Final Rankings: Phoenix II, 2017

Kyle Busch photo

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

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

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