NASCAR at Richmond: Odds, key stats, bets to consider for second playoff race

Brad Keselowski earned his third successive win Sunday in the opening playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but a fourth straight win seems unlikely as NASCAR heads to Richmond’s short track for Saturday night’s Federated Auto Parts 400.

Richmond is a flat, 3/4-mile track that is most similar to New Hampshire’s and Phoenix’s flat tracks. Drivers who have had success at those monitors have been contenders in Richmond.

NASCAR visited with Phoenix and New Hampshire after each earlier. In the desert, Kevin Harvick took the checkers, but Kyle Busch led the most laps. Harvick also won at New Hampshire, but it was Kurt Busch leading the most laps.

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Keselowski finished 15th and 32nd at Phoenix and New Hampshire this year, but he’s finished 11th or better in the past six races at Richmond. A top-10 appears likely for the No. 2 team, but there are drivers more healthy for its short-track racing on Saturday.

Recent Richmond winners

2018 spring: Kyle Busch
2017 fall: Kyle Larson
2017 spring: Joey Logano
2016 fall: Denny Hamlin

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