Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville. 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 Talladega);
- the loop data for the past four races at Martinsville;
- the loop data for the past eight races at the other tracks in the Flats track group (i.e., Richmond, Phoenix, Indy, Pocono and New Hampshire);
- the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Martinsville; and
- the practice and qualifying data for past eight races at the aforementioned Flats.
The results:
- Denny Hamlin
- Jimmie Johnson
- Jeff Gordon
- Kyle Busch
- Clint Bowyer
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
- Kevin Harvick
- Brad Keselowski
- Kasey Kahne
- Ryan Newman
- Greg Biffle
- Martin Truex, Jr.
- Tony Stewart
- Matt Kenseth
- Paul Menard
- Carl Edwards
- Joey Logano
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Brian Vickers
- Jeff Burton
- Marcos Ambrose
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Jamie McMurray
- Aric Almirola
- Sam Hornish, Jr.
- Kurt Busch
- Bobby Labonte
- Travis Kvapil
- David Reutimann
- David Ragan
- Casey Mears
- Landon Cassill
- Dave Blaney
- David Gilliland
- Ken Schrader
- Michael McDowell
- David Stremme
- Scott Speed
- Joe Nemechek
- J.J. Yeley
- Josh Wise
- Reed Sorenson
- Scott Riggs
- Mike Bliss