[5mike5]

Alright boys were off to the MONSTER MILE this weekend!!!...and we have a triple header weekend with all 3 nascar series at the track, trucks friday afternoon, nationwide saturday, and CUP back on its regular day of sunday early afternoon...

(ignore the mispelled title of the thread...lol)

Ive already started watching past events here for the last few years and getting my driver/track notebooks out so lets get started!...our GREAT season just keeps on rolling so hopefully we all get there again this weekend...

As always, all of out regulars thoughts/opinion/outlooks are always welcome and appreciate on this thread...this season would not be the great success its been without every1 sharing their picks and insight each week...

DOVER is a 1-mile concrete oval racetrack...the turns have a banking of 24 degrees and the straights have 9 degrees of banking...the frontstrectch and the backstretch are both 1, 076 feet long


GOODLUCK this week guys, and hope u enjoy the races!!!

[5mike5]

SPRINT CUP SCEDULE:

PRACTICES: 11am and 2:30 pm both on FRIDAY and airing on SPEED channel

QUALIFYING: noon SATURDAY airing on SPEED channel

SPRINT CUP RACE AT DOVER: SUNDAY @ 12:30 on FOX

**all times are ET

[5mike5]

NATIONWIDE SCEDULE:

PRACTICES: 12:30 FRIDAY airing on SPEED channel

QUALIFYING: 10:30 SATURDAY airing on ESPN2

NATIONWIDE RACE(DOVER) 1:30 SATURDAY airing on ESPN

**all times are ET

[5mike5]

TRUCK series race at DOVER will be held on a special time this week, FRIDAY at 4:30 (ET) airing on the SPEED channel

[shaunovery]

like me mike already started my research for dover it looks like usual suspects to win this weekend, kurt b won in dover last yr cant fancy him this time round can kasey kahne continue his improved performances and of course jimmy and kyle should be strong

[5mike5]

nobody even close to jimmy and kyle here imo...im sure those will be 6 or 7 to 1 opening

i will be definatley taking Truex. Jr. here.....ALWAYS starts up front( 2 poles last few years) and has a win here in '07...if his price is good im all over him this week....be a great mid-priced pick imo

7/8 winners have also started in top 10, so this is 1 of the few places i do [pay attention to qualifying, especially with the lack of cautions going on

[yisman]

mike, you're watching previous dover races?

[5mike5]

mike, you're watching previous dover races?

i always watch past 4 races from the track the CUP series is at for the upcoming weekends race... a.big advantage for how i cap the races...been doing it a few years now

pretty much all i do on mondays/tuesdays and surround myself with my track/driver notebooks...

gives me another perspective, that just looking at stats from each race just doesnt give me

just imho, alot happens during past races that stats dont tell you

[shaunovery]

what happened to truex jr last year started on pole but finished 30th i think

[5mike5]

cut down a tire

his car was awful handling anyways, that didnt cost him a good finishing position...he had already went a lap down


*i just think as fast as that team has been this is a good race to take him....not like hes dominated or ran teriffic or anything, just think he a good longshot pick

[yisman]

just curious, but how do you access the footage?

[5mike5]

just curious, but how do you access the footage?

have every race recorded from the last 4 years or so

[Reno Paul]

Info from MRN

Past Dover winners

2011	AAA 400	Kurt Busch	2	Dodge
2011	FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks	Matt Kenseth	24	Ford
2010	AAA 400	Jimmie Johnson	1	Chevrolet
2010	Autism Speaks 400	Kyle Busch	4	Toyota
2009	AAA 400	Jimmie Johnson	1	Chevrolet
2009	Autism Speaks 400	Jimmie Johnson	8	Chevrolet
2008	Camping World RV 400	Greg Biffle	5	Ford
2008	Best Buy 400	Kyle Busch	3	Toyota
2007	Dodge Dealers 400 (COT Race)	Carl Edwards	15	Ford
2007	Autism Speaks 400 (COT Race)	Martin Truex Jr.	26	Chevrolet
2006	Dover 400	Jeff Burton	19	Chevrolet
2006	Neighborhood Excellence 400	Matt Kenseth	19	Ford

[5mike5]

im waiting om 5dimes odds, should be released soon

ive seen some other places, but 5dimes always better so not sure what to expect yet

kennseth pretty damn stout here too, both his wins coming in the spring race, while jimmy has only won 1 of the last 6 spring races

[Reno Paul]

The Greek is usually the first to post odds......But 5 dimes normally has the best odds.

[5mike5]

KYLE and KENNSETH both have 2 wins at DOVER, all coming in the spring race

not sure it matters too much, but jimmy has 2 of his 6 wins in the spring, 4 in the fall race

[shaunovery]

im waiting om 5dimes odds, should be released soon

ive seen some other places, but 5dimes always better so not sure what to expect yet

kennseth pretty damn stout here too, both his wins coming in the spring race, while jimmy has only won 1 of the last 6 spring

races

took the words out of my mouth mike

looking at kenseth myself

[Reno Paul]

Odds are up at The Greek.......JJ +600, Kyle +800 and Kenseth +1000

Odds should be a bit higher at 5 Dimes when they come up.

[5mike5]

5DIMES just posted odds

time to start up boys!

[5mike5]

kyle busch ( +850)

kennseth (+1050)

truex jr. (+2700)

theres my 1st bets...

[5mike5]

good grief.....

KYLE went from +850 to +800 in less than 60 seconds...LOL

[5mike5]

Jimmy +625

[5mike5]

thats it for me on early bets

may take 1 more longshot, but no more mid to high priced drivers til the weekend

dont want to tie my hands too much too early...ive left plenty of room to add to the odds if they get better, and could move anybody to a cover wager if i choose to later

i will have to say, those odds were much better than i expected, especially on the candy man kyle busch

[yisman]

I'll take Jimmie to start

he's down to +600, though

[Reno Paul]

Yeah even Kenseth is back at +1000........Think I'm gonna wait until I see what chassis setup the drivers will have for the race.

Brad K may bring back the blue deuce that won at Bristol.

Dover to me is a larger version of Bristol with the cement track and high banking.

[yisman]

kyle busch ( +850)

kennseth (+1050)

truex jr. (+2700)

theres my 1st bets...

lol all of these are now down slightly. overreaction to early bets?

kenseth 10/1, truex 26/1, kyle 8/1

[5mike5]

i thought about BK but he looked awful here in the past

never even scored a top 10 finish here in his career

[5mike5]

lol all of these are now down slightly. overreaction to early bets?

kenseth 10/1, truex 26/1, kyle 8/1

jimmy +600 now too, but not suprised if that goes lower today too


im sure lots of people liked the early numbers

some of those will get better numbers later, but usually still works out in the end to help more than hurts betting early...if they get better ill bet them again..

[yisman]

just funny that all the ones posted got adjusted down

[5mike5]

guess it is a little odd

[Reno Paul]

You're a line mover Mike.

[5mike5]

You're a line mover Mike.

yeah right

[Optional]

I know it looks like throwing good money after bad after a while, but had to take Carl +1000 early. One of the few tracks where he tends to qualify well (well 7th best out of this field).

Also took Truex to win Group C +300

(and a half unit on Marcos +6000, of course)

BTW... my forum access is back to normal now.

[5mike5]

OPTI is back to full throttle on the forum!!



BTW, i like edwards too a little, been burned too many times by him not having the speed, especially at those odds...just seems like he cant win races anymore....but im keeping an eye out on him just in case i change my mind

[Optional]

OPTI is back to full throttle on the forum!!



BTW, i like edwards too a little, been burned too many times by him not having the speed, especially at those odds...just seems like he cant win races anymore....but im keeping an eye out on him just in case i change my mind

That is the worry.