Final Rankings: Richmond II, 2017

Kyle Busch photo

Kyle Busch remains my pick to win Richmond tonight in my final driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

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

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