The NASCAR Cup Series travels back to Bristol Motor Speedway this week for a race under the lights. This will be the third race at the track this season so the teams will have a lot of information for the setups in their cars. This is also the third race in the first round of the playoffs. That means the intensity will be cranked up and it could get crazy in the final laps of the race. The Bristol Night Race can be seen Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
I will be using the information from the first race at Bristol and the All-Star Race for my Driver Rankings this week. I also factored in the Driver Rankings and Green Flag Speed on all of the short tracks this season. Momentum is important so I factored in the Driver Rankings from the two playoffs races. This data should lead to an accurate prediction for the race.
Here are the driver rankings for the Bristol Night Race …
|
Driver |
| 1. Chase Elliott |
| 2. Brad Keselowski |
| 3. Kevin Harvick |
| 4. Kyle Busch |
| 5. Joey Logano |
| 6. Denny Hamlin |
| 7. Ryan Blaney |
| 8. Martin Truex Jr. |
| 9. Austin Dillon |
| 10. Clint Bowyer |
| 11. Alex Bowman |
| 12. Aric Almirola |
| 13. Erik Jones |
| 14. Jimmie Johnson |
| 15. William Byron |
| 16. Kurt Busch |
| 17. Christopher Bell |
| 18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
| 19. Cole Custer |
| 20. Matt DiBenedetto |
| 21. Ryan Newman |
| 22. Tyler Reddick |
| 23. Chris Buescher |
| 24. Matt Kenseth |
| 25. Bubba Wallace Jr. |
| 26. Ryan Preece |
| 27. John H. Nemechek |
| 28. Ty Dillon |
| 29. Michael McDowell |
| 30. Daniel Suarez |
| 31. Corey Lajoie |
| 32. Brennan Poole |
| 33. J.J. Yeley |
| 34. Joey Gase |
| 35. Timmy Hill |
| 36. Quin Houff |
| 37. Josh Bilicki |
| 38. B.J. McLeod |
| 39. Reed Sorenson |
| 40. Garrett Smithley |
*Stats from Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet Pro
** Photos from NASCAR Media
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