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

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

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, Talladega, Sonoma and Watkins Glen);
• the loop data for the past four races (excluding 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. Clint Bowyer
5. Denny Hamlin
6. Kasey Kahne
7. Kyle Busch
8. Carl Edwards
9. Martin Truex, Jr.
10. Mark Martin Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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

1. Carl Edwards
2. Greg Biffle
3. Matt Kenseth
4. Tony Stewart
5. David Ragan
6. Jimmie Johnson
7. Kasey Kahne
8. Marcos Ambrose
9. A.J. Allmendinger
10. Brad Keselowski Continue reading →

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

1. Carl Edwards
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Kurt Busch
4. Greg Biffle
5. Clint Bowyer
6. Jimmie Johnson
7. Kyle Busch
8. David Ragan
9. A.J. Allmendinger
10. Denny Hamlin Continue reading →

Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR race at Texas. I compiled them by crunching the loop, practice and qualifying data for the fall 2010 races at Homestead, Texas and Charlotte, and this year’s race at Vegas. (Note: Not all of these drivers are necessarily entered in the race.)

1. Greg Biffle
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Carl Edwards
4. David Ragan
5. A.J. Allmendinger
6. Paul Menard
7. Matt Kenseth
8. Tony Stewart
9. Martin Truex, Jr.
10. Kyle Busch Continue reading →