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RATING, DRIVER ODDS PRAC 1, QUALIFIED, FALL CMS*, KANSAS*

  1. Joey Logano 4/1 5th, 4th, 1st, 1st 2014 winner at Texas with fifth-place average in past five; he is the current ‘it’ driver.

  2. Kevin Harvick 4/1 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 16th No wins in 25 Texas starts, but runner-up in past two; using winning Dover chassis this week.

  3. Brad Keselowski 9/2 1st, 1st, 9th, 9th 2012 runner-up here, third last fall and in fifth April; ninth or better in all nine races on 1.5-mile tracks.

  4. Denny Hamlin 12/1 13th, 9th, 4th, 2nd Two-time winner at Texas (2010 sweep); fourth or better in past four races on 1.5s; won at Chicago.

  5. Kyle Busch 6/1 11th, 3rd, 20th, 5th 2013 winner at Texas, 3.5 average finish; missed spring race (leg); won on 1.5-mile track at Kentucky in July.

  6. Jimmie Johnson 6/1 14th, 8th, 39th, 3rd Track best five-time winner and 8.7 average finish; won three of first four 2015 races on 1.5s.

  7. Kurt Busch 12/1 10th, 7th, 5th, 6th 2009 winner here; sixth or better in past three races on 1.5s; using seventh-place Darlington chassis.

  8. Carl Edwards 15/1 3rd, 13th, 6th, 8th Three-time winner here, 2008 sweep; seventh or better in past five on 1.5s; won Coca-Cola 600.

  9. Martin Truex Jr. 18/1 20th, 23rd, 3rd, 15th 2013 runner-up at Texas; has been one of best on 1.5s all season, including a second at Las Vegas.

  10. Jeff Gordon 25/1 19th, 18th, 8th, 10th 2009 winner; makes 30th and final Texas start; only driver to have raced in every Cup event at this track.

Notes: Saturday’s final two practices canceled due to rain. Friday’s lone practice was used primarily by most drivers for mock-qualifying runs…. *Results from the past two races on 1.5-mile tracks: Oct. 11 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and Oct. 18 at Kansas Speedway. Charlotte and Texas are the most similar among all 1.5s. Data from those recent races are more relevant to rating than what happened in April 11 race at Texas ….Odds courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook.]

The rest of the field DALE EARNHARDT JR 18-1 KASEY KAHNE 25-1 KYLE LARSON 30-1 JAMIE McMURRAY 100-1 RYAN NEWMAN 100-1 GREG BIFFLE 100-1 AUSTIN DILLON 100-1 RYAN BLANEY 100-1 DAVID RAGAN 200-1 CLINT BOWYER 200-1 TONY STEWART 200-1 PAUL MENARD 200-1 ARIC ALMIROLA 300-1 DANICA PATRICK 300-1 AJ ALLMENDINGER 500-1 RICKY STENHOUSE JR 500-1 CASEY MEARS 500-1 TREVOR BAYNE 500-1 FIELD 40-1

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