NASCAR took away the practice sessions on the Superspeedway tracks last year, so the teams lined up for single-car qualifying and set the field for the GEICO 500. The lack of track time means the Driver Rankings did not change much from what was posted on Tuesday. I did do a little more research and moved a few drivers up or down a few spots, but the drivers I like earlier in the week are the same drivers I like now.
Don’t get too hung up on the rankings this week. All I did was took the stats from the Superspeedway races this year, the stats from last year’s races at Talladega in the Gen-7 car and the starting positions to create the rankings. This is how it all came out for the GEICO 500…
| Driver |
| 1. Denny Hamlin |
| 2. Joey Logano |
| 3. Ryan Blaney |
| 4. Brad Keselowski |
| 5. Christopher Bell |
| 6. Chase Elliott |
| 7. Chris Buescher |
| 8. Erik Jones |
| 9. Aric Almirola |
| 10. Martin Truex Jr. |
| 11. Alex Bowman |
| 12. Kevin Harvick |
| 13 Ross Chastain |
| 14. William Byron |
| 15. Austin Cindric |
| 16. Kyle Larson |
| 17. Ty Gibbs |
| 18. Kyle Busch |
| 19. Michael McDowell |
| 20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
| 21. Corey LaJoie |
| 22. Bubba Wallace |
| 23. Chase Briscoe |
| 24. Tyler Reddick |
| 25. AJ Allmendinger |
| 26. Daniel Suarez |
| 27. Ryan Preece |
| 28. Austin Dillon |
| 29. Justin Haley |
| 30. Todd Gilliland |
| 31. Noah Gragson |
| 32. Zane Smith |
| 33. Austin Hill |
| 34. Harrison Burton |
| 35. Ty Dillon |
| 36. Riley Herbst |
| 37. J.J. Yeley |
| 38. B.J. McLeod |
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