Micah Roberts’ sprint cup Driver Ratings
Micah Roberts' sprint cup Driver Ratings
5-Hour Energy 500
Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pa.
10 a.m. PDT today, TNT (18)
Rating Driver Odds Practice 1 Practice 2 Qualified 2010 Results*
1. Jimmie Johnson 6/1 3rd 5th 14th 10th
Swept 2004 season; second-fastest 10 consecutive lap average in Friday's practice
2. Denny Hamlin 4/1 10th 1st 4th 5th
Four-time winner with track-best 8.2 average finish; second-best average practice speeds
3. Tony Stewart 10/1 4th 12th 15th 2nd
Two-time winner with series-best 3.6 average finish in past five starts
4. Carl Edwards 7/1 1st 3rd 6th 3rd
Two-time winner; using chassis that won at Las Vegas and was runner-up at Darlington
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 12/1 13th 13th 21st 27th
Two-time runner-up; top average speeds in final practice; using Dover/Fontana car
6. Mark Martin 40/1 15th 6th 10th 7th
Six-time runner-up with 11.1 average finish in 48 starts; had terrific final practice
7. Kurt Busch 25/1 5th 9th 1st 33rd
Two-time winner; wrecked primary car in final practice and is using backup
8. Kevin Harvick 12/1 21st 25th 32nd 4th
Placed fourth in both 2010 races, tying career best; using winning 2010 Michigan chassis
9. Ryan Newman 40/1 6th 8th 8th 12th
2003 winner with 13.1 average finish in 18 starts; using fifth-place Fontana chassis
10. Jeff Gordon 12/1 9th 20th 3rd 6th
Four-time winner, last coming in 2007; career average finish of 10.5 in 36 starts
* Results from the Aug. 1 race at Pocono, the last race run there.
Note: This will be the first Pocono race since 2004 in which all teams don't have to abide by the same gear ratio rule, which should allow for more passing than seen in the past six seasons.
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.
