Final Rankings: Talladega II, 2012

Here are my final driver rankings for today’s race at Talladega. I compiled them by crunching the qualifying data from Talladega on Saturday, and then melding it with the historical data (the practice data ain’t worth diddly, so I ignored it):

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