Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Indianapolis. I compiled them by crunching:
- The loop data for the past 15 Sprint Cup races (excluding Daytona, Talladega and Sonoma);
- the loop data for the past four races (excluding Daytona and Sonoma);
- the loop data for the past four races at Indy;
- the loop data for the past seven races at the other tracks in the Flats track group (i.e., Martinsville, Phoenix, New Hampshire, Pocono and Richmond);
- the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Indy; and
- the practice and qualifying data for past eight races at the aforementioned Flats.
The results:
- Jimmie Johnson
- Matt Kenseth
- Kyle Busch
- Kasey Kahne
- Clint Bowyer
- Jeff Gordon
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
- Kevin Harvick
- Denny Hamlin
- Carl Edwards
- Greg Biffle
- Mark Martin
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Martin Truex, Jr.
- Brad Keselowski
- Kurt Busch
- Tony Stewart
- Ryan Newman
- Jeff Burton
- Jamie McMurray
- Joey Logano
- Paul Menard
- Aric Almirola
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Marcos Ambrose
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- David Ragan
- Bobby Labonte
- Casey Mears
- Trevor Bayne
- Danica Patrick
- David Reutimann
- Austin Dillon
- Timmy Hill #
- David Stremme
- David Gilliland
- Dave Blaney
- Landon Cassill
- Travis Kvapil
- Michael McDowell
- Scott Speed
- Joe Nemechek
- J.J. Yeley
- Josh Wise
- Mike Bliss