Who should you pick for the Brickyard? If you listen to NASCAR’s driver rating, past winners Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson and Juan Pablo Montoya look pretty good.
Indianapolis: Past Winners Are Smart Choices For Brickyard
What’s that you say? Montoya didn’t win the Brickyard?
That’s true, he didn’t win – he sped on pit road after looking like the dominant car last year and lost the race. But that’s just a technicality.
So go ahead and pick one of those three, or perhaps Jeff Gordon (fifth).
But you may want to avoid drivers like Dale Earnhardt Jr. (20th), Ryan Newman (26th) and Kurt Busch (27th), even though they may be tempting picks.
The complete list:
Brickyard 400 Pre-RaceFor point-paying races in current and past four years, at this track.Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySunday, July 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: 5
Rank Car Driver Avg Finish High AVG DRIVER RATING1 14 Tony Stewart 7.2 146.0 111.82 48 Jimmie Johnson 16.0 147.3 104.93 5 Mark Martin 6.2 128.9 104.84 42 Juan Montoya 17.3 131.7 102.05 24 Jeff Gordon 8.2 120.1 96.26 17 Matt Kenseth 13.0 117.7 93.67 0 Mike Bliss 11.0 93.4 93.48 11 Denny Hamlin 17.3 119.5 93.39 31 Jeff Burton 15.4 121.7 93.110 18 Kyle Busch 14.8 115.5 92.811 29 Kevin Harvick 14.4 128.0 91.912 9 Kasey Kahne 18.4 130.4 91.413 16 Greg Biffle 16.2 108.4 90.714 99 Carl Edwards 11.2 121.9 87.415 33 Clint Bowyer 13.5 100.9 83.416 83 Brian Vickers 17.6 114.9 81.917 44 A J Allmendinger 15.0 98.4 80.218 20 Joey Logano 12.0 79.0 79.019 43 Reed Sorenson 16.3 108.5 77.520 88 D Earnhardt Jr. 26.2 100.5 75.121 26 Jamie McMurray 20.6 102.1 73.322 12 David Stremme 20.0 77.2 72.523 07 Casey Mears 21.8 90.9 69.724 6 David Ragan 18.0 89.7 68.925 1 M Truex Jr. 22.8 83.2 68.426 39 Ryan Newman 23.2 85.6 68.027 2 Kurt Busch 21.6 83.4 66.428 77 Sam Hornish Jr. 29.0 65.0 63.729 96 Tony Raines 26.0 75.6 62.230 96 J.J. Yeley 32.7 74.5 61.631 71 David Gilliland 22.3 72.5 61.032 19 Elliott Sadler 29.4 107.2 60.733 00 David Reutimann 25.3 98.8 60.334 47 Marcos Ambrose 22.0 67.7 59.835 96 Bobby Labonte 27.6 74.4 58.836 21 Bill Elliott 23.5 79.7 57.837 66 Scott Riggs 27.5 80.1 56.438 55 Michael Waltrip 31.3 85.8 53.639 66 Dave Blaney 29.0 88.0 53.440 87 Joe Nemechek 31.0 64.7 49.041 7 Robby Gordon 29.4 64.7 46.342 82 Scott Speed 31.0 42.1 42.143 28 Travis Kvapil 32.7 59.5 40.944 98 Paul Menard 30.0 56.4 40.845 00 M McDowell 34.0 39.4 39.446 34 John Andretti 32.0 38.1 38.147 60 Boris Said 36.5 34.1 31.048 78 Regan Smith 35.0 34.8 31.049 70 Johnny Sauter 37.0 26.3 26.3
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