MICAH ROBERTS’ SPRINT CUP DRIVER RATINGS
MICAH ROBERTS' SPRINT CUP DRIVER RATINGS
Capital City 400
Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Va.
4 p.m. today, Fox (5); race begins at 4:45 p.m.
Rating Driver Odds Practice 1 Practice 2 Qualified Phoenix*
1. Kyle Busch 5/1 23rd 5th 5th 6th
Won last three spring races; has track-best average finish of fifth in 14 starts
2. Clint Bowyer 25/1 4th 6th 23rd 30th
2008 winner with 10.5 average finish; was star of both practices using Phoenix car
3. Denny Hamlin 6/1 10th 15th 7th 1st
Two-time fall winner with second-best 7.6 average finish for native Virginian
4. Jimmie Johnson 7/1 6th 11th 27th 4th
Three-time winner, last coming in fall of 2008, with 17.6 average finish; using new car
5. Mark Martin 30/1 1st 13th 1st 9th
1990 winner with 17 top-fives and average finish of 12.2; had second-best practices
6. Kevin Harvick 9/1 12th 25th 3rd 2nd
Two-time winner with average finish of 11.5; using runner-up Phoenix chassis
7. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 20/1 15th 1st 10th 14th
Three-time winner, last coming in 2006; average finish of 14.4; using Phoenix chassis
8. Martin Truex Jr. 30/1 11th 20th 8th 7th
Best finish of fifth came in 2008; in great form with great average practice speeds
9. Jeff Gordon 8/1 14th 4th 6th 8th
Two-time winner, last coming in 2000; average finish of 14.5 that includes 24 top-10s
10. Brad Keselowski 12/1 8th 12th 16th 5th
Ran more practice laps than anyone in both sessions with fast 10-consecutive-lap averages
* Results from the March 4 Sprint Cup race at Phoenix, a track that translates well to Richmond because of its similar banking and size.
Note: Practice 1 was a two-hour session that offered the more valuable data of the two practices.
Odds courtesy of the LVH Super Book.
Micah Roberts, a former sports book director, has been setting NASCAR lines in Las Vegas since 1995. For more of Roberts' insights and post-practice analysis on the race, go to VegasInsider.com, TheLinemakers.com or follow him on Twitter: @MicahRoberts7.
