Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol. 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 Bristol;
- the loop data for the past six races at the other tracks in the Steeps track group (i.e., Dover, Darlington, Las Vegas and Homestead);
- the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Bristol; and
- the practice and qualifying data for past six races at the aforementioned Steeps.
The results:
- Matt Kenseth
- Kyle Busch
- Brad Keselowski
- Jimmie Johnson
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Joey Logano
- Jeff Gordon
- Kasey Kahne
- Kevin Harvick
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Denny Hamlin
- Clint Bowyer
- Brian Vickers
- Carl Edwards
- Greg Biffle
- Ryan Newman
- Kurt Busch
- Paul Menard
- Jamie McMurray
- Aric Almirola
- Tony Stewart
- A J Allmendinger
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Marcos Ambrose
- Kyle Larson
- Casey Mears
- Austin Dillon
- David Gilliland
- David Ragan
- Danica Patrick
- David Reutimann
- Justin Allgaier
- Michael Annett
- Travis Kvapil
- Dave Blaney
- Landon Cassill
- Parker Kligerman
- Michael McDowell
- J.J. Yeley
- Josh Wise
- Alex Bowman
- Timmy Hill
- Cole Whitt
- Reed Sorenson
- Ryan Truex
- Joe Nemechek