Micah Roberts’ Spring Cup driver ratings, Sept. 23
Sylvania 300
New Hampshire Motor Speedway
11 a.m. today, ESPN (30); race starts at 11:16 a.m.
Rating Driver Odds Practice 1 Qualified Practice 2 Practice 3
1. Denny Hamlin 5/1 1st 32nd 1st 1st 2007 winner; track-best 8.5 average finish; best average lap speed in final practice
2. Clint Bowyer 12/1 9th 12th 7th 7th Two-time winner; using winning Richmond chassis from two weeks ago
3. Jeff Gordon 10/1 2nd 1st 9th 15th Three-time winner, the last in 1998; best 10 consecutive lap average in Practice 2
4. Kyle Busch 10/1 18th 2nd 5th 4th 2006 winner; great practices; good candidate to win based on Richmond win in April
5. Tony Stewart 7/1 4th 3rd 10th 8th Three-time winner, including last fall; using new chassis that tested at Milwaukee
6. Kevin Harvick 15/1 5th 16th 8th 9th 2006 winner; one of two drivers to average 130 mph in final practice; using new chassis
7. Jimmie Johnson 5/1 8th 20th 3rd 10th Three-time winner, the last in 2010; using seventh-place chassis from July race
8. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10/1 25th 14th 17th 11th Best finish of third in 2004; using same chassis that finished fourth in July race
9. Kasey Kahne 8/1 6th 6th 13th 19th 2012 winner; not a standout in practices but is using winning chassis from July
10. Brad Keselowski 7/1 20th 15th 14th 17th Has finished runner-up and fifth in past two starts on track; using new car
Note: New Hampshire's 1.058-mile flat-banked track runs similar to Richmond and Phoenix. Drivers who do well on one usually fare well on the others.
Odds courtesy of LVH.
Micah Roberts, a former sports book director, has been setting NASCAR lines in Las Vegas since 1995. For more Roberts insights on the race, go to The Linemakers on SportingNews.com or follow on Twitter: MicahRoberts7.
