Texas Driver Rating Hints At A Smoke Show On Sunday

Every year, Tony Stewart holds a fantasy camp of sorts at Texas Motor Speedway called the "Smoke Show."

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:

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Texas Motor Speedway
Sunday, November 7, 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	14	Tony Stewart	12.9	149.7	105.7
2	17	Matt Kenseth	7.7	133.8	101.6
3	48	Jimmie Johnson	10.8	130.6	99.0
4	18	Kyle Busch	14.7	135.8	98.3
5	99	Carl Edwards	17.5	146.7	97.8
6	11	Denny Hamlin	9.6	123.1	97.2
7	88	D Earnhardt Jr.	15.5	116.5	96.4
8	16	Greg Biffle	18.4	149.2	95.5
9	2	Kurt Busch	14.1	134.8	94.5
10	24	Jeff Gordon	14.6	136.3	93.7
11	33	Clint Bowyer	15.3	119.5	88.4
12	5	Mark Martin	11.5	123.4	88.1
13	56	M Truex Jr.	13.9	117.8	86.5
14	31	Jeff Burton	12.9	126.8	86.0
15	29	Kevin Harvick	12.1	107.6	83.0
16	00	David Reutimann	26.3	108.6	82.2
17	9	Kasey Kahne	23.2	131.4	81.5
18	42	Juan Montoya	24.7	91.2	78.3
19	07	Casey Mears	16.1	112.1	77.7
20	1	Jamie McMurray	17.7	124.0	77.7
21	47	Marcos Ambrose	23.5	99.7	71.4
22	39	Ryan Newman	20.2	108.4	68.5
23	6	David Ragan	24.1	88.7	68.3
24	83	Brian Vickers	24.9	92.5	63.4
25	43	AJ Allmendinger	24.4	85.1	61.8
26	98	Paul Menard	25.3	84.7	61.4
27	12	David Stremme	22.0	90.4	60.4
28	37	David Gilliland	26.4	77.7	60.3
29	66	Scott Riggs	24.5	91.1	59.6
30	32	Reed Sorenson	31.3	90.7	59.5
31	19	Elliott Sadler	24.5	87.1	59.3
32	96	Tony Raines	19.0	76.7	58.6
33	96	J.J. Yeley	31.4	87.4	57.7
34	66	Jeff Green	23.6	78.6	57.1
35	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	26.2	75.0	57.0
36	71	Bobby Labonte	26.1	92.4	55.7
37	55	Michael Waltrip	27.6	108.8	55.3
38	82	Scott Speed	22.3	62.0	54.3
39	96	Ken Schrader	28.5	66.9	53.4
40	12	Brad Keselowski	22.8	63.3	52.1
41	20	Joey Logano	29.3	66.6	52.0
42	7	Robby Gordon	31.0	75.5	50.7
43	55	Dave Blaney	29.3	61.1	46.8
44	09	Mike Bliss	31.2	82.9	46.3
45	34	Travis Kvapil	26.1	64.9	46.1
46	87	Joe Nemechek	30.5	68.8	44.7
47	21	Bill Elliott	31.6	55.8	42.4
48	70	Johnny Sauter	30.0	59.6	41.8
49	10	P Carpentier	28.0	41.7	41.7
50	78	Regan Smith	30.6	55.9	41.6
51	34	John Andretti	30.0	47.9	40.9
52	36	Boris Said	27.0	40.5	40.5
53	11	Jason Leffler	36.0	40.1	40.1
54	44	Terry Labonte	33.0	51.2	40.0
55	4	Mike Wallace	30.5	48.7	39.0
56	13	Max Papis	28.5	46.7	37.1
57	61	Kevin Lepage	32.5	37.1	34.2
58	38	Kevin Conway	27.0	32.9	32.9
59	66	M McDowell	38.3	33.5	32.0
60	8	Aric Almirola	33.0	31.9	31.9
61	66	Hermie Sadler	29.0	31.4	31.4
62	74	Derrike Cope	41.0	25.8	25.8