Final Rankings: Las Vegas, 2017

Martin Truex Jr photo

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

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

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