09/20/2008 - Dover, DE (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kyle Busch won the pole for Saturday's Camping World RV Sales 200 Nationwide Series race at the Dover International Speedway. The No.18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driver rounded the one-mile, concrete- surface oval in 23.189 seconds (155.246 m.p.h.).
The pole victory was Busch's series-leading fourth of the season and the 15th of his career.
Kelly Bires secured the outside pole with a qualifying time of 23.460 seconds.
Denny Hamlin (23.521) and David Ragan (23.575) will start on the second row.
Other drivers of note and their starting positions include Carl Edwards (eighth), Brad Keselowski (12th) and Clint Bowyer (22nd).
Bowyer holds a 207-point lead over second-place Edwards and a 279-point advantage over third-place Keselowski in the championship standings.
Despite only one victory so far this season, which came in March at Bristol, Bowyer has been consistent lately, scoring four-straight top-10 finishes. He dominated Richmond two weeks ago by leading 195 laps but ended up finishing third. He gave up the lead to Edwards on Lap 228 when Bowyer's car wiggled, allowing Edwards to pass underneath him.
Edwards has gained some ground on Bowyer in the points race since his setback last month at Bristol, where he crashed in the early stages of the race and spent 83 laps behind the wall for repairs. He ended up finishing 37th and fell 241 points behind Bowyer. Since then, he has finished second at California and won at Richmond.
Edwards won the Nationwide race at Dover in June 2007 and has finished second and sixth in the last two races there.
Earning the nickname "Concrete Carl" after all four of his victories last year came on a concrete-surface, Edwards has yet to win on that type of track in 2008. Bristol, Dover and Nashville are the concrete tracks on the Nationwide circuit.
Bowyer, meanwhile, has recorded four-consecutive top-10 finishes at Dover, including a victory there in September 2006.
Keselowski moved to within 122 points of Bowyer after winning at Bristol but has fallen considerably in points after finishing 33rd at California and 21st at Richmond.
Keselowski finished 24th in his first race at Dover in June 2007 but has finished seventh in his last two races there.
Hamlin has won the last two Nationwide races at Dover, and if he scores the victory in today's race, he will become the first driver to win three in a row there.
The green flag is scheduled to drop around 3:30 p.m. (et).
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Albert Pujols to be This Year's Home Run Champ Says Online Sportsbook
Barry Bonds is a 50-1 long shot to be this year's home run champ odds. The favorite to be this year's home run champ is none other than Albert Pujols, however.
Now that Barry Bonds is signed and in Giants camp, it is on to his pursuit of all of sports most prestigious records: the all-time home run mark. Bonds sits just 21 homers shy of tying Hank Aaron for the career mark at 755. Word out of Giants’ camp is that Bonds is the healthiest he has been in a few years. Bonds is just two seasons removed from his injury riddled 2005 campaign where he played in only 14 games and hit only 5 home runs. He did come back last year and had a solid season hitting .270 with 26 bombs. All eyes will be on Bonds this spring and summer not only because of his home run chase but his highly publicized steroid abuse allegations. If and when Bonds breaks the record, he surely will not get the positive attention one should for breaking a record that was once thought of as “unbreakable”. Despite Bonds decent season last year, he is just 50-1 at MySportsbook.com to lead the MLB in long balls this season.
Not surprisingly, the favorites to go deep the most times this season are Albert Pujols 5-1, Ryan Howard 6-1, David Ortiz 8-1 and Alex Rodriguez 12-1. With 49 homers, Pujols finished second in the National League behind Howard (58). Pujols is considered the favorite due to the consistent power numbers that he has posted since breaking into the league in 2001. Also one must consider the fact that he played in 16 fewer games then Howard did due to an injury. Howard smashed 58 homers in his first complete season of big league play en route to the National League MVP odds award. He silenced his critics by successfully hitting left-handed pitching. Howard also displayed the ability to use his power to the opposite field. Two attributes which should keep Howard amongst the league leaders in long balls for years to come. From the American League representatives, David Ortiz leads the field. Ortiz was second in the majors last year with 54 home runs. Except for 1999 when he only played in 10 games, Ortiz has improved on his home run numbers each year he has been in the majors (1997).
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Adam Dunn 15-1
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Alfonso Soriano 15-1
Andruw Jones 25-1
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Carlos Delgado 40-1
David Ortiz 8-1
Jermaine Dye 40-1
Ken Griffey Jr. 100-1
Lance Berkman 40-1
Manny Ramirez 20-1
Richie Sexson 40-1
Ryan Howard 6-1
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Vladimir Guerrero 40-1
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