Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR race at Las Vegas. 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 Las Vegas, the loop data for the 2011 races at Bristol, Dover, Homestead and Darlington, and the practice and qualifying data for the 2011 races at Las Vegas, Bristol, Dover, Homestead and Darlington:
- Carl Edwards
- Jimmie Johnson
- Jeff Gordon
- Kyle Busch
- Matt Kenseth
- Greg Biffle
- Kevin Harvick
- Tony Stewart
- Kasey Kahne
- Ryan Newman
- Mark Martin
- Martin Truex, Jr.
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
- Jeff Burton
- Denny Hamlin
- Brad Keselowski
- Kurt Busch
- Clint Bowyer
- Marcos Ambrose
- Paul Menard
- Joey Logano
- Jamie McMurray
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- David Reutimann
- David Ragan
- Regan Smith
- Aric Almirola
- Bobby Labonte
- Casey Mears
- Trevor Bayne
- David Gilliland
- Travis Kvapil
- David Stremme
- Dave Blaney
- Robby Gordon
- J.J. Yeley
- Joe Nemechek
- Landon Cassill
- Michael McDowell
- Scott Riggs
- Josh Wise
- Ken Schrader
- Timmy Hill
- Brendan Gaughan