Micah Roberts’ NASCAR Sprint Cup driver ratings

MICAH ROBERTS’ SPRINT CUP DRIVER RATINGS

Sprint All-Star Race (110-lap, nonpoints race)

At Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C.

6 p.m. today, FS1 (329)

Rating DriverOddsPractice 1Las Vegas*Texas*Kansas*

1. Kurt Busch6/14thDNP14th8th

2010 winner; fastest consecutive lap averages during lone practice

2. Kevin Harvick7/23rd1st2nd2nd

2007 winner; sizzling 1.75 average finish on 1.5-mile tracks this year

3. Jimmie Johnson6/114th41st1st1st

Four-time winner, last time in 2013; three wins on four 1.5s this year

4. Joey Logano6/16th10th4th5th

Five-time All-Star with 8.8 average finish, including two top-fives

5. Brad Keselowski6/17th7th5th7th

Seventh All-Star start, with one top-five finish and 12.7 average

6. Dale Earnhardt Jr.12/112th4th3rd3rd

Won All-Star race as rookie (2000), but hasn’t won at Charlotte since

7. Jeff Gordon12/116th18th7th4th

Three All-Star wins, last time in 2001, and won Sprint Cup each year

8. Kasey Kahne20/18th17th8th17th

2008 winner has 11.7 average finish; four Charlotte points-race wins

9. Denny Hamlin20/15th5th11th41st

Seeking first Charlotte win; ninth All-Star start, with 11.3 average

10. Matt Kenseth12/110th9th23rd20th

2004 winner, 6.2 average; first Cup win was in 2000 Coca-Cola 600

* Results from past three races on 1.5-mile tracks this year. Among the three, Texas is most similar to Charlotte’s high-banked layout. Odds courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas

Micah Roberts, a former race and sports book director, has been setting NASCAR odds since 1995. For more post-practice analysis, visit the Linemakers on SportingNews.com or follow MicahRoberts7 on Twitter.

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