Final Rankings: Fontana, 2011

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

  1. Tony Stewart
  2. Mark Martin
  3. Denny Hamlin
  4. Jimmie Johnson
  5. Clint Bowyer
  6. Jeff Gordon
  7. Carl Edwards
  8. Kevin Harvick
  9. Ryan Newman
  10. Jeff Burton
  11. Kyle Busch
  12. Matt Kenseth
  13. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  14. Joey Logano
  15. Jamie McMurray
  16. Kasey Kahne
  17. Juan Pablo Montoya
  18. David Ragan
  19. Paul Menard
  20. Greg Biffle
  21. David Reutimann
  22. Regan Smith
  23. A.J. Allmendinger
  24. Brad Keselowski
  25. Martin Truex, Jr.
  26. Marcos Ambrose
  27. Brian Vickers
  28. Kurt Busch
  29. Casey Mears
  30. Bobby Labonte
  31. Dave Blaney
  32. Landon Cassill
  33. Trevor Bayne(i)
  34. David Gilliland
  35. Michael McDowell
  36. Travis Kvapil
  37. Robby Gordon
  38. Andy Lally
  39. J.J. Yeley
  40. Joe Nemechek
  41. Tony Raines
  42. Ken Schrader
  43. Todd Bodine(i)
  44. Bill Elliott