Final Rankings: Atlanta, 2017

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Joey Logano remains my pick to win Atlanta in my final driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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

  1. Joey Logano
  2. Kyle Busch
  3. Kevin Harvick
  4. Brad Keselowski
  5. Chase Elliott
  6. Denny Hamlin
  7. Matt Kenseth
  8. Martin Truex Jr.
  9. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  10. Kyle Larson
  11. Ryan Newman
  12. Jimmie Johnson
  13. Jamie McMurray
  14. Kurt Busch
  15. Daniel Suarez
  16. Kasey Kahne
  17. Clint Bowyer
  18. Austin Dillon
  19. Ryan Blaney
  20. AJ Allmendinger
  21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  22. Erik Jones
  23. Paul Menard
  24. Trevor Bayne
  25. Aric Almirola
  26. Ty Dillon
  27. Danica Patrick
  28. Chris Buescher
  29. David Ragan
  30. Matt DiBenedetto
  31. Michael McDowell
  32. Landon Cassill
  33. Corey LaJoie
  34. Cole Whitt
  35. Gray Gaulding
  36. Reed Sorenson
  37. Jeffrey Earnhardt
  38. Derrike Cope
  39. Cody Ware