Bayne captures Nationwide pole at Gateway

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07/17/2010 - Madison, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Trevor Bayne claimed the pole for Saturday's Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 Nationwide Series race after topping the qualifying charts at Gateway International Raceway just outside St. Louis.

Bayne posted a lap of 133.567 m.p.h. around the 1.25-mile track for his second career Nationwide pole. His first pole came one year ago at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis. The series competes at ORP next weekend.

"This is incredible timing for this team," said Bayne, who drives the No.99 Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing. "We really need something like this, and it's a great feeling to be starting on the pole."

Rookie Colin Braun claimed the outside pole after turning a lap of 133.349 m.p.h.

Points leader Brad Keselowski qualified third, followed by Brendan Gaughan and Paul Menard.

Brian Scott, also a rookie, Brad Coleman, Carl Edwards, Steve Wallace and Kevin Harvick completed the top-10.

Earlier in the day, Harvick won the 200-mile Camping World Truck Series race, which was delayed one day due to a lengthy power outage.

Bayne's teammate, Ryan Truex, who is the younger brother of Sprint Cup Series regular and two-time Nationwide champion Martin Truex Jr., will start 19th in his series debut. The 18-year-old Truex won the 2009 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship. He currently holds the points lead in that series.

Chris Lawson, Derrike Cope, Jeremy Clements and Michael McDowell failed to qualify.

The 250-mile race at Gateway is scheduled to start around 8:00 p.m. (et).

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The 79th Annual Academy Awards odds , which will air February 25th, is sparking an interest throughout the nation with the announcement of its nominees. As the public chooses their favorites, sportsbooks are creating odds for one of the biggest entertainment betting nights of the year.

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Stephen Frears "The Queen": 12/1

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Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson": 20/1

Peter O’Toole in "Venus": 16/5

Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness": 16/1

Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland": 1/11

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Penélope Cruz in "Volver": 18/1

Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal": 15/1

Helen Mirren in "The Queen": 1/50

Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada": 10/1

Kate Winslet in "Little Children": 20/1

Best Animated Feature Film:

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"Monster House": 20/1

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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).

Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.

A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.

Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.

"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.

De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.

The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.

The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.

De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.

Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.

But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.

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