Early Rankings: Watkins Glen, 2017

Kyle Busch photo

Kyle Busch tops my early Watkins Glen driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Cup race at Watkins Glen. I compiled them by crunching:

The loop data for the past 15 Sprint Cup races (excluding Daytona and Talladega);
the loop data for the past four races at Watkins Glen;
the loop data for the past four races at Sonoma;
the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Watkins Glen; and
the practice and qualifying data for past four races at Sonoma.

The results: