Final Rankings: Texas I, 2012

Here are my final driver rankings for tonight’s race at Texas. I compiled them by crunching the prelim data from Texas Thursday and Friday, and then melding it with the historical data:

  1. Greg Biffle
  2. Matt Kenseth
  3. Jimmie Johnson
  4. Martin Truex, Jr.
  5. Ryan Newman
  6. Mark Martin
  7. Kevin Harvick
  8. Denny Hamlin
  9. Kasey Kahne
  10. A.J. Allmendinger Continue reading

Early Rankings: Texas I, 2012

Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas. I compiled them by crunching:

  • The loop data for the past 15 Sprint Cup races (excluding Daytona and Talladega);
  • the loop data for the past four races (excluding Daytona and Talladega);
  • the loop data for the past four races at Texas;
  • the loop data for the past eight races at the other tracks in the Large Ovals track group (i.e., Fontana, Charlotte, Atlanta, Kansas, Chicago, Michigan and Kentucky);
  • the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Texas; and
  • the practice and qualifying data for past eight races at the aforementioned Large Ovals.

The results:

  1. Jimmie Johnson
  2. Greg Biffle
  3. Matt Kenseth
  4. Tony Stewart
  5. Carl Edwards
  6. Kyle Busch
  7. Clint Bowyer
  8. Ryan Newman
  9. Jeff Gordon
  10. Kevin Harvick Continue reading

Final Rankings: Martinsville I, 2012

Here are my final driver rankings for today’s race at Martinsville. I compiled them by crunching the prelim data from Martinsville Friday and Saturday, and then melding it with the historical data:

  1. Jeff Gordon
  2. Kevin Harvick
  3. Ryan Newman
  4. Denny Hamlin
  5. Brad Keselowski
  6. Clint Bowyer
  7. Kyle Busch
  8. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
  9. Tony Stewart
  10. Jimmie Johnson Continue reading

Mid-Week Rankings: Martinsville I, 2012

Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville. I compiled them by crunching the loop data for the past 15 Sprint Cup races (excluding Daytona and Talladega), the loop data for just the past four Sprint Cup races, the loop data for the past four races at Martinsville, the loop data for the past eight races at the other tracks in the Flats track group (i.e., New Hampshire, Richmond, Phoenix, Pocono and Indy), the practice and qualifying data for past eight races at the aforementioned Flats, and the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Martinsville:

  1. Jimmie Johnson
  2. Jeff Gordon
  3. Kevin Harvick
  4. Denny Hamlin
  5. Tony Stewart
  6. Ryan Newman
  7. Kyle Busch
  8. Greg Biffle
  9. Clint Bowyer
  10. Jeff Burton Continue reading

Final Rankings: Fontana, 2012

Here are my final driver rankings for today’s race at Fontana. I compiled them by crunching the prelim data from Fontana Friday and Saturday, and then melding it with the historical data:

  1. Jimmie Johnson
  2. Matt Kenseth
  3. Kyle Busch
  4. Denny Hamlin
  5. Tony Stewart
  6. Carl Edwards
  7. Kasey Kahne
  8. Greg Biffle
  9. Clint Bowyer
  10. Kevin Harvick Continue reading

Mid-Week Rankings: Fontana, 2012

Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Fontana, Calif. I compiled them by crunching the loop data for the past 15 Sprint Cup races (excluding Daytona and Talladega), the loop data for the past four races at Fontana, the loop data for the past eight races at the other tracks in the Large Ovals track group (i.e., Texas, Charlotte, Atlanta, Kansas, Chicago, Michigan and Kentucky), and the practice and qualifying data for past eight races at the aforementioned Large Ovals:

  1. Jimmie Johnson
  2. Matt Kenseth
  3. Carl Edwards
  4. Greg Biffle
  5. Tony Stewart
  6. Jeff Gordon
  7. Kyle Busch
  8. Kasey Kahne
  9. Martin Truex, Jr.
  10. Clint Bowyer Continue reading

Final Rankings: Bristol I, 2012

Here are my final driver rankings for today’s race at Bristol. I compiled them by crunching the prelim data from Bristol Friday and Saturday, and then melding it with the historical data:

  1. Ryan Newman
  2. Jeff Gordon
  3. Kyle Busch
  4. Greg Biffle
  5. Carl Edwards
  6. Kasey Kahne
  7. Martin Truex, Jr.
  8. Matt Kenseth
  9. Jimmie Johnson
  10. A.J. Allmendinger Continue reading

Mid-Week Rankings: Bristol I, 2012

Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR race at Bristol. I compiled them by crunching the loop data for the past 15 Sprint Cup races (excluding Daytona and Talladega), the loop data for the past four races at Bristol, the loop data for the 2011 races at Las Vegas, Dover, Homestead and Darlington, and the practice and qualifying data for the 2011/2012 races at Las Vegas, Bristol, Dover, Homestead and Darlington:

  1. Jimmie Johnson
  2. Carl Edwards
  3. Matt Kenseth
  4. Jeff Gordon
  5. Kyle Busch
  6. Kasey Kahne
  7. Greg Biffle
  8. Martin Truex, Jr.
  9. Kevin Harvick
  10. Ryan Newman Continue reading

Final Rankings: Las Vegas, 2012

Here are my final driver rankings for today’s race at Las Vegas. I compiled them by crunching the prelim data from Las Vegas Friday and Saturday, and then melding it with the historical data:

  1. Jimmie Johnson
  2. Kasey Kahne
  3. Kevin Harvick
  4. Kyle Busch
  5. Greg Biffle
  6. Tony Stewart
  7. Matt Kenseth
  8. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
  9. Jeff Gordon
  10. Carl Edwards Continue reading

Mid-Week Rankings: Las Vegas, 2012

Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR race at Las Vegas. I compiled them by crunching the loop data for the past 15 Sprint Cup races (excluding Daytona and Talladega), the loop data for the past four races at Las Vegas, the loop data for the 2011 races at Bristol, Dover, Homestead and Darlington, and the practice and qualifying data for the 2011 races at Las Vegas, Bristol, Dover, Homestead and Darlington:

  1. Carl Edwards
  2. Jimmie Johnson
  3. Jeff Gordon
  4. Kyle Busch
  5. Matt Kenseth
  6. Greg Biffle
  7. Kevin Harvick
  8. Tony Stewart
  9. Kasey Kahne
  10. Ryan Newman Continue reading