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

Following an exciting race in Tennessee, NASCAR heads to Richmond Raceway Saturday night (6 rebounds CT, FOX) to its next short-track race that the Cup Series season.

Richmond, the site of the Toyota Owners 400, is 0.25 miles more than Bristol and Martinsville, but NASCAR still categorizes it as a brief track. It’s really most similar to New Hampshire and Phoenix’s monitor in banking and it’s no surprise drivers who’ve had success.

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

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Recent results, richmond rules package

Teams will utilize the 2019 rules bundle tailored for quick tracks (less than 1.33 miles) and road courses. A 1.17-inch tapered spacer will be used as it was earlier this season at Phoenix, Martinsville, and Bristol, with motors expected to generate about 750 horsepower. When handicapping the 400-lap race of Saturday, results in Phoenix ought to be bettors’ priority before exploring last year’s results from New Hampshire and Richmond, since 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 Stage 2, and the duo was joined by Martin Truex Jr. (moment ), Almirola (third), and Hamlin (fifth) in the top five at the checkered flag.

Recent consequences: New Hampshire | Richmond | Phoenix

Entering Saturday’s race, brief paths of Bristol and Martinsville have been dominated by Team Penske drivers Blaney, Brad Keselowski, and Joey Logano. The trio has directed 795 of the laps this year, thanks to Keselowski’s 486 circuits led.

Curious to win 2019 Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond

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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