Final Rankings: Watkins Glen, 2012

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

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