Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Sonoma, Calif. I compiled them by crunching:
- The loop data for the past 14 Sprint Cup races (excluding Daytona and Talladega);
- the loop data for the past four races at Sonoma;
- the loop data for the past four races at Watkins Glen;
- the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Sonoma; and
- the practice and qualifying data for past four races at Watkins Glen.
The results:
- Marcos Ambrose
- Jimmie Johnson
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Tony Stewart
- Kyle Busch
- Jeff Gordon
- Kasey Kahne
- Kevin Harvick
- Martin Truex, Jr.
- Denny Hamlin
- Jamie McMurray
- Ryan Newman
- Greg Biffle
- Carl Edwards
- Clint Bowyer
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
- Jeff Burton
- Matt Kenseth
- Brian Vickers
- Robby Gordon
- Kurt Busch
- Joey Logano
- Paul Menard
- Aric Almirola
- Bobby Labonte
- Brad Keselowski
- Casey Mears
- David Gilliland
- Boris Said
- David Ragan
- Regan Smith
- Scott Speed
- Dave Blaney
- Joe Nemechek
- Brian Simo
- Tomy Drissi
- Travis Kvapil
- J.J. Yeley
- Landon Cassill
- Mike Bliss
- Josh Wise
- David Mayhew(i)
- Stephen Leicht #