Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta. I compiled them by crunching:

• The loop data for the past 15 Sprint Cup races (excluding Daytona, Talladega, Sonoma and Watkins Glen);
• the loop data for the past four races (excluding Watkins Glen);
• the loop data for the past four races at Atlanta;
• the loop data for the past eight races at other tracks in the Large Ovals track group (i.e., Michigan, Kentucky, Fontana, Charlotte, Texas, Chicagoland and Kansas);
• the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Atlanta; and
• the practice and qualifying data for past eight races at the aforementioned Large Ovals.

The results:

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