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New York Post, Friday, March 13, 2020

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Odds & Ends

NASCAR

Odds to win Folds of

Honor Quik Trip 500

Sunday, Atlanta

DRIVER ODDS

Kevin Harvick 4/1

Joey Logano 11/2

Kyle Busch 6/1

Chase Elliott 6/1

Brad Keselowski 7/1

Martin Truex Jr. 7/1

Alex Bowman 17/2

Kyle Larson 12/1

Ryan Blaney 14/1

Denny Hamlin 18/1

William Byron 20/1

Jimmie Johnson 20/1

Kurt Busch 25/1

Erik Jones 40/1

Clint Bowyer 50/1

Aric Almirola 50/1

Matt DiBenedetto 75/1

Tyler Reddick 100/1

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 150/1

Christopher Bell 150/1

Cole Custer 150/1

Austin Dillon 250/1

Chris Buescher 300/1

Ross Chastain 300/1

Ty Dillon 500/1

Bubba Wallace 750/1

John Hunter Nemechek 750/1

Field 500/1

NFL

Odds to win

Super Bowl LV

TEAM ODDS

Chiefs 5/1

49ers 13/2

Ravens 7/1

Saints 11/1

Cowboys 12/1

Patriots 12/1

Seahawks 17/1

Eagles 18/1

Packers 18/1

Raiders 25/1

Rams 25/1

Steelers 25/1

Vikings 28/1

Bears 30/1

Bills 32/1

Browns 35/1

Colts 35/1

Titans 35/1

Chargers 40/1

Falcons 40/1

Texans 40/1

Broncos 45/1

Buccaneers 50/1

Giants 60/1

Cardinals 75/1

Jets 75/1

Lions 75/1

Bengals 100/1

Dolphins 100/1

Jaguars 100/1

Panthers 100/1

Redskins 100/1

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Boxing 10 p.m. ShoBox: The New Generation SHO

Auto Racing2:30 p.m. NASCAR Xfinity Series: EchoPark 250, 1st Practice FS1

3:30 p.m. NASCAR Cup Series: Folds of Honor

QuikTrip 500, 1st Practice FS1

4:30 p.m. NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series: Georgia 200, Final Practice FS1

5 p.m. NASCAR Xfinity Series: EchoPark 250, Final Practice FS1

5:30 p.m.

NASCAR Cup Series: Folds of Honor

QuikTrip 500, Final Practice FS1

Soccer 3:20 p.m. Bundesliga: SC Paderborn 07 at Fortuna Dusseldorf FS2

11 p.m. Liga MX: Tijuana at Pachuca FS2

ACTIONACTION

In association with

By Pete Pistone

The annual three-race western swing

is in the rearview mirror, and NASCAR

returns to the East Coast for Sunday’s

Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500. The race

kicks off a trio of events at 1 ¹/₂ -mile

speedways, with Homestead-Miami and

Texas following this week’s visit to the

Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Of course, that’s coronavirus

permitting. As of Thursday, NASCAR

planned to conduct the first two of

those races with no fans in the stands.

Atlanta has two calling cards — high

speeds and a worn-out racing surface.

The two combine to make the venue

one of the more exciting tracks on the

schedule and a drivers’ favorite. The

porous asphalt that dates to 1997 causes

cars to slip and slide, putting much

more of the outcome in the hands of the

people behind the wheel. But because

tires wear out so quickly on the rough

surface, managing that degradation and

utilizing pit strategy to ensure having

the freshest rubber possible near the

end of the race is a major factor in

determining the outcome.

The season is only four races old, but

patterns already are developing. Here

are the drivers to keep in mind in

Atlanta:

THE PLAYS

Brad Keselowski (7/1): He has been

red-hot at Atlanta, winning two of the

past three years. Keselowski has an

average finish of 13.0 dating back over

the last 10 races at the track and hasn’t

finished outside the top 10 since 2015.

Although Keselowski has not won in

2020, he has started the season solidly

with a pair of top-10 finishes in the first

four races, including a top-five run.

Keselowski pilots a Ford, which has won

the past three Atlanta races.

Kevin Harvick (4/1): Another Ford

driver with a stellar Atlanta record,

Harvick won at AMS in 2018 and has a

streak of five consecutive top-10

performances. He has led a mind-

boggling 1,061 laps at Atlanta over the

previous 10 races, nearly 900 more than

runner-up Denny Hamlin. Harvick was

second last week in Phoenix and leads

the NASCAR Cup Series points

standings after four races.

Martin Truex Jr. (7/1): This year has

been a struggle for the 2017 series

champion, but Atlanta could be his

tonic. Truex finished second here last

year and has put together five straight

top-10 finishes. He doesn’t have a top 10

this year, but that should change Sunday.

Kurt Busch (25/1): The Chip Ganassi

Racing driver has the best average

finish among active drivers over the

past 10 Atlanta races with a sparkling

6.9 mark. He has a third and a fourth in

the previous four Atlanta races. While

Ford has dominated at AMS in recent

years, this year’s Chevrolet stable, of

which Busch is a member with Ganassi,

has found some early speed. Busch will

be a player Sunday.

Pete Pistone writes about auto racing

for Point Spread Weekly, VSiN’s digital

magazine for sports bettors.

TOP PLAY

FOR WHEEL? As of Thursday night, NASCAR was planning to hold its race at At-

lanta Motor Speedway as well as next week’s event at Homestead-Miami. Brad Kese-

lowski (above) is among the best bets by VSiN’s Pete Pistone to win on Sunday.