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