2010 AAA 400 At Dover Predictions – Betting Preview + Picks + Odds
Preview: It’s Chase race No. 2 this week in Dover, Delaware, where NASCAR has raced since 1969. The focus in the Sprint Cup Series this week has been on the rather astounding news that last week’s race winner, Clint Bowyer, was ruled to have an illegal car and was fined 150 points along with other significant penalties.
Race: AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway
Date: Sunday, September 26, 2010
Time: 1:15 PM EST (scheduled green flag)
TV: 1:00 PM EST on ESPN
While the talk at the track will continue to be the Bowyer brouhaha this weekend, the show must go on and attention will gradually turn to the task at hand: the high-banked one-mile concrete oval where Jimmie Johnson, the odds-on favorite, will start on the pole for Sunday’s race.
Safe Bets:
1. Jimmie Johnson (3/1): Johnson swept this track in 2009 and finished 16th here in the spring. He has five wins at Dover in 17 starts, the most of any active driver. Johnson was 19th-fastest in first practice Friday, but came out in the afternoon and grabbed the pole with a 155.736 mph lap. 
2. Kyle Busch (4/1): Busch won twice here in the last five races and qualified 11th for Sunday’s race. He finished ninth in Loudon last week and has a string of four top-ten finishes heading to Dover this weekend.
Dark Horse:
1. Ryan Newman (25/1): Newman has three previous wins at Dover along with one second-place finish. He was fastest on the speed chart in practice Friday and qualified 14th.
Summary: One factor in Sunday’s outcome will be the weather. The afternoon temperature at the track was in the 90s Friday, but will be much cooler Sunday with variable clouds and a chance of showers.
As Kevin Harvick noted, “The hardest thing this weekend is going to be judging where you need to have your car with a twenty degree difference in the weather from today to Sunday.”
Race: AAA 400
Sprint Cup – Odds to Win the AAA 400
Sun, Sept 26th (1:00PM EST) at Dover International Speedway
Jimmie Johnson +225
Kyle Busch +500
Denny Hamlin +900
Carl Edwards +900
Greg Biffle +1200
Kurt Busch +1200
Tony Stewart +1400
Jeff Gordon +1800
Juan Pablo Montoya +2000
Martin Truex Jr. +2000
Matt Kenseth +2000
Jamie McMurray +2200
A.J. Allmendinger +2200
Mark Martin +2500
Clint Bowyer +3000
Jeff Burton +3000
Kevin Harvick +3000
David Reutimann +3500
Kasey Kahne +3500
Ryan Newman +4000
Joey Logano +4000
Dale Earnhardt Jr. +7000
Reed Sorenson +10000
Paul Menard +10000
David Ragan +15000
Sam Hornish Jr. +20000
Brad Keselowski +20000
Marcos Ambrose +25000
Elliott Sadler +35000
Scott Speed +40000
Bobby Labonte +50000
Casey Mears +50000
Regan Smith +50000
Travis Kvapil +75000
David Gilliland +75000
J.J. Yeley +75000
Landon Cassill +100000
Tony Raines +100000
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Becca Gladden is a freelance writer and race handicapper specializing in NASCAR.
