Micah Roberts’ Sprint Cup Driver Ratings

AAA Texas 500

Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas

Noon PST today, ESPN (30)

Rating Driver Odds Practice 1 Lineup* Practice 2 Practice 3

1. Matt Kenseth 7/1 9th 3rd 14th 7th

Two-time winner with track-best 10-year average finish of 6.9; using winning car from April

2. Carl Edwards 7/1 2nd 7th 1st 8th

Three-time winner, best 10-consecutive average laps in final practice; using Charlotte chassis

3. Tony Stewart 7/1 3rd 5th 8th 9th

2006 winner with last Texas top-five five races ago; using Las Vegas-Atlanta-Kansas chassis

4. Kevin Harvick 12/1 23rd 21st 13th 18th

Average finish of 12.9 in 17 starts, good average speeds in practice; using new chassis

5. Jimmie Johnson 7/1 21st 11th 12th 16th

2007 winner and runner-up in three races since; using winning Kansas chassis

6. Jeff Gordon 8/1 28th 23rd 3rd 14th

2009 winner with no top-10s since (four starts); had great early practice session Saturday

7. Kasey Kahne 20/1 14th 9th 4th 1st

2006 winner with only one top-five finish since; practiced like he was in one of Roush cars

8. Greg Biffle 15/1 1st 1st 2nd 10th

2005 Texas winner; eighth or better in five of last six starts on track

9. Brad Keselowski 20/1 17th 8th 6th 28th

No top-10 finishes in six starts; had fastest 10-consecutive lap average in practices

10. Kurt Busch 20/1 10th 14th 11th 24th

2009 winner struggled in practice; using proven chassis from Pocono (third) and Dover (first)

Note: This is the second race of the season at Texas Motor Speedway. Matt Kenseth led 169 of 334 laps to win the first race on April 9, beating Clint Bowyer by a whopping 8.315 seconds. Kenseth’s teammates, Biffle and Edwards, came in third and fourth, respectively.

Odds courtesy of the Las Vegas Hilton 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, go to VegasInsider.com or follow MicahRoberts7 on Twitter.