Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR race at Bristol. 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 Bristol, the loop data for the 2011 races at Las Vegas, Dover, Homestead and Darlington, and the practice and qualifying data for the 2011/2012 races at Las Vegas, Bristol, Dover, Homestead and Darlington:
- Jimmie Johnson
- Carl Edwards
- Matt Kenseth
- Jeff Gordon
- Kyle Busch
- Kasey Kahne
- Greg Biffle
- Martin Truex, Jr.
- Kevin Harvick
- Ryan Newman
- Tony Stewart
- Kurt Busch
- Brad Keselowski
- Jamie McMurray
- Denny Hamlin
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
- Jeff Burton
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Joey Logano
- Marcos Ambrose
- Paul Menard
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Clint Bowyer
- Regan Smith
- Bobby Labonte
- Aric Almirola
- Brian Vickers
- David Reutimann
- David Ragan
- David Gilliland
- Casey Mears
- Dave Blaney
- Travis Kvapil
- Landon Cassill
- Robby Gordon
- J.J. Yeley
- David Stremme
- Joe Nemechek
- Michael McDowell
- Ken Schrader
- Josh Wise
- Brendan Gaughan
- Scott Riggs
- Timmy Hill
- Tony Raines
- Stacy Compton