

NASCAR is about to take the green flag on the 2022 season and this will likely be the hardest season to predict. NASCAR has introduced new generation of cars before but nothing like what we will see on the track this week. Heck, this car even has a rear camera, similar to the back-up camera in your car at home. It is going to be a wild season and I cannot wait to get it started.
Driver Rankings for the Daytona 500
The driver rankings for the Daytona 500 are not a prediction of how the drivers will finish in the Great American Race. This race is why too unpredictable to try and figure out the finishing order. Instead, the driver rankings this week are based on the driver’s fantasy value at the track.
The metrics I used to create the driver rankings this week include the number of races the drivers finished at Daytona without crashing (in order to finish first, you must first finish), the driver’s average finishing position at Daytona and the driver’s average number of Stage Points scored at Daytona. The drivers who run up front and score a lot of Stage Points typically score well in Fantasy NASCAR because even if they crash because they already have the Stage Points in the bank for your team.
Here is my early week Driver Rankings for the Daytona 500….
Daytona 500 Rankings | |
Driver | Team |
1. DENNY HAMLIN | Joe Gibbs Racing |
2. CHASE ELLIOTT | Hendrick Motorsports |
3. RYAN BLANEY | Team Penske |
4. AUSTIN DILLON | Richard Childress Racing |
5. JOEY LOGANO | Team Penske |
6. BUBBA WALLACE | 23XI Racing |
7. MICHAEL MCDOWELL | Front Row Motorsports |
8. JUSTIN HALEY | Kaulig Racing |
9. KYLE LARSON | Hendrick Motorsports |
10. CHRIS BUESCHER | RFK Racing |
11. KEVIN HARVICK | Stewart-Haas Racing |
12. WILLIAM BYRON | Hendrick Motorsports |
13. TYLER REDDICK | Richard Childress Racing |
14. ALEX BOWMAN | Hendrick Motorsports |
15. BRAD KESELOWSKI | RFK Racing |
16. RICKY STENHOUSE JR. | JTG Daugherty Racing |
17. TY DILLON | Petty GMS Racing |
18. COREY LAJOIE | Spire Motorsports |
19. AUSTIN CINDRIC | Team Penske |
20. CHRISTOPHER BELL | Joe Gibbs Racing |
21. CHASE BRISCOE | Stewart-Haas Racing |
22. ARIC ALMIROLA | Stewart-Haas Racing |
23. ERIK JONES | Petty GMS Racing |
24. KYLE BUSCH | Joe Gibbs Racing |
25. KURT BUSCH | 23XI Racing |
26. ROSS CHASTAIN | Trackhouse Racing |
27. HARRISON BURTON | Wood Brothers |
28. MARTIN TRUEX JR | Joe Gibbs Racing |
29. NOAH GRAGSON | Beard Oil Racing |
30. DANIEL HEMRIC | Kaulig Racing |
31. COLE CUSTER | Stewart-Haas Racing |
32. DANIEL SUAREZ | Trackhouse Racing |
33. DAVID RAGAN | Rick Ware Racing |
34. TODD GILLILAND | Front Row Motorsports |
35. LANDON CASSILL | Spire Motorsports |
36. GREG BIFFLE | N.Y. Racing |
37. CODY WARE | Rick Ware Racing |
38. KAZ GRAZA | The Money Team |
39. J.J. YELEY | MBM Motorsports |
40. TIMMY HILL | MBM Motorsports |
41. B.J. MCLEOD | Live Fast Motorsports |
42. JACQUES VILLENUEVE | Team Herzberg |
Good Luck This Week!
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