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
11. Mark Martin
12. Joey Logano
13. Jamie McMurray
14. Denny Hamlin
15. Kurt Busch
16. Regan Smith
17. Ryan Newman
18. Clint Bowyer
19. Kasey Kahne
20. David Reutimann
21. Juan Pablo Montoya
22. Kevin Harvick
23. Marcos Ambrose
24. Brad Keselowski
25. Jeff Gordon
26. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
27. Bobby Labonte
28. Jeff Burton
29. David Gilliland
30. Casey Mears
31. Mike Bliss
32. Joe Nemechek
33. Travis Kvapil
34. Dave Blaney
35. Trevor Bayne
36. Andy Lally
37. Robby Gordon
38. Bill Elliott
39. J.J. Yeley
40. Brian Vickers
41. Kevin Conway
42. Tony Raines
43. Brian Keselowski #
44. Michael McDowell
45. Landon Cassill