Here are my final driver rankings for today’s race at Talladega. I compiled them by crunching the qualifying data from Talladega on Saturday, and then melding it with the historical data:
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Jimmie Johnson
- Jeff Gordon
- Kasey Kahne
- Kevin Harvick
- Denny Hamlin
- Brad Keselowski
- Paul Menard
- Matt Kenseth
- Kurt Busch
- Kyle Busch
- Joey Logano
- Carl Edwards
- Ryan Blaney
- Austin Dillon
- Sam Hornish Jr.
- Trevor Bayne
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Tony Stewart
- Greg Biffle
- Clint Bowyer
- Kyle Larson
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Jamie McMurray
- Casey Mears
- Danica Patrick
- Ryan Newman
- Aric Almirola
- David Ragan
- A.J. Allmendinger
- David Gilliland
- Landon Cassill
- Justin Allgaier
- Michael Waltrip
- Travis Kvapil
- Cole Whitt
- Michael McDowell
- Timmy Hill
- Bobby Labonte
- Matt Dibenedetto
- J.J. Yeley
- Josh Wise
- Alex Bowman