{"id":5047,"date":"2009-07-28T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-28T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/nascar-betting-montoya-looks-to-set-things-right-at-pocono\/"},"modified":"2009-07-28T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-28T19:45:00","slug":"nascar-betting-montoya-looks-to-set-things-right-at-pocono","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/nascar-betting-montoya-looks-to-set-things-right-at-pocono\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Betting &#8211; Montoya Looks To Set Things Right At Pocono"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/betonline.com\/sports-betting\/pocono-betting-1292.aspx\" title=\"Pocono odds\">Pocono odds<\/a>&nbsp;for the <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Pennsylvania<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 500 are led by <span class=SpellE>Hendrick<\/span> drivers or their affiliates, which is fair considering they have won the last three races. This week&#8217;s winner is a <span class=SpellE>longshot<\/span>, but he proved that he could hang with the big boys if he gets a good car, and he&#8217;ll be out for revenge after a speeding penalty cost him the win at Indy.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Pocono <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/\" title=Betting>Betting<\/a> &#8211; Sunday, August 1, <\/span><\/font><\/b><st1:time Hour=\"14\" Minute=\"0\"><font size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2:00 PM ET<\/span><\/font><\/st1:time><font size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Jimmie Johnson is favored at +500 after winning at the Brickyard for the third time in four years, and he loves the second Pocono race of the year as his 8.1 average in seven <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Pennsylvania<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 500s is the best among active drivers. The No.48 driver won this race in 2004, and he finished eighth back in June, so it&#8217;s easy to see why he&#8217;ll be one of the most popular <a href=\"http:\/\/bettorsedge.wordpress.com\/\" title=\"sports picks\">sports picks<\/a>&nbsp;of the weekend.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tony Stewart won the June race here by stretching his fuel mileage, and this was his first victory as a driver\/owner of Stewart-Haas Racing. Stewart has since won at Daytona and hasn&#8217;t finished outside the top 10 since May 24<sup>th<\/sup>, and he has seven top-10s in 10 <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Pennsylvania<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 500s. The No.14 driver leads the points, but he&#8217;s second to Johnson here with odds of +600.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon come in at +700 and +800, respectively, and if it&#8217;s one thing this duo has, it&#8217;s experience: they&#8217;ve combined for 38 Pennsylvania 500s, racking up 27 top-10s, but only one win, a 1998 victory for Gordon. However, the way Martin is driving lately, it would be no surprise if he ended up in the winner&#8217;s circle as he has a series-high four wins and has finished in the top two in the last two races. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Pocono is a 2.5-mile track, but like Indy, its tight turns are more like a road course. This is why Juan Pablo Montoya will win this week after a disappointing 11<sup>th<\/sup>-place result at the Brickyard. Montoya romped through the field to lead 116 laps, but committed a fatal speeding penalty with 35 laps left. The No.42 team may want to consider bringing the same car to Pocono, because that was a rocket that put the field to shame. With odds of +2500, betting players will get a big reward for backing the No.42, so go against your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.payperhead.com\" title=\"gambling software\">gambling software<\/a>&nbsp;and take Montoya to <\/span><\/font><st1:Street><st1:address>Victory   Lane<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> this week. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s Pocono odds&nbsp;for the Pennsylvania 500 are led by Hendrick drivers or their affiliates, which is fair considering they have won the last three races. This week&#8217;s winner is a longshot, but he proved that he could hang with the big boys if he gets a good car, and he&#8217;ll be out for revenge &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/nascar-betting-montoya-looks-to-set-things-right-at-pocono\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NASCAR Betting &#8211; Montoya Looks To Set Things Right At Pocono<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}