Here are my final driver rankings for today’s race at Daytona. I compiled them by tweaking my early rankings after observing the Duels and Saturday practice, and considering the opinions of several other NASCAR handicappers:
- Matt Kenseth
- Kyle Busch
- Tony Stewart
- Greg Biffle
- Kevin Harvick
- Kasey Kahne
- Jeff Gordon
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Ryan Newman
- Trevor Bayne
- Marcos Ambrose
- Joey Logano
- Carl Edwards
- Brad Keselowski
- Clint Bowyer
- Jeff Burton
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Paul Menard
- Denny Hamlin
- Jimmie Johnson
- Jamie McMurray
- Casey Mears
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Aric Almirola
- Michael Waltrip
- Mark Martin
- Danica Patrick
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Regan Smith
- Austin Dillon
- David Ragan
- David Gilliland
- Kurt Busch
- Bobby Labonte
- Michael McDowell
- Dave Blaney
- Josh Wise
- Travis Kvapil
- Scott Speed
- David Reutimann
- Joe Nemechek
- J.J. Yeley
- Terry Labonte
Rough week,no, I mean disaster of the favorites. Daytona does its usual.
No kidding! So ugly. My top 6:
Kenseth: blew up
KyBu: blew up
Tony: wrecked
Biffle: woo hoo, survived & got 6th!
Harvick: wrecked
Kahne: wrecked