MICAH ROBERTS’ SPRINT CUP DRIVER RATINGS

AAA 400

Dover International Speedway, Dover, Del.

11 a.m. PDT today, ESPN (30)

Rating Driver Odds Practice 1 Practice 2 Qualified Dover*

1. Jeff Gordon 8/1 4th 2nd 34th 17th
Three-time winner; strong practices, dominating Bristol race make him favorite

2. Matt Kenseth 10/1 2nd 20th 18th 1st
Two-time winner; using chassis he won with in May’s Dover race

3. Jimmie Johnson 6/1 7th 12th 6th 9th
Six-time winner, last in 2010; using second-place Michigan chassis

4. Kyle Busch 6/1 5th 11th 5th 4th
Two-time winner with six other finishes of sixth or better; using winning Kentucky chassis

5. Carl Edwards 7/1 3rd 16th 4th 7th
2007 winner; track-best 7.6 average finish; using fourth-place Chicagoland chassis

6. Kevin Harvick 15/1 16th 18th 22nd 10th
Career best of third in 2006; has led 134 laps in 21 starts; using winning Charlotte chassis

7. Mark Martin 30/1 15th 1st 17th 2nd
Four-time winner, last in 2004; 11.4 average finish in past 20 starts

8. Brad Keselowski 15/1 6th 22nd 15th 13th
Won at Bristol, where notes from that race should translate well

9. Kurt Busch 12/1 12th 14th 2nd 14th
Five top-five finishes, including three in past five starts; using third-place Pocono car

10. Martin Truex Jr. 30/1 8th 33rd 1st 8th
Captured lone career win at Dover in 2007; runner-up at Bristol

* Results from FedEx 400 at Dover on May 15

Note: Results from the Aug. 27 race at Bristol also can be used as a barometer for today’s race. Although Bristol is half the size of Dover, the two concrete tracks have multiple grooves and similar banking.

Odds courtesy of the Las Vegas Hilton Super Book

Micah Roberts, a former race and 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 or follow MicahRoberts7 on Twitter.