Kansas Speedway – Hollywood Casino 400 Predictions<\/p>\n
The Chase to this year\u2019s NASCAR Sprint Cup title should really start heating up with the running of this Sunday\u2019s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway in the fourth race of this 10-race playoff. <\/p>\n
NASCAR Sprint Cup Hollywood Casino 400 Preview and Prediction<\/strong> The action is set to get underway at 2 p.m. and the race will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.<\/p>\n Jimmie Johnson closed the gap in the Sprint Cup standings with a victory last week at Dover. Our longshot pick for the week, Dale Earnhardt Jr. turned in a solid showing by taking second and Joey Logano finished third.<\/p>\n The following is a closer look at our favorite, contender, and longshot picks for this Sunday afternoon\u2019s race with odds provided by Sportsbook.<\/p>\n Matt Kenseth stumbled to seventh place last week at Dover after taking the checkered flag in the first two Chase races at Chicago and New Hampshire, but he is still holding onto the lead in the current Sprint Cup standings by eight points with a total of 2149 points.<\/p>\n The No. 20 car has won seven times this season and remains one of the most consistent race teams in the Chase. What really adds value to Kenseth\u2019s +350 odds to win again this Sunday is a victory in the first race at Kansas this season, which just so happened to follow a win in this race last season. Add in the fact that he finished in the top-five in two previous point races here before those wins and it is easy to see why he is the favorite.<\/p>\n When you think of legitimate contenders to win this year\u2019s title the name Jeff Gordon probably does not come to mind. He has yet to win a point race this season but has still raced well enough to have the No. 24 car tied for fourth in the standings with 2110 points. This team has come close in a couple of Chase events this season with a sixth-place finish in Chicago and a fourth-place finish last week in Dover. [ad-8757089]<\/p>\n This week, Gordon has been opened at +1200 to get off the schneid with a win. His last few trips around this track have been forgettable, but from 2007 to 2011 he did not finish outside the top five in five consecutive races.<\/p>\n We went with Dale Earnhardt Jr. last week as our longshot on a gut feeling and it did not go away after his second place finish. So when he was opened at +2000 to win this race, we decided to go with him again. While the No. 88 car\u2019s title chances are probably slim and none since it is sitting in 10th place in the standings with 2092 points, the competitive fire to win still burns bright for this team.<\/p>\n Kansas Speedway has not been one of Junior\u2019s favorite tracks with an average finishing position of 16.4 over the course of his Sprint Cup career, but he did finish second in the first race at this track in 2011 and seventh in this race last year.<\/p>\n JIMMIE JOHNSON 4-1 JIMMIE JOHNSON 6-5 Kansas Speedway – Hollywood Casino 400 Predictions The Chase to this year\u2019s NASCAR Sprint Cup title should really start heating up with the running of this Sunday\u2019s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway in the fourth race of this 10-race playoff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":67086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nascar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66903","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\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66903"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67087,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66903\/revisions\/67087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Race: Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway<\/strong>
\n Date: Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013<\/strong>
\n Time: 2 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>
\n Broadcast: ESPN<\/strong>
\n Odds from Bovada<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nThe Favorite (odd of less than 10\/1)<\/h3>\n
The Contender (odds from 10\/1 to 19\/1)<\/h3>\n
The Longshot (odds 20\/1 or greater)<\/h3>\n
Odds from Bovada<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
\nMATT KENSETH 7-2
\nKYLE BUSCH 6-1
\nKASEY KAHNE 6-1
\nJEFF GORDON 12-1
\nBRAD KESELOWSKI 15-1
\nKURT BUSCH 18-1
\nKEVIN HARVICK 18-1
\nMARTIN TRUEX JR 18-1
\nCLINT BOWYER 18-1
\nDALE EARNHARDT JR 18-1
\nCARL EDWARDS 20-1
\nJOEY LOGANO 20-1
\nGREG BIFFLE 20-1
\nDENNY HAMLIN 30-1
\nBRIAN VICKERS 30-1
\nRYAN NEWMAN 30-1
\nJAMIE McMURRAY 60-1
\nJUAN MONTOYA 75-1
\nRICKY STENHOUSE JR 75-1
\nMARK MARTIN 100-1
\nPAUL MENARD 100-1
\nARIC ALMIROLA 100-1
\nJEFF BURTON 100-1
\nMARCOS AMBROSE 300-1
\nAJ ALLMENDINGER 500-1
\nDANICA PATRICK 1000-1
\nFIELD 500-1<\/p>\n2013 SPRINT CUP CHAMPIONSHIP ODDS<\/h3>\n
\nMATT KENSETH 5-4
\nKYLE BUSCH 5-2
\nJEFF GORDON 30-1
\nGREG BIFFLE 40-1
\nKEVIN HARVICK 40-1
\nCLINT BOWYER 60-1
\nDALE EARNHARDT JR 60-1
\nKASEY KAHNE 100 -1
\nCARL EDWARDS 100-1
\nJOEY LOGANO 100 -1
\nRYAN NEWMAN 100-1
\nKURT BUSCH 100-1<\/p>\n*SPRINT Cup Odds provided by Bovada<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"