Micah Roberts’ Sprint Cup driver ratings

Quicken Loans 400

At Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Mich.

10 a.m. today, FS1 (329); race begins at 10:16

Rating Driver Odds Practice 1 Qualified Practice 2 Practice 3

1. Kevin Harvick 7/2 1st 2nd 1st 5th

2010 winner and has finished second past four starts; using winning Las Vegas chassis

2. Martin Truex Jr. 10/1 3rd 9th 5th 3rd

Two-time runner-up (2007), but he’s crazy fast while leading most laps the past four races

3. Jeff Gordon 12/1 5th 6th 8th 1st

Three-time winner, including last fall; active leader with 19 top-5s, 44 starts, 1,058 laps led

4. Jimmie Johnson 6/1 6th 8th 10th 7th

Won this race last year, first time in 25 career tries; 15.8 average finish with five top-5s

5. Kyle Busch 15/1 18th 10th 4th 2nd

2011 winner; 31st or worse in past three starts, but had look of a winner during practices

6. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10/1 9th 14th 6th 6th

Two-time winner, and both were his only wins for Hendrick Motorsports before last year

7. Kasey Kahne 15/1 7th 1st 2nd 11th

2006 winner, finished fifth last year; looks fast, but hasn’t been his best on big tracks in ‘15

8. Carl Edwards 18/1 8th 4th 11th 8th

Two-time winner and nine top-5s, with track-best 9.7 average finish among active drivers

9. Denny Hamlin 15/1 4th 13th 7th 10th

Two-time winner, the last in 2011; good practices and could compete for top-5 finish

10. Kyle Larson 20/1 16th 16th 3rd 4th

Eighth last year, but hard to trust; top 10-consecutive average lap speeds in Practice 3

Note: Michigan’s 2-mile D-shaped oval is similar to sister track Fontana, but they don’t run the same. The most applicable tracks for comparison in 2015 might be the combination of Kansas and Pocono. Odds courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas

Micah Roberts, a former race and sports book director, has been setting NASCAR odds since 1995. For more post-practice analysis, visit the Linemakers on SportingNews.com or follow MicahRoberts7 on Twitter.