Early Rankings: Bristol II, 2017

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

Update: I’ve posted my final Bristol II driver rankings, which improve upon the below early rankings.

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

The loop data for the past 15 Cup races (excluding Daytona, Talladega, Watkins Glen and Sonoma;
the loop data for the past four races;
the loop data for the past four races at Bristol;
the loop data for the past six races at the other tracks in the Steeps track group (i.e., Dover, Darlington, Las Vegas and Homestead);
the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Bristol; and
the practice and qualifying data for past six races at the aforementioned Steeps.

The results:

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