Darlington: Pre-Race Driver Rating

Here's a look at NASCAR's driver rating for Darlington heading into a weekend that can be tough on both drivers and your fantasy team.

We recommend paying close attention to these ratings this week.

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Darlington Raceway
Saturday, May 8, 2010

Driver Rating
Formula 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 RATING
1	16	Greg Biffle	13.6	144.4	123.1
2	24	Jeff Gordon	2.6	119.2	114.4
3	48	Jimmie Johnson	5.8	125.5	112.1
4	11	Denny Hamlin	8.0	137.6	102.7
5	39	Ryan Newman	11.2	118.2	100.7
6	20	Joey Logano	9.0	98.8	98.8
7	1	M. Truex Jr.	11.3	122.4	96.8
8	18	Kyle Busch	20.4	138.6	96.2
9	88	D.Earnhardt Jr.	10.4	117.7	95.1
10	99	Carl Edwards	17.4	117.0	91.9
10	5	Mark Martin	8.6	116.3	91.9
12	9	Kasey Kahne	17.8	122.7	91.6
13	17	Matt Kenseth	10.4	119.1	91.2
14	14	Tony Stewart	10.4	112.2	87.7
15	25	Brad Keselowski	7.0	85.9	85.9
16	31	Jeff Burton	12.4	91.7	85.1
17	26	Jamie McMurray	19.4	95.7	78.4
18	2	Kurt Busch	19.2	99.4	77.4
19	29	Kevin Harvick	23.6	89.5	76.9
20	33	Clint Bowyer	21.0	102.8	75.3
21	0	Mike Bliss	19.0	72.3	72.3
22	96	Bobby Labonte	18.8	75.0	69.7
23	6	David Ragan	23.3	97.5	68.4
24	28	Travis Kvapil	24.3	94.8	61.1
25	83	Brian Vickers	31.2	77.6	60.8
26	00	David Reutimann	27.0	74.9	60.5
27	78	Joe Nemechek	21.5	84.8	60.5
28	96	J.J. Yeley	23.3	66.1	59.4
29	07	Casey Mears	32.4	80.3	59.3
30	19	Elliott Sadler	25.2	77.7	59.0
31	43	Reed Sorenson	25.5	82.2	58.2
32	66	Dave Blaney	27.6	100.4	57.0
33	12	David Stremme	27.7	70.5	56.8
34	78	Regan Smith	25.0	58.5	55.5
35	70	Johnny Sauter	29.0	55.4	55.4
36	7	Robby Gordon	28.0	93.5	52.5
37	36	Scott Riggs	30.8	74.1	52.0
38	42	Juan Montoya	22.0	62.7	51.0
39	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	34.0	67.4	50.3
40	98	Paul Menard	27.3	63.6	49.1
41	44	AJ Allmendinger	26.7	54.8	48.9
42	00	M. McDowell	28.0	48.5	48.5
43	4	Mike Wallace	24.0	46.9	46.9
44	34	Tony Raines	28.0	58.5	46.1
45	71	David Gilliland	31.0	63.4	44.3
46	55	Michael Waltrip	33.3	51.1	40.6
47	87	Scott Speed	26.0	38.8	38.8
48	21	Bill Elliott	30.0	38.1	38.1
49	47	Marcos Ambrose	33.0	37.5	37.5
50	13	Max Papis	35.0	28.1	28.1
51	34	Jeff Fuller	43.0	25.3	25.3
52	74	Derrike Cope	43.0	23.3	23.3