Micah Roberts’ Sprint Cup driver ratings
MICAH ROBERTS’ SPRINT CUP DRIVER RATINGS
Food City 500
At Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tenn.
9:30 a.m. today, Fox (5); race starts at 10:16
Rating DriverOddsPractice 1QualifiedPractice 2Practice 3
1. Kevin Harvick5/112th4th2nd7th
2005 winner; best 10-consecutive-lap average during each of Saturday’s final practices
2. Kurt Busch7/116th7th4th1st
Five-time winner, last time in 2006; should be almost as good as teammate Harvick
3. Kasey Kahne20/11st8th1st2nd
2013 winner; has lots of speed on short runs; using 2014 chassis that won at Atlanta
4. Brad Keselowski6/13rd2nd18th5th
Two-time winner, runner-up last fall; best 10-consecutive-lap average during Practice 1
5. Joey Logano6/17th6th3rd6th
2014 fall winner; after rough start to career at Bristol, he has it mastered now
6. Matt Kenseth8/115th1st19th19th
Three-time winner with strong 12.2 average finish; always a contender to win here
7. Jeff Gordon12/113th23rd15th4th
Five-time winner, last time in 2002; using winning 2014 chassis from Dover and Kansas
8. Carl Edwards12/14th3rd7th10th
Three-time winner, including last spring; trending up with best practice weekend of year
9. Dale Earnhardt Jr.12/12nd13th9th11th
2004 winner; statistically third-best track (12.9 average); using 2014 Richmond chassis
10. David Ragan60/15th11th14th3rd
Career-best 10th in 2008; showed speed in practice, and all Gibbs cars are getting better
Note: Six different drivers have won the past six races on the high-banked 0.533-mile Bristol layout. Odds courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas
Micah Roberts, a former race and sports book director, has been setting NASCAR odds since 1995. For more post-practice analysis, visit the Linemakers on SportingNews.com or follow MicahRoberts7 on Twitter.
