The Cup Series teams had 20 minutes to shake down their cars for the race Sunday. Martinsville is a .526-mile, short, flat track. Most of the drivers had no problems making long runs in practice. It is tough to see which drivers truly had the fastest cars since traffic can skew a driver’s lap times. The best way to see which driver was fast is to see who is at the top of the single-lap speed chart, the 10-lap average speed chart and qualifies up front. The drivers who check all of these boxes are the drivers at the top of the Driver Rankings this week.
Here is my updated Driver Rankings for the race at Martinsville Speedway…
| DRIVER |
| 1. Martin Truex Jr. |
| 2. Ryan Blaney |
| 3. Denny Hamlin |
| 4. Kyle Larson |
| 5. Bubba Wallace |
| 6. Kevin Harvick |
| 7. Christopher Bell |
| 8. Chase Briscoe |
| 9. William Byron |
| 10. Joey Logano |
| 11. Brad Keselowski |
| 12. Chase Elliott |
| 13. Ty Gibbs |
| 14. Aric Almirola |
| 15. Tyler Reddick |
| 16. Chris Buescher |
| 17. Ross Chastain |
| 18. Kyle Busch |
| 19. Ryan Preece |
| 20. Alex Bowman |
| 21. Daniel Suarez |
| 22. Austin Dillon |
| 23. Todd Gilliland |
| 24. Michael McDowell |
| 25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
| 26. AJ Allmendinger |
| 27. Austin Cindric |
| 28. Erik Jones |
| 29. Carson Hocevar |
| 30. Justin Haley |
| 31. Harrison Burton |
| 32. Corey LaJoie |
| 33. Ryan Newman |
| 34. Ty Dillon |
| 35. J.J. Yeley |
| 36. B.J. McLeod |
Need to know which driver would be the best pick for your Fantasy NASCAR lineup Sunday? Simply play the driver highest in the rankings.
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