Here are my final driver rankings for this weekend’s race at Charlotte. I compiled them by crunching the practice and qualifying data from Charlotte Thursday and Friday, and then melding it with the historical data:
- Jimmie Johnson
- Greg Biffle
- Kurt Busch
- Tony Stewart
- Paul Menard
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Kasey Kahne
- Brad Keselowski
- Kyle Busch
- Ryan Newman
- Marcos Ambrose
- Carl Edwards
- David Ragan
- Denny Hamlin
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Matt Kenseth
- Regan Smith
- Kevin Harvick
- Jeff Burton
- Mark Martin
- David Reutimann
- Brian Vickers
- Jeff Gordon
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Clint Bowyer
- Joey Logano
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Jamie McMurray
- Trevor Bayne
- Casey Mears
- Landon Cassill
- Bobby Labonte
- David Gilliland
- Andy Lally
- Michael McDowell
- Robby Gordon
- Dave Blaney
- David Stremme
- Travis Kvapil
- J.J. Yeley
- Joe Nemechek
- Scott Speed(i)
- Geoff Bodine
- Hermie Sadler(i)