Final Rankings: Talladega II, 2017

brad keselowski photo

Brad Keselowski remains on top in my final Talladega II driver rankings. (photo courtesy nascar)

Here are my final driver rankings for today’s Talladega II race. I compiled them by crunching the qualifying data from Talladega on Saturday, and then melding it with the historical data:

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