Early Week Driver Rankings for Kentucky

The MENCS will compete at Kentucky Speedway for the Quaker State 400. This will be the seventh race of the season on a 1.5-mile track. These races have been pretty easy to predict since the same drivers continue to run up front the week. The race can be seen Saturday night at 7:30 pm ET on NBC Sports Network.

Each week I use different stats in my model to create the best rankings possible to give you an edge on the completion. This week I used the driver’s rating on 1-5-mile tracks, average finishing position on 1.5-mile, average running position on 1.5-mile tracks, driver ratings at Kentucky, average finishing position at Kentucky and average finishing position in the last 6 races (We want drivers who have momentum).

My early week pick for the pole is Kyle Busch. He won the pole for two races on the 1.5-mile tracks (Atlanta and Charlotte) and he has a series-best 5.3 average starting position in the last four races at Kentucky (including a pole last year). The No. 18 team is very good at unloading with a lot of speed at Kentucky. He is the best pick for the pole according to the stats.

Here are the early week driver rankings for Kentucky…

* I will post my final driver rankings after qualifying Friday night.

*Stats from Driveraverages.com and career stats from Racing-Reference.Info…

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