Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR race at Phoenix. I compiled them by crunching the loop data for the past 15 Sprint Cup races (excluding Daytona and Talladega), the loop data for the past four races at Phoenix, the loop data for the 2011 races at New Hampshire, Richmond, Martinsville, Pocono and Indy, and the practice and qualifying data for the 2011 races at Phoenix, New Hampshire, Richmond, Martinsville, Pocono and Indy:
- Jimmie Johnson
- Jeff Gordon
- Ryan Newman
- Kyle Busch
- Carl Edwards
- Kevin Harvick
- Tony Stewart
- Denny Hamlin
- Kasey Kahne
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Clint Bowyer
- Greg Biffle
- Brad Keselowski
- Matt Kenseth
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
- Mark Martin
- Kurt Busch
- Jeff Burton
- Martin Truex, Jr.
- Joey Logano
- Jamie McMurray
- Paul Menard
- Marcos Ambrose
- Regan Smith
- Bobby Labonte
- Aric Almirola
- Casey Mears
- David Ragan
- David Reutimann
- David Gilliland
- Dave Blaney
- Landon Cassill
- Robby Gordon
- J.J. Yeley
- Travis Kvapil
- Michael McDowell
- Joe Nemechek
- David Stremme
- Terry Labonte
- Josh Wise
- Scott Riggs
- Brendan Gaughan
- Timmy Hill