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10/21/2007 - Martinsville, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jimmie Johnson survived a record number of cautions (21) to capture Sunday's Subway 500 at the Martinsville Speedway. The No.48 Chevrolet crossed the finish line ahead of Ryan Newman after a green- white-checker finish was ended by a final caution flag.
The victory was Johnson's seventh of the season, third straight at Martinsville and 30th of his Nextel Cup career.
Pole winner and points leader Jeff Gordon took the green flag to start the race and off he went. He wouldn't give up the lead on the first lap and he didn't' want to give it up after that either. The No.24 Chevy settled into a rhythm and led every lap through the first caution flag (Robby Gordon cut tire).
He was still the leader after the stop and kept piling up laps led, trying to clinch the "most laps led" bonus early. But Johnson wasn't going away anytime soon and the winner of the spring race was sitting in third place. On lap 65 Johnson made his way past Kevin Harvick and just like in the first race at Martinsville it was the two Hendrick Motorsports cars at the top. But of course this one still had 435 lap to go and a lot could happen between lap 65 and the checkered flag.
One car on the move was Tony Stewart in the No.20 Home Depot Chevrolet. He qualified just 34th, but was up to 16th after 75 laps.
Gordon finally yielded the lead to Johnson on lap 109 and the No.48 Chevy driver earned five important bonus points.
Another caution flag and some cars decided they needed to change strategy if they wanted to compete with the Hendrick Motorsports team. Jeff Burton, Jeff Green, Juan Montoya, Bobby Labonte and David Reutimann led a dozen cars that stayed out. It left Johnson and Gordon in the middle of the pack and behind cars for the first time all day.
Slowly Johnson was working his way back through the field, but Gordon was having a much tougher time of it. Johnson was up to eighth place by lap 150, but Gordon was still back in 12th. They were sixth and eighth, respectively when Kurt Busch blew a right-front tire to bring out a caution flag.
The top-10 was jumbled again as some of those who hadn't stopped last time did. It left Kyle Busch in the lead with Matt Kenseth and Jamie McMurray behind him. More importantly, Gordon had to make a second stop because one of his rear tires was still loose after he left pit lane. He was now stuck in 33rd place.
Busch was enjoying the clean air, but Kenseth was staying right with him. Then another caution flag and more jumbling of the lead pack.
On lap 225 Dale Earnhardt Jr. put the "chrome horn" to Juan Montoya and slid underneath him for the lead. Montoya slipped to fourth as Stewart and Martin Truex Jr. took advantage of "Junior's" move.
Earnhardt Jr. was suddenly the "class of the field" opening up a lead of more than two seconds by lap 240. It was almost three seconds when a debris caution flag waived. Earnhardt Jr. and Gordon were among those who pitted and Kyle Busch retook the lead with Johnson in sixth place, Clint Bowyer in eighth and Gordon in 19th place.
At lap 300, 200 to go, Johnson was leading with Greg Biffle, Harvick, Stewart and Gordon. Gordon was the fastest of the group and by lap 323 he was right behind his teammate once again, just as they were earlier in the race and a few months ago in the spring race.
A well-timed caution flag for Johnson on lap 340 (Jeff Green spin) sent him down pit road. He was just 15 laps from having to pit under green. All the leaders came in, possibly for the last time. If there were enough caution flag laps (about 30 needed), they might be able to reach the checkered flag from here.
After the pit stops, Kyle Busch who didn't stop, was back in the lead, but by lap 360 Johnson and Gordon had gotten around their teammate.
A caution flag with 105 laps to go (David Stremme spin) sent all the leaders for fuel and tires. No mistakes from the Gordon or Johnson pit crews and they came back in first and third positions, respectively.
Stremme caused another caution flag on lap 412 with no changes in the top- three - Gordon, Newman, Johnson.
With 66 laps to go Johnson began to pressure Newman, who took only two tires on the last stop. Three laps later he was in second place and once again it was the two Hendrick Motorsports teammates racing for the win.
More caution flags slowed the race and allowed Johnson to close right on Gordon's rear bumper. On the restart Gordon got off to a great jump, despite telling his crew chief that he didn't think he had the best car.
It was a telling statement as just a few laps later Johnson got underneath Gordon and took the lead. A lap after that Ricky Rudd was sent spinning to bring out still another caution flag. More caution flags slowed the race to a crawl.
With 20 laps to go, Gordon was all over Johnson, who couldn't seem to keep it on the bottom of the track. But as he was going for the pass, the caution flag came out again, tying the record at 19.
The green flag came with 11 laps remaining. Again Gordon hugged the bottom line and Johnson was holding to the high line. But this time Johnson fought him off and built a three-length lead as Newman got alongside Gordon for second place. With seven laps left Newman completed the pass .
But the fight for second left Johnson with almost a one-second lead and five laps to go. Then Bobby Labonte was sent spinning and Johnson would have to hold off Newman one last time.
They began the green-white checker finish and Newman was right on Johnson's bumper. It would have been a great finish but just then David Ragan spun in the middle of the track and Johnson was declared the winner.
"The longer the run, the slicker the track gets the better I am," said Johnson. "That's what hurt me at the end. The No.12 and the No.24 were really good on the short runs."
Kyle Busch, Gordon and Kenseth completed the top-five.
Johnson cut Gordon's lead to 53 points with the win. Bowyer, who finished ninth, is 115 points back.
The next race in the "Chase" is scheduled for Sunday, October 28th at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.
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American Idol odds : Blake Lewis the Early Standout
An important American Idol betting lines recap from February 20 Guys episode. The 12 men came out flat overall with Blake Lewis appearing to have the early edge after the first hour and a half.
Rudy - was quite good singing "Free Ride" to start off. Randy was not impressed though. Paula thought he started off fantastic. "Never had anyone stop off so lively" said Paula but Simon (who does not like Rudy) does not feel he has a distinct voice and was not impressed either.
Brandon was a little pitchy according to Randy and Paula agreed. Simon said he was a good singer but the song was "too safe" and he needs to make an impact. He was listed at +1200 odds or $1200 paid out on a $100 bet should he win the competition.
Big favorite Sundance came in with a flat version of "Knights in White Satin" and the judges let him have it, including Paula. Randy claimed the song was out of pitch throughout.
Korean American - and a Jenny Woo favorite - Paul Kim was up next. Another pitchy flat one but Randy said he still liked his potential. Kim at +3000 odds was said to have sung a "third rate version of that (George Michael) song" according to Simon Cowell. He sang "Careless Whisper".
22 year old Chris Richardson was up next. He was listed with +1100 odds coming in. He got the best response from the judges though Simon did not believe the vocal was that great.
Nick was boring and pitchy. Simon didn't think he was that bad though and predicted he would be back next week. Nick Pedro was a big +3000 dog coming into this competition.
Beat boxer Blake Lewis was listed with early +1000 odds or $1000 payout on a $100 bet if he were to become the next American Idol winner odds . These of course were the early odds. He was considered original for picking an "odd song". He did not beat box and the judges felt it was the best vocal of the night.
Sanjaya came in as the second biggest favorite after Chris Sligh but his performance Tuesday night was not very good.
Chris Sleigh was the early favorite at +450 odds. Great voice and a great sense of humor. He's a real standout. Randy felt it was on point but maybe ahead of the chorus a little bit. Simon Cowell said he felt like he was in some "sort of weird student gig".
Jared Cotter followed. He was listed with +2000 odds early on to win the competition. The judges felt he needs to take more risks but looked good.
22-year old AJ Talbado, who has tried out for American Idol five times, was up next. "Kind of a theme park performance" said Simon. Though the judges felt he performed okay. Simon did feel AJ might be better than he originally thought.
Phil - this season's military favorite - came into this competition with +1200 odds to win the competition. He was the last to perform. He was certainly strong enough to get through this stage of the competition and perhaps the best one after a shaky start.
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