Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Dover. 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 Dover;
- the loop data for the past seven races at the other tracks in the Steeps track group (i.e., Bristol, Darlington, Homestead, Las Vegas);
- the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Dover; and
- the practice and qualifying data for past seven races at the aforementioned Steeps.
The results:
- Jimmie Johnson
- Carl Edwards
- Kyle Busch
- Matt Kenseth
- Martin Truex, Jr.
- Greg Biffle
- Kasey Kahne
- Denny Hamlin
- Jeff Gordon
- Kevin Harvick
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Tony Stewart
- Brad Keselowski
- Ryan Newman
- Clint Bowyer
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
- Marcos Ambrose
- Mark Martin
- Jeff Burton
- Joey Logano
- Paul Menard
- Jamie McMurray
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Regan Smith
- Kurt Busch
- Aric Almirola
- Bobby Labonte
- Casey Mears
- David Reutimann
- David Ragan
- David Gilliland
- Landon Cassill
- Travis Kvapil
- Dave Blaney
- Michael McDowell
- David Stremme
- J.J. Yeley
- Joe Nemechek
- Reed Sorenson
- Scott Speed
- Mike Bliss
- Josh Wise
- Mike Skinner
- Scott Riggs
- Cole Whitt (i)
- Stephen Leicht