Guess Who? The Top Driver In NASCAR's Phoenix Driver Rating Is...

Don't go thinking Jimmie Johnson has been thwarted in an attempt to win his fifth straight championship just yet.

Though Denny Hamlin is the current points leader, NASCAR's driver rating stat tells us the Chase is far from over.

Johnson is by far the best driver at Phoenix, according to the stat, meaning he could very well pick up ground on Hamlin (eighth) and Harvick (10th) on Sunday.

For your fantasy team, sleeper picks include Martin Truex Jr. (11th) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (13th). Avoid Joey Logano (21st) and Jamie McMurray (20th).

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Phoenix International Raceway
Sunday, November 14, 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: 11

Rank	Car	Driver	   Avg Finish	High	AVG DRIVER RATING
1	48	Jimmie Johnson	4.2	149.9	123.7
2	5	Mark Martin	8.7	145.6	102.3
3	24	Jeff Gordon	11.8	133.2	101.1
4	2	Kurt Busch	13.2	150.0	98.7
5	99	Carl Edwards	10.5	117.6	98.6
6	16	Greg Biffle	15.6	144.2	96.2
7	14	Tony Stewart	13.2	130.4	96.2
8	11	Denny Hamlin	11.6	118.2	95.2
9	18	Kyle Busch	13.9	121.3	94.8
10	29	Kevin Harvick	13.9	150.0	94.6
11	56	M Truex Jr.	15.7	121.4	88.5
12	31	Jeff Burton	10.5	101.7	86.2
13	88	D Earnhardt Jr.	20.8	127.3	86.1
14	39	Ryan Newman	21.5	112.5	85.9
15	33	Clint Bowyer	14.9	114.5	84.7
16	17	Matt Kenseth	18.4	120.9	83.3
17	42	Juan Montoya	17.1	128.8	81.6
18	47	Marcos Ambrose	13.5	87.3	79.9
19	43	AJ Allmendinger	19.8	90.6	76.9
20	1	Jamie McMurray	19.7	123.9	76.0
21	20	Joey Logano	17.3	111.0	73.4
22	00	David Reutimann	18.8	107.8	73.3
23	9	Kasey Kahne	22.2	105.2	71.7
24	83	Brian Vickers	23.7	118.4	71.0
25	71	Bobby Labonte	18.0	105.7	70.7
26	66	Jeff Green	22.0	92.7	65.7
27	07	Casey Mears	25.1	85.2	63.1
28	96	J.J. Yeley	24.4	88.1	62.6
29	12	Brad Keselowski	26.5	67.1	61.9
30	6	David Ragan	24.9	78.8	60.6
31	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	21.2	85.5	60.5
32	35	Johnny Sauter	26.7	83.6	60.0
33	43	Reed Sorenson	26.8	71.0	58.6
34	01	Aric Almirola	26.0	55.6	55.6
35	55	Michael Waltrip	30.0	118.0	54.8
36	7	Robby Gordon	27.1	86.4	54.8
37	98	Paul Menard	25.0	64.5	53.5
38	12	David Stremme	25.6	73.0	53.4
39	78	Regan Smith	28.0	68.0	53.2
40	19	Elliott Sadler	27.2	87.1	53.1
41	49	Mike Bliss	30.7	63.2	52.6
42	90	Scott Riggs	31.8	65.4	52.3
43	34	Travis Kvapil	25.7	74.1	50.1
44	55	Dave Blaney	31.4	69.1	50.1
45	37	David Gilliland	28.0	76.7	49.6
46	96	Ken Schrader	27.2	72.6	49.5
47	4	Mike Wallace	27.0	49.5	49.5
48	87	Joe Nemechek	29.4	86.8	48.3
49	37	Tony Raines	29.2	74.4	47.3
50	82	Scott Speed	32.0	64.6	45.1
51	11	Jason Leffler	29.0	43.7	43.7
52	37	Kevin Lepage	28.0	36.9	36.9
53	66	M McDowell	39.3	41.7	35.6
54	10	P Carpentier	33.0	38.3	35.4
55	38	Kevin Conway	33.0	33.8	33.8
56	21	Bill Elliott	31.3	44.1	33.5
57	34	John Andretti	36.0	36.5	32.6
58	13	Max Papis	36.0	35.1	32.5
59	02	Brandon Ash	43.0	29.4	29.4
60	46	Terry Cook	34.0	28.9	28.9
61	27	J Villeneuve	41.0	26.3	26.3