Martin Truex Jr. tops my early Sonoma driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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:

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