Everyone knows Tony Stewart is great at Daytona. But NASCAR’s driver rating also tells us that either of the Busch Brothers might also be good picks in a hard-to-predict race.
Daytona: Driver Rating Says You Can’t Go Wrong With A Busch Brother
Others who might be good choices? Clint Bowyer (seventh) and Carl Edwards (10th), in addition to past Daytona 500 champs Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Drivers to avoid include Penske Racing teammates Sam Hornish Jr. (33rd) and Brad Keselowski (51st).
Coke Zero 400 Pre-RaceFor point-paying races in current and past four years, at this track.Daytona International SpeedwaySaturday, July 3, 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: 11
Rank Car Driver Avg Finish High AVG DRIVER RATING1 14 Tony Stewart 13.5 143.4 104.52 18 Kyle Busch 17.6 133.1 100.63 17 Matt Kenseth 14.7 114.1 93.44 2 Kurt Busch 15.3 125.7 92.75 48 Jimmie Johnson 19.2 118.4 91.86 24 Jeff Gordon 20.5 123.5 91.57 33 Clint Bowyer 12.3 119.4 88.48 88 D Earnhardt Jr. 16.4 126.4 87.79 29 Kevin Harvick 15.5 125.0 85.410 99 Carl Edwards 18.7 104.8 84.011 39 Ryan Newman 20.6 114.2 82.712 31 Jeff Burton 19.2 109.3 82.513 1 Jamie McMurray 19.8 114.1 82.114 11 Denny Hamlin 23.0 128.1 81.515 5 Mark Martin 19.6 110.3 80.516 9 Kasey Kahne 16.2 103.4 80.417 83 Brian Vickers 18.8 99.6 80.318 19 Elliott Sadler 15.0 107.4 79.519 6 David Ragan 14.1 108.0 79.320 56 M Truex Jr. 20.0 111.0 76.421 43 A J Allmendinger 23.5 102.2 75.022 16 Greg Biffle 22.5 111.0 74.223 12 David Stremme 24.2 97.1 67.924 71 David Gilliland 25.4 90.7 65.125 42 Juan Montoya 22.0 94.8 64.226 70 Johnny Sauter 19.8 88.0 63.827 07 Casey Mears 23.5 90.4 63.728 47 Marcos Ambrose 21.3 89.0 63.529 66 Dave Blaney 27.4 84.8 63.330 51 Michael Waltrip 28.1 100.8 62.331 20 Joey Logano 27.3 77.9 61.532 43 Reed Sorenson 23.4 88.4 61.533 77 Sam Hornish Jr. 29.0 90.1 61.234 09 Mike Wallace 20.0 76.7 60.535 96 J.J. Yeley 27.0 89.5 60.536 98 Paul Menard 22.0 79.3 60.037 7 Robby Gordon 18.1 82.4 59.638 71 Bobby Labonte 27.2 85.4 59.139 00 David Reutimann 22.6 80.5 58.840 36 Scott Riggs 27.0 103.6 58.341 37 Travis Kvapil 28.9 81.0 56.942 82 Scott Speed 28.3 73.8 55.043 26 Boris Said 22.2 69.7 52.344 87 Joe Nemechek 26.2 81.8 50.945 38 R Richardson Jr. 31.0 50.8 50.846 21 Bill Elliott 23.3 58.1 50.547 8 Aric Almirola 30.0 48.9 48.948 78 Regan Smith 26.6 65.5 48.049 36 Mike Bliss 26.7 58.3 46.850 34 John Andretti 30.5 53.2 45.851 12 Brad Keselowski 30.0 45.7 44.952 37 Tony Raines 30.8 54.6 42.453 55 Michael McDowell 29.0 47.0 40.854 27 Kirk Shelmerdine 31.5 40.7 33.055 13 Max Papis 40.0 28.8 28.8
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