Kevin Harvick tops my early All Star Race rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)
Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup All Star and Sprint Showdown races at Charlotte. 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 (excluding Talladega);
- the loop data for the past four races at Charlotte;
- the loop data for the past seven races at the other tracks in the Large Ovals track group (i.e., Fontana, Kansas, Atlanta, Texas, Chicago, Michigan and Kentucky);
- the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Charlotte; and
- the practice and qualifying data for past seven races at the aforementioned Large Ovals.
Note: This early list doesn’t include whoever gets into the All Star race via the fan vote. And, if Martin Truex Jr. does in fact win the Showdown and get into the All Star race, I tentatively have him ranked 11th.
The results for the All Star race:
- Kevin Harvick
- Jimmie Johnson
- Kurt Busch
- Joey Logano
- Brad Keselowski
- Jeff Gordon
- Kasey Kahne
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Matt Kenseth
- Kyle Busch
- Ryan Newman
- Carl Edwards
- Denny Hamlin
- Jamie McMurray
- Tony Stewart
- Aric Almirola
- AJ Allmendinger
The results for the Showdown:
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Kyle Larson
- Paul Menard
- Clint Bowyer
- Greg Biffle
- Austin Dillon
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Danica Patrick
- Justin Allgaier
- Casey Mears
- Sam Hornish Jr.
- Trevor Bayne
- David Ragan
- David Gilliland
- Michael Annett
- Chase Elliott
- Alex Bowman
- Alex Kennedy
- Jeff Green
- Tanner Berryhill
- Landon Cassill
- Cole Whitt
- Michael McDowell
- Josh Wise
- Jeb Burton
- Brendan Gaughan
- Matt DiBenedetto
- Travis Kvapil
- J.J Yeley
- Mike Bliss