The Cup Series had a 50-minute practice session Friday to work on their speeds with the new aero package. The teams then lined up for qualifying Saturday morning. We learned a lot from the practice and the speeds will be 50% of my rankings this week (the other 50% will come from track history at Phoenix (25%) and driver history on the short, flat tracks (25%). This should give us a good idea of what drivers will have the best chance to run up front Sunday.
Here are my final Driver Rankings for the United Rentals 500(k)…
| Driver |
| 1. Kyle Larson |
| 2. William Byron |
| 3. Kevin Harvick |
| 4. Ryan Blaney |
| 5. Denny Hamlin |
| 6. Joey Logano |
| 7. Christopher Bell |
| 8. Tyler Reddick |
| 9. Daniel Suarez |
| 10. Kyle Busch |
| 11. Ross Chastain |
| 12. Alex Bowman |
| 13. Chase Briscoe |
| 14. Brad Keselowski |
| 15. Martin Truex Jr. |
| 16. Chris Buescher |
| 17. Austin Cindric |
| 18. Erik Jones |
| 19. Bubba Wallace |
| 20. Aric Almirola |
| 21. Ty Gibbs |
| 22. Josh Berry |
| 23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
| 24. AJ Allmendinger |
| 25. Austin Dillon |
| 26. Michael McDowell |
| 27. Harrison Burton |
| 28. Corey LaJoie |
| 29. Ryan Preece |
| 30. Justin Haley |
| 31. Noah Gragson |
| 32. Zane Smith |
| 33. Todd Gilliland |
| 34. Ty Dillon |
| 35. Cody Ware |
| 36. B.J. McLoed |
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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