Update: I’ve completed my final Martinsville driver rankings.
Here are my early driver rankings for next week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville. 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;
- the loop data for the past four races at Martinsville;
- the loop data for the past nine races at the other tracks in the Flats track group (i.e., Richmond, Phoenix, Indy, Pocono and New Hampshire);
- the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Martinsville; and
- the practice and qualifying data for past nine races at the aforementioned Flats.
The results:
- Kevin Harvick
- Joey Logano
- Jimmie Johnson
- Kyle Busch
- Matt Kenseth
- Denny Hamlin
- Carl Edwards
- Brad Keselowski
- Kurt Busch
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Jamie McMurray
- Ryan Newman
- Chase Elliott
- Austin Dillon
- Kasey Kahne
- Kyle Larson
- AJ Allmendinger
- Paul Menard
- Aric Almirola
- Ryan Blaney
- Clint Bowyer
- Brian Vickers
- Greg Biffle
- Casey Mears
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Danica Patrick
- David Ragan
- Trevor Bayne
- Brian Scott
- Landon Cassill
- Regan Smith
- Cole Whitt
- Alex Bowman
- Michael Annett
- Matt DiBenedetto
- Chris Buescher
- Travis Kvapil
- Josh Wise
- Michael McDowell
- Jeb Burton
- Jeffrey Earnhardt
- Alex Kennedy
Logano might just gain the determination he needs from the lack of popularity amongst the fans at Martinsville for a win this week!