Final Rankings: Fontana, 2017

Kevin Harvick photo

Kevin Harvick remains on top in my final Fontana driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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

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