MICAH ROBERTS’ SPRINT CUP DRIVER RATINGS

Micah Roberts’ SPRINT CUP DRIVER RATINGS

Good Sam RV Insurance 500

Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pa.

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

Rating Driver Odds Practice 1 Practice 2 Qualified Pocono 1*

1. Carl Edwards 8/1 4th 10th 4th 37th Two-time winner; using winning Las Vegas and Darlington runner-up chassis.

2. Jimmie Johnson 5/1 6th 17th 18th 4th Two-time winner with 9.3 average finish; best 10-consecutive-lap average in practice.

3. Jeff Gordon 5/1 25th 18th 31st 1st Five-time winner with 10.3 average finish in 37 starts; runner-up at Brickyard last week.

4. Kurt Busch 10/1 2nd 15th 5th 2nd Two-time winner and five-time runner-up in 21 career starts; using new chassis.

5. Denny Hamlin 4/1 39th 24th 6th 19th Four-time winner; fastest in average lap times in final practice despite slow single laps.

6. Kyle Busch 10/1 9th 11th 11th 3rd Three top-five finishes in 13 starts, including two of past three; using new chassis.

7. Ryan Newman 30/1 1st 7th 12th 9th 2003 winner; 13.1 average finish in 19 starts; using car that ran at Pocono and Kentucky.

8. Kasey Kahne 30/1 15th 1st 2nd 12th 2008 winner with 16.3 average finish in 15 starts; last top-10 Pocono finish was in 2009

9. Kevin Harvick 12/1 26th 3rd 10th 5th Current streak of three straight top-fives at Pocono; using 11th-place Kansas chassis.

10. Matt Kenseth 15/1 11th 27th 20th 8th Average finish of 14.1 in 23 starts; using car that was sixth at Kansas and won at Dover.

* Results from the first Pocono race this season on June 12.

Note: Last week’s Brickyard 400 results are helpful because Indianapolis and Pocono have similar long straightaways and flat banking.

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.