Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Sonoma. 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 at Sonoma;
• the loop data for the past four races at Watkins Glen;
• the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Sonoma; and
• the practice and qualifying data for past four races at Watkins Glen.

The results:

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