Final Rankings: Atlanta, 2016

Kevin Harvick photo

Kevin Harvick tops my final Atlanta driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

Here are my final driver rankings for today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta. I compiled them by crunching the practice and qualifying data from Atlanta on Friday and Saturday, and then melding it with the historical data:

  1. Kevin Harvick
  2. Kyle Busch
  3. Martin Truex Jr.
  4. Kurt Busch
  5. Matt Kenseth
  6. Brad Keselowski
  7. Denny Hamlin
  8. Jimmie Johnson
  9. Carl Edwards
  10. Joey Logano
  11. Ryan Newman
  12. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  13. Jamie McMurray
  14. Kyle Larson
  15. Kasey Kahne
  16. Austin Dillon
  17. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  18. Greg Biffle
  19. Paul Menard
  20. AJ Allmendinger
  21. Aric Almirola
  22. Clint Bowyer
  23. Brian Scott
  24. Ryan Blaney
  25. Casey Mears
  26. Trevor Bayne
  27. Chase Elliott
  28. David Ragan
  29. Ty Dillon
  30. Danica Patrick
  31. Chris Buescher
  32. Regan Smith
  33. Landon Cassill
  34. Michael Annett
  35. Michael McDowell
  36. Matt DiBenedetto
  37. Cole Whitt
  38. Josh Wise
  39. Jeffrey Earnhardt