Final Rankings: Charlotte II, 2012

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

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