Here are my final driver rankings for Sunday’s Daytona 500. I compiled them by crunching the qualifying data from Daytona on Sunday, and then melding it with the historical data. Then, I manually adjusted some drivers’ rankings to account for some of what transpired in the Duels and the Unlimited races:

1. Martin Truex. Jr.
2. Dale Earnhardt. Jr.
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Carl Edwards
5. Greg Biffle
6. Ryan Newman
7. Brad Keselowski
8. Matt Kenseth
9. Denny Hamlin
10. Ricky Stenhouse. Jr.
11. Jeff Gordon
12. Paul Menard
13. Austin Dillon #
14. Joey Logano
15. Marcos Ambrose
16. Kyle Busch
17. Kevin Harvick
18. Aric Almirola
19. Clint Bowyer
20. Kasey Kahne
21. Casey Mears
22. Danica Patrick
23. Trevor Bayne(i)
24. Tony Stewart
25. Jamie McMurray
26. Kurt Busch
27. Brian Vickers
28. Michael Annett #
29. Brian Scott(i)
30. Kyle Larson #
31. Justin Allgaier #
32. Michael Waltrip
33. AJ Allmendinger
34. David Gilliland
35. Cole Whitt #
36. Alex Bowman #
37. Reed Sorenson
38. David Ragan
39. Parker Kligerman #
40. Landon Cassill(i)
41. Josh Wise
42. Bobby Labonte
43. Terry Labonte