Update: I’ve posted my final Sonoma driver rankings, which improve upon the below early driver rankings.
Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Cup race at Sonoma. I compiled them by crunching:
- The loop data for the past 15 Cup races (excluding Daytona and Talladega);
- the loop data for the past four races at Sonoma;
- the loop data for the past four races at Watkins Glen;
- the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Sonoma; and
- the practice and qualifying data for past four races at Watkins Glen.
The results:
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Kurt Busch
- AJ Allmendinger
- Kyle Busch
- Kyle Larson
- Kevin Harvick
- Joey Logano
- Jimmie Johnson
- Jamie McMurray
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Brad Keselowski
- Clint Bowyer
- Matt Kenseth
- Denny Hamlin
- Chase Elliott
- Ryan Newman
- Kasey Kahne
- Paul Menard
- Erik Jones
- Michael McDowell
- Ryan Blaney
- Austin Dillon
- Danica Patrick
- Daniel Suarez
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- David Ragan
- Ty Dillon
- Billy Johnson
- Cole Whitt
- Trevor Bayne
- Alon Day
- Matt DiBenedetto
- Tommy Regan
- Chris Buescher
- Landon Cassill
- Boris Said
- Josh Bilicki
- Derrike Cope