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09/05/2009 - Hampton, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Martin Truex Jr. topped Kasey Kahne in Saturday's qualifying to capture the pole for the Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Truex turned a lap around the 1.54-mile oval at 184.149 m.p.h. (30.106 seconds) in his No.1 Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet for his second pole of the season and the third of his Sprint Cup Series career. He won the pole for the season-opening Daytona 500 in February.
"It just shows how much it means for us to get one of these poles, they're not easy to come by," Truex said. "We had a really good practice. We've got a great car in race trim, and I wasn't really sure what we would do for qualifying."
Truex is currently 23rd in points, with his best finish this season a sixth- place run in May at Darlington. His only Cup victory so far came in June 2007 at Dover.
After spending his first four full seasons with DEI in Cup competition, Truex will leave the racing organization at the end of the year and head over to Michael Waltrip Racing to drive a Toyota for the 2010 Cup campaign.
Kahne qualified 0.107 seconds behind Truex to grab the outside pole.
"We made a pretty big pickup from practice, and we had a great practice in race trim, and now we're pretty well qualified for the race," Kahne said. "Tomorrow should be good for us hopefully."
Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon will start third and fourth, while Kyle Busch will roll off fifth.
Kurt Busch, who won at Atlanta in March, qualified sixth, followed by Mark Martin, Brian Vickers, David Stremme and Denny Hamlin.
Busch currently holds the 13th position in points, and trails 12th-place Matt Kenseth by 34 markers with just two races to go before the "Chase for the Sprint Cup" championship begins. Kenseth qualified 15th.
Carl Edwards will start 14th, despite driving with a broken foot. Edwards fractured his right foot while playing Frisbee earlier this week.
Regan Smith, Patrick Carpentier and Tony Raines failed to qualify.
Atlanta will host the Labor Day weekend Cup event for the first time this year. Darlington hosted the Southern 500 the first weekend in September each year from 1959 to 2003, before California held the date for the last five seasons.
Sunday's 500-mile race is scheduled to start just after 7:30 p.m. (et).
<< Bears release Basanez, Hood, 17 others
Lake Forest, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Quarterback Brett Basanez and cornerback
Roderick Hood were among the notable players released by the Chicago Bears on
Saturday, as the team reached its 53-player maximum.
Basanez, who starred locally at No
<< Eagles cut '08 draft picks Ikegwuonu, Smith, 15 More
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Cornerback Jack Ikegwuonu and defensive
end Bryan Smith, two mid-round 2008 draft choices, were among the 17 players
released by the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday, as part of the team's "cut-
down day" tran
<< Niners release CB Green, RB Sheets, 18 Others
Santa Clara, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Veteran cornerback Eric Green and rookie
running back Kory Sheets were two of 20 players released by the San Francisco
49ers on Saturday, as the team reduced its roster to the 53-player maximum.
Green, a 33
<< American Oudin stuns Sharapova at U.S. Open
Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - American teenager Melanie Oudin
pulled off her second straight upstart of a Russian star, as Maria Sharapova
was ousted by the Georgia native in Saturday's third-round action at the U.S.
Open.
Floyd flirts with perfection as ChiSox handle BoSox >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gavin Floyd carried a perfect game into the
sixth, turning in eight strong innings, and Paul Konerko added a home run and
three RBI as Chicago downed Boston, 5-1, in the second installment of a four-
game se
Saints add TE Thomas from Patriots >>
Metairie, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New Orleans Saints acquired tight
end David Thomas from the New England Patriots in exchange for a seventh-round
draft pick in 2011.
Thomas, primarily a blocking tight end, started 10 games with N
Pettersen leads by five in Canada >>
Calgary, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chasing her first win in almost two years,
Suzann Pettersen fired a five-under 66 and took a five-shot lead Saturday at
the CN Canadian Women's Open.
The long-hitting Norwegian finished three rounds on the Prid
Stanback, Stewart Among 22 Cowboys Released >>
Irving, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wide receiver Isaiah Stanback and veteran
linebacker Matt Stewart were among 22 players released as part of the Dallas
Cowboys' "cut-down day" maneuvers on Saturday.
Stanback, a college quarterback at Washington
Let’s take a look at the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds and the betting line and figure out where they’ve been and where they are going to go.
MySportsbook.com put up the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds late on Sunday night with the Pittsburgh Steelers favored by 6.5 points and a total betting line at 47.5 points.
Since then, however, the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds have seen a good deal of movement and you’ll want to be on top of where they are likely to move to make sure you get the best line value for the big game.
Since opening, the Super Bowl 2009 betting lines went to Steelers -7 in the span of roughly 3 hours but were quickly bought back down just minutes later to 6.5 again.
After that is took about 5-6 more hours before the betting line went back to -7 where it has sat for a while now and is likely to remain. The opening betting total of 47.5 was bet down right after the line became available and went to 47 within minutes.
Roughly a day later it has been bet even further down to the 46.5 tally it currently is set at.
Roughly 60% of gamblers seem to be on the Cardinals here so the point spread will be bet down and a 7.5 would not last very long at all with many taking the early 6.5 in hopes of finding a potential middle in the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds.
If you like Arizona and see a 7.5, I’d take it as soon as possible because it’s unlikely to last. For Pittsburgh backers, the -7 might be the best you’ll be able to find but a 6.5 is definitely possible close to game time.
Regarding the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds for the total, most tracked gamblers are already on the over and with those who took the under 47.5 already securing a middle on the over 46.5, the only way I see it moving is back up to 47 so if you like the over, I’d recommend betting now.
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