Update: I’ve posted my final Watkins Glen driver rankings, which improve upon these early rankings.
Here are my mid-week driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen. 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 at Watkins Glen;
- the loop data for the past four races at Sonoma;
- the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Watkins Glen; and
- the practice and qualifying data for past four races at Sonoma.
The results:
- Kyle Busch
- AJ Allmendinger
- Carl Edwards
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Kevin Harvick
- Kurt Busch
- Jimmie Johnson
- Brad Keselowski
- Joey Logano
- Jeff Gordon
- Tony Stewart
- Clint Bowyer
- Jamie McMurray
- Kyle Larson
- Matt Kenseth
- Ryan Newman
- Greg Biffle
- Denny Hamlin
- Kasey Kahne
- Paul Menard
- Casey Mears
- Chase Elliott
- Austin Dillon
- Aric Almirola
- Michael McDowell
- Danica Patrick
- David Ragan
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Trevor Bayne
- Ryan Blaney
- Regan Smith
- Brian Scott
- Matt DiBenedetto
- Cole Whitt
- Boris Said
- Chris Buescher
- Landon Cassill
- Alex Kennedy
- Michael Annett
- Josh Wise