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.