Saturday, October 26, 2013

Martinsville Final Driver Ratings Following All Practice Sessions

Micah Roberts‘ Top-10 Driver Ratings
Goody’s Headache Relief Shots 500
Martinsville Superspeedway
Sunday, October 27, 2013 -  11:16 a.m. PT

Rating    Driver     Odds       Practice 1    Qualified   Practice 2    Practice 3

 1. Jimmie Johnson 9/5             11th             2nd              9th               6th 
Eight-time winner, including the last two; using same chassis he won with in the spring race.
 2. Clint Bowyer 12/1                   1st              5th              5th              2nd 
Career-best runner-up in spring race; best 10-consecutive lap average in practice 1.
 3. Kyle Busch 7/1                       2nd             3rd              2nd              4th 
Runner-up last fall and fifth in spring; best 10-consecutive lap average in practice 2.
 4. Jeff Gordon 6/1                      8th              9th             10th            10th 
Seven-time winner with 26 top-5 finishes and seventh-place average in 41 starts.
 5. Denny Hamlin 12/1                 3rd             1st              28th            17th
Four-time winner; would be rated higher, but hasn’t had a top-5 finish in past 20 races on season.
 6. Brad Keselowski 12/1             4th            11th             11th             8th 
Sixth-place last fall and in spring; had very good average speeds in final practices.
 7. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 18/1         19th           12th              3rd              1st 
Runner-up in 2008 and 2011; best 10-consecutive lap average in practice 3.
 8. Joey Logano 30/1                  12th             6th              1st               9th 
2010 runner-up, his only top-5 finish in nine starts; using Watkins Glen chassis.
 9. Kasey Kahne 10/1                 22nd           25th              7th              3rd 
2005 runner-up, third last fall and fourth in spring race; using same chassis from spring.
10. Matt Kenseth 10/1                  9th             4th               4th              5th
Only three top-5 finishes in 27 career starts, but led 96 laps in spring and practiced well.

Note: Johnson, Gordon and Hamlin have combined to win 15 of last 20 Martinsville races.

Odds courtesy of the LVH Super Book.

Micah Roberts, a former sports book director, has been setting NASCAR lines in Las Vegas since 1995. For more Roberts insights on the race, go to The Linemakers on SportingNews.com or follow on Twitter: MicahRoberts7. 



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