OK, let’s face it: If you’re a Dale Earnhardt Jr. fan these days, watching races is pretty miserable. In fact, it probably flat-out sucks.
A Bit Of Good News For Dale Earnhardt Jr. Fans At New Hampshire?
So this week, we bring you a bit of good news (since you’ll probably take even the smallest morsels right now): NASCAR’s pre-race driver rating says Earnhardt Jr. is the fourth-best driver at New Hampshire.
Can he parlay that into a win? No, probably not (just being honest the way the team has been running lately). But at least he might have a good day on Sunday.
The favorites are Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson. Among the lower-performing Chase drivers: Matt Kenseth (19th) and Carl Edwards (16th).
Here’s the full list:
Sylvania 300 Pre-RaceFor point-paying races in current and past four years, at this track.New Hampshire Motor SpeedwaySunday, September 19, 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 9.0 149.2 114.12 24 Jeff Gordon 9.7 130.9 107.92 48 Jimmie Johnson 9.5 134.8 107.94 88 D Earnhardt Jr. 15.9 131.6 99.85 11 Denny Hamlin 8.2 121.0 99.86 5 Mark Martin 10.4 120.9 95.57 31 Jeff Burton 12.5 118.9 94.08 2 Kurt Busch 14.5 123.2 93.69 29 Kevin Harvick 14.4 148.9 93.010 39 Ryan Newman 15.5 133.3 91.211 18 Kyle Busch 15.2 141.1 91.112 33 Clint Bowyer 17.8 150.0 90.713 56 M Truex Jr. 15.2 122.5 87.514 16 Greg Biffle 12.3 130.0 86.815 42 Juan Montoya 20.0 134.6 86.316 99 Carl Edwards 14.3 120.3 85.917 9 Kasey Kahne 21.6 104.8 83.418 83 Brian Vickers 20.7 114.6 79.919 17 Matt Kenseth 15.7 116.7 79.620 00 David Reutimann 18.4 94.1 74.821 83 Reed Sorenson 20.7 106.1 73.022 36 Casey Mears 20.5 93.9 69.223 7 Bobby Labonte 20.5 121.4 68.924 47 Marcos Ambrose 18.7 74.1 67.425 20 Joey Logano 15.8 87.1 65.626 19 Elliott Sadler 23.0 86.9 65.327 46 J.J. Yeley 18.1 81.6 63.128 26 David Stremme 26.7 77.6 63.029 12 Brad Keselowski 16.0 67.9 62.630 77 Sam Hornish Jr. 27.4 93.8 58.731 1 Jamie McMurray 26.4 85.2 58.532 43 AJ Allmendinger 30.2 97.8 57.733 11 Jason Leffler 24.0 57.6 57.634 6 David Ragan 27.6 71.1 57.435 7 Robby Gordon 25.0 76.8 57.436 55 Michael Waltrip 21.1 70.8 57.137 66 Scott Riggs 27.1 82.3 56.238 0 Mike Bliss 28.5 56.1 54.839 66 Jeff Green 25.0 87.1 53.640 09 Aric Almirola 23.3 69.0 52.541 70 Johnny Sauter 24.8 76.0 51.742 66 Dave Blaney 30.1 85.2 51.043 37 Tony Raines 28.8 69.9 49.644 87 Joe Nemechek 33.4 72.3 47.745 28 Travis Kvapil 30.3 75.6 47.446 98 Paul Menard 29.3 64.4 46.647 78 Regan Smith 29.7 49.2 45.448 34 John Andretti 28.0 50.6 44.449 37 David Gilliland 35.3 57.7 43.850 82 Scott Speed 31.3 53.7 42.651 36 P Carpentier 35.0 54.5 40.452 64 Mike Wallace 33.0 48.4 39.553 45 Terry Labonte 35.0 34.6 34.654 34 Kevin Conway 32.0 33.8 33.855 21 Bill Elliott 31.7 35.9 33.656 71 Andy Lally 37.0 33.5 33.557 55 M McDowell 37.8 42.4 33.258 37 Kevin Lepage 33.0 38.8 32.359 45 Chad McCumbee 42.0 30.3 30.360 64 Todd Bodine 40.0 30.1 30.161 13 Max Papis 43.0 28.3 28.362 98 Boris Said 40.0 24.9 24.9
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