Update: I’ve posted my final Homestead driver rankings, which improve upon the below early rankings.
Here are my early driver rankings for this week’s NASCAR Cup race at Homestead. I compiled them by crunching:
- The loop data for the past 15 Cup races (excluding Watkins Glen and Talladega;
- the loop data for the past four races;
- the loop data for the past four races at Homestead;
- the loop data for the past six races at the other tracks in the Steeps track group (i.e., Bristol, Darlington, Las Vegas and Dover);
- the practice and qualifying data for the past four races at Homestead; and
- the practice and qualifying data for past six races at the aforementioned Steeps.
The results:
- Martin Truex Jr
- Kyle Busch
- Kevin Harvick
- Matt Kenseth
- Chase Elliott
- Denny Hamlin
- Kyle Larson
- Brad Keselowski
- Jimmie Johnson
- Joey Logano Continue reading