Final Rankings: Bristol I, 2017

Kyle Busch photo

Kyle Busch remains my pick to win Bristol I in my final driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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

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