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03/25/2007 - Homestead, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dan Wheldon captured Saturday's XM Satellite Radio Indy 300 season opener. It was the third consecutive win for Wheldon at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. The No.10 Target Chip Ganassi driver took the checkered flag 6.4993 seconds ahead of his Target Chip Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon.
The victory was the 12th of Wheldon's IndyCar career.
"It's fantastic over everybody at Target and Chip Ganassi Racing," said Wheldon in Victory Lane. "Its a fabulous way to open the season."
After a rain-delay Wheldon, the pole winner, led the field to the green flag to begin the 2007 IndyCar season. Wheldon and his primary rival Sam Hornish Jr. quickly jumped out to a lead over third-place Dixon and the remainder of the field.
They stayed one-two until a caution flag on lap seven for a stopped Alex Barron. Barron appeared to have a fuel pressure problem. The field split on strategies with Wheldon and Hornish Jr. staying out but a number of others taking the opportunity to refuel.
Starting at lap 18, Dixon began to reel in the two leaders and he joined the top pair about two seconds ahead of the field by lap 25.
Wheldon continued to post laps at about 211 m.p.h. and his pace was too much even for Hornish Jr. and Dixon. By lap 35 Wheldon extended his lead to more than one second over the three-time series champion Hornish Jr. and two seconds over Dixon.
Helio Castroneves sudden was way off the pace, more than 10 m.p.h. below Wheldon's pace as the field hit lap 42. Two laps later Castroneves resumed lapping over 205 m.p.h., but he was more than 14 seconds behind Wheldon.
Wheldon made his first stop on lap 51 giving the lead up to Tony Kanaan. After all the pit stops had cycled through Wheldon was still the race leader but now by almost three seconds.
Marco Andretti brought his car down pit road on lap 53, an unexpected stop. The youngster got out of the car, his chance at a win gone.
"I can't tell you what's wrong," said Andretti. "It was undriveable, I've never been so scared in my life in an IndyCar."
A rain cloud moved through forcing officials to wave the yellow flag on lap 66. The race restarted on lap 76 after the moisture quickly evaporated.
Wheldon, Hornish Jr. and Dixon again showed their superiority opening up another big lead on the field until a caution flag on lap 92. The caution was for a three-car crash which sent A.J. Foyt IV, Kosuke Matsuura and Jeff Simmons to the garage. None of the drivers were injured, but their cars were destroyed. It started when Simmons spun out and collected the other two drivers.
At the mid-point, Wheldon had led 94 of 100 laps. But on a pit stop just after they cleaned the track from the three-car crash, Wheldon stalled his car and had to restart in ninth place. By lap 119, Wheldon regained the lead from his teammate Dixon.
The teammates lead over Hornish Jr. grew to more than three seconds through 135 laps. The gap between "Team Ganassi" and Hornish Jr. was over five seconds at lap 145.
There would be one final pit stop for drivers in hopes to improve their cars to compete with Wheldon and Dixon. Hornish Jr. was the first to pit on lap 153. It was a clean seven-second stop with no mistakes.
Two laps later Wheldon came in for a nine-second stop, but at least he didn't stall it this time. After the stop, Wheldon took no prisoners. By lap 165 he led his teammate by 4.8 seconds and Hornish Jr. by 7.2 seconds.
Dixon dominated the rest of the way, winning without challenge by more than six seconds.
Hornish Jr., Vitor Meira and Kanaan completed the top-five. The two women in the race, Sarah Fisher and Danica Patrick finished 11th and 14th. respectively.
The second race of the 2007 IndyCar season is scheduled for Sunday, April 1st on the streets of St. Petersburg, FL.
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Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Roman Hamrlik scored the game-winning goal
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The new man in charge is Curt Onalfo,
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St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The defending champions are back in the Final
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Lee Humphrey nailed seven three-pointers -- including several key buckets down
the stretch -- to guide Florida past Oregon, 85-77, in the Midwest Regiona
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Dayton, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Armintie Price posted a double-double with 31
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Busch edges Burton for win at Bristol >>
Bristol, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kyle Busch won Sunday's Food City 500 Nextel
Cup race at the famed Bristol Motor Speedway beating Jeff Burton by half a
length. The No.5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet crossed the finish line just
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Pistons rout Bucks >>
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tayshaun Prince poured in 28 points and
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the Milwaukee Bucks, 121-95, at the Bradley Center.
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Gordon's jumper lifts Bulls over Pacers >>
Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ben Gordon's fade away jump shot with two
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Woods hangs on to win at Doral >>
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In his last tournament before Augusta, he showed that he is.
The world's No. 1 golfer held on for his 13th World Golf Cha
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Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.
As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.
The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.
Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).
But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.
Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.
Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:
Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1
Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2
New York Giants - 9 - 2
Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).
Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.
So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.
And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.
They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.
Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.
But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.
Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.
Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.
Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.
Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?
Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.
In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.
Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.
Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.
The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.
The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.
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