Final Rankings: Talladega I, 2016

Dale Earnhardt Jr. photo

Dale Jr. remains my pick to win tomorrow in my final Talladega I driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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

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