Micah Roberts’ Sprint Cup driver ratings
June 25, 2016 - 10:24 pm
Toyota/Save Mart 350
At Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California
Noon today. TV: FS1. RADIO: KRLV-AM (1340)
Rating, Driver Odds Practice 1 Practice 2 Qualified Sonoma 2015*
1. Kurt Busch 5-1 11th 12th 4th 2nd
2011 winner, active leader with seven top-fives and 197 laps led using 2015 road chassis
2. Carl Edwards 10-1 5th 4th 1st 40th
2014 winner, third in 2013 and 2011 pole sitter has won five of 27 Sonoma races
3. AJ Allmendinger 7-1 19th 15th 2nd 37th
Gained only career win in 2014 on other road course at faster Watkins Glen
4. Jimmie Johnson 7-1 15th 13th 15th 6th
2010 winner, ninth or better in past seven starts led race-high 45 laps last year
5. Kyle Busch 10-1 14th 5th 8th 1st
Two-time winner, including last season — his only top-fives in 11 career starts
6. Martin Truex Jr. 10-1 3rd 10th 3rd 42nd
Best 10-consecutive lap average in Practice 2
7. Kasey Kahne 30-1 24th 9th 19th 8th
2009 winner after not cracking top 20 in first five attempts eighth or better in past three starts
8. Kevin Harvick 7-1 17th 18th 25th 4th
2007 runner-up is using chassis that had top-fives in both 2015 road course races
9. Joey Logano 15-1 10th 16th 7th 5th
Career-best fifth last year continues to improve on road courses every year
10. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 18-1 4th 1st 13th 7th
Didn’t have a top-10 finish in first 14 starts, but was third in 2014 and seventh last year
* Results from June 28, 2015, Sonoma race
Odds courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas
Micah Roberts, a former Las Vegas sports book director, has been setting NASCAR odds since 1994. Follow him on Twitter @MicahRoberts7