Despite being 19th in points, Juan Pablo Montoya is having a great season when it comes to on-track performance, according to NASCAR’s driver rating.
Driver Rating Season Update: Good News For Montoya, Bad News For Edwards
Montoya is eighth in the driver rating, which is a sign that without some late-race bad luck and parts failures, Montoya would be much higher in the points.
The same can be said for Clint Bowyer, who is 15th in points but ninth in driver rating.
Unfortunately, there’s bad news if you’re a Carl Edwards fan. Edwards is 10th in points but only 17th in the driver rating, indicating he’s higher in points than he should actually be.
Martin Truex Jr. is in a similar situation. The Michael Waltrip Racing driver is 12th in points but only 18th in driver rating.
No. 1 in the driver rating? Well, that’s no surprise. See for yourself:
Season LeadersThrough the Autism Speaks 400 at DoverDriver RatingFormula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race. Must have raced in 75 percent of scheduled point-paying races.
Rank Car Driver Pts Pos. DRIVER RATING1 48 Jimmie Johnson 4 109.92 24 Jeff Gordon 6 107.83 18 Kyle Busch 2 103.44 31 Jeff Burton 8 101.45 2 Kurt Busch 9 95.16 29 Kevin Harvick 1 94.77 11 Denny Hamlin 5 93.68 42 Juan Montoya 19 89.29 33 Clint Bowyer 15 87.310 17 Matt Kenseth 3 87.111 16 Greg Biffle 7 86.312 5 Mark Martin 11 85.513 14 Tony Stewart 14 85.314 88 D Earnhardt Jr. 16 84.015 00 David Reutimann 20 83.316 1 Jamie McMurray 17 82.917 99 Carl Edwards 10 81.418 56 M Truex Jr. 12 81.219 39 Ryan Newman 13 80.020 9 Kasey Kahne 21 79.821 20 Joey Logano 18 77.122 83 Brian Vickers 27 74.823 43 AJ Allmendinger 25 74.624 12 Brad Keselowski 24 69.625 98 Paul Menard 23 67.426 6 David Ragan 22 66.627 47 Marcos Ambrose 28 65.728 77 Sam Hornish Jr. 30 61.529 82 Scott Speed 26 60.630 19 Elliott Sadler 29 56.531 78 Regan Smith 31 55.332 71 Bobby Labonte 33 50.533 34 Travis Kvapil 32 45.034 38 David Gilliland 35 44.935 7 Robby Gordon 34 44.336 09 Mike Bliss 37 42.237 13 Max Papis 38 35.238 87 Joe Nemechek 40 33.839 66 Dave Blaney 41 32.740 37 Kevin Conway 36 32.541 55 M McDowell 42 31.5
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