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Kansas Speedway hosts Round of 12 Sunday
By: Zach Cohen - StatFox
Published: 10/13/2016  at  5:30:00 AM
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Hollywood Casino 400

Sunday, Oct. 16th – 2:15 p.m. EDT
Kansas Speedway – Kansas City, KS

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The Sprint Cup Series heads to Kansas Speedway for the Hollywood Casino 400 on Sunday. This is the second Round of 12 race and Jimmie Johnson is the guy that emerged victorious at last week’s Bank of America 500. He’ll be a name to watch in this one as well, as Johnson has won the Hollywood Casino 400 twice in his career (2008, 2011). Other active drivers that have won this event twice are Tony Stewart (2006, 2009) and Joey Logano (2014, 2015). Hendrick Motorsports and Roush Fenway Racing have each seen their drivers win four times in this race, but Team Penske is closing in on that number with three victories. Chevrolet, meanwhile, is the most successful manufacturer in this race, as eight of the winners in this event have won behind the wheel of a Chevy. With that out of the way, let’s now take a look at who might be winning this thing on Sunday:

Martin Truex Jr. (9-to-2) - Truex Jr. came in 13th at last week’s Bank of America 500, but he is still deservedly the favorite to win this race on Sunday. Truex Jr. has won three of the past six races coming into this one and two of his other finishes were inside the top-seven. He is in a class of his own right now and putting a few units on him at 9-to-2 is a wise decision heading into Sunday. Truex Jr. will surely be motivated to pick up his first ever win in this race.

Jimmie Johnson (6-to-1) - As previously mentioned, Johnson is coming off of a victory at the Bank of America 500 and he has also won the Hollywood Casino 400 twice in his career. Johnson was racing well before winning last week, as he finished in eighth at the Bad Boy Off Road 300 and seventh at the Citizen Soldier 400. He is the only driver in the Sprint Cup Series that is driving as well as Truex Jr., and for that reason a few units is worth it at 6-to-1.

Joey Logano (15-to-1) - The fact that Logano is getting 15-to-1 odds is rather ridiculous and he is somebody that is definitely worth placing a few units on in this one. Logano may not have the recent success that guys like Truex Jr. and Johnson have, but he has dominated this event recently. Logano has won the Hollywood Casino 400 two years in a row and that is no fluke. He is comfortable when driving at Kansas Speedway and he will certainly find his way to the top of the leaderboard at some point on Sunday.

Tony Stewart (75-to-1) - Stewart has been considered a dark horse of mine often this year, but that’s because he has an incredible track record and has proven consistently that he has a lot left in the tank. As mentioned earlier, Stewart has won this race twice in his career and he could badly use a third win on Sunday. Fortunately for him, he’s driving well coming into this one. Stewart finished in 13th at the Bad Boy Off Road 300 two races ago and followed that up with a ninth place finish at the Bank of America 500 last week. He is worth taking a shot on in this one.


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