Martin Truex Jr. tops my early Sonoma rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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

The results:

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