Micah Roberts Top 10 Driver Ratings
Geico 400
Chicagoland Speedway
Sunday, September 18, 2011 - 11:16 am (PDT)
Rating Driver Odds Practice 1 Practice 2 Qualified Kansas*
1. Jeff Gordon 9/1 26th 6th 23rd 4th
2006 winner; leads all drivers with an 8.6 average finish in 10 starts.
2. Matt Kenseth 6/1 29th 3rd 1st 6th
Runner up in 2005 and 2007; using 10th-place Michigan chassis this week.
3. Kurt Busch 8/1 11th 19th 3rd 9th
Five top-10 finishes in 10 starts; using 10th-place New Hampshire car this week.
4. Carl Edwards 7/1 19th 10th 5th 5th
Runner-up last season, 18.3 average finish; using brand new chassis this week.
5. Jimmie Johnson 8/1 36th 8th 12th 7th
One of five tracks to have never won at; averages a 10th-place finish in nine starts.
6. Kevin Harvick 15/1 28th 5th 30th 11th
Won the first two races ever held on track; using brand new chassis this week.
7. Kyle Busch 8/1 4th 44th 9th 12th
2008 winner, finished third in 2007; using brand new chassis this week.
8. David Reutimann 30/1 1st 20th 29th 22nd
2010 winner; had the best 10-consecutive lap average during the first practice session.
9. Mark Martin 50/1 3rd 26th 25th 21st
2009 winner with 12.8 average finish in 10 starts; using eighth-place Brickyard car.
10. Brad Keselowski 8/1 13th 28th 6th 1st
Success at Kansas should translate well; using brand new chassis this week.
* Results from the STP 400 at Kansas Speedway on June 5, 2011. Kansas runs the most similar to Chicagoland among all the 1.5-mile tracks.
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.
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