Here are my final driver rankings for tonight’s race at Darlington. I compiled them by crunching the practice and qualifying data from Darlington on Friday, and then melding it with the historical data:
- Jimmie Johnson
- Greg Biffle
- Jeff Gordon
- Martin Truex, Jr.
- Kyle Busch
- Carl Edwards
- Denny Hamlin
- Kasey Kahne
- Tony Stewart
- Ryan Newman
- Kevin Harvick
- Matt Kenseth
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Brad Keselowski
- Jeff Burton
- Mark Martin
- Jamie McMurray
- Clint Bowyer
- Paul Menard
- Regan Smith
- Marcos Ambrose
- Joey Logano
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Kurt Busch
- Aric Almirola
- Bobby Labonte
- Casey Mears
- Travis Kvapil
- Dave Blaney
- Landon Cassill
- David Ragan
- David Gilliland
- Danica Patrick (i)
- David Reutimann
- David Stremme
- Joe Nemechek
- J.J. Yeley
- Scott Speed
- Reed Sorenson
- Josh Wise
- Mike Skinner
- Cole Whitt (i)