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By Nigel Ridgway from Bet 365
Su Jul 24 – 1:00 pm (TNT)/17:00 GMT
The ‘Race for the Chase’ continues at Pocono Raceway on Sunday,
with Tony Stewart gunning for his fourth win in five starts. Stewart (13/2 to
win again this week), who scored his first win in 10 months at Sonoma last month,
has a win at Pocono already to his name (in 2003), to go along with two top-fives
and eight top-10 finishes at the track. Even that record is not as hot as that
of Series points leader Jimmie Johnson, who’ll be trying to secure his
third Pocono win in the four most recent races, including a sweep last year.
Johnson is 11/2 favorite to win this week, but this could be a good opportunity
for his Hendrick
Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon (9/1) to turn around what has been a poor
season by his standards. The Hendrick stable, which also includes Brian Vickers
(10/1), is Pocono’s all-time leading race team with 10 victories, and
Gordon is the track’s
all-time leading money winner with more than $2 million, and three Pocono wins
overall. His record also shows he finishes in the top five 50 percent of the
time. And, despite being born in California, it is Pennsylvania that boasts
more Gordon fans than any other state, support which can give him the confidence
and motivation to step up his performance this week.
Another driver to look out for this week is Carl Edwards (12/1), who looked
anything but a novice when taking the checkered flag at Pocono back in June.
Nigel’s Checkered Flag: Jeff Gordon @ 9/1
bet365 latest Pennsylvania 500 prices … Jimmie Johnson 11/2, Tony Stewart
13/2, Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards, Jeff Gordon 9/1, Brian Vickers
10/1
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