Final Rankings: Charlotte I, 2012

Here are my final driver rankings for tonight’s race at Charlotte. I compiled them by crunching the practice and qualifying data from Charlotte on Friday and Saturday, and then melding it with the historical data:

  1. Jimmie Johnson
  2. Kyle Busch
  3. Greg Biffle
  4. Denny Hamlin
  5. Matt Kenseth
  6. Mark Martin
  7. Carl Edwards
  8. Martin Truex, Jr.
  9. Kevin Harvick
  10. Tony Stewart
  11. A.J. Allmendinger
  12. Clint Bowyer
  13. Brad Keselowski
  14. Paul Menard
  15. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
  16. Ryan Newman
  17. Marcos Ambrose
  18. Kasey Kahne
  19. Joey Logano
  20. Jeff Gordon
  21. Jamie McMurray
  22. Jeff Burton
  23. Regan Smith
  24. Trevor Bayne
  25. Juan Pablo Montoya
  26. Aric Almirola
  27. Kurt Busch
  28. Bobby Labonte
  29. Landon Cassill
  30. Casey Mears
  31. David Ragan
  32. David Gilliland
  33. Travis Kvapil
  34. Dave Blaney
  35. Michael McDowell
  36. Scott Speed
  37. David Stremme
  38. Josh Wise
  39. Joe Nemechek
  40. Danica Patrick
  41. Cole Whitt (i)
  42. T.J. Bell
  43. Stephen Leicht #