Here are my final driver rankings for today’s race at Chicagoland. I compiled them by crunching the practice and qualifying data from Chicagoland on Friday and Saturday, and then melding it with the historical data:
- Jimmie Johnson
- Denny Hamlin
- Mark Martin
- Kasey Kahne
- Carl Edwards
- Martin Truex, Jr.
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
- Clint Bowyer
- Matt Kenseth
- Greg Biffle
- Jeff Gordon
- Kyle Busch
- Brad Keselowski
- Tony Stewart
- Paul Menard
- Kevin Harvick
- Ryan Newman
- Jamie McMurray
- Joey Logano
- Marcos Ambrose
- Sam Hornish, Jr.
- Kurt Busch
- Jeff Burton
- Aric Almirola
- Trevor Bayne
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Regan Smith
- Bobby Labonte
- Casey Mears
- Landon Cassill
- David Ragan
- Michael McDowell
- Scott Speed
- Travis Kvapil
- David Stremme
- Danica Patrick
- David Gilliland
- T.J. Bell
- Dave Blaney
- Josh Wise
- Joe Nemechek
- Cole Whitt (i)
- Mike Bliss