Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire. 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 New Hampshire;
• the loop data for the past eight races at other tracks in the Flats track group (i.e., Martinsville, Phoenix, Indy, Pocono and Richmond);
• the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at New Hampshire; and
• the practice and qualifying data for past eight races at the aforementioned Flats.

The results:

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