Here are my final driver rankings for tonight’s race at Kansas. I compiled them by crunching the practice and qualifying data from Kansas on Friday and Saturday, and then melding it with the historical data:

1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Greg Biffle
3. Matt Kenseth
4. Kasey Kahne
5. Denny Hamlin
6. Mark Martin
7. Kyle Busch
8. Clint Bowyer
9. Martin Truex, Jr.
10. Brad Keselowski Continue reading →

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

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

The results:

1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Greg Biffle
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Kyle Busch
6. Mark Martin
7. Kasey Kahne
8. Brad Keselowski
9. Jeff Gordon
10. Clint Bowyer Continue reading →

Here are my final driver rankings for today’s race at Kansas. I compiled them by crunching the qualifying data from Kansas on Saturday, and then melding it with the historical data (the practice data is screwy this weekend, so I discarded it):

1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Greg Biffle
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Kevin Harvick
6. Tony Stewart
7. Mark Martin
8. Brad Keselowski
9. Kasey Kahne
10. Jeff Gordon Continue reading →

Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kansas. 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 Kansas;
• the loop data for the past eight races at the other tracks in the Large Ovals track group (i.e., Fontana, Charlotte, Atlanta, Texas, Chicago, Michigan and Kentucky);
• the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Kansas; and
• the practice and qualifying data for past eight races at the aforementioned Large Ovals.

The results:

1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Greg Biffle
4. Tony Stewart
5. Jeff Gordon
6. Kyle Busch
7. Carl Edwards
8. Denny Hamlin
9. Brad Keselowski
10. Kevin Harvick Continue reading →

Here are my final driver rankings for this weekend’s race at Dover. I compiled them by crunching the practice and qualifying data from Dover Friday and Saturday, and then melding it with the historical data:

1. Matt Kenseth
2. Kyle Busch
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. David Ragan
5. Greg Biffle
6. Clint Bowyer
7. Carl Edwards
8. Mark Martin
9. Jeff Gordon
10. Ryan Newman Continue reading →

Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kansas. I compiled them by crunching the loop, practice and qualifying data for the 2011 races at Kansas, Kentucky, Chicagoland and Michigan:

1. Kurt Busch
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Tony Stewart
5. Greg Biffle
6. Kyle Busch
7. Carl Edwards
8. Jimmie Johnson
9. Denny Hamlin
10. David Ragan Continue reading →

Here are my final driver rankings for today’s race at Kansas. I compiled them by crunching the practice and qualifying data fromKansas  Friday and Saturday, and then melding it with the loop, practice and qualifying data from the fall 2010 races at Fontana and Kansas, and this spring’s race at Fontana:

1. Greg Biffle
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Matt Kenseth
4. Carl Edwards
5. Tony Stewart
6. Denny Hamlin
7. Joey Logano
8. Kurt Busch
9. Jimmie Johnson
10. Kevin Harvick Continue reading →

Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at the big-flat track at Kansas. I compiled them by crunching the loop, practice and qualifying data for the fall 2010 races at Fontana and Kansas, and this spring’s race at Fontana:

1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Greg Biffle
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Tony Stewart
6. Ryan Newman
7. Jamie McMurray
8. Denny Hamlin
9. Carl Edwards
10. Kevin Harvick Continue reading →