MICAH ROBERTS’ SPRINT CUP DRIVER RATINGS
Micah Roberts' sprint cup Driver Ratings
Matthew and Daniel Hansen 400
Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Va.
4 p.m. PDT today, Fox (5)
Rating Driver Odds Practice 1 Practice 2 Qualified Phoenix*
1. Kyle Busch 6-1 6th 34th 20th 2nd
Won past two spring races; 10 top-fives in 12 RIR starts; using third-place Martinsville car
2. Kevin Harvick 12-1 17th 2nd 12th 4th
2006 winner; 11 top-10s in past 12 RIR starts; using winning Martinsville car
3. Denny Hamlin 5-1 13th 40th 11th 11th
Native Virginian won past two fall RIR races; 8.0 average finish in 10 RIR starts
4. Clint Bowyer 15-1 3rd 5th 3rd 27th
2008 winner; third-best average finish of 9.8 in 10 RIR starts; using Martinsville chassis
5. Jimmie Johnson 7-1 18th 22nd 30th 3rd
Three-time RIR winner, last coming in 2008; finished third last fall; using Phoenix car
6. Jeff Gordon 10-1 10th 28th 6th 1st
Two-time RIR winner, last coming in 2000; runner-up last spring; eight straight top-12s
7. Tony Stewart 12-1 21st 10th 31st 7th
Two-time RIR winner and four-time runner-up; using Phoenix car that led for 59 laps
8. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 18-1 1st 26th 24th 10th
Three-time RIR winner; using Phoenix chassis; in midst of seven straight top-12s in 2011
9. Ryan Newman 30-1 4th 8th 13th 5th
2003 winner; finished in top 10 of past seven spring races; 11.4 average finish in 18 starts
10. Carl Edwards 6-1 2nd 3rd 8th 28th
His only RIR top-five happened in this race last year; debuting new chassis
* Results from the Feb. 27 race at Phoenix International Raceway, a track that requires a similar setup to Richmond.
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.
