Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s race at Daytona. I compiled them by crunching the qualifying data for the past three races at Daytona and the 2013 spring race at Talladega. I also crunched the loop data for the past four plate races. I think these two metrics reflect speed, the ability to pass and the ability (and inclination) to run a lot of laps up front, all of which should give me the best chance to get in the ballpark with race-result predictions.
My results:
- Jimmie Johnson
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Kyle Busch
- Matt Kenseth
- Joey Logano
- Denny Hamlin
- Greg Biffle
- Paul Menard
- Jeff Gordon
- Kevin Harvick
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Carl Edwards
- Kasey Kahne
- Brad Keselowski
- Ryan Newman
- Kurt Busch
- Tony Stewart
- Jamie McMurray
- Marcos Ambrose
- Danica Patrick
- Trevor Bayne
- Casey Mears
- Brian Vickers
- Austin Dillon
- Clint Bowyer
- Aric Almirola
- AJ Allmendinger
- Michael Waltrip
- David Gilliland
- Kyle Larson
- David Ragan
- Joe Nemechek
- Michael McDowell
- Josh Wise
- Bobby Labonte
- Landon Cassill
- Justin Allgaier
- Terry Labonte
- Reed Sorenson
- Ryan Truex
- Michael Annett
- Cole Whitt
- Alex Bowman
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