NASCAR at Richmond odds, key stats, bets to consider: Handicap Toyota Owners 400 with similar race tracks

Following an exciting race at Tennessee, NASCAR heads to Richmond Raceway Saturday night (6 p.m. CT, FOX) for its third short-track race that the Cup Series season.

Richmond, the website of this Toyota Owners 400, is 0.25 miles longer than Bristol and Martinsville, but NASCAR still categorizes it as a short track. It is actually most similar in banking to New Hampshire and Phoenix’s 1-mile flat track and it is no surprise drivers who have had success.

Kyle Busch, who won Sunday’s race in Bristol since the race-favorite, once again gets the shortest odds (2/1) on the board at the Westgate SuperBook because he seeks his seventh win at Richmond. Busch has finished in the top 10 in every race this year and owns a series-best 6.9 average finish in the Richmond. Busch won and directed a 177 laps in Phoenix’s similar layout at March and has finished first and second at New Hampshire.

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Recent results, richmond rules package

Teams will utilize the 2019 rules bundle tailored for short paths (less than 1.33 miles) and street classes. A 1.17-inch tapered spacer will be used as it had been earlier this season at Phoenix, Martinsville, and Bristol, with motors expected to generate about 750 horsepower. When handicapping Saturday’s 400-lap race, results in Phoenix ought to be bettors’ priority before researching the results of last year from New Hampshire and Richmond, because distinct packages were utilized.

Pole-sitter Ryan Blaney (94) and Aric Almirola (26) also led laps in Phoenix in March, as did Denny Hamlin (7), Jimmie Johnson (4), and Daniel Hemric (4). Busch won Stage 1 and Blaney won Phase 2, and the duo was joined by Martin Truex Jr. (moment ), Almirola (third), and Hamlin (fifth) at the top five at the checkered flag.

Recent consequences: New Hampshire | Richmond | Phoenix

Entering Saturday’s race, Team Penske drivers Blaney, Brad Keselowski, and Joey Logano has dominated brief tracks of Bristol and Martinsville. The trio has directed 795 of the 1,000 short-track laps this season, as a result of Keselowski’s 486 circuits led.

Odds to win 400 at Richmond to 2019 Toyota Owners

Odds provided by Westgate

Kyle BUSCH 2/1
Kevin HARVICK 7/1
Brad KESELOWSKI 7/1
Joey LOGANO 7/1
Martin TRUEX JR 7/1
Denny HAMLIN 10/1
Ryan BLANEY 12/1
Chase ELLIOTT 12/1
Clint BOWYER 20/1
Kyle LARSON 20/1
Aric ALMIROLA 20/1
Kurt BUSCH 25/1
Erik JONES 30/1
Jimmie JOHNSON 30/1
Daniel SUAREZ 60/1
Austin DILLON 100/1
Ryan NEWMAN 100/1
Ricky STENHOUSE Jr. 100/1
Alex BOWMAN 100/1
Matt DIBENEDETTO 100/1
William BYRON 300/1
Chris BUESCHER 300/1
Paul MENARD 300/1
Ryan PREECE 500/1
Daniel HEMRIC 500/1
Ty DILLON 1000/1
Darrell WALLACE Jr. 1000/1
Michael McDOWELL 2000/1
David RAGAN 5000/1
FIELD (others) 1000/1

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