Micah Roberts’ NASCAR Sprint Cup driver ratings
Micah Roberts’ Sprint Cup Driver Ratings
Toyota/Save Mart 350
At Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, Calif.
Noon today, FS1 (329); race starts at 12:16 p.m.
Rating DriverOddsPractice 1Practice 2QualifiedSonoma ‘14*
1. Jeff Gordon6/115th6th5th2nd
All-time leader with nine road course wins, five at Sonoma; 14 top-fives in 22 starts
2. Kurt Busch6/19th3rd2nd12th
2011 winner; looking to capture fifth top-five finish with five different numbered cars
3. Clint Bowyer15/11st4th6th10th
2012 winner with 9.2 average finish in nine starts (second best); best chance for 2015 win
4. Carl Edwards12/110th2nd14th1st
2014 winner and third in two of previous three seasons; three road wins in Xfinity Series
5. A.J. Allmendinger8/12nd23rd1st37th
Made Chase by winning at Watkins Glen in 2014; eight Sonoma races won from front row
6. Martin Truex Jr.6/122nd5th12th15th
2013 winner while driving for Michael Waltrip Racing; 18.7 average finish in nine starts
7. Kyle Busch20/118th1st11th25th
Swept 2008 road course season, but it was also his last top-10 finish at Sonoma. Good car
8. Kevin Harvick6/18th20th17th20th
2007 runner-up and also won at Watkins Glen; rated high due to body of work in 2015
9. Kasey Kahne20/128th7th26th6th
2009 winner while driving for Richard Petty Motorsports; sixth place past two seasons
10. Kyle Larson80/112th15th4th28th
Set track record at 96.568 mph during first round of qualifying; fourth at Watkins Glen
* Results from the 2014 Toyota/Save Mart 350
Note: This is the first of two road course races this season, the other Aug. 9 at Watkins Glen. Sonoma is the more technical course of the two with 160 feet of elevation changes from highest to lowest point. Odds courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas.
Micah Roberts, a former Las Vegas sports book director, has been setting NASCAR odds since 1994 and covers all sports with a betting spin. Follow him on Twitter: @MicahRoberts7.
