Micah Roberts’ NASCAR 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.