Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup All Star and Sprint Showdown races at Charlotte. 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 Talladega);
• the loop data for the past four races at Charlotte;
• the loop data for the past seven races at the other tracks in the Large Ovals track group (i.e., Fontana, Kansas, Atlanta, Texas, Chicago, Michigan and Kentucky);
• the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Charlotte; and
• the practice and qualifying data for past seven races at the aforementioned Large Ovals.

Note: This early list doesn’t include whoever gets into the All Star race via the fan vote. And, if Clint Bowyer does in fact win the Showdown and get into the All Star race, I tentatively have him ranked 12th.

The results for the All Star race:

1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Joey Logano
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Kyle Busch
6. Brad Keselowski
7. Kasey Kahne
8. Matt Kenseth
9. Carl Edwards
10. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
11. Greg Biffle
12. Denny Hamlin
13. Ryan Newman
14. Kurt Busch
15. Martin Truex Jr.
16. Tony Stewart
17. Jamie McMurray
18. Brian Vickers
19. David Ragan

The results for the Showdown:

1. Clint Bowyer
2. Aric Almirola
3. Paul Menard
4. Kyle Larson
5. Marcos Ambrose
6. AJ Allmendinger
7. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
8. Austin Dillon
9. Casey Mears
10. Danica Patrick
11. David Gilliland
12. Michael Annett
13. Alex Bowman
14. Landon Cassill
15. Cole Whitt
16. Dave Blaney
17. David Stremme
18. Ryan Truex
19. J.J Yeley
20. Josh Wise
21. Blake Koch
22. Reed Sorenson
23. Joe Nemechek