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The rich southern history of NASCAR will be renewed this weekend with throwback paint schemes, particular memorabilia and nostalgia as the circuit heads to historic Darlington Raceway for the famous Southern 500, unofficially one of NASCAR’s four big races.
Sunday night’s race also marks the second-to-last race of the regular season prior to the 16-driver playoffs start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (-79 points out of cutoff), Ryan Newman (-91), Daniel Suarez (-93) and Paul Menard (-99) are motorists now with a slim opportunity to make the playoffs with no win while the rest of the field needs a success at Darlington or Indianapolis to punch their ticket into the playoffs.
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With”The Lady in Black” prepared to paint a Darlington stripe on anyone who gets too near her wall, drivers will have to be at their best as the track changes when the hot South Carolina sun begins to set in the 1.366-mile asphalt trail. Among the most unique tracks in NASCAR features 25 levels of banking in Turns 1 and 2, and 23 degrees in Turns 3 and 4 as the track narrows by 17 ft since the vehicle rounds the egg-shaped oval.
There is no additional track like Darlington making it tough to handicap but the monitor is quite abrasive like similar paths in length at Atlanta and Chicagoland. Sunday’s race-favorite Kevin Harvick will soon be using his winning Atlanta chassis that directed 181 of 325 laps at February while Kyle Busch seeks another 50+ lap-leading triumph at Darlington like he did at Chicago this summer. The last member of the”Big 3,” Martin Truex Jr. is your 2016 Darlington winner that has a series of three top-10 finishes in the track.
Entering Sunday’s race with the fourth-shortest odds is a driver that has dominated Darlington and needs a good showing to secure a spot in the playoffs: Denny Hamlin.
The No. 11 Toyota motorist is a two-time Darlington winner and defending race winner. Hamlin boasts the top driver rating (110.3 — well over the upcoming statistical best of Kyle Busch in 105.1), the very best average running position (7.8) and tops the list of fastest laps run (272) in this race. Hamlin also has 10 top-10 endings in 12 career starts at Darlington, including seven.
Odds to acquire Southern 500
Kevin Harvick 5/2
Kyle Busch 7/2
Martin Truex Jr 7/2
Denny Hamlin 6/1
Kyle Larson 6/1
Erik Jones 18/1
Ryan Blaney 18/1
Brad Keselowski 18/1
Kurt Busch 18/1
Clint Bowyer 18/1
Chase Elliott 25/1
Joey Logano 25/1
Aric Almirola 50/1
Jimmie Johnson 100/1
Ryan Newman 100/1
Daniel Suarez 100/1
Alex Bowman 100/1
Austin Dillon 200/1
Jamie McMurray 200/1
Paul Menard 200/1
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 300/1
Matt Kenseth 300/1
William Byron 300/1
Kasey Kahne 1000/1
Chris Buescher 1000/1
Darrell Wallace Jr 1000/1
AJ Allmendinger 1000/1
Ty Dillon 5000/1
Michael McDowell 5000/1
Field (All Others) 1000/1
Notable Southern 500 gambling matchups
Kyle Busch -110
Martin Truex Jr. -110
Denny Hamlin -110
Kyle Larson -110
Kevin Harvick -145
Martin Truex Jr. +125
Erik Jones -110
Brad Keselowski -110
Brad Keselowski -110
Clint Bowyer -110
Kyle Busch -115
Denny Hamlin +135
Chase Elliott -110
Joey Logano -110
Read more: sportxmagazine.com
