NASCAR\u2019s Sprint Cup series returns to racing under the prime time lights of Charlotte Motor Speedway this week for the running of the Bank of America 500. Saturday night\u2019s race is set to get underway at 7:30 p.m. and it will be broadcast nationally on ABC. <\/p>\n
Race: Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway<\/strong> Kevin Harvick finds himself back in the thick of this year\u2019s Chase to the Sprint Cup title with a victory last week at Kansas. Kurt Busch ended-up second and Jeff Gordon kept his title hopes alive by finishing third.<\/p>\n The following is a closer look at our favorite, contender, and longshot picks for this Saturday night\u2019s afternoon\u2019s race with odds provided by Sportsbook.<\/p>\n Matt Kenseth started the Chase in first place in the Sprint Cup standings and padded his lead with victories at Chicago and New Hampshire. Heading into the fifth race of this 10-race playoff run, the lead has been cut to just three points so he is well aware that a victory on Saturday night would go a long way putting the No. 20 car back into the driver seat to lock-up this year\u2019s title.<\/p>\n Kenseth has been opened at +400 to capture his eighth checkered flag of the season and adding even more value to these odds is the fact that he won this race in 2011. He finished 14th in last year\u2019s race and 15th in the first race at Charlotte this season. [ad-8757089]<\/p>\n This is the time of the year where you have to race to win on every lap around the track so you have to love the momentum that Kevin Harvick brings into this week\u2019s race after last week\u2019s victory. You also have to love his +1000 odds to win given that the No. 29 car is now just 25 points in back of Kenseth for the lead in the standings.<\/p>\n Harvick adds some tremendous value to these longer odds considering that he will be going for the season sweep at Charlotte after taking the checkered flag in the Coca-Cola 600 earlier this season. He has now finished eighth or better in five of his last six trips around this track.<\/p>\n The pickings are mighty slim for this race when the odds start getting this high, but if you are still looking to bet on a longshot this week you might want to consider Denny Hamlin at +2500.<\/p>\n It has been a lost season for the No. 11 race team, but he is still a driver that knows how to win Sprint Cup races. Hamlin has not placed in the top 10 since the first race at Pocono earlier this summer.<\/p>\n However, a fourth-place finish at Charlotte in the first race here this season along with a pair of second place finishes at this track in 2012 does add some value to his odds.<\/p>\n MATT KENSETH 4-1 JIMMIE JOHNSON 5-7 Charlotte – Bank of America 500 Predictions NASCAR\u2019s Sprint Cup series returns to racing under the prime time lights of Charlotte Motor Speedway this week for the running of the Bank of America 500. Saturday night\u2019s race is set to get underway at 7:30 p.m. and it will be broadcast nationally on ABC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":22745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[36572,66498,1188],"class_list":["post-67182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nascar","tag-bank-of-america-500","tag-nascar","tag-sprint-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67182","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=67182"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67199,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67182\/revisions\/67199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Date: Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013<\/strong>
\n Time: 7:30 p.m. (ET)<\/strong>
\n Broadcast: ABC<\/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
\nJIMMIE JOHNSON 5-1
\nKYLE BUSCH 6-1
\nKASEY KAHNE 7-1
\nJEFF GORDON 10-1
\nKEVIN HARVICK 10-1
\nJOEY LOGANO 10-1
\nKURT BUSCH 15-1
\nCARL EDWARDS 15-1
\nBRAD KESELOWSKI 18-1
\nCLINT BOWYER 18-1
\nDALE EARNHARDT JR 18-1
\nDENNY HAMLIN 25-1
\nMARTIN TRUEX JR 25-1
\nGREG BIFFLE 30-1
\nBRIAN VICKERS 35-1
\nRYAN NEWMAN 35-1
\nJAMIE McMURRAY 60-1
\nJEFF BURTON 75-1
\nJUAN MONTOYA 75-1
\nMARK MARTIN 100-1
\nPAUL MENARD 100-1
\nRICKY STENHOUSE JR 100-1
\nARIC ALMIROLA 200-1
\nMARCOS AMBROSE 200-1
\nKYLE LARSON 300-1
\nDANICA PATRICK 1000-1
\nFIELD 300-1<\/p>\nODDS TO WIN 2013 SPRINT CUP CHAMPIONSHIP <\/h3>\n
\nMATT KENSETH 5-4
\nKEVIN HARVICK 15-1
\nKYLE BUSCH 15-1
\nJEFF GORDON 18-1
\nDALE EARNHARDT JR 40-1
\nJOEY LOGANO 50-1
\nCLINT BOWYER 50-1
\nKURT BUSCH 50-1
\nGREG BIFFLE 50-1
\nCARL EDWARDS 50-1
\nRYAN NEWMAN 100-1
\nKASEY KAHNE 100-1<\/p>\n*SPRINT Cup Odds provided by Bovada<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"