Dale Jr. remains my pick to win today in my final Daytona 500 driver 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. So, to compile final rankings for today’s Daytona 500, I updated my early rankings with the loop data from Thursday’s duel races. The results:
- Dale Earnhardt Jr
- Kyle Busch
- Joey Logano
- Denny Hamlin
- Kevin Harvick
- Carl Edwards
- Jimmie Johnson
- Matt Kenseth
- Kasey Kahne
- Jamie McMurray
- Kurt Busch
- Paul Menard
- Brad Keselowski
- Austin Dillon
- Ryan Blaney
- Chase Elliott
- Kyle Larson
- Casey Mears
- Ty Dillon
- Martin Truex Jr
- Aric Almirola
- Danica Patrick
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr
- Brian Scott
- Greg Biffle
- AJ Allmendinger
- Michael McDowell
- Matt DiBenedetto
- Regan Smith
- Ryan Newman
- David Ragan
- Brian Vickers
- Clint Bowyer
- Trevor Bayne
- Chris Buescher
- Michael Annett
- Landon Cassill
- Michael Waltrip
- Bobby Labonte
- Robert Richardson