Final Rankings: Texas II, 2016

Martin Truex Jr photo

Martin Truex Jr. took over the top spot in my final Texas II driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

Update: I replaced Matt Dibenedetto in the below rankings with Jeffrey Earnhardt Sunday morning because Dibenedetto is out due to a concussion.

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

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