Final Rankings: Bristol II, 2016

Carl Edwards photo

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

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

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