Micah Roberts’ Sprint Cup driver ratings
Micah Roberts' sprint cup Driver Ratings
STP 400
Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan.
9:30 a.m. PDT today, Fox (5)
Rating Driver Odds Practice 1 Practice 2 Qualified Fontana*
1. Greg Biffle 8/1 1st 15th 14th 11th
Two-time winner with 8.1 average finish; best 10 consecutive lap average in practice
2. Matt Kenseth 12/1 12th 19th 21st 4th
Third-best 10 consecutive lap average in practice; using winning Dover chassis
3. Jeff Gordon 12/1 5th 2nd 22nd 18th
Two-time winner with 8.5 average finish; second-best 10 consecutive lap practice average
4. Carl Edwards 9/2 2nd 8th 7th 6th
12.3 average finish in seven starts; runner-up in 2008; using new chassis
5. Jimmie Johnson 7/1 14th 22nd 31st 2nd
2008 winner with 9.3 average finish in nine starts; using new chassis
6. Kurt Busch 30/1 15th 35th 1st 17th
Only one top-10 finish in 10 starts; using new chassis
7. Kevin Harvick 10/1 26th 28th 10th 1st
His third-place finish last year is his lone top-five; using same car
8. Tony Stewart 12/1 4th 30th 13th 13th
Two-time winner with 12.3 average finish in 10 starts; using Texas car
9. Clint Bowyer 20/1 31st 12th 27th 7th
Native of Emporia, Kan.; finished runner-up in 2007; using new chassis
10. Kyle Busch 8/1 19th 7th 3rd 3rd
23.9 average finish in seven starts; using new chassis
* Results from the March 27 race at California Speedway. Although a half-mile larger than Kansas, the banking and width of the two tracks make them similar.
Odds courtesy of the Las Vegas Hilton Super Book.
Micah Roberts, a former race and sports director, has been setting NASCAR lines in Las Vegas since 1995. For more insights and postpractice analysis on the race, go to VegasInsider.com.
