Briscoe captures third straight Chicagoland pole

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08/27/2010 - Joliet, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Briscoe will start on the pole for an IZOD IndyCar Series race at Chicagoland Speedway for the third year in a row after winning Friday's qualifying for the PEAK AntiFreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300.

With IndyCar debuting its new two-lap oval qualifying format, Briscoe recorded an average speed of 216.346 m.p.h. around the 1.5-mile track for his third pole of the season and the 11th of his IndyCar career. All three of his poles this year have come on mile-and-a-half ovals -- Kansas, Texas and Chicagoland.

Earlier this week, IndyCar's sanctioning body, the Indy Racing League, announced that the qualifying format on ovals would change from the average speed of four timed laps to just two laps in determining the starting grid, beginning with this weekend's race at Chicagoland.

Briscoe is the defending race winner. He finished third at Chicagoland in 2008.

"I'm just hoping in the race I can be as competitive as we have been in the last two years, " Briscoe said. "It's always an exciting race. There's always a lot of good side-by-side, two-wide, three-wide action. We've got 29 cars this weekend, and it's a huge field. It's going to make it very busy for us out there.

Briscoe has one race win so far this year, which came at Texas.

Defending series champion Dario Franchitti will start on the outside pole after qualifying just 0.18 seconds behind Briscoe.

Briscoe gave Team Penske its 11th pole this season. His teammate, Will Power, the current points leader, has won a series season record eight poles so far. Power, who won last week's final road course race of the season in Sonoma, CA, qualified third.

"It's all about racing obviously on the ovals here," Power said. "Running in practice today, I felt as though we had a pretty good car, and now we just got to have a good, clean race tomorrow."

Power will share the second row with teammate Helio Castroneves, while Marco Andretti and Graham Rahal will roll off from row three.

Dan Wheldon qualified seventh, followed by Hideki Mutoh, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Takuma Sato.

Danica Patrick will start 12th.

Power holds a 59-point lead over Franchitti, while Franchitti's Chip Ganassi Racing teammate, Scott Dixon, trails by 95 points. Dixon, who has finished second in the last four races at Chicagoland, qualified a disappointing 15th.

Saturday's 300-mile race from Chicagoland will start around 8:00 p.m. (et).

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Football Betting: Defensive Rookie of the Year Awards

Oddsmakers have released the odds for the 2009 AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award and Seattle Seahawks linebacker Aaron Curry has been made the opening favorite.

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Seattle took Curry with the fourth overall pick in April's NFL draft and plan on inserting him into its starting lineup right away. The Hawks traded linebacker Julian Peterson in the offseason, so Curry is expected to have a significant role in Seattle's defense next year and that's one of the primary reasons he is the favorite to win the NFL ROY Award.

Oddsmakers from online sportsbook MySportsbook.com have made Curry a 5/1 favorite to win this year's NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award. Given that he was the best defensive prospect in this year's draft and how he'll have plenty of opportunities to make plays in '09, Curry offers a ton of value at 5/1.

Another thing working for Curry is the position he plays. A linebacker has won the defensive ROY award six straight times and eight of the last nine years. Jerod Mayo, Patrick Willis, DeMeco Ryans, Shawne Merriman, Jonathan Vilma, Terrell Suggs, Kendrell Bell and Brian Urlacher were the most recent linebackers to take home the award.

Following Curry at 5/1 are Tyson Jackson (Chiefs) at 7/1, James Laurinaitas (Rams) at 8/1, Brian Orakpo (Redskins) at 10/1, Rey Maualuga (Bengals) at 10/1 and Jerry Peria (Falcons) at 10/1.

All the players mentioned above are expected to start for their respective teams, but Jackson and Peria are going to have a tough time being recognized on a national level given they're both defensive linemen. D-linemen rarely put up the numbers that it takes to win an individual award like the ROY.

A couple of players with some value are Clay Matthews (Packers) at 12/1 and Larry English (Chargers) at 15/1. Matthews is expected to start at outside linebacker in Green Bay's new 3-4 defense and could rack up a ton of tackles. English, who was an impressive player at Northern Illinois, is expected to be a situational pass rusher for the Chargers and could rack up a ton of sacks.

For complete odds on the 2009 AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award, see below. And for complete odds for the 2009 AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award, click the link provided.

2009 AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award

Robert Ayers (DEN) 12/1

Ron Brace (NE) 25/1

Everette Brown (CAR) 16/1

Darius Butler (NE) 40/1

Patrick Chung (NE) 30/1

Aaron Curry (SEA) 5/1

Brian Cushing (HOU) 12/1

Vontae Davis (MIA) 30/1

Louis Delmas (DET) 30/1

Larry English (SD) 15/1

Evander Hood (PIT) 25/1

Tyson Jackson (KC) 7/1

Malcolm Jenkins (NO) 25/1

Paul Kruger (BAL) 50/1

James Laurinaitas (STL) 8/1

Sen'Derrick Marks (TEN) 20/1

Clay Matthews (GB) 12/1

Aaron Maybin (BUF) 15/1

Rey Maualuga (CIN) 10/1

Roy Miller (TB) 20/1

Michael Mitchell (OAK) 45/1

Fili Moala (IND) 30/1

Brian Orakpo (WAS) 10/1

Jerry Peria (ATL) 10/1

B J Raji (GB) 7/1

Clint Sintim (NYG) 35/1

Alphonso Smith (DEN) 40/1

David Verkune (CLE) 20/1

Jason Williams (DAL) 30/1

Field (Any Other Player) 6/1

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