Homestead Driver Rating Stat Shows Kevin Harvick Better Than Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson

Here's what you need to know heading into Homestead for the championship picture:

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-Race
For point-paying races in current and past four years, at this track.
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Sunday, November 21, 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	99	Carl Edwards	5.0	147.1	111.0
2	17	Matt Kenseth	9.6	149.8	105.3
3	1	M Truex Jr.	6.8	117.6	103.8
4	29	Kevin Harvick	7.4	126.7	101.1
5	16	Greg Biffle	9.4	133.5	99.0
6	24	Jeff Gordon	9.4	116.0	95.1
7	11	Denny Hamlin	10.6	123.1	94.7
8	48	Jimmie Johnson	15.2	116.0	92.9
9	5	Mark Martin	10.3	113.9	91.9
10	31	Jeff Burton	17.8	121.8	88.7
11	33	Clint Bowyer	16.3	102.5	88.5
12	14	Tony Stewart	18.2	109.3	88.2
13	9	Kasey Kahne	13.4	129.7	88.1
14	07	Casey Mears	16.0	125.8	84.6
15	18	Kyle Busch	25.2	102.9	84.2
16	39	Ryan Newman	18.4	114.4	79.7
17	6	David Ragan	22.7	102.4	79.5
18	00	David Reutimann	20.0	95.0	78.8
19	2	Kurt Busch	23.0	125.1	78.3
20	22	Dave Blaney	16.5	100.3	77.6
21	44	AJ Allmendinger	10.5	86.9	76.9
22	26	Jamie McMurray	17.6	104.5	75.5
23	42	Juan Montoya	26.0	88.3	74.2
24	49	Mike Bliss	25.5	92.7	70.8
25	66	Scott Riggs	19.7	111.4	69.9
26	4	Todd Bodine	20.0	67.9	67.9
27	88	D Earnhardt Jr.	28.6	96.7	66.4
28	40	David Stremme	21.3	81.8	65.2
29	20	Joey Logano	24.0	64.0	64.0
30	02	David Gilliland	30.3	73.8	63.6
31	78	Joe Nemechek	24.3	79.3	61.5
32	82	Scott Speed	21.5	71.2	61.5
33	18	J.J. Yeley	30.5	75.4	57.2
34	21	Bill Elliott	20.3	67.3	54.7
35	43	Reed Sorenson	27.4	70.1	54.1
36	19	Elliott Sadler	33.2	78.4	53.8
37	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	29.0	70.6	53.0
38	70	Johnny Sauter	41.0	52.1	52.1
39	98	Paul Menard	27.0	74.7	52.0
40	7	Robby Gordon	29.2	71.8	51.4
41	12	Brad Keselowski	24.0	58.4	51.2
42	37	Travis Kvapil	25.8	73.7	50.6
43	66	Jeff Green	26.0	51.0	50.4
44	83	Brian Vickers	31.6	67.4	50.0
45	21	Ken Schrader	25.5	61.4	49.8
46	78	Regan Smith	33.0	41.8	41.3
47	71	Bobby Labonte	32.4	50.7	41.0
48	8	Aric Almirola	35.0	41.0	41.0
49	47	Marcos Ambrose	38.5	53.3	40.1
50	70	Tony Raines	28.7	47.1	38.9
51	55	Michael Waltrip	32.3	44.4	36.5
52	66	Kevin Lepage	35.0	36.1	36.1
53	34	John Andretti	33.0	31.9	31.9
54	45	Chad McCumbee	39.0	30.2	30.2
55	10	P Carpentier	40.0	27.6	27.6
56	36	M McDowell	43.0	27.0	27.0
57	08	Terry Labonte	42.0	23.8	23.8