Johnson, Roush drivers have history on their side (cont'd)

5. Carl Edwards
Don't let the ranking fool you. Edwards won at Las Vegas last season in a very impressive performance. Up until that win, Edwards had only middle-of-the-road numbers at the Las Vegas oval. Based on past history we have to be a bit reserved on Edwards this weekend, but at the same time we have to carefully consider his dominant performance in last season's race at LVMS.

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Pos.	Driver	Points	Behind
1.	Matt Kenseth	385	--
2.	Jeff Gordon	304	-81
3.	Kurt Busch	294	-91
4.	Tony Stewart	294	-91
5.	Greg Biffle	268	-117

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6. Denny Hamlin
Hamlin will provide a measure of stability this week at Las Vegas. While he's never been a real threat to win at the 1.5-mile oval, Hamlin has been quite consistent at the facility. He owns three consecutive top-10 finishes in three career starts at the speedway. Hamlin may not roll into Victory Lane on Sunday, but he's a very safe fantasy racing play.

7. Mark Martin
Martin won the very first Sprint Cup Series event held at Las Vegas back in 1998. Since then the veteran Hendrick Motorsports driver hasn't revisited Victory Lane at the facility, but he's poured in a stream of consistent numbers at the speedway. Martin owns nine career top-10 finishes at LVMS, more than any driver in the series. He's currently riding a three-race top-10 streak at the intermediate oval with laps led in each of those events.

8. Jeff Burton
Like a lot of other drivers in this list, Burton also owns some victories at Las Vegas. He won back-to-back races during the 1999 and 2000 seasons. Since then, Burton has yet to really challenge for a third win at LVMS, but he's been on top of his game at one of his favorite tracks. He owns two top-10 finishes in his last three starts at the speedway and he's never had a DNF at the intermediate oval.

9. Kevin Harvick
Harvick offers the same consistency that RCR teammate Jeff Burton has at Las Vegas. While he's not known for his qualifying efforts at the speedway, his biggest weakness, Harvick has come on in recent seasons to show he can be competitive at LVMS. The No. 29 Chevrolet has rolled to a pair of top-fives at the oval and he's never failed to finish a race.

10. Elliott Sadler
The surprise driver to make our top-10 ranking this week is Sadler from the Richard Petty Motorsports stable. He's an excellent qualifier at the track as he has shown with top-10 starting spots in three of the last four races there. He's been just as consistent, yet shy of spectacular, in finishing with four top-15 efforts in the last five races at the 1.5-mile oval.

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