Final Rankings: Talladega I, 2017

brad keselowski photo

Brad Keselowski remains my pick to win at Talladega today in my final driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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

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