Kevin Harvick remains my pick to win Richmond II in my final driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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

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