Here’s what you need to know heading into Homestead for the championship picture:
Homestead Driver Rating Stat Shows Kevin Harvick Better Than Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson
Kevin Harvick is the fourth-best driver at the 1.5-mile South Florida track, followed by Denny Hamlin (seventh) and Jimmie Johnson (eighth).
That’s not a prediction of the actual finishing order, but it does show Harvick is historically strong at Homestead – which could help his chances of overcoming a 46-point deficit.
Unfortunately for him, Hamlin and Johnson are good there as well.
Many of you may have a fantasy racing championship on the line this week, too. The sleeper no one is talking about: Martin Truex Jr., who is third in driver rating.
The final pre-race driver rating of 2010:
Ford 400 Pre-RaceFor point-paying races in current and past four years, at this track.Homestead-Miami SpeedwaySunday, November 21, 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 99 Carl Edwards 5.0 147.1 111.02 17 Matt Kenseth 9.6 149.8 105.33 1 M Truex Jr. 6.8 117.6 103.84 29 Kevin Harvick 7.4 126.7 101.15 16 Greg Biffle 9.4 133.5 99.06 24 Jeff Gordon 9.4 116.0 95.17 11 Denny Hamlin 10.6 123.1 94.78 48 Jimmie Johnson 15.2 116.0 92.99 5 Mark Martin 10.3 113.9 91.910 31 Jeff Burton 17.8 121.8 88.711 33 Clint Bowyer 16.3 102.5 88.512 14 Tony Stewart 18.2 109.3 88.213 9 Kasey Kahne 13.4 129.7 88.114 07 Casey Mears 16.0 125.8 84.615 18 Kyle Busch 25.2 102.9 84.216 39 Ryan Newman 18.4 114.4 79.717 6 David Ragan 22.7 102.4 79.518 00 David Reutimann 20.0 95.0 78.819 2 Kurt Busch 23.0 125.1 78.320 22 Dave Blaney 16.5 100.3 77.621 44 AJ Allmendinger 10.5 86.9 76.922 26 Jamie McMurray 17.6 104.5 75.523 42 Juan Montoya 26.0 88.3 74.224 49 Mike Bliss 25.5 92.7 70.825 66 Scott Riggs 19.7 111.4 69.926 4 Todd Bodine 20.0 67.9 67.927 88 D Earnhardt Jr. 28.6 96.7 66.428 40 David Stremme 21.3 81.8 65.229 20 Joey Logano 24.0 64.0 64.030 02 David Gilliland 30.3 73.8 63.631 78 Joe Nemechek 24.3 79.3 61.532 82 Scott Speed 21.5 71.2 61.533 18 J.J. Yeley 30.5 75.4 57.234 21 Bill Elliott 20.3 67.3 54.735 43 Reed Sorenson 27.4 70.1 54.136 19 Elliott Sadler 33.2 78.4 53.837 77 Sam Hornish Jr. 29.0 70.6 53.038 70 Johnny Sauter 41.0 52.1 52.139 98 Paul Menard 27.0 74.7 52.040 7 Robby Gordon 29.2 71.8 51.441 12 Brad Keselowski 24.0 58.4 51.242 37 Travis Kvapil 25.8 73.7 50.643 66 Jeff Green 26.0 51.0 50.444 83 Brian Vickers 31.6 67.4 50.045 21 Ken Schrader 25.5 61.4 49.846 78 Regan Smith 33.0 41.8 41.347 71 Bobby Labonte 32.4 50.7 41.048 8 Aric Almirola 35.0 41.0 41.049 47 Marcos Ambrose 38.5 53.3 40.150 70 Tony Raines 28.7 47.1 38.951 55 Michael Waltrip 32.3 44.4 36.552 66 Kevin Lepage 35.0 36.1 36.153 34 John Andretti 33.0 31.9 31.954 45 Chad McCumbee 39.0 30.2 30.255 10 P Carpentier 40.0 27.6 27.656 36 M McDowell 43.0 27.0 27.057 08 Terry Labonte 42.0 23.8 23.8
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