Final Rankings: Texas I, 2016

jimmie johnson photo

Jimmie Johnson took over the top spot in my final Texas I driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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

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