Saturday, September 25, 2010

Dover AAA 400 Driver Ratings Following All Practice & Qualifying Sessions

Micah Roberts Top 10 Driver Ratings
AAA 400
Dover International Speedway
Sunday, September 26, 2010 - 10:16 am (PDT)

Rating    Driver     Odds     Practice 1   Qualifying   Practice 2   Practice 3

 1. Kyle Busch 5/1                 7th               11th             2nd            19th    
Two time winner including this spring; two of his three 2010 wins have come on concrete.                
 2. Jimmie Johnson 9/4        19th               1st              5th               7th 
Swept 2009 season; has five Dover wins in 17 starts. Using 22nd place Indy Chassis this week.          
 3. Matt Kenseth 25/1            6th               14th            13th             4th          
2006 winner with a 12.7 average finish in 23 starts. Five straight top-four Dover finishes; third in spring.
 4. Kurt Busch 12/1               15th               8th              3rd            13th 
Not one of his better tracks; average finish of 19.7 in 20 starts. Finished fifth in both 2009 races.
 5. Martin Truex Jr 30/1        14th               3rd             15th             5th 
Site of his only career win in 2007; had the third fastest average speeds during final practice.
 6. Greg Biffle 12/1                5th                6th               6th            12th 
Two time winner with a 10.5 average finish in 16 starts; finished sixth in the spring. Using Texas chassis this week.
 7. Carl Edwards 12/1            2nd              10th             21st            16th 
2007 fall winner with track best 7.9 average finish in 12 starts; finished eighth in the spring race.
 8. Jeff Burton 30/1                24th             27th             9th              3rd 
2006 fall winner with a 15.9 average finish in 33 starts; runner-up in the spring. Using Atlanta car that finished fourth.
 9. Denny Hamlin 8/1            11th               4th             29th             8th 
Tied best career finish of fourth in the spring. Using fifth-place Pocono chassis this week.
10. Kevin Harvick 30/1          32nd             33rd            26th            15th       
Only three career top-fives in 19 starts, but had the fastest average speeds during happy hour.

Note: Though a half-mile smaller, Bristol can be used as a reference for Dover because of the similar banking and concrete surface.            

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. He currently writes for multiple publications covering all sports. He can be reached at MM.Roberts7Gmail.com.


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