Final Rankings: Sonoma, 2016

Carl Edwards photo

Carl Edwards took over the top spot in my final Sonoma driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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

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