Each week I post my Driver Rankings for the race. This is not necessarily my prediction of how each driver will finish the race, but each driver’s fantasy value in the race. I use the past stats, practice speeds, starting position, information from the garage and momentum to determine who has the best cars for the race.
* This race is impossible to predict so the model that predicts the finishing order is not as accurate at the Superspeedways as it is at the smaller tracks. It does tell which drivers have a history of running well at Talladega.
Here are my rankings for Talladega…
|
Driver |
| 1. Joey Logano |
| 2. Kurt Busch |
| 3. Aric Almirola |
| 4. Ricky Stenhouse |
| 5. Brad Keselowski |
| 6. Kevin Harvick |
| 7. Denny Hamlin |
| 8. Kyle Busch |
| 9. Clint Bowyer |
| 10. Chase Elliott |
| 11. Erik Jones |
| 12. Ryan Blaney |
| 13. Martin Truex Jr. |
| 14. Daniel Suarez |
| 15. Paul Menard |
| 16. Jimmie Johnson |
| 17. Alex Bowman |
| 18. Ryan Newman |
| 19. Ty Dillon |
| 20. Austin Dillon |
| 21. Kyle Larson |
| 22. William Byron |
| 23. David Ragan |
| 24. Michael McDowell |
| 25. Darrell Wallace Jr. |
| 26. Matt DiBenedetto |
| 27. Chris Buescher |
| 28. Ryan Preece |
| 29. Daniel Hemric |
| 30. Brendan Gaughan |
| 31. Landon Cassill |
| 32. Matt Tifft |
| 33. Ross Chastain |
| 34. Parker Klingerman |
| 35. Corey LaJoie |
| 36. Jeffrey Earnhardt |
| 37. Justin Haley |
| 38. Reed Sorenson |
| 39. Cody Ware |
| 40. Stanton Barrett |
Good luck this week!
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