Dale Jr. remains on top in my final Daytona II rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)
The practice speed chart numbers have long held very little predictive value at the restrictor plate races because the cars draft during plate practices. And yesterday, unfortunately, rain wiped out qualifying, depriving us of those speed chart numbers, too. My final Daytona II rankings therefore look very similar to my early Daytona II rankings. I did tweak a couple drivers’ rankings after reviewing some sportsbook betting odds, and of course I pared the list down to the 43 drivers who made the race.
The results:
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Jimmie Johnson
- Kasey Kahne
- Kurt Busch
- Denny Hamlin
- Jeff Gordon
- Joey Logano
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Brad Keselowski
- Kevin Harvick
- Paul Menard
- Austin Dillon
- Kyle Busch
- Sam Hornish Jr.
- Greg Biffle
- Clint Bowyer
- Matt Kenseth
- Carl Edwards
- Casey Mears
- Aric Almirola
- Jamie McMurray
- Danica Patrick
- Tony Stewart
- David Ragan
- David Gilliland
- Ryan Newman
- Michael Annett
- Kyle Larson
- Landon Cassill
- Justin Allgaier
- Trevor Bayne
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Cole Whitt
- Josh Wise
- AJ Allmendinger
- Alex Bowman
- Matt DiBenedetto
- Bobby Labonte
- J.J Yeley
- Brett Moffitt
- Jeb Burton
- Brian Scott
- Brendan Gaughan