Micah Roberts’ Sprint Cup driver ratings
Coca-Cola 600
Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C.
2:30 p.m. today, Fox (5); race starts at 3:19 p.m.
Rating Driver Odds Practice 1 Qualified Practice 2 Practice 3
1. Jimmie Johnson 5/1 11th 3rd 6th 4th
Six-time winner with 11.9 average finish; best 10 consecutive lap average in last practice
2. Brad Keselowski 18/1 31st 24th 7th 1st
Career best of 12th in ’09 but strong average speeds in Practice 2; using new car
3. Kyle Busch 7/1 8th 17th 4th 16th
Ran most laps in Practice 2; two-time runner-up; eighth or better in eight of past nine starts
4. Martin Truex Jr. 18/1 18th 15th 5th 11th
Career best of seventh in ’05; best 10 consecutive lap average in Practice 2
5. Tony Stewart 8/1 24th 21st 18th 6th
2003 fall winner; 13.6 average finish; using winning Fontana chassis, clone to Vegas winner
6. Mark Martin 40/1 10th 6th 12th 3rd
Four-time winner, last coming in 2002; had top average speeds during final practice
7. Denny Hamlin 10/1 9th 8th 1st 20th
Career best of fourth-place in ’10; great practices Saturday suggest he’ll be contender
8. Carl Edwards 8/1 22nd 28th 3rd 2nd
Seeks first win here; has three third-place finishes and 12.6 average; using Texas car
9. Kevin Harvick 12/1 13th 14th 9th 23rd
Captured first win here last May; using chassis that finished sixth at Charlotte in October
10. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 15/1 17th 12th 14th 22nd
No wins in 25 starts here with five top-five finishes; using stout chassis from All-Star race
Note: Practice 2 was most important of the three sessions due to it being most similar to cooler race day temperatures.
Odds courtesy of LVH.
Micah Roberts, a former sports book director, has been setting NASCAR lines in Las Vegas since 1995. For more Roberts insights and postpractice analysis on the race, go to VegasInsider.com, TheLinemakers.com or follow on Twitter: MicahRoberts7.
