Final Rankings: Atlanta, 2014

Jeff Gordon remains my pick to win today at Atlanta. (photo courtesy nascar)

Jeff Gordon remains my pick to win today at Atlanta. (photo courtesy nascar)

Here are my final driver rankings for tonight’s race at Atlanta. I compiled them by crunching the practice and qualifying data from Atlanta on Friday and Saturday, and then melding it with the historical data:

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