Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Phoenix. I compiled them by crunching the loop, practice and qualifying data for the 2011 races at Phoenix, Richmond, New Hampshire and Martinsville:
- Kyle Busch
- Ryan Newman
- Jeff Gordon
- Kevin Harvick
- Jimmie Johnson
- Kasey Kahne
- Greg Biffle
- Tony Stewart
- Kurt Busch
- Mark Martin
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Denny Hamlin
- Carl Edwards
- Brad Keselowski
- Clint Bowyer
- Paul Menard
- Martin Truex, Jr.
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
- Matt Kenseth
- Jamie McMurray
- Regan Smith
- Joey Logano
- Jeff Burton
- David Ragan
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Brian Vickers
- Marcos Ambrose
- Bobby Labonte
- Casey Mears
- David Reutimann
- David Gilliland
- Dave Blaney
- Travis Kvapil
- Robby Gordon
- Landon Cassill
- Michael McDowell
- J.J. Yeley
- Joe Nemechek
- Andy Lally
- David Stremme
- Mike Bliss
- Scott Speed