Here are my final driver rankings for today’s race at Talladega. I had to abandon my usual process because qualifying was rained out and the practice data isn’t comprehensive or consistent. So, I took my early rankings and tweaked them according to some impressions I gleaned from practice and the opinions of several other NASCAR handicappers. The results:
- Matt Kenseth
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Clint Bowyer
- Brad Keselowski
- Ryan Newman
- Kyle Busch
- Kasey Kahne
- Jeff Gordon
- Greg Biffle
- Tony Stewart
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Carl Edwards
- Kevin Harvick
- Jimmie Johnson
- Joey Logano
- Danica Patrick
- Marcos Ambrose
- Trevor Bayne
- Paul Menard
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Casey Mears
- Jeff Burton
- Jamie McMurray
- Aric Almirola
- Kurt Busch
- Denny Hamlin
- Michael Waltrip
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Regan Smith
- David Ragan
- David Gilliland
- Josh Wise
- Michael McDowell
- Terry Labonte
- Dave Blaney
- Bobby Labonte
- Travis Kvapil
- David Reutimann
- David Stremme
- Scott Speed
- Joe Nemechek
- J.J. Yeley
- Landon Cassill
How did you miss out on Ragan and Gilliland??? 🙂 Just kidding, this was a bear of a week from a prediction standpoint. On to next week!
Nice job on Kenseth as well! He was clearly the fastest all day
Yeah, Kenseth has been lightning fast on the plates lately. Just needs a little luck.
I actually had Ragan on my PaytheFan team, but then switched him out at the last minute. >:-(