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Del Mar, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner California Chrome has been made the overwhelming 4-5 favorite for Saturdays $300,000 Hollywood Derby versus five challengers in the 1 1/8-mile turf race. Owned by Steve Coburn and Perry Martin, California Chrome will start his turf debut from post 5 with Victor Espinoza again riding. I won the Derby from the No. 5 hole, so thats a lucky number for me, trainer Art Sherman noted about the draw. It looks to me like theres speed to the inside. I dont think hell be far off the pace. If somebody wants the lead, they can have it. They cant be going too slow, though; this time hell come away from there running. California Chrome, who has already won on dirt and synthetic tracks, will be making his grass debut on Del Mars Jimmy Durante Turf Course. Im excited to see him run on the grass, its a different scenario for me, Sherman said. We should have a few Chromies (California Chrome fans) out here for it. In his most recent start, California Chrome finished third in the Breeders Cup Classic on Nov. 1 just a neck behind Bayern and runner-up Toast of New York. That effort came after he was sixth to Bayern in the Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing on Sept. 20, his first start after finishing fourth in the Belmont Stakes. California Chrome began 2014 by posting three straight wins at Santa Anita in the California Cup Derby, San Felipe Stakes and Santa Anita Derby before taking the first two legs of the Triple Crown. California Chrome has banked $4,042,650 from 15 career starts with eight wins. The 3-1 second pick is Queens Plate winner Lexie Lou. The 3-year-old filly, owned by Gary Barber and trained by Mark Casse, will break from post 2 with Corey Nakatani getting his second mount aboard the Canadian-bred. Lexie Lou won the 1 1/4-mile Queens Plate by 1 1/2 lengths as the 3-1 second pick. The filly followed that by winning the Wonder Where Stakes at Woodbine on Aug. 10. 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Thats actually rather impossible given the behind-the-scenes access to the Toronto Maple Leafs the network is getting.MARTINSVILLE, Va. - Kyle Busch has seen it time and again at Martinsville Speedway. Driving down pit road, heading back onto the track and in contention for the lead, Busch is used to seeing the pole-sitter gun the engine just off the jack and reassume the race lead. Busch hopes to finally get to experience that for himself at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday after earning the pole on NASCARs smallest, tightest track for the first time in 19 career starts. "I think thats a great thing for us," Busch said after winning the pole with a lap at 99.674 mph. "We get to pit there and of course drop the jack and just lunge across the line and be good. "You need to still run up front all day. I think that its a great opportunity for us to pick up some spots say if were second, third, fourth, whatever, but you definitely always want to stay as close to the front as you can and try not to use that box as much as some guys have in the past." The pole is the 14th of Buschs career. In an interesting twist under NASCARs new knockout qualifying system, Busch won it while Joey Logano set a track record. That came at 100.201 mph during the first phase of two-session qualifying. All 44 cars competed in the 30-minute first session, and the top 12 moved into the 10-minute phase two. Denny Hamlin earned the No. 2 starting spot with a lap at 99.548 mph, and will be followed on the starting grid by Logano and Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon. That puts Busch in some pretty accomplished company because Hamlin (4), Johnson and Gordon (8 each) have won a lot. Busch, though, is coming off a victory last week at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., and while he said it wasnt dominaating, it gave him hope that the Joe Gibbs Racing teams are coming together.dddddddddddd "It just seems to be working well right now, whatever is working," he said. Hamlin, who promised earlier in the day that he would win on Sunday, wasnt in love with the outside starting spot because it can be tricky to get down to the bottom on restarts from the outside, said nothing that happened in practice or qualifying made his change his view of how it can all unfold. "I knew, even going into this weekend, I knew we were going to be really good contenders and be in the mix anyway," he said. "I feel like after running a couple laps of practice I felt like this was a car that was capable of winning. I think with tire management being more of a factor than its ever been, it kind of lends itself to my driving style even more. For that reason I think well be tough on Sunday." Logano has two top-10 finishes on the 0.526-mile oval, but none since 2010. "So weve got a track record, but we dont have a pole. How does that work?" he asked. A solid pit position, he said, could help turns things around on Sunday. "Obviously, the pit stall is very important, especially here. Its a dangerous pit road, so you want to get a nice spot you can get in and out of, but obviously here its a slow pit road and you can make up a lot with timing lines on pit road," he said. "For that reason alone its big, and thats worth multiple spots throughout the race when youre thinking about making a lot of pit stops." Danica Patrick qualified 10th, her best starting spot in a race not held at Daytona. Her previous best starting position was 21st, accomplished twice last season. 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