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08/08/2009 - Lexington, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Briscoe held off a fierce challenge from Justin Wilson in the "Fast Six" final qualifying segment to capture the pole for Sunday's Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Briscoe, the current IndyCar Series points leader and last weekend's winner at Kentucky, threw down the fastest lap at 121.905 m.p.h. (one minute, 6.6814 seconds) in his No.6 Team Penske car. His lap was .03 seconds faster than Wilson from Dale Coyne Racing. Both drivers ran on the softer Firestone "red" tires.
"I was able to do the same thing at Edmonton, but really didn't get enough out of those sticker set (of tires)," Briscoe said. "But here, I was determined to squeeze all of the juice I could out of those tires, and I didn't realize that Wilson also had the new set of tires."
Briscoe recorded his third pole of the season and the seventh of his IndyCar career. He also set a new qualifying record at the 2.258-mile, 13-turn road course, eclipsing his teammate Helio Castroneves' 2007 record here.
Wilson's lap at 121.870 m.p.h. secured him the outside pole, while Scott Dixon, who was quickest in the first two qualifying rounds, ended up third in the final session.Graham Rahal will share the second row with Dixon.
"It's disappointing to miss it by that much," Wilson said. "We got a chance here starting second on the grid."
Castroneves and Dario Franchitti will occupy row three. Castroneves had won the pole for the first two races at Mid-Ohio.
"The car was handling very difficult and pushing quite hard," Castroneves said.
Ryan Hunter-Reay and Tony Kanaan will start from the fourth row, and E.J. Viso and Paul Tracy will roll off from row five. Tracy is filling in for Mario Moraes in the No.5 KV Racing Technology car this weekend while Moraes remains in Brazil after the passing of his father, Mario Ermirio de Moraes, earlier this week.
Andretti Green Racing teammates Hideki Mutoh and Danica Patrick will line up on row six.
Sunday's race is scheduled to start around 1:45 p.m. (et).
<< Orioles P Hill has surgery
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Rich Hill underwent
surgery Friday to repair the torn labrum in his left shoulder.
Hill, who was placed on the disabled list last week due to inflammation in the
shoulder, went 3-3
<< Red Sox SS Lowrie put on DL
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Boston Red Sox shortstop Jed Lowrie was placed on
the 15-day disabled list with ulnar neuritis in his left wrist.
Lowrie left Thursday's game against the Yankees due to an irritated forearm.
He is batting .143
<< Ortiz: I never bought or used steroids
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Red Sox slugger David Ortiz broke his silence
Saturday saying he never bought or used steroids, but acknowledged that he was
careless when he purchased legal, over-the-counter vitamins or supplements.
Speakin
<< Harvick captures Nationwide pole at Watkins Glen
Watkins Glen, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kevin Harvick edged Marcos Ambrose in
Saturday's Nationwide Series qualifying at Watkins Glen International to take
the pole position for the Zippo 200.
Harvick, who was among the ninth and final
Bayern opens with draw at Hoffenheim >>
Sinsheim, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ivic Olic scored in his debut for Bayern
Munich, but the 21-time Bundesliga champions couldn't hold on to hand new boss
Louis van Gaal a win on his birthday in a 1-1 draw at Hoffenheim on Saturday.
Olic
Rays claim Springer off waivers >>
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Rays claimed right-handed pitcher
Russ Springer off waivers from the Oakland Athletics Saturday.
The 40-year-old Springer pitched in 48 games for the A's this season and went
0-1 with a 4.10 ERA.
Song versus Johnson for U.S. Women's Am title >>
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jennifer Song and Jennifer Johnson both won
their semifinal matches on Saturday, setting up the 36-hole final of the U.S.
Women's Amateur Championship.
Song handled Tiffany Lua, 3 & 2, in Saturday's s
Lind's hit in 10th inning lifts Blue Jays past O's >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Adam Lind's RBI single in the bottom of the
10th inning lifted Toronto past Baltimore, 3-2, in the middle contest of a
three-game set at Rogers Centre.
Danys Baez (4-6) allowed an infield single to Joe
“You play to win the game!”
Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.
The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.
The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.
Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?
Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.
Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.
Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.
Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.
The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.
Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.
Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.
This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.
First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”
The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason.
Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.
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