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03/07/2009 - Hampton, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Not even late-race transmission problems could stop Kyle Busch from winning his fourth Camping World Truck Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway as he bounced back in the final laps to take Saturday's American Commercial Lines 200.
Busch, who started on the pole, held the lead for a restart with 12 laps to go, but dropped back in the field after loosing second and third gears. He overcame his mechanical issues by driving past Todd Bodine for the top spot with five laps remaining. Busch then fought off a furious charge by fellow Sprint Cup driver Kevin Harvick in the final two laps to follow up on his victory two weeks ago at California.
"The restart there, I stepped in it, and as soon as I stepped in it and I applied power, it snapped it into (second gear), and I had to go all the way to fourth," Busch said. "I kind of had to lug it all the way around there. I got out of the way so those guys could go and race and did not want to block them up. It felt like an eternity to get this thing up to speed and get going. Once we got there man, I didn't lift those final 12 laps, and I stayed in the gas wide open right in the middle groove and it prevailed."
On the restart, Busch did not get up to speed while Terry Cook passed him for the lead. Colin Braun also passed Busch on the backstretch, but Braun bumped into the back of Cook and then was tapped from behind by Brian Scott. Braun spun and slammed into the inside wall. The fifth and final caution setup an eight-lap shootout to the finish.
Cook held the lead for the final restart, while Busch ran in the ninth spot. But Busch charged to the front in three laps after he got back up to speed.
"I don't think we out trucked them today, but we out drove them at the end," Busch said.
The victory was Busch's 11th career in the series. He won last year's spring event at Atlanta.
Busch has finished either first or second in the first three races this season.
Harvick led the most laps with 68, but finished a truck-length behind in second.
"That was a lot of fun there at the end," Harvick said. "The thing was fast, but it doesn't matter if you can't do a pit stop."
Harvick, competing in his first truck race this season, struggled on his pit stops.
Bodine finished third. Mike Skinner came in fourth, and Cook was fifth.
Chad McCumbee, Ron Hornaday Jr., Mike Bliss, Johnny Benson and Scott completed the top-10.
On lap 74, Braun hit Ricky Carmichael from behind, turning Carmichael around. Dennis Setzer slammed into Carmichael's truck while trying to avoid the incident.
With the victory, Busch increased his lead to 25 points over Bodine.
The next race is scheduled for Saturday, March 28 at Martinsville Speedway.
<< Ligue 1 title race heats up with Lyon loss
Lyon, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Second half goals by Robert Vittek and Michel
Bastos earned Lille a 2-0 win over defending French Ligue 1 champions Lyon on
Saturday.
With the loss the league title chase heats up. Lyon now has just a 1
<< Pendergraph leads No. 21 Arizona State past Cal
Tempe, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Senior forward Jeff Pendergraph posted game-highs
of 27 points and 10 rebounds as 21st-ranked Arizona State used a strong first
half to down California, 83-66, at Wells Fargo Arena.
James Harden contributed 20 p
<< Sloan helps Aggies upend No. 15 Mizzou
College Station, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Donald Sloan led five Texas A&M
players in double figures with 16 points, as the Aggies upended 15th-ranked
Missouri, 96-86, at Reed Arena.
Josh Carter and B.J. Holmes each added 13 poin
<< Bergenheim helps Isles in clobbering of Devils
Uniondale, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sean Bergenheim posted his first career hat
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Yang remains atop Honda leaderboard >>
Palm Beach Gardens, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Y.E. Yang carded just a single
birdie in his third round Saturday, but it was enough for him to remain atop
the leaderboard after three rounds of the Honda Classic.
Yang, whose best PGA Tour finish w
Report: Bills sign WR Owens to one-year deal >>
Buffalo, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Buffalo Bills have reportedly
signed volatile wide receiver Terrell Owens to a one-year deal.
According to a report in The Buffalo News, the deal is worth $6.5 million
guaranteed.
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I Want Revenge takes Gotham Stakes >>
Ozone Park, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - I Want Revenge, making his first start
outside of California and on dirt, captured Saturday's $250,000 Gotham Stakes
at Aqueduct. The 1 1/16 mile Gotham is a prep race for the Wood Memorial on
April 1
Barca extends lead with win coupled with Real draw >>
Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Barcelona extended its lead in the Spanish La
Liga to six points with a 2-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao coupled with a Real
Madrid draw with Atletico Madrid on Saturday.
Real's 10-match winning streak came
American Idol odds : Blake Lewis the Early Standout
An important American Idol betting lines recap from February 20 Guys episode. The 12 men came out flat overall with Blake Lewis appearing to have the early edge after the first hour and a half.
Rudy - was quite good singing "Free Ride" to start off. Randy was not impressed though. Paula thought he started off fantastic. "Never had anyone stop off so lively" said Paula but Simon (who does not like Rudy) does not feel he has a distinct voice and was not impressed either.
Brandon was a little pitchy according to Randy and Paula agreed. Simon said he was a good singer but the song was "too safe" and he needs to make an impact. He was listed at +1200 odds or $1200 paid out on a $100 bet should he win the competition.
Big favorite Sundance came in with a flat version of "Knights in White Satin" and the judges let him have it, including Paula. Randy claimed the song was out of pitch throughout.
Korean American - and a Jenny Woo favorite - Paul Kim was up next. Another pitchy flat one but Randy said he still liked his potential. Kim at +3000 odds was said to have sung a "third rate version of that (George Michael) song" according to Simon Cowell. He sang "Careless Whisper".
22 year old Chris Richardson was up next. He was listed with +1100 odds coming in. He got the best response from the judges though Simon did not believe the vocal was that great.
Nick was boring and pitchy. Simon didn't think he was that bad though and predicted he would be back next week. Nick Pedro was a big +3000 dog coming into this competition.
Beat boxer Blake Lewis was listed with early +1000 odds or $1000 payout on a $100 bet if he were to become the next American Idol winner odds . These of course were the early odds. He was considered original for picking an "odd song". He did not beat box and the judges felt it was the best vocal of the night.
Sanjaya came in as the second biggest favorite after Chris Sligh but his performance Tuesday night was not very good.
Chris Sleigh was the early favorite at +450 odds. Great voice and a great sense of humor. He's a real standout. Randy felt it was on point but maybe ahead of the chorus a little bit. Simon Cowell said he felt like he was in some "sort of weird student gig".
Jared Cotter followed. He was listed with +2000 odds early on to win the competition. The judges felt he needs to take more risks but looked good.
22-year old AJ Talbado, who has tried out for American Idol five times, was up next. "Kind of a theme park performance" said Simon. Though the judges felt he performed okay. Simon did feel AJ might be better than he originally thought.
Phil - this season's military favorite - came into this competition with +1200 odds to win the competition. He was the last to perform. He was certainly strong enough to get through this stage of the competition and perhaps the best one after a shaky start.
Tomorrow night, the ladies perform and I sure hope they do a better job than the boys. Check out all the American Idol betting odds here.
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Kurt Warner to start, Matt Leinart to watch
Despite the debate that's swirling , Kurt Warner will remain the starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, coach Dennis Green said today. The Arizona Cardinals are the +7 point underdog at online sportsbook MySportsbook.com for this Sunday's game.
Green's comment came in a statement released by the team following an ESPN report that Green decided that rookie Matt Leinart would replace Warner as starter for Sunday's game at Atlanta.
"Generally talking about the starting lineup is not something we do," Green told the AP. "However, given the speculation that was out there we want to make it clear. We're disappointed after last week, but we still expect to be a playoff football team and we fully expect Kurt Warner to be the quarterback that leads us. That has not changed."
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