Coke 600

[shaunovery]

Thought I would start a thread

Not as good as mikes as this forum has become pretty much dead last couple of weeks .

PRACTICE & QUALIFYING
Dates / Times / TV coverage

(times in eastern time)
Practices:
Thursday, May 22, 2:30 - 4:50 pm/et, TV-FS1
Saturday, May 24, 9:30 - 10:20am/et, TV-FS1
Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Saturday, May 24, 1:00 - 2:00pm/et, TV-FS1
Qualifying: group qualifying for positions 1-36, Thursday, May 22 at 7:10 pm/et, TV-FS1, re-air scheduled 5/23 at 4:30am/et on FS1 AND 5/24 at 11:00pm/et on FS2.

[shaunovery]

Track Specifications:
Superspeedway: 1.5-mile quad oval
Race Length: 400 laps, 600 miles
Track Length: 1.5 miles or 7,920 feet
Banking: turns: 24 degrees; straights: 5 degrees
Straights: Frontstretch - 1980 feet; Backstretch - 1500 feet
Turns 1 & 2: 2,400 feet
Turns 3 & 4: 2,040 feet
Radius Turns 1 & 2: 685 feet
Radius Turns 3 & 4: 625 feet
Grandstand Seating: 134,000 (down from 146,000)
Suites: 113
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Opened: 1960
Last Repave: March 2006

[shaunovery]

Sports crook openers

AJ Allmendinger +30000

Aric Almirola +20000

Austin Dillon +10000

Brad Keselowski +800

Brian Vickers +3000

Carl Edwards +2000

Casey Mears +30000

Clint Bowyer +2000

Dale Earnhardt Jr +1500

Danica Patrick +30000

Denny Hamlin +2000

Greg Biffle +3000

Jamie McMurray +6000

Jeff Gordon +800

Jimmie Johnson +600

Joey Logano +800

Kasey Kahne +800

Kevin Harvick +500

Kurt Busch +4000

Kyle Busch +800

Kyle Larson +2000

Marcos Ambrose +30000

Martin Truex Jr +10000

Matt Kenseth +1000

Paul Menard +10000

Ricky Stenhouse +20000

Ryan Newman +3500

Tony Stewart +2000

Trevor Bayne +30000

z Field (Any Other Driver) +10000

[shaunovery]

Looking forward to a great weekend 3 races in action

Monaco Grand Prix , Indy 500 and of course the 600

Early plays for me will be

Kahne, harvick and Logano

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Interesting looking market. Looks like early value is in the long shots with that big group around equal faves.

[shaunovery]

Interesting looking market. Looks like early value is in the long shots with that big group around equal faves.

5d and the Greek should have better

[shaunovery]

Expecting Hendrick cars to be strong this week

[uncle vinny]

ill start with a lean towards hambo and kahne. was waiting for charlotte and hoping that hamlin winless, still get a good price tho. and kahn put jr setup in at kansas and ran well and now at a track he loves and ran good last week. like to get 15 instead of 8

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Didn't you say you think that JGR are shitty on 1.5 mile tracks at the moment just last week or the one before Vinny?

[yisman]

still no odds at 5 Dimes. I guess in the morning.

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Shouldnt be far away. They even have the Nationwide race odds up at Greek now.

[shaunovery]

Cup race not till Sunday night (latest race of season) so give 5d plenty of time to post odds

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Qualifying Matchups - Coca Cola 600 - Charlotte Motor Speedway - Concord, NC - Thursday, May 22nd 7:00 PM - Fox Sports 1
Thu 5/22		6001 Kyle Busch (Qualifying)		-120
2:30PM		6002 Matt Kenseth (Qualifying)		-110
Thu 5/22		6003 Joey Logano (Qualifying)		-125
2:30PM		6004 Brad Keselowski (Qualifying)		-105
Thu 5/22		6005 Kasey Kahne (Qualifying)		-120
2:30PM		6006 Jeff Gordon (Qualifying)		-110
Thu 5/22		6007 Kevin Harvick (Qualifying)		-125
2:30PM		6008 Ryan Newman (Qualifying)		-105
Thu 5/22		6009 Paul Menard (Qualifying)		-125
2:30PM		6010 Marcos Ambrose (Qualifying)		-105

Kevin Harvick	+500
Jimmie Johnson	+600
Jeff Gordon	+850
Kasey Kahne	+900
Matt Kenseth	+925
Kyle Busch	+925
Brad Keselowski	+950
Joey Logano	+975
Dale Earnhardt Jr	+1650
Denny Hamlin	+2150
Clint Bowyer	+2150
Carl Edwards	+2200
Tony Stewart	+2250
Kyle Larson	+2300
Greg Biffle	+2800
Kurt Busch	+3750
Ryan Newman	+3800
Brian Vickers	+4300
Jamie McMurray	+5800
Martin Truex Jr	+6500
Austin Dillon	+10000
Paul Menard	+10000
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	+20000
Aric Almirola	+20000
AJ Allmendinger	+25000
Casey Mears	+25000
Danica Patrick	+25000
Marcos Ambrose	+25000
Trevor Bayne	+30000

[Crony]

5 Dimes has Kurt Busch odds the same to win Indy 500 as Coca Cola 600.
No way does have a 1/100 chance of winning Indy.
Got burned fading Tony Stewart in matchups when he ran the double. Remember them showing him on the plane between races taking an IV.
Think he ran top 5. Would be careful fading Kurt in the 600.

[uncle vinny]

Didn't you say you think that JGR are shitty on 1.5 mile tracks at the moment just last week or the one before Vinny?

Yep. At kansas. Liked the hamlin ran up front on no tires. Also kenseth was sneaky good last week.

[Crony]

20/1 is a good price on Hamlin, thought he struggled with 2 tires at the All Star Race.
Seems like him and Kahne find ways to have bad finishes.

Maybe Larson learns something from McMurray. Taking him at 25/1.
Most his good finishes this year have been with late closes.

[lexxa]

20/1 is a good price on Hamlin, thought he struggled with 2 tires at the All Star Race.
Seems like him and Kahne find ways to have bad finishes.

He was actually running great after staying out with older tires. Then made contact and cut down a tire.

[shaunovery]

You can't compare all star race with cup race be completely different

90 laps to 400 laps

Saying that I thought Biffle had some good speed till hitting the wall

[uncle vinny]

He was actually running great after staying out with older tires. Then made contact and cut down a tire.

thats what i remember, no tires after 1st segment and hung tough.

agree we cant use all star pace to handicapp, but it was encouraging to see kane and hamlin up front since they are the two on my radar since texas

[shaunovery]

thats what i remember, no tires after 1st segment and hung tough.

agree we cant use all star pace to handicapp, but it was encouraging to see kane and hamlin up front since they are the two on my radar since texas

Kahne, Logano and Biffle/junior are my early leans

[Sgt.Pem]

As others have said, I really like Logano to run well this week. Won at Texas, and finished 4th at both Vegas and Kansas. Took Logano over Kenseth earlier this morning.

You gotta like Gordon to do well, too. And of course Harvick will be up front. On a side note, I saw 5D moved Harvick to +350 to win Championship...so I'm LOVING my 25/1 future on Harvick that I scooped up in February.

Even though Kenseth has managed to pull out 3 top 10's at Texas/Vegas/Kansas...I'm not sold on JGR. Hamlin has yet to contend in any of the 1.5s yet this year, and I'm not sure that changes this week either.

Looking forward to this weekend...us racing fans will have plenty to choose from!
Good luck to everyone this week!

[kcburg]

liking Gordon for no apparent reason..

[Reno Paul]

Just took Hamlin +2250. Really liking the value.....Liking Kahne too. Probably will play him soon. Then will play another one or two by the race.

[uncle vinny]

5 Dimes has Kurt Busch odds the same to win Indy 500 as Coca Cola 600.
No way does have a 1/100 chance of winning Indy.
Got burned fading Tony Stewart in matchups when he ran the double. Remember them showing him on the plane between races taking an IV.
Think he ran top 5. Would be careful fading Kurt in the 600.

if i remember right, didnt he spin by himself on lap one or two

[Reno Paul]

Added Kahne +925......He races well at Charlotte.

[Reno Paul]

Bring 5mike5 back!!!!! It's a fukkin conspiracy!!!!!

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I wish they would too Paul.

I bet even those who were glad to see the back of him can see how he held the place together now.


I took Hamlin and Bowyer at early odds. Those should look pretty darn good after quali, and should see a couple of others I liked, like Junior and Gordon, move higher.

[Sgt.Pem]

Can't believe Harvick didn't even get a lap in for round 3. He'd probably like to do that over again haha

[yisman]

Kevin Harvick	+475
Jimmie Johnson	+550
Brad Keselowski	+575
Kasey Kahne	+850
Kyle Busch	+900
Joey Logano	+950
Matt Kenseth	+1150
Denny Hamlin	+1200
Jeff Gordon	+1250
Dale Earnhardt Jr	+1600
Clint Bowyer	+1800
Carl Edwards	+2600
Kyle Larson	+2600
Tony Stewart	+2700
Brian Vickers	+2900
Jamie McMurray	+2900
Greg Biffle	+3300
Kurt Busch	+3800
Ryan Newman	+5500
AJ Allmendinger	+5500
Martin Truex Jr	+6600
Aric Almirola	+7500
Trevor Bayne	+7500
Marcos Ambrose	+7500
Paul Menard	+11000
Austin Dillon	+15000
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	+15000
Danica Patrick	+15000
Casey Mears	+33500

[shaunovery]

Interesting stat I read when #48 is on pole at Charlotte his avg finishing position is 3.75

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Don't like this Thursday on Friday off week. Feels like a bloody tease today.

At least it gets hectic and stays that way from tomorrow!

[Sgt.Pem]

Just a heads up...Kyle Busch slapped the wall in practice #3 and is in his backup car. He's currently 1st in happy hour, but that was with primary car. Ran a couple laps in backup and said it's nowhere close to primary.

I'm sure he'll get the car tuned up, but worth noting since he'll be starting in the back now.

[yisman]

MU [7603] B KESELOWSKI -135 (B KESELOWSKI vrs K HARVICK)

MU [7613] TY DILLON +120 (TY DILLON vrs B SCOTT)

MU [7622] K HARVICK -140 (K LARSON vrs K HARVICK)

[yisman]

that last one I copied on the confirm screen and by the time I clicked confirm it had moved, so I just have the first 2

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Lucky miss Yis.

I missed the race totally. Hope someone here hit Larson!