Micah Roberts’ Sprint Cup Driver Ratings

At Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Fla.

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Rating Driver Odds Practice 1 Practice 2 Qualified Texas*

1. Carl Edwards 9/2 2nd 1st 1st 2nd Two-time winner with a track-best 5.7 average finish in seven starts; using Texas chassis.

2. Matt Kenseth 6/1 3rd 15th 6th 4th 2007 winner with two wins on 1.5-mile tracks in 2011; using Texas chassis.

3. Kevin Harvick 6/1 9th 18th 21st 13th Two-time runner-up with a 7.9 average finish in 10 starts; using sixth-place Charlotte car.

4. Tony Stewart 4/1 15th 28th 15th 1st Two-time winner in old configuration, no top-5s since 2004; eighth-place Charlotte car.

5. Jeff Gordon 10/1 8th 12th 7th 6th One of two Cup tracks he’s never won on; owns an 11.8 average finish in 12 starts.

6. Jimmie Johnson 8/1 5th 14th 9th 14th Two-time runner-up; one of only five tracks he’s never won on; using Charlotte chassis.

7. Ryan Newman 40/1 4th 26th 14th 16th Career-best finish of sixth came as rookie in 2002; good practices Saturday in race trim.

8. Greg Biffle 15/1 14th 11th 8th 5th Three-time winner from 2004 to 2006; using 15th-place Charlotte chassis from October.

9. Brad Keselowski 30/1 25th 10th 5th 24th Career best of 13th last season; had great practice Saturday; will be using new chassis.

10. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 40/1 1st 23rd 11th 7th Best finish is 13th in 11 starts; strong practice suggests it could be career day.

* Results from Nov. 6 at Texas Motor Speedway, the last Sprint Cup race on a high-banked 1.5-mile track. While the track configurations of Texas and Homestead are not similar, the cars set-ups are.

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.