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:
- Jimmie Johnson
- Denny Hamlin
- Greg Biffle
- Kyle Busch
- Kasey Kahne
- Matt Kenseth
- Mark Martin
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Brad Keselowski
- Carl Edwards
- Kevin Harvick
- Jeff Gordon
- Clint Bowyer
- Marcos Ambrose
- Tony Stewart
- Ryan Newman
- Paul Menard
- Joey Logano
- Sam Hornish Jr.
- Aric Almirola
- Kurt Busch
- Jamie McMurray
- Regan Smith
- Jeff Burton
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Trevor Bayne(i)
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Bobby Labonte
- David Ragan
- David Reutimann
- Casey Mears
- Landon Cassill(i)
- David Gilliland
- Travis Kvapil
- Dave Blaney
- Scott Speed(i)
- Michael McDowell
- Reed Sorenson (i)
- David Stremme
- J J Yeley
- Mike Bliss
- Timmy Hill