Final Rankings: Kentucky, 2012

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

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