Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Fontana. 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);
- the loop data for the past four races at Fontana;
- the loop data for the past eight races at the other tracks in the Large Ovals track group (i.e., Texas, Charlotte, Atlanta, Kansas, Chicago, Michigan and Kentucky);
- the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Fontana; and
- the practice and qualifying data for past eight races at the aforementioned Large Ovals.
The results:
- Jimmie Johnson
- Kyle Busch
- Clint Bowyer
- Mark Martin
- Matt Kenseth
- Denny Hamlin
- Kasey Kahne
- Kevin Harvick
- Jeff Gordon
- Greg Biffle
- Brad Keselowski
- Tony Stewart
- Carl Edwards
- Martin Truex, Jr.
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
- Joey Logano
- Ryan Newman
- Paul Menard
- Jamie McMurray
- Jeff Burton
- Kurt Busch
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Marcos Ambrose
- Aric Almirola
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Casey Mears
- David Ragan
- Bobby Labonte
- David Reutimann
- Landon Cassill
- David Gilliland
- Travis Kvapil
- Danica Patrick
- Timmy Hill
- Dave Blaney
- Michael McDowell
- J.J. Yeley
- Joe Nemechek
- David Stremme
- Mike Bliss
- Josh Wise
- Scott Riggs