{"id":23407,"date":"2010-06-19T09:19:32","date_gmt":"2010-06-19T14:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=23407"},"modified":"2010-06-19T09:19:32","modified_gmt":"2010-06-19T14:19:32","slug":"2010-toyota-savemart-350-gambling-picks-120610","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nascar\/2010-toyota-savemart-350-gambling-picks-120610\/","title":{"rendered":"Nascar Toyota\/SaveMart 350 Gambling Picks\/Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>2010 Toyota\/SaveMart 350 Predictions \u2013 Betting Preview + Picks + Odds<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Preview<\/strong>: For a change of pace this weekend (literally), NASCAR will be making one of two annual visits to a road course race track, where drivers have to contend with both right and left hand turns, hills, constant shifting, and other conditions not typically associated with stock car racing.        <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Race<\/strong>: Toyota\/SaveMart 350 &#8211; Infineon Raceway<br \/>\n<strong>Date<\/strong>: Sunday, June 20, 2010<br \/>\n<strong>Time<\/strong>: 3:19 PM EST (scheduled green flag)<br \/>\n<strong>TV<\/strong>: 3:00 PM EST on TNT    <\/p>\n<p>The Cup Series has visited Infineon Raceway in Sonoma once a year since 1989 for a total of 21 races.  The past five races here have produced five different winners &#8211; two each from Chevrolet and Dodge and one from Toyota.  <\/p>\n<p>The last Ford driver to win here was Ricky Rudd in 2002. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Safe Bets:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeff Gordon (9\/2):  <\/strong> Gordon&#8217;s five wins at Sonoma are twice as many as any other driver and he won three straight from 1998-2000.  He has six top-10 finishes here in his last seven starts and qualified 5th for Sunday&#8217;s race, after which he noted, &#8220;When I heard the time, I was extremely happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>. 2. Tony Stewart (5\/1):<\/strong> I debated whether to put Stewart or Juan Pablo Montoya in this spot, both currently at 5\/1 odds.  But Stewart has a bit of momentum on his side, coming off top-5 finishes at Pocono and Michigan, and finished 2nd to Kasey Kahne in this race last year.  <\/p>\n<p>Overall, Stewart has two Infineon wins (the only driver besides Jeff Gordon with more than one) and the third-best average finish at 9.3 (tied with Gordon). <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I always like to go road course racing and it&#8217;s a weekend when I put a lot of pressure on myself to do well,&#8221; said Stewart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dark Horse:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Mark Martin (22\/1):<\/strong> Mark was 17th in first practice on Friday, but climbed to 11th on the speed chart for qualifying.  He won here from the pole in 1997 and has the fifth-best average finish among active drivers.  <\/p>\n<p>Though he&#8217;s struggled a bit lately at Sonoma, Mark posted 13 top-10 finishes here in 15 races between 1990-2004, so he clearly knows how to get around the track the right way. <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>Summary<\/strong>:  The conventional wisdom at road courses is that track position is key and drivers like to start and run up front.  <\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s worth noting that only one of the last four Infineon races has been won from a top-10 starting spot, and two were won from deep in field &#8211; Juan Pablo Montoya from 32nd in 2007 and Kyle Busch from 30th in 2008.  <\/p>\n<p>With as many problems as can occur on the track during the course of the race, pit strategy and fuel mileage are just as critical.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Race: Toyota\/SaveMart 350 &#8211; Infineon Raceway<br \/>\nDate: Sunday, June 20, 2010 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Odds to win 2010  Toyota\/SaveMart 350 Nascar Race <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Juan Pablo Montoya 6\/1<br \/>\nMarcos Ambrose 6\/1<br \/>\nTony Stewart 6\/1<br \/>\nJeff Gordon 6\/1<br \/>\nKyle Busch 7\/1<br \/>\nDenny Hamlin 12\/1<br \/>\nKevin Harvick 15\/1<br \/>\nJimmie Johnson 15\/1<br \/>\nRobby Gordon 18\/1<br \/>\nKurt Busch 20\/1<br \/>\nMattias Ekstrom 25\/1<br \/>\nKasey Kahne 25\/1<br \/>\nJamie McMurray 25\/1<br \/>\nClint Bowyer 30\/1<br \/>\nCarl Edwards 30\/1<br \/>\nBoris Said 30\/1<br \/>\nMark Martin 40\/1<br \/>\nMartin Truex Jr 40\/1<br \/>\nScott Speed 50\/1<br \/>\nAJ Allmendinger 50\/1<br \/>\nField 7\/1<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bodog.com\/welcome\/151627\" rel=\"nofollow\">The 2010 Toyota SaveMart 350 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><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Becca Gladden is a freelance writer and race handicapper specializing in NASCAR.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2010 Toyota SaveMart 350  betting preview and racing picks from motorsports gambling experts at capperspicks.com nascar betting site for the upcoming Nascar race at Infineon Raceway\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":23408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[24184,24185,30257,10364,10358,10643,14464,30259,30258,30260,30261],"class_list":["post-23407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nascar","tag-2010-nascar-picks","tag-2010-sprint-cup","tag-2010-toyota-savemart-350","tag-becca-gladden-articles","tag-free-nascar-picks","tag-free-nascar-predictions","tag-infineon-raceway","tag-odds-to-win-2010-toyota-savemart-350","tag-toyota-savemart-350","tag-toyota-savemart-350-gambling","tag-toyota-savemart-350-lines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23407","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=23407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23409,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23407\/revisions\/23409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}