Final Rankings: Charlotte I, 2017

Kevin Harvick photo

Happy Harvick took over the top spot in my final Charlotte I driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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

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