Early Rankings: Watkins Glen, 2015

Kyle Busch photo

Kyle Busch tops my early Watkins Glen rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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: