Update: I’ve now completed my final Watkins Glen rankings (click here to see them).
Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen. 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 Watkins Glen;
- the loop data for the past four races at Sonoma;
- the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Watkins Glen; and
- the practice and qualifying data for past four races at Sonoma.
The results:
- Kyle Busch
- Jimmie Johnson
- Martin Truex Jr.
- AJ Allmendinger
- Brad Keselowski
- Clint Bowyer
- Carl Edwards
- Kurt Busch
- Jeff Gordon
- Kevin Harvick
- Joey Logano
- Jamie McMurray
- Tony Stewart
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Matt Kenseth
- Greg Biffle
- Ryan Newman
- Kasey Kahne
- Kyle Larson
- Paul Menard
- Denny Hamlin
- Sam Hornish Jr.
- Casey Mears
- Aric Almirola
- David Ragan
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Austin Dillon
- Danica Patrick
- Boris Said
- Michael McDowell
- Justin Allgaier
- David Gilliland
- Cole Whitt
- Chris Buescher
- Trevor Bayne
- Landon Cassill
- TJ Bell
- Alex Kennedy
- Timmy Hill
- Jeb Burton
- J.J Yeley
- Michael Annett
- Alex Bowman
- Matt DiBenedetto