Micah Roberts’ Sprint Cup driver ratings
Irwin Tools Night Race
At Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tenn.
4:30 p.m. today, NBCSP (38)
Rating Driver Odds Practice 1 Practice 2 Qualifed Bristol ’15
1. Kyle Busch 6/1 3rd 1st 2nd DNP
Five-time winner, the last coming in 2011; best 10-consecutive lap average in Practice 2.
2. Matt Kenseth 6/1 2nd 34th 13th 1st
Four-time winner, including two of past four. On hot streak with two wins in past three.
3. Kevin Harvick 6/1 7th 6th 7th 38th
2005 winner with 15th-place average in 29 starts. Led race-high 184 laps in spring race.
4. Joey Logano 7/1 21st 4th 5th 40th
2014 fall winner with 20th-place average finish; should be best of the Fords.
5. Kyle Larson 18/1 1st 3rd 12th 7th
Led 90 laps in spring; 9.7 average in three starts; best 10-consecutive lap average in practice 1.
6. Jimmie Johnson 10/1 18th 9th 10th 2nd
2010 winner with 14.4 career average in 27 starts; fourth or better past two on Bristol concrete.
7. Kurt Busch 10/1 8th 17th 11th 15th
Five-time winner, the last in 2006; third-best 10-consecutive lap average in Practice 2.
8. Denny Hamlin 12/1 10th 5th 1st 26th
2012 winner, but 23rd or worse in four of five past starts; Joe Gibbs organization is on roll.
9. Carl Edwards 10/1 5th 14th 3rd 24th
Three-time winner, the last in 2014, and all coming for Roush Fenway Racing; 15th-place average.
10. Brad Keselowski 7/1 9th 16th 6th 35th
Two-time winner, the last in 2012; 15th-place average; runner-up in this race last season.
Note: Results from the April 17 Food City 500 at Bristol.
Odds courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas.
Micah Roberts, a former Las Vegas sports book director, has been setting NASCAR odds since 1994. Follow him on Twitter @MicahRoberts7.
