Preseason NNS Driver Ratings

These ratings are based off real-life NASCAR Busch Series data.

ppr=points per race

Full-Time Cup Drivers

Tier 1 (77-92)
Kyle Busch = 154.89 ppr
Kevin Harvick = 153.58 ppr
Clint Bowyer = 148.59 ppr
Matt Kenseth = 143.79 ppr
Tony Stewart = 143.58 ppr
Casey Mears = 138.58 ppr
Carl Edwards = 137.29 ppr
Dale Earnhardt Jr. = 133.60 ppr
Scott Wimmer = 133.57 ppr

Tier 2 (73-88)
Jeff Gordon = 127.40 ppr (2000 Data)
Kasey Kahne = 122.17 ppr
David Stremme = 119.54 ppr
Scott Riggs = 115.00 ppr
Jason Leffler = 114.17 ppr
Brian Vickers = 113.71 ppr
Greg Biffle = 111.81 ppr
Ryan Newman = 106.38 ppr
Bobby Labonte = 103.32 ppr
J.J. Yeley = 96.30 ppr
Travis Kvapil = 85.00 ppr
Johnny Sauter = 73.38 ppr
Steve Park = 58.50 ppr (2006 Data)

NNS Drivers

Tier 1 (75-90)
Johnny Benson = 138.00 ppr
Ron Hornaday Jr. = 123.00 ppr ***-5 for Old Age Rule***
Todd Bodine = 117.83 ppr
Aric Almirola = 108.83 ppr
Regan Smith = 107.06 ppr
Kevin Hamlin = 106.86 ppr
Brad Coleman = 105.59 ppr
Jason Keller = 105.05 ppr
Casey Atwood = 103.00 ppr
Stephen Leicht = 102.94 ppr

Tier 2 (70-85)
Marcos Ambrose = 99.34 ppr
Tony Raines = 99.22 ppr
Reed Sorenson = 99.00 ppr
David Green = 98.00 ppr ***-5 for Old Age Rule***
Mike Wallace = 97.03 ppr ***-4 for Old Age Rule***
Kelly Bires = 95.79 ppr
Danny O'Quinn Jr. = 95.20 ppr
Jay Sauter = 94.00 ppr ***-1 for Old Age Rule***
Brad Keselowski = 91.88 ppr
Steve Grissom = 88.00 ppr
Kerry Earnhardt = 88.00 ppr
Jeff Green = 85.00 ppr
David Gilliland = 84.05 ppr

Tier 3 (65-80)
Steven Wallace = 80.94 ppr
Stanton Barrett = 80.31 ppr
Kyle Krisiloff = 79.94 ppr
Brent Sherman = 75.78 ppr
Kenny Wallace = 73.00 ppr
Robert Richardson Jr. = 71.63 ppr

Tier 4 (60-75)
Justin Ashburn = 67.00 ppr
D.J. Kennington = 65.36 ppr
Mark Green = 64.09 ppr ***-4 for Old Age Rule***
Eric McClure = 63.04 ppr
Sam Hornish Jr. = 61.22 ppr
Brett Rowe = 58.22 ppr
Derrike Cope = 55.00 ppr ***-4 for Old Age Rule***
Kertus Davis = 53.09 ppr
Kevin Lepage = 51.00 ppr ***-1 for Old Age Rule***
John Andretti = 46.00 ppr
Mike Harmon = 43.00 ppr ***-5 for Old Age Rule***
Morgan Shepherd = 39.48 ppr ***-21 for Old Age Rule***
Mike Potter = 37.00 ppr ***-14 for Old Age Rule***
Brad Teague = 36.88 ppr ***-15 for Old Age Rule***
Jason White = 0.00 ppr

Former NNS Drivers Returning After Year-Plus Hiatus (60-82)
T.J. Bell
Chad Chaffin
Johnny Chapman
Joey Clanton
Aaron Fike
Larry Gunselman ***-2 for Old Age Rule***
Buckshot Jones
Justin Labonte
Shawna Robinson
Clay Rogers
Dennis Setzer
Mike Skinner ***-6 for Old Age Rule***

In-Between Drivers (60-85)
Todd Kluever
Juan Montoya
David Ragan
David Reutimann

Rookies (55-85)
Willie Allen
Justin Allgaier
A.J. Allmendinger
Michael Annett
Chase Austin
Blake Bjorklund
John Borneman III
Trevor Boys ***-5 for Old Age Rule***
Colin Braun
Ken Butler III
Sean Caisse
Patrick Carpentier
Landon Cassill
Ted Christopher ***-5 for Old Age Rule***
Bryan Clauson
Jeremy Clements
Jennifer Jo Cobb
Carlos Contreras
Kevin Conway
Terry Cook
Matt Crafton
Erik Darnell
Justin Diercks
Austin Dillon
Danny Efland
Blake Feese
Dario Franchitti
Cale Gale
Brendan Gaughan
Bobby Gerhart ***-4 for Old Age Rule***
Benny Gordon
Kenny Hendrick
Brett Hudson
Brian Keselowski
Kraig Kinser
Scott Lagasse Jr.
Donny Lia
Joey Logano
Carl Long
Tayler Malsam
Justin Marks
David Mayhew
Tim McCreadie
Chad McCumbee
Michael McDowell
Chase Miller
Marc Mitchell
Donnie Neuenberger
J.R. Norris
Timothy Peters
Jimmy Phelps
Chase Pistone
German Quiroga Jr.
Bobby Santos III
Tim Schendel
Brian Scott
Peyton Sellers
Patrick Sheltra
Shane Sieg
Bryan Silas
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Josh Wise

Road Course Ringers (55-85 for Non-Specific Categories; 0-0 for Oval Categories)
Chris Cook
Ron Fellows ***-3 for Old Age Rule***
J.R. Fitzpatrick
Joe Fox
Jorge Goeters
Marc Goossens
Tom Hubert
Niclas Jonsson
Ruben Pardo
Andy Pilgrim ***-6 for Old Age Rule***
Scott Pruett ***-3 for Old Age Rule***
Boris Said
Jacques VIlleneuve