Kyle Busch will be looking to extend his lead atop the driver standings on
May 25 when the Sprint Cup Series invades Lowe’s Motor Speedway for this season’s
Coca-Cola 600. Check out the latest online sportsbook
odds for NASCAR.

Busch got his third victory of the year on May 10 at Darlington Raceway, as
he took the checkered flag in the Dodge Challenger 500. Busch had previously
won both the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta
and the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega,
and he now leads the driver standings by 79 points on Jeff Burton. Busch has
seven Top-5 finishes through 11 races.

Carl Edwards was second at Darlington, followed by
Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and David Ragan.
Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin, Travis Kvapil, Dave Blaney, and Burton
rounded out the day’s Top 10. Jamie McMurray ended up in 11^th place,
Kurt Busch was 12^th, Jimmie Johnson was 13^th, Martin Truex Jr. was 14^th, and Clint Bowyer was 15^th.

Tony Stewart finished back in 21^st place in the Dodge Challenger
500, while Kevin Harvick wound up in 39^th
place, and Greg Biffle’s car troubles dropped him
into 43^rd.

Earnhardt Jr. sits third in the driver standings
after 11 races; he’s 134 points behind leader Kyle Busch. Hamlin moved up two
spots into fourth place with his result at Darlington,
while Bowyer rounds out the Top 5 of the points race.
Johnson, Edwards, Stewart, Harvick, Gordon, Biffle, and Ragan are the rest of the standings’ current Top
12. Ryan Newman (13^th) and Kasey Kahne (14^th) have both fallen out of Chase
spots.

Casey Mears sits in 27^th place in the current standings, but he’s
the defending Coca-Cola 500 champion. Gordon won the Bank of America 500 at
Lowe’s last season, while Kahne won both Lowe’s races
in 2006. Johnson has five Cup victories at Lowe’s on his resume – he won the
Coca-Cola 600 in 2003, then swept the events in 2004
and 2005.

Gordon has won three other times at Lowe’s – in 1997, 1998, and 1999. Burton
and Mark Martin also have multiple Cup victories on that track; Burton
won there in 1999 and 2001, while Martin turned the trick in 1998 and 2002.
Stewart (2003), Kenseth (2000), McMurray (2002), and
Bobby Labonte (2000) have also earned Lowe’s
victories.

It’s Edwards, though, that has been pegged as the Vegas favorite to get the
victory in the Coca-Cola 600 this weekend – he’s listed at just 6/1 odds to
take the checkered flag. Gordon, Johnson, Earnhardt
Jr., and Kyle Busch are all right behind him at 7/1 odds, with Stewart and
Hamlin rounding out the top level of contenders at 10/1 odds.

Biffle sits at 11/1 odds for the Coca-Cola 600,
with Kenseth at 17/1, Kahne
at 19/1, and six drivers at 20/1 – Newman, Kurt Busch, Martin, Burton, Harvick, and Bowyer. Truex Jr. is
back of that group at 22/1, with Mears and McMurray pegged at 40/1 odds to win.

Earnhardt Jr. and Kyle Busch are still tied as 3/1
favorites to win the Sprint Cup this season, with Edwards at 5/1, Johnson at
6/1, and Gordon at 8/1. Hamlin is next on that list at 9/1, and he’s followed
by Stewart (10/1), Bowyer (10/1), Harvick (15/1), Burton
(15/1), and Biffle (15/1). Kenseth
is the last top championship contender; he’s at 18/1.

After spending two weeks at Lowe’s Motor Speedway the drivers of the Sprint
Cup Series will head to Dover International Speedway for the Best Buy 400 on
June 1. Other June events include the Pocono 500 at Pocono, the LifeLock 400 at Michigan,
the Toyota/SaveMart 350 at Infineon,
and the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire.

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Baltimore
Orioles at New York
Yankees, 7:05pm ET
Daniel Cabrera (4-1, 3.58 ERA) vs. Mike Mussina (6-3, 3.99 ERA)

Cabrera has won two games in a row and four of his past six starts. The righthander held the Red Sox to three earned runs on 10
hits over seven innings last Wednesday to secure his fourth victory of the
season. Back on April 18 against the Yankees Cabrera surrendered just two
earned runs on six hits over six innings to earn himself
the win.

Mussina has won five starts in a row, and he hasn’t given up more than three
runs in an outing since April 17 versus the Red Sox. The veteran righthander last pitched on May 14 versus the Rays, holding
the opposition to just one earned run on five hits over his 6 1-3 innings of
work. Mussina has not faced his former Baltimore
teammates this year.

Los Angeles
Angels at Toronto
Blue Jays, 7:07pm ET
John Lackey (0-0, 1.29 ERA) vs. Dustin McGowan (2-3, 4.38 ERA)

Lackey finally made his season debut on May 14 against the White Sox, and he
looked as sharp as ever. The righthander missed the
first month and a half of the season recovering from a strained triceps, but he
held Chicago to one earned run on
six hits over seven strong innings of work. Lackey walked one and struck out
four in that outing.

McGowan was pounded by the Indians back on May 10 – he surrendered nine
earned runs on nine hits over 3 2-3 innings to take his third loss of the
season. However, the righthander bounced back versus
the Twins last time out, holding the opposition to two earned runs on two hits
over five innings. McGowan earned a no-decision in that game.

Arizona
Diamondbacks at Florida
Marlins, 7:10pm ET
Micah Owings (5-1, 3.81 ERA) vs. Mark Hendrickson (5-2, 3.91 ERA)

Owings got back into the win column for the Diamondbacks in his last start (on
May 14), holding the Rockies scoreless on five hits over
six innings of work. The righthander had gone 0-1
with two no-decisions over his previous three outings after picking up a win in
each of his first four starts. Owings has allowed three or fewer runs in six of
eight starts.

Hendrickson earned the win in four of his first five starts this season, but
since then he’s gone just 1-1 with two no-decisions. The lefthander is coming
off a loss to the Reds in which he allowed four earned runs on eight hits (and
five walks) in just five innings of work. Hendrickson’s last victory came back
on May 2 in a home start versus the Padres.

San Francisco
Giants at Colorado
Rockies, 8:35pm ET
Tim Lincecum (5-1, 1.92 ERA) vs. Aaron Cook
(6-2, 2.82 ERA)

Lincecum continues to be the star of the Giants’
pitching staff, as he’s allowed three or fewer earned runs in each of his nine
outings so far this season. The righthander is coming
off a victory over the Astros (six innings pitched, three earned runs), but his
only defeat came on April 29 versus the Rockies (seven
innings pitched, three earned runs).

Cook got the victory in that April 29 contest against San
Francisco – he surrendered just two unearned runs on
10 hits over seven innings in that outing, fanning three. The righthander had a personal six-game winning streak snapped
against the D-Backs last time out, as he gave up five earned runs on 10 hits
over five innings to take the defeat.

Chien-Ming Wang and the New York Yankees will be
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Cleveland
Indians at Cincinnati
Reds, 1:15pm ET
Cliff Lee (6-0, 0.67 ERA) vs. Edinson Volquez (6-1, 1.12 ERA)

Everyone keeps waiting for Lee to stumble, but the Tribe’s surprise stud
just keeps putting zeroes on the scoreboard. The lefthander was actually denied
a win in his last outing versus the Blue Jays, but he still tossed nine innings
of shutout baseball in that outing. Overall Lee is 6-0 on the season, and his
ERA is down to a ridiculously-low 0.67.

Volquez is basically Lee’s National League
counterpart – no one expected him to be this good this season. The righthander has yet to give up more than a single earned
run in an outing in 2008, and his only loss came on May 2 when he allowed two
runs (just one earned) versus the Braves. Volquez
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Los Angeles
Dodgers at Los Angeles
Angels, 3:35pm ET
Derek Lowe (2-3, 4.62 ERA) vs. Jered Weaver
(2-5, 4.86 ERA)

Lowe will be pitching on just three days’ rest in this contest, as scheduled
starter Brad Penny was scratched with a sore arm. Lowe has given up four or
more earned runs in each of his past three outings, which has boosted his ERA
up to 4.62 on the season. The righthander last won on
April 23, when he shut down the D-Backs over five innings.

Weaver has been up-and-down this season. The young righthander
surrendered eight earned runs over just 3 1-3 innings in his start versus the
Royals on May 7, but he then held the White Sox scoreless on one hit over seven
innings in his most recent outing. Weaver hasn’t earned a victory since he got
past the struggling Tigers back on April 27.

Detroit
Tigers at Arizona
Diamondbacks, 4:10pm ET
Nate Robertson (1-4, 6.04
ERA) vs. Randy Johnson (3-1, 5.40 ERA)

Robertson is coming off his best performance of the season, as he held the
Royals to two earned runs over seven innings on May 13. However, the lefthander
failed to pick up a victory in that contest; his only win of the season so far
came back on May 1 versus the Yankees when he surrendered four earned runs over
5 2-3 innings pitched.

Johnson has given up eight earned runs over just 11 innings in his past two
starts, but the Diamondbacks’ offense helped him earn victories in each of
those outings. The veteran lefthander has allowed at least four earned runs in
four of his six starts so far in 2008, but he’s managed to strike out 32
batters while walking 11 over his 31 2-3 innings.

New York
Mets at New York
Yankees, 8:05pm ET
Oliver Perez (3-3, 4.61 ERA) vs. Chien-Ming
Wang (6-1, 2.90 ERA)

This IL matchup is always popular among the sportsbooks. Perez got back into the
win column last time out, holding the Reds to three earned runs on just three
hits over six innings of work. The lefthander had struggled in his previous
three outings (all losses), with his worst start happening against the Pirates
on April 30 when he surrendered seven runs (two earned) and was yanked after
just 1 2-3 innings.

Wang was finally tagged with his first loss of the season on May 7 versus
the Indians (three earned runs over seven innings), and he took a no-decision
against the Rays in his most recent outing. The righthander,
though, gave up just one earned run on seven hits over seven innings versus Tampa,
which dropped his ERA down to 2.90 this year.