Final Rankings: Charlotte I, 2016

joey logano photo

Joey Logano took over the top spot in my final Charlotte I driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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

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