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Micah Roberts’ Sprint Cup driver ratings

Irwin Tools Night Race

At Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tenn.

4:30 p.m. today, NBCSP (38)

Rating Driver Odds Practice 1 Practice 2 Qualifed Bristol '15

1. Kyle Busch 6/1 3rd 1st 2nd DNP

Five-time winner, the last coming in 2011; best 10-consecutive lap average in Practice 2.

2. Matt Kenseth 6/1 2nd 34th 13th 1st

Four-time winner, including two of past four. On hot streak with two wins in past three.

3. Kevin Harvick 6/1 7th 6th 7th 38th

2005 winner with 15th-place average in 29 starts. Led race-high 184 laps in spring race.

4. Joey Logano 7/1 21st 4th 5th 40th

2014 fall winner with 20th-place average finish; should be best of the Fords.

5. Kyle Larson 18/1 1st 3rd 12th 7th

Led 90 laps in spring; 9.7 average in three starts; best 10-consecutive lap average in practice 1.

6. Jimmie Johnson 10/1 18th 9th 10th 2nd

2010 winner with 14.4 career average in 27 starts; fourth or better past two on Bristol concrete.

7. Kurt Busch 10/1 8th 17th 11th 15th

Five-time winner, the last in 2006; third-best 10-consecutive lap average in Practice 2.

8. Denny Hamlin 12/1 10th 5th 1st 26th

2012 winner, but 23rd or worse in four of five past starts; Joe Gibbs organization is on roll.

9. Carl Edwards 10/1 5th 14th 3rd 24th

Three-time winner, the last in 2014, and all coming for Roush Fenway Racing; 15th-place average.

10. Brad Keselowski 7/1 9th 16th 6th 35th

Two-time winner, the last in 2012; 15th-place average; runner-up in this race last season.

Note: Results from the April 17 Food City 500 at Bristol.

Odds courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas.

Micah Roberts, a former Las Vegas sports book director, has been setting NASCAR odds since 1994. Follow him on Twitter @MicahRoberts7.

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