Micah Roberts’ Sprint Cup Driver Ratings, June 24
Toyota/Save Mart 350
Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, Calif.
Noon today, TNT (18); race starts at 12:16 p.m.
Rating Driver Odds Practice 1 Qualifying Practice 2 Practice 3
1. Jeff Gordon 6/1 1st 2nd 1st 1st Five-time winner; using best car he’s had on a road course since his last win in 2006.
2. Marcos Ambrose 3/1 7th 1st 2nd 11th Finished sixth or better in past thee starts; fastest average speeds in final practice.
3. Juan Pablo Montoya 8/1 22nd 12th 4th 3rd 2007 winner and 2010 Watkins Glen winner; won on streets of Monaco in Formula 1.
4. AJ Allmendinger 40/1 11th 17th 3rd 5th Five-time Champ Car winner on road/street circuits; driving for team that won in 2011.
5. Jimmie Johnson 6/1 10th 3rd 7th 4th Using winning 2010 chassis this week; improving on roads, strong in all practice sessions.
6. Kyle Busch 10/1 5th 7th 6th 10th 2008 winner also won at Watkins Glen the same year. Consistently good in practice.
7. Clint Bowyer 30/1 3rd 6th 9th 14th Finished career-best fourth on three occasions; quick average speeds in practice.
8. Carl Edwards 30/1 13th 11th 16th 7th Career-best finish of third last season; using new car that tested on Virginia road course.
9. Tony Stewart 6/1 24th 24th 17th 21st Two-time winner with five other road wins at Watkins Glen; struggled in practice.
10. Brad Keselowski 25/1 15th 13th 5th 24th Career-best 10th last season, runner-up at Watkins Glen. Good average times in practice.
Note: The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series runs only two road-course races a season.
Odds courtesy of LVH.
Micah Roberts, a former sports book director, has been setting NASCAR lines in Las Vegas since 1995. For more insights and post-practice analysis on the race, go to VegasInsider.com or follow on Twitter: @MicahRoberts7.
