Martin Truex Jr. tops my early All Star Race driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Cup All Star and Open races at Charlotte. I compiled them by crunching:

• The loop data for the past 15 Sprint Cup races (excluding Daytona and Talladega);
• the loop data for the past four races (excluding Talladega);
• the loop data for the past four races at Charlotte;
• the loop data for the past eight races at the other tracks in the Large Ovals track group (i.e., Fontana, Kansas, Atlanta, Texas, Chicago, Michigan and Kentucky);
• the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Charlotte; and
• the practice and qualifying data for past eight races at the aforementioned Large Ovals.

Note: This early list doesn’t include whoever gets into the All Star race via the fan vote, winning segments in the Open or winning the Open.

The rankings for the All Star race:

1. Martin Truex Jr.
2. Kevin Harvick
3. Joey Logano
4. Brad Keselowski
5. Kyle Larson
6. Jimmie Johnson
7. Kyle Busch
8. Denny Hamlin
9. Matt Kenseth
10. Kurt Busch
11. Jamie McMurray
12. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
13. Ryan Newman
14. Kasey Kahne
15. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
16. Chris Buescher

The Open rankings:

Chase Elliott tops my early Open driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

1. Chase Elliott
2. Ryan Blaney
3. Austin Dillon
4. Clint Bowyer
5. Erik Jones
6. Daniel Suarez
7. Trevor Bayne
8. AJ Allmendinger
9. Ty Dillon
10. Paul Menard
11. Aric Almirola
12. Danica Patrick
13. David Ragan
14. Michael McDowell
15. Landon Cassill
16. Matt DiBenedetto
17. Reed Sorenson
18. Jeffrey Earnhardt
19. Derrike Cope
20. Cody Ware
21. Carl Long