Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Phoenix. I compiled them by crunching:

• The loop data for the past 15 Sprint Cup races (excluding Daytona and Talladega);
• the loop data for the past four races (excluding Daytona and Talladega);
• the loop data for the past four races at Phoenix;
• the loop data for the past eight races at the other tracks in the Flats track group (i.e., Richmond, Martinsville, Indy, Pocono and New Hampshire);
• the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Phoenix; and
• the practice and qualifying data for past eight races at the aforementioned Flats.

The results:

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

Note: I updated these Tuesday to reflect the entry list.