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08/07/2010 - Lexington, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Will Power edged defending IZOD IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti in Saturday's qualifying to capture the pole for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Power lapped the 2.258-mile, 13 turn road course in one minute, 7.1997 seconds for his seventh pole of the season, which placed him in a tie with his Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves for most poles in an IndyCar season. Castroneves won seven poles during the 2007 season.
Earlier in the day, Power was involved in a wreck during a practice session. He got loose and then spun on the wet grass before he backed it hard into a tire barrier.
"Bad mistake on my behalf this morning," Power said. "The guys had to put together the spare car in a two-hour space. I can't thank them enough."
Indy Racing League medical officials reported that Power suffered a bruised thigh.
"All I did was obviously go over the data that my teammates had in that session and just did everything I could mentally to prepare and did my best," Power added.
Franchitti qualified 0.08 seconds behind Power to secure the outside pole.
"We just missed that tenth of a second, that perfect lap we needed to get ahead of Will," Franchitti said.
Power now holds a 51-point lead over Franchitti. The 29-year-old Australian driver can clinch the series' new road/street course championship at Mid-Ohio. Earlier this year, IndyCar announced the expansion of its championship format, with the highest-scoring oval and road/street course drivers winning separate titles, starting this season.
So far, Power has won four road/street course events -- Sao Paulo, Brazil; St. Petersburg, FL; Watkins, NY and Toronto.
Takuma Sato qualified a season-high third in his KV Racing Technology car. Ryan Hunter-Reay from Andretti Autosport will join Sato on row two.
Scott Dixon from Chip Ganassi Racing and Castroneves will share the third row.
Earlier this week, IndyCar officials fined Castroneves $60,000 and placed him on probation for the remainder of the season, following his post-race outburst with officials two weeks ago in Edmonton, Canada.
Castroneves was penalized for refusing to follow the direction of race officials and unsportsmanlike conduct when he engaged in a heated altercation with two officials on pit lane after the conclusion of the race.
Ryan Briscoe from Penske qualified seventh, followed by E.J. Viso from KV Racing, Andretti Autosport's Marco Andretti and Simona de Silvestro from HVM Racing.
Danica Patrick continued to struggle in road course racing this year, as the Andretti driver qualified 22nd in the 27-car field.
Sunday's 85-lap race is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. (et).
<< Baghdatis advances to final in D.C.
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Eighth-seeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis
defeated Xavier Malisse in straight sets to reach the final of the $1.402
million Legg Mason Tennis Classic, a hardcourt U.S. Open Series event.
Baghdatis r
<< Red Sox ink Delgado to minor league deal
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Red Sox agreed to a minor league
contract with former New York Mets first baseman Carlos Delgado.
Delgado has yet to play this season while he recovers from offseason hip
surgery. He tried
<< Edwards tops in qualifying at Watkins Glen
Watkins Glen, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carl Edwards claimed his first Sprint Cup
Series pole in two years by winning Saturday's qualifying for the Heluva
Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen at Watkins Glen International.
Edwards turned a
<< Woods on pace for historically bad finish
Akron, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tiger Woods shot a five-over 75 on Saturday and
is now 11-over par through three rounds of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
Woods, a seven-time winner of this championship, is in 78th place out of 80
player
Muscle Massive rallies for Hambletonian win >>
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Muscle Massive, driven by Ron Pierce,
rallied down the stretch to capture Saturday's 85th running of the $1.5
million Hambletonian at The Meadowlands. Muscle Massive trotted the mile in
1:51.
Arencibia hits two HR's in debut to fuel Jays win over Rays >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - J.P. Arencibia had a major-league debut to
remember, going 4-for-5 with two home runs, a double and three RBI, as the
Toronto Blue Jays belted eight home runs en route to a 17-11 drubbing of the
Rays, h
Allen takes over for Dwyer in Ga. Tech backfield >>
ATLANTA (AP) -Jonathan Dwyer is off to the NFL, but Georgia Tech's potent rushing attack might not miss a beat.Anthony Allen moves over from A-back to the featured B-back position in coach Paul Johnson's spread option offense, and he could be even m
Cejka builds 2-shot lead at Turning Stone >>
Verona, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Alex Cejka birdied his last three holes Saturday
to shoot a five-under 67 and extend his lead to two shots at the Turning Stone
Resort Championship.
Cejka finished 54 holes on the Atunyote course with a 15-und
MySportsbook.com Favors Fighting Irish to win College Football betting odds
According to odds makers at MySportsbook.com, on January 8, the Fighting Irish faithful may be toasting their 14th national title in Arizona – Notre Dame’s first national championship in close to 20 years.
Although MySportsbook.com has listed Notre Dame as the 5-1 favorite to win thecollege football College Football betting, fans in Columbus do not need to cancel their tickets to Glendale just yet. The Ohio State Buckeyes, listed right behind the Irish at 7-1, are also heavy favorites to win college football’s most coveted prize, while West Virginia, USC and the 2007 National Champion Texas Longhorns - all listed at 8-1 – are strong contenders as well.
MySportsbook.com has also posted gambling odds on the conference championships for the ACC, Big 12 and SEC. In the ACC – it could be anyone’s title, particularly for the two schools from the Sunshine State. Florida State and Miami, both listed at 2-1, are favored to win the ACC Championship Game odds, with the ‘Noles hoping to finish in the nation’s top 10 for the first time in five years, and the ‘Canes looking to avenge their 10-7 loss against FSU in last year’s ACC Championship betting.
Moving west to the Big 12, MySportsbook.com has betting lines listing Texas as 7-5 favorites to repeat as conference champions, even though the Longhorns lost their national championship-winning quarterback Vince Young to the NFL. In the south, the Auburn Tigers – led by Heisman-hopeful senior running back Kenny Irons – have been given the best odds to win the SEC Championship odds at 5-2.
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Elite 8 NCAA Tournament Betting at online sportsbook MySportsbook.com
In what should be an outstanding Saturday of March Madness betting action, the top four teams in the South and West Regions square off in what should be extremely close match-ups. Three of the four teams are coming off extremely close games on Thursday evening, only UCLA won semi comfortably over Pitt 64-55.
Ohio State is coming off their second game in a row where in all reality they should have lost. Of course that doesn’t matter now since the name of the game is “survive and advance” but as the tournament continues, they can’t afford to keep getting down to their opponents early. Kansas also avoided a scare by holding off a scrappy Southern Illinois squad. In the third thrilling game of the evening Memphis pulled off the minor upset (+3.5) despite being the higher seed to Texas A&M.
Although the spreads are fairly small for Saturday’s games, MySportsbook.com continue to bet against the underdogs. Despite OSU’s two scares, 86% of the “betting public” feels the Buckeyes (-1.5) have what it takes to make the Final Four. In fact, so much of the early money is on OSU that the line has already moved from -1 to -1.5. In the second game of the doubleheader, Kansas and their high-powered offense are 2 point favorites as they take on UCLA and their effective defense. About 63% of the early money thus far is once again backing the favorites. If those percentages stay that high, don’t be surprised if this line moves as well. If you like Kansas (-2) you might want to jump on it early.
Memphis vs. Ohio State
Both squads were involved in thrillers on Thursday evening and should come out fired up. OSU can ill afford to get behind early like they did versus their previous two opponents (Xavier, Tennessee). Greg Oden needs to stay out of foul trouble; the Buckeyes are a completely different team when he is on the court. Memphis definitely has the athleticism and length to match-up with OSU. Of Memphis’ five leading minute earners, the shortest of the bunch is 6’5”. Each team has a very effective defense; Memphis surrenders 62.3 PPG whereas the Buckeyes give up only 61 PPG. With those type of numbers, it isn’t surprising that Memphis covered the UNDER almost 69% of the time this season. As a favorite, OSU has covered the UNDER almost 66% of the time over the last three seasons. The major concern for Memphis which is magnifies this time of the year is their brutal foul shooting (62%). This season, OSU is 17-11 ATS versus teams with a winning record and 7-2 ATS in all tournament games. Memphis has been an extremely reliable cover in tournament play in recent years with a 23-8 ATS record over the last three seasons.
UCLA vs. Kansas
In the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader, UCLA will play in a role which they are very unfamiliar with that of the underdog. Only twice this season have they been getting points from the handicappers and both times they covered. Over the last three seasons UCLA is a reliable 23-7 ATS in this unfamiliar role. UCLA has not fared well against Big 12 opponents recently going 1-7 ATS since 1997. Giving up only 59.6 PPG, UCLA will definitely look to do what they do best: keep this game as low scoring as possible. Their defense has been especially tough during the tournament. UCLA opponents have been able to muster up only 48.7 PPG while shooting a combined 34.5% from the field. UCLA definitely has a challenge at hand with a Kansas team that is capable of putting points on the board in bunches. As a team, they average 79 PPG and shoot an impressive 49.6% from the field and 39.4% from beyond the arc. During the tournament Kansas has been “lights out” from the field having shot 56.2%.
With Friday -105 juice on Basketball betting, MySportsbook.com is the place to bet on all of the “March Madness” action. Don’t forget to monitor who the public is backing at MySportsbook.com’s “Betting Trends”. By doing so, you have the best chance of predicting a possible line change, thus getting the best value for your wager.
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