Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup All Star and Sprint Showdown races at Charlotte. 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 (excluding Talladega);
- the loop data for the past four races at Charlotte;
- the loop data for the past eight races at the other tracks in the Large Ovals track group (i.e., Fontana, Kansas, Atlanta, Texas, Chicago, Michigan and Kentucky);
- the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Charlotte; and
- the practice and qualifying data for past eight races at the aforementioned Large Ovals.
Note: This early list doesn’t include whoever gets into the All Star race via the fan vote.
The results for the All Star race:
- Kevin Harvick
- Carl Edwards
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Kyle Busch
- Matt Kenseth
- Joey Logano
- Kurt Busch
- Jimmie Johnson
- Brad Keselowski
- Denny Hamlin
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Ryan Newman
- Kasey Kahne
- Jamie McMurray
- Tony Stewart
The results for the Showdown:
- Austin Dillon
- Chase Elliott
- Ryan Blaney
- Kyle Larson
- Greg Biffle
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Paul Menard
- Aric Almirola
- AJ Allmendinger
- Clint Bowyer
- Trevor Bayne
- Danica Patrick
- Casey Mears
- Brian Scott
- David Ragan
- Chris Buescher
- Landon Cassill
- Regan Smith
- Matt DiBenedetto
- Michael McDowell
- Michael Annett
- Cole Whitt
- Josh Wise
- Jeffrey Earnhardt
- Reed Sorenson