Every year, Tony Stewart holds a fantasy camp of sorts at Texas Motor Speedway called the “Smoke Show.”
Texas Driver Rating Hints At A Smoke Show On Sunday
Well, according to NASCAR’s driver rating, Sunday’s race at Texas could turn into the “Smoke Show” as well.
Stewart is the top pick for your fantasy team or gambling, according to driver rating, ahead of Matt Kenseth.
Jimmie Johnson leads the three-man Chase battle thanks to his No. 3 spot. Denny Hamlin is sixth, but Kevin Harvick is all the way back in 15th – not a good sign for the current third-place contender.
Here’s the full list:
AAA Texas 500 Pre-RaceFor point-paying races in current and past four years, at this track.Texas Motor SpeedwaySunday, November 7, 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 12.9 149.7 105.72 17 Matt Kenseth 7.7 133.8 101.63 48 Jimmie Johnson 10.8 130.6 99.04 18 Kyle Busch 14.7 135.8 98.35 99 Carl Edwards 17.5 146.7 97.86 11 Denny Hamlin 9.6 123.1 97.27 88 D Earnhardt Jr. 15.5 116.5 96.48 16 Greg Biffle 18.4 149.2 95.59 2 Kurt Busch 14.1 134.8 94.510 24 Jeff Gordon 14.6 136.3 93.711 33 Clint Bowyer 15.3 119.5 88.412 5 Mark Martin 11.5 123.4 88.113 56 M Truex Jr. 13.9 117.8 86.514 31 Jeff Burton 12.9 126.8 86.015 29 Kevin Harvick 12.1 107.6 83.016 00 David Reutimann 26.3 108.6 82.217 9 Kasey Kahne 23.2 131.4 81.518 42 Juan Montoya 24.7 91.2 78.319 07 Casey Mears 16.1 112.1 77.720 1 Jamie McMurray 17.7 124.0 77.721 47 Marcos Ambrose 23.5 99.7 71.422 39 Ryan Newman 20.2 108.4 68.523 6 David Ragan 24.1 88.7 68.324 83 Brian Vickers 24.9 92.5 63.425 43 AJ Allmendinger 24.4 85.1 61.826 98 Paul Menard 25.3 84.7 61.427 12 David Stremme 22.0 90.4 60.428 37 David Gilliland 26.4 77.7 60.329 66 Scott Riggs 24.5 91.1 59.630 32 Reed Sorenson 31.3 90.7 59.531 19 Elliott Sadler 24.5 87.1 59.332 96 Tony Raines 19.0 76.7 58.633 96 J.J. Yeley 31.4 87.4 57.734 66 Jeff Green 23.6 78.6 57.135 77 Sam Hornish Jr. 26.2 75.0 57.036 71 Bobby Labonte 26.1 92.4 55.737 55 Michael Waltrip 27.6 108.8 55.338 82 Scott Speed 22.3 62.0 54.339 96 Ken Schrader 28.5 66.9 53.440 12 Brad Keselowski 22.8 63.3 52.141 20 Joey Logano 29.3 66.6 52.042 7 Robby Gordon 31.0 75.5 50.743 55 Dave Blaney 29.3 61.1 46.844 09 Mike Bliss 31.2 82.9 46.345 34 Travis Kvapil 26.1 64.9 46.146 87 Joe Nemechek 30.5 68.8 44.747 21 Bill Elliott 31.6 55.8 42.448 70 Johnny Sauter 30.0 59.6 41.849 10 P Carpentier 28.0 41.7 41.750 78 Regan Smith 30.6 55.9 41.651 34 John Andretti 30.0 47.9 40.952 36 Boris Said 27.0 40.5 40.553 11 Jason Leffler 36.0 40.1 40.154 44 Terry Labonte 33.0 51.2 40.055 4 Mike Wallace 30.5 48.7 39.056 13 Max Papis 28.5 46.7 37.157 61 Kevin Lepage 32.5 37.1 34.258 38 Kevin Conway 27.0 32.9 32.959 66 M McDowell 38.3 33.5 32.060 8 Aric Almirola 33.0 31.9 31.961 66 Hermie Sadler 29.0 31.4 31.462 74 Derrike Cope 41.0 25.8 25.8











