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

Mid-Week Rankings: Las Vegas, 2011

Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR race at Las Vegas. I compiled them by crunching the practice and qualifying data for the fall 2010 races at Texas, Charlotte, Atlanta and Homestead, and the loop data for those same races:

  1. Jimmie Johnson
  2. Carl Edwards
  3. Greg Biffle
  4. Kyle Busch
  5. David Ragan
  6. A.J. Allmendinger
  7. Jamie McMurray
  8. Ryan Newman
  9. Martin Truex, Jr.
  10. Tony Stewart Continue reading