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MICAH ROBERTS’ SPRINT CUP DRIVER RATINGS, July 28

MICAH ROBERTS’ SPRINT CUP DRIVER RATINGS

Brickyard 400

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

10 a.m. today, ESPN (30); race starts at 10:15 a.m.

Rating Driver Odds Practice 1 Practice 2 Qualified Pocono*

1. Jimmie Johnson 7/2 13th 4th 2nd 1st

Four-time winner, including last season; using winning Pocono chassis

2. Kyle Busch 7/1 11th 6th 19th 6th

Runner-up last season; 11.8 career average finish is fourth best among active drivers

3. Kasey Kahne 7/1 5th 2nd 7th 36th

2005 runner-up had fastest 10-consecutive lap average in Practice 2; using new chassis

4. Jeff Gordon 12/1 21st 7th 9th 12th

Four-time winner, including 1994 inaugural race; 8.8 career average finish in 19 starts

5. Juan Pablo Montoya 20/1 1st 3rd 8th 14th

2007 runner-up as rookie and near winner two other times; 2000 Indy 500 winner

6. Tony Stewart 15/1 25th 9th 5th 4th

Indiana native with two career wins; 8.2 career average finish best among active drivers

7. Kurt Busch 15/1 2nd 1st 6th 7th

Best finish is fifth as rookie in 2001; stellar practices suggest he might finally grab win

8. Matt Kenseth 7/1 9th 19th 13th 25th

Two-time runner-up; so-so in practice, but four wins in ‘13 always make him contender

9. Kevin Harvick 15/1 7th 10th 24th 9th

2003 winner with 10.3 career average finish (third best active); using new chassis

10. Denny Hamlin 12/1 23rd 24th 4th 8th

Third place in 2008; struggling lately, but flat turns suit his style, just like at Pocono

Note: Chevrolet has won the past 10 Brickyard 400s and 14 of 19 all time

*Results from June 9 at Pocono Raceway. Pocono’s long straightaways and tight flat Turn 3 makes it the most similar track to Indianapolis.

Odds courtesy of LVH

Micah Roberts, a former sports book director, has been setting NASCAR lines in Las Vegas since 1995. For more of Roberts’ insights on the race, go to The Linemakers on SportingNews.com or follow him on Twitter: @MicahRoberts7.

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