Final Rankings: Richmond II, 2012

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

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