Update: I’ve posted my final Daytona II driver rankings, which improve upon the below early rankings.
Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s Daytona II race. I compiled them by crunching the loop and qualifying data for the past four plate races. Those metrics reflect speed, the ability to pass and the ability (and inclination) to run a lot of laps up front:
- Brad Keselowski
- Joey Logano
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Ryan Blaney
- Kurt Busch
- Kyle Busch
- Denny Hamlin
- Kyle Larson
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Chase Elliott
- Paul Menard
- Kevin Harvick
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Trevor Bayne
- Austin Dillon
- Jimmie Johnson
- Jamie McMurray
- Clint Bowyer
- Matt Kenseth
- Kasey Kahne
- Erik Jones
- Darrell Wallace Jr
- Ty Dillon
- Ryan Newman
- Daniel Suarez
- Danica Patrick
- AJ Allmendinger
- Michael McDowell
- Chris Buescher
- David Ragan
- Matt DiBenedetto
- Landon Cassill
- Elliott Sadler
- Cole Whitt
- Brendan Gaughan
- Ryan Sieg
- Reed Sorenson
- Corey LaJoie
- Jeffrey Earnhardt
- DJ Kennington
Are you going to put out final rankings for the Daytona race that starts in 3 hours????
yes I am wondering that too!!
They’re up now: https://nascarpredict.com/2017/07/01/final-rankings-daytona-ii-2017/