Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas. I compiled them by crunching:
- The loop data for the past 15 Sprint Cup races (excluding Daytona, Talladega and Watkins Glen;
- the loop data for the past four races (excluding Daytona);
- the loop data for the past four races at Las Vegas;
- the loop data for the past seven races at the other tracks in the Steeps track group (i.e., Bristol, Darlington, Dover and Homestead);
- the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Las Vegas; and
- the practice and qualifying data for past seven races at the aforementioned Steeps.
The results:
- Kevin Harvick
- Jimmie Johnson
- Brad Keselowski
- Jeff Gordon
- Joey Logano
- Matt Kenseth
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Kasey Kahne
- Ryan Newman
- Denny Hamlin
- Carl Edwards
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Jamie McMurray
- Clint Bowyer
- Kyle Larson
- Paul Menard
- Greg Biffle
- Brian Vickers
- Tony Stewart
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Aric Almirola
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Sam Hornish Jr.
- Austin Dillon
- David Ragan
- Regan Smith
- Danica Patrick
- Trevor Bayne
- Casey Mears
- Justin Allgaier
- David Gilliland
- Ryan Blaney
- Michael Annett
- Cole Whitt
- Landon Cassill
- #34 Car – Driver TBA
- Michael McDowell
- Josh Wise
- Reed Sorenson
- Brian Scott
- Alex Bowman
- Brendan Gaughan
- Jeb Burton
- J.J Yeley
- Matt Dibenedetto
- Travis Kvapil
- Mike Wallace
- Mike Bliss