Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas. 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 (excluding Daytona and Talladega);
- the loop data for the past four races at Texas;
- the loop data for the past eight races at the other tracks in the Large Ovals track group (i.e., Fontana, Charlotte, Atlanta, Kansas, Chicago, Michigan and Kentucky);
- the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Texas; and
- the practice and qualifying data for past eight races at the aforementioned Large Ovals.
The results:
- Jimmie Johnson
- Greg Biffle
- Matt Kenseth
- Tony Stewart
- Carl Edwards
- Kyle Busch
- Clint Bowyer
- Ryan Newman
- Jeff Gordon
- Kevin Harvick
- Denny Hamlin
- Brad Keselowski
- Kasey Kahne
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
- Martin Truex, Jr.
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Mark Martin
- Paul Menard
- Jeff Burton
- Marcos Ambrose
- Jamie McMurray
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Regan Smith
- Joey Logano
- Trevor Bayne
- Aric Almirola
- Bobby Labonte
- Casey Mears
- David Ragan
- David Reutimann
- Landon Cassill
- Kurt Busch
- Travis Kvapil
- David Gilliland
- Dave Blaney
- Michael McDowell
- J.J. Yeley
- Mike Bliss
- Joe Nemechek
- Scott Speed
- David Stremme
- Josh Wise
- Scott Riggs
- Hermie Sadler
- Stacy Compton