Micah Roberts’ Sprint Cup Driver Ratings
Micah Roberts’ Sprint Cup Driver Ratings
Brickyard 400
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
10 a.m. PDT today, ESPN (30)
Rating Driver Odds Practice 1 Practice 2 Practice 3 Qualified
1. Jimmie Johnson 6/1 32nd 3rd 10th 3rd
Three-time winner, his only top-10s in last eight Indy starts; new chassis this week.
2. Greg Biffle 15/1 20th 1st 1st 18th
Finished fourth and third in last two Indy starts; 13.9 average finish in eight starts.
3. Matt Kenseth 10/1 1st 29th 8th 9th
Two-time runner-up; using winning Texas chassis that also finished second at Michigan.
4. Carl Edwards 6/1 4th 6th 5th 10th
Runner-up in 2008, his only top-five in six starts; using fifth-place Kansas chassis.
5. Jeff Gordon 10/1 9th 26th 26th 8th
Four-time winner with average finish of 9.5 in 17 starts; last win came in 2004.
6. Kevin Harvick 10/1 30th 5th 11th 19th
2003 winner and 2010 runner-up, with average finish of 9.9; using Darlington car.
7. Denny Hamlin 12/1 2nd 18th 28th 14th
Best finish of third in 2008; third-best 10-consecutive-lap average during final practice.
8. Juan Pablo Montoya 10/1 7th 31st 6th 7th
2007 runner-up with average running position of 11.53; 2000 Indy 500 winner.
9. Kasey Kahne 30/1 2nd 13th 2nd 2nd
Runner-up in 2005 with average finish position of 15.6 in seven starts; great practices.
10. Clint Bowyer 30/1 15th 17th 13th 26th
Best finish of fourth in 2010 tied career best set in 2006; debuts new chassis this week.
Note: June 12 results at Pocono Raceway are useful in handicapping Indy. The long straightaways and flat turns of Pocono make it the most similar track to Indianapolis.
Odds courtesy of the Las Vegas Hilton Super Book.
Micah Roberts, a former race and sports director, has been setting NASCAR lines in Las Vegas since 1995. For more Roberts insights and post-practice analysis on the race, go to VegasInsider.com or follow MicahRoberts7 on Twitter.
