Bodine cruises to second straight truck victory

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08/14/2010 - Darlington, SC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Todd Bodine picked up his second win in a row in the Camping World Truck Series by taking Saturday's Too Tough To Tame 200 at Darlington Raceway.

Bodine, who won last week at Nashville, led the final 47 laps and held off Timothy Peters by a half-second for his third victory of the season and the 20th of his truck career.

"That was no Sunday drive, but I knew I had to go with Timothy behind me," Bodine said.

The series competed at Darlington for the first time since November 2004. Bodine won a Nationwide race here in 2003.

Bodine increased his lead to 231 points over Aric Almirola, who finished ninth. Ten races remain in the season.

"We got it going on," said Bodine, the 2006 Truck Series champion. "We struggled at the beginning of the year, but [crew chief] Mike Hillman Jr. has changed it around, and here we are. We're getting faster every week. It's nice to be able to get some wins and drive this way."

Peters started on the pole and led the first 47 laps before letting Ron Hornaday Jr. take the top position away from him during the first round of pit stops.

"With that last set of sticker [tires] we took, we were just mired back in traffic a little bit, so I had to use up my stuff early just to get the clean air and get back to the front."

Hornaday Jr. ended up third, while Johnny Sauter and rookie Austin Dillon rounded out the top-five.

Matt Crafton finished sixth, followed by James Buescher and Stacy Compton.

Long-time NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader took the 10th spot.

The 200-mile truck race at Darlington featured nine cautions, mostly for crashes.

On lap 96, Mario Gosselin got loose and hit the wall. Gosselin then slid down the track and clipped Ricky Carmichael. Both drivers slammed hard into the wall. It was the second week in a row that Gosselin was involved in a heavy crash.

A three-truck wreck occurred on lap 106 when Justin Lofton made contact with the wall and collected David Starr. Lofton then rammed into the side of Mike Skinner.

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Elite 8 NCAA Tournament Betting at online sportsbook MySportsbook.com

In what should be an outstanding Saturday of March Madness betting action, the top four teams in the South and West Regions square off in what should be extremely close match-ups. Three of the four teams are coming off extremely close games on Thursday evening, only UCLA won semi comfortably over Pitt 64-55.

Ohio State is coming off their second game in a row where in all reality they should have lost. Of course that doesn’t matter now since the name of the game is “survive and advance” but as the tournament continues, they can’t afford to keep getting down to their opponents early. Kansas also avoided a scare by holding off a scrappy Southern Illinois squad. In the third thrilling game of the evening Memphis pulled off the minor upset (+3.5) despite being the higher seed to Texas A&M.

Although the spreads are fairly small for Saturday’s games, MySportsbook.com continue to bet against the underdogs. Despite OSU’s two scares, 86% of the “betting public” feels the Buckeyes (-1.5) have what it takes to make the Final Four. In fact, so much of the early money is on OSU that the line has already moved from -1 to -1.5. In the second game of the doubleheader, Kansas and their high-powered offense are 2 point favorites as they take on UCLA and their effective defense. About 63% of the early money thus far is once again backing the favorites. If those percentages stay that high, don’t be surprised if this line moves as well. If you like Kansas (-2) you might want to jump on it early.

Memphis vs. Ohio State

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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. 

Tomorrow night, the ladies perform and I sure hope they do a better job than the boys.  Check out all the American Idol betting odds here.

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