Bodine widens points lead with Nashville win

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08/07/2010 - Lebanon, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Todd Bodine increased his lead in the Camping World Truck Series point standings after winning Saturday's Nashville 200 in dominating fashion at Nashville Superspeedway.

Bodine, who started on the pole, suffered a flat tire and had to pit unexpectedly on lap 15. But Bodine's early pit stop allowed him to reclaim the lead on lap 62, when he did not pit during a round of green-flag stops. He led the final 89 laps and easily beat rookie Austin Dillon at the finish by 4.2 seconds for his first win at Nashville.

"I've been so close so many times," Bodine said after winning at Nashville for the first time in seven attempts here.

Bodine scored his second victory of the season and 19th of his career, which moved him into fourth place on the series' all-time race wins list. He also earned his long-awaited Gibson guitar trophy for winning at Nashville.

"It's about time I got this," he added.

With the victory, Bodine padded his points lead to 174 over Aric Almirola, who finished third.

Timothy Peters led 57 laps early in the race, but wound up finishing fourth. Johnny Sauter was fifth.

Ron Hornaday Jr., who won this race one year ago, finished sixth, while Matt Crafton took the seventh spot.

During the final laps, Brian Ickler and Justin Lofton were battling for a top-10 position. The two tangled on the last lap, which led to Lofton nudging Ickler from behind during the cool-down lap.

"It wasn't like we were racing for the win there," said Ickler, who drove the No.18 truck for Kyle Busch Motorsports. "It just was uncalled for, because we already had a difficult night, struggling a little bit. There's no need to tear these trucks up."

Ickler finished eighth, while Lofton settled for ninth.

"It was just good, hard racing; I don't know if it was necessarily clean," Lofton said. "[Ickler] kind of pinched me down on [Joe Aramendia], and he didn't move down as far as he should of."

Ken Schrader completed the top-10.

The series will race at Darlington Raceway for the first time in six years next Saturday.

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The San Francisco 49ers (5-11 SU, 5-10-1 ATS in 2007; 1-1 SU & ATS in pre-season) found some offensive life last week, and they will try to build some momentum on Thursday night as they travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (7-9 SU & ATS in 2007; 0-2 SU, 0-1-1 ATS in pre-season) in an NFL matchup that is set to get underway at 8 PM ET at Soldier Field (natural turf) in Chicago.

Thursday, August 21

NFL betting odds: CHICAGO -3 (-120), Total 37

NOTABLE STAT: San Francisco was last in points, last in total offense in 2007
KEY NFL BETTING TREND: SF has lost its last seven SU on pre-season road

In the BetUS NFL pre-season football betting odds, the Bears are listed as a three-point favorite (laying -120), with the total posted at 37 points.

Here are some NFL football betting trends as they relate to this matchup (reflecting numbers going into the 2008 season):

* SF has lost 11 of its last 14 games SU
* SF has covered three of its last 11 games
* SF has lost six of its last seven road games SU
* SF has covered one of its last seven road games
* CHI has covered five of its last eight games
* CHI has played five of its last seven games OVER the total
* CHI has covered four of its last 13 home games
* SF has lost its last seven pre-season road games SU
* CHI has covered two of its last seven home pre-season games

Well, I guess we should congratulate the Bears on making their quarterback choice for the season's opening game, as they have designated Kyle Orton the starter against Indianapolis. The Bears obviously have lost patience with Rex Grossman, and what they do with him at this point is anybody's guess. But suffice it to say that there isn't a quarterback competition anymore, at least in training camp.

Meanwhile, the quarterback competition may also be settled in San Francisco, where the Niners bounced back from a lackluster 18-6 loss to the Raiders, in which they turned the ball over four times, to execute a 34-6 rout of the Packers last Saturday. However, coach Mike Nolan has stopped short of saying that, insisting that the job is still open. But J.T. O'Sullivan, the longshot of the trio of Niner signal-callers who opened camp, will start his third straight pre-season game here. Against Green Bay, O'Sullivan was only 8-for-17, and was intercepted, but he also threw for 9.1 yards an attempt, which included a 59-yard TD pass to Josh Morgan. The others struggled.

Some offensive cohesion is badly needed, in light of the Niners' dismal 2007 campaign, in which they were dead last in the NFL in scoring, with just 13.7 points a game. And O'Sullivan is the guy who is most familiar with offensive coordinator Mike Martz's exacting system, because he learned it last year in Detroit. O'Sullivan will go at least the entire first half and may even last longer. He'll be relieved by Alex Smith, with Shawn Hill doing the mop-up work. Three receivers who were out last week - Bryant Johnson, Ashley Lelie and Arnaz Battle - will miss this game too.

That may hurt a little here, especially since the Bears will be using a lot of their defensive starters. And it's the defense that has been keeping the Bears in games thus far. In fact, the defense and special teams were responsible for the first 19 points Chicago scored against Seattle last time out, as the offense really struggled with Grossman at the controls. But maybe the first-team offense has a chance to settle a little bit as it works more with Orton at the helm.

Certainly we have concerns about the Bears' offensive line, but we like the scenario for them here, especially if O'Sullivan doesn't make some bis plays. The Niners may have nowhere else to turn right now, and they have lost seven straight road games in the pre-season. Let's take Chicago, the three-point favorite in the NFL football betting odds.

CHICAGO -3 (-120) **
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