Mid-Week Rankings: Watkins Glen, 2016

Kyle Busch photo

Kyle Busch tops my mid-week Watkins Glen driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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: