Everyone knows Dale Earnhardt Jr. is strong at Talladega. But did you know Denny Hamlin is, too? And David Ragan?
Talladega: Pre-Race Driver Rating
Thanks to NASCAR’s pre-race driver rating, now you do.
At one of the toughest tracks to make fantasy picks and predictions due to wrecks and the lottery ball nature of the racing, the driver rating may not help you as much as usual this week.
But our opinion is using it probably can’t hurt.
Aaron's 499 Pre-RaceFor point-paying races in current and past four years, at this track.Talladega SuperspeedwaySunday, April 25, 2010Driver RatingFormula combining the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.Number of Races: 10
Rank Car Driver Avg Finish High AVG DRIVER RATING1 09 Brad Keselowski 4.5 98.9 94.22 11 Denny Hamlin 21.3 125.0 93.43 88 D Earnhardt Jr. 20.7 119.0 92.24 6 David Ragan 14.5 121.5 91.85 20 Joey Logano 6.0 91.2 90.06 14 Tony Stewart 16.1 117.2 89.97 83 Brian Vickers 16.3 107.6 89.38 24 Jeff Gordon 20.5 135.5 87.19 31 Jeff Burton 18.4 101.0 85.810 17 Matt Kenseth 17.2 120.1 85.711 2 Kurt Busch 13.1 107.3 85.612 26 Jamie McMurray 19.3 110.5 84.513 42 Juan Montoya 18.7 102.9 83.814 48 Jimmie Johnson 13.8 117.2 82.715 19 Elliott Sadler 19.1 105.0 80.716 39 Ryan Newman 19.3 111.3 78.317 18 Kyle Busch 24.6 93.1 76.418 1 M. Truex Jr. 28.4 91.9 75.419 28 Travis Kvapil 17.2 91.9 74.820 29 Kevin Harvick 18.0 101.9 74.721 47 Marcos Ambrose 19.0 81.4 74.522 07 Casey Mears 20.9 91.4 73.623 8 Aric Almirola 25.3 105.3 73.424 00 M. McDowell 26.0 70.9 70.925 36 Scott Riggs 20.8 90.6 70.126 12 David Stremme 24.7 85.0 68.727 16 Greg Biffle 22.4 89.7 68.428 99 Carl Edwards 21.7 103.4 67.629 55 Michael Waltrip 20.3 100.7 66.830 9 Kasey Kahne 20.3 98.7 66.031 33 Mike Wallace 22.6 76.7 65.932 98 Paul Menard 26.6 115.4 65.133 87 Joe Nemechek 24.8 85.2 64.134 70 Johnny Sauter 19.3 78.8 63.435 33 Clint Bowyer 23.3 90.7 63.436 00 David Reutimann 27.2 69.5 63.137 7 Robby Gordon 22.1 98.4 62.138 43 Reed Sorenson 24.1 91.8 61.439 5 Mark Martin 31.3 85.5 61.340 71 Bobby Labonte 20.6 79.1 61.141 78 Regan Smith 23.4 72.2 60.742 71 David Gilliland 23.5 94.4 60.643 66 Dave Blaney 21.7 87.2 56.744 82 Scott Speed 16.0 69.5 56.445 77 Sam Hornish Jr. 36.3 61.7 54.246 60 Boris Said 31.0 53.5 51.147 36 R.Richardson 18.0 48.7 48.748 13 Max Papis 23.5 50.0 46.149 34 John Andretti 27.7 47.4 46.050 49 Mike Bliss 31.3 52.2 44.951 44 AJ Allmendinger 32.7 56.8 40.452 27 K Shelmerdine 41.0 31.3 31.353 74 Derrike Cope 43.0 27.0 27.0
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