Final Rankings: Michigan I, 2011

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

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