Here are my final driver rankings for today’s race at Talladega. I compiled them by crunching the qualifying data from Talladega on Saturday, and then melding it with the historical data (the practice data ain’t worth diddly, so I discarded it):
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Jeff Gordon
- Clint Bowyer
- Jimmie Johnson
- Matt Kenseth
- Greg Biffle
- Paul Menard
- Carl Edwards
- Jeff Burton
- Tony Stewart
- Ryan Newman
- Marcos Ambrose
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Regan Smith
- Trevor Bayne (i)
- Kasey Kahne
- Brad Keselowski
- Kurt Busch
- Kevin Harvick
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Joey Logano
- Jamie McMurray
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Aric Almirola
- Kyle Busch
- Denny Hamlin
- Landon Cassill
- Bobby Labonte
- Michael Waltrip
- Travis Kvapil
- Casey Mears
- David Ragan
- Dave Blaney
- David Reutimann
- Michael McDowell
- David Gilliland
- Joe Nemechek (i)
- Terry Labonte
- Tony Raines
- David Stremme
- J.J. Yeley
- Josh Wise #
- Bill Elliott
- Robert Richardson (i)
Cambridge’s Matt Kenseth 3rd, Milton’s Travis Kvapil 16th, Eau Claire’s Paul Menard 17th. Wisconsin done good at ‘Dega.