Lone Star 350k from Texas Motor Speedway
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has three events left in the 2009 season, which continues on Friday with the Lone Star 350k from Texas Motor Speedway.
Sprint Cup driver Kyle Busch has emerged as the pre-race favorite for this week’s event.
Busch is a 2/1 favorite to win the race according to oddsmakers at the online sports book SBGGLOBAL. Other short odds to win are Ron Hornaday (3/1), Todd Bodine (4/1), Mike Skinner (7/1), and Matt Crafton (7/1).
Busch has raced in 12 events in 2009 for the Truck Series and placed in the top 10 in 11 races. Busch had finished second in this race in 2008 and 2006, and also finished third in 2005. Busch has won the last four Truck series events he has taken part in.
Hornaday leads the point standings by 202 over Crafton. Hornaday is the defending champion of this race and also had top-10 finishes at this track in 2005 and 2006. Hornaday has placed outside the top 10 in two of his last five races.
Bodine is a two-time winner of this event in 2004 and 2005. Bodine finished fourth in last year’s event and currently sits fourth in the standings, 502 points behind Hornaday. Bodine has finished in the top four in his last three races.
Skinner has finished in the top eight of this race over the last four years. Skinner is third in the standings, 327 points out of first. Skinner has finished 19th or worse in his last two races.
Crafton has one top 10 finish in this race in recent history, coming in seventh in 2007. Crafton has placed in the top 10 in his last seven races, but is winless this year.
The Lone Stark 350k will take place Friday, Nov. 6 from Texas Motor Speedway at 8:30PM ET. For complete odds and track information on this year’s event, see below.
Odds to win the Lone Star 350k
Kyle Busch 2/1
Ron Hornaday 3/1
Todd Bodine 4/1
Mike Skinner 7/1
Matt Crafton 7/1
Colin Braun 10/1
Aric Almirola 10/1
Johnny Sauter 12/1
Rick Crawford 15/1
David Starr 20/1
Brian Scott 20/1
Field 8/1
2009 Lone Star 350k Information
Race Date: Friday, Nov. 6
Location: Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Tex.
Pre-Race: 8:30PM ET
Green Flag: Approx. 9:19PM ET
TV Coverage: SPEED
Radio Coverage: MRN
Track Type: Oval (147 laps)