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):
- Matt Kenseth
- Greg Biffle
- Kasey Kahne
- Jeff Gordon
- Ryan Newman
- Carl Edwards
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Clint Bowyer
- Tony Stewart
- Marcos Ambrose
- Paul Menard
- Jimmie Johnson
- Jeff Burton
- Trevor Bayne
- Aric Almirola
- Brad Keselowski
- Kyle Busch
- Kevin Harvick
- Joey Logano
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Michael Waltrip
- David Ragan
- Sam Hornish Jr.
- Denny Hamlin
- Jamie McMurray
- Casey Mears
- Juan Montoya
- Regan Smith
- Kurt Busch
- Travis Kvapil
- David Gilliland
- Landon Cassill
- David Reutimann
- Bobby Labonte
- Dave Blaney
- Terry Labonte
- Michael McDowell
- Joe Nemechek
- David Stremme
- Josh Wise
- Timmy Hill
- Cole Whitt
- Robert Richardson Jr.