Here are my final driver rankings for tonight’s race at Charlotte. I compiled them by crunching the practice and qualifying data from Charlotte on Thursday and Friday, and then melding it with the historical data:
- Kurt Busch
- Joey Logano
- Denny Hamlin
- Kevin Harvick
- Kyle Busch
- Brad Keselowski
- Matt Kenseth
- Carl Edwards
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Jimmie Johnson
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Kasey Kahne
- Jeff Gordon
- Ryan Newman
- Greg Biffle
- Jamie McMurray
- Clint Bowyer
- Kyle Larson
- Aric Almirola
- Austin Dillon
- Paul Menard
- Ryan Blaney
- AJ Allmendinger
- David Ragan
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Tony Stewart
- Casey Mears
- Danica Patrick
- Sam Hornish Jr.
- Justin Allgaier
- Trevor Bayne
- David Gilliland
- Alex Bowman
- Michael McDowell
- Landon Cassill
- Brett Moffitt
- Michael Annett
- Cole Whitt
- J.J Yeley
- Matt DiBenedetto
- Jeb Burton
- Reed Sorenson
- Alex Kennedy