Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at the road course at Sonoma, Calif. I compiled them by crunching the loop, practice and qualifying data for the 2010 races at Sonoma and Watkins Glen:

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