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

The results:

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