Everyone knows predicting restrictor-plate races is risky business. If you threw the top 25 or 30 drivers’ names in a hat and pulled one out, you’d have just as good of a chance as picking the winner as trying to made an educated guess.
Top Talladega Pick According To Driver Rating Stat Is...
Still, for those of you who want to try doing research, we present you with this week’s driver rating.
For the first time all Chase long, Jimmie Johnson is not No. 1 (in fact, he’s not even in the top 10).
But No. 1 isn’t Dale Earnhardt Jr., either – it’s Denny Hamlin.
Did you see that coming? We didn’t.
Here are the full rankings:
AMP Energy Juice 500 Pre-RaceFor point-paying races in current and past four years, at this track.Talladega SuperspeedwaySunday, October 31, 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 11 Denny Hamlin 19.3 125.0 95.92 88 D Earnhardt Jr. 20.0 119.0 93.33 6 David Ragan 13.3 121.5 92.54 83 Brian Vickers 17.6 107.6 89.65 14 Tony Stewart 16.1 117.2 89.06 31 Jeff Burton 19.6 101.0 87.17 24 Jeff Gordon 20.6 135.5 86.08 20 Joey Logano 16.0 91.2 85.39 2 Kurt Busch 12.6 107.3 85.010 1 Jamie McMurray 17.7 110.5 84.411 48 Jimmie Johnson 15.4 117.2 83.612 42 Juan Montoya 16.4 102.9 82.513 12 Brad Keselowski 14.3 98.9 81.814 17 Matt Kenseth 18.2 120.1 81.715 19 Elliott Sadler 20.4 105.0 80.116 18 Kyle Busch 23.2 112.7 79.717 39 Ryan Newman 20.7 111.3 76.618 29 Kevin Harvick 16.5 101.9 75.319 56 M Truex Jr. 26.9 91.9 74.520 66 Jeff Green 15.5 86.1 74.321 07 Casey Mears 20.9 91.4 73.622 8 Aric Almirola 25.3 105.3 73.423 34 Travis Kvapil 17.3 91.9 71.524 00 M McDowell 26.0 70.9 70.925 36 Scott Riggs 20.8 90.6 70.126 16 Greg Biffle 21.9 89.7 68.927 99 Carl Edwards 20.7 103.4 67.428 55 Michael Waltrip 22.2 100.7 66.729 9 Kasey Kahne 20.4 98.7 66.330 00 David Reutimann 25.3 85.1 66.231 98 Paul Menard 26.4 115.4 65.932 33 Mike Wallace 22.6 76.7 65.933 47 Marcos Ambrose 25.0 81.4 65.134 26 David Stremme 25.0 85.0 64.835 5 Mark Martin 27.6 85.5 64.736 33 Clint Bowyer 21.4 90.7 64.337 78 Regan Smith 25.8 79.1 63.738 82 Scott Speed 15.7 77.3 63.439 71 Bobby Labonte 20.8 81.1 62.940 18 J.J. Yeley 21.8 84.0 62.741 43 Reed Sorenson 24.1 91.8 61.442 87 Joe Nemechek 26.4 85.2 60.943 7 Robby Gordon 21.9 98.4 60.744 71 David Gilliland 23.5 94.4 60.645 77 Sam Hornish Jr. 33.3 73.5 59.046 36 Johnny Sauter 24.8 78.8 58.747 45 Terry Labonte 17.0 55.7 55.748 70 Tony Raines 20.7 81.0 55.249 11 Jason Leffler 26.0 53.4 53.450 66 Dave Blaney 24.4 87.2 53.251 09 Mike Bliss 26.0 72.8 51.952 60 Boris Said 31.0 53.5 51.153 27 J Villeneuve 21.0 50.5 50.554 61 Kevin Lepage 29.0 60.9 49.755 43 AJ Allmendinger 29.3 74.7 49.056 96 Ken Schrader 27.1 80.2 48.557 34 John Andretti 27.7 47.4 46.058 37 Richardson Jr. 22.0 48.7 42.259 13 Max Papis 29.0 50.0 42.160 10 P Carpentier 31.0 36.6 36.661 00 Hermie Sadler 36.0 41.0 35.062 38 Kevin Conway 30.0 32.4 32.463 27 K Shelmerdine 41.0 31.3 31.364 74 Derrike Cope 43.0 27.0 27.0
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