/1
\nField (Any Other Driver) 100\/1 <\/p>\nThe 2010 Samsung Mobile 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":"