Final Rankings: Atlanta, 2012

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

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