Final Rankings: Kentucky, 2017

Kyle Busch photo

Kyle Busch remains on top in my final Kentucky driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

Here are my final driver rankings for tonight’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kentucky. I compiled them by crunching the Friday practice and qualifying data from Kentucky, and then melding it with the historical data:

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