NASCAR Road Course Total Speed Rankings Since 2025 – Heading To Watkins Glen
| Rank | Driver | COTA 2025 | Mexico 2025 | Chicago 2025 | Sonoma 2025 | Watkins Glen 2025 | Roval 2025 | COTA 2026 | Avg. Speed Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.4 |
| 2 | Christopher Bell | 5 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6.7 |
| 3 | William Byron | 3 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 6.8 | |
| 4 | Chase Briscoe | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Michael McDowell | 13 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 8.7 |
| 5 | Ty Gibbs | 27 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8.7 |
| 7 | Ryan Blaney | 16 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 9.1 |
| 8 | AJ Allmendinger | 9 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 10.1 |
| 9 | Tyler Reddick | 4 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 10.4 |
| 10 | Kyle Larson | 21 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 11.1 |
| 11 | Ryan Preece | 13 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 11.6 |
| 12 | Connor Zilisch | 7 | 17 | 12.0 | |||||
| 13 | Chase Elliott | 10 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 28 | 7 | 12 | 12.1 |
| 13 | Ross Chastain | 11 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 12.1 |
| 15 | Chris Buescher | 11 | 19 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 12.7 |
| 16 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 12 | 12.9 |
| 17 | Bubba Wallace | 19 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 17.6 |
| 18 | Brad Keselowski | 17 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 17.7 | |
| 19 | Joey Logano | 25 | 30 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 18.3 |
| 20 | Alex Bowman | 17 | 9 | 21 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 31 | 18.6 |
| 20 | Daniel Suarez | 6 | 18 | 34 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 18.6 |
| 22 | Cole Custer | 24 | 12 | 29 | 20 | 28 | 16 | 32 | 23.0 |
| 22 | Ty Dillon | 33 | 15 | 32 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 23 | 23.0 |
| 24 | Austin Cindric | 31 | 19 | 25 | 26 | 16 | 33 | 22 | 24.6 |
| 25 | Riley Herbst | 22 | 17 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 24.9 |
| 26 | Denny Hamlin | 25 | 14 | 33 | 35 | 25 | 19 | 25.2 | |
| 27 | Carson Hocevar | 15 | 26 | 34 | 20 | 35 | 25 | 25.8 | |
| 28 | John H. Nemechek | 30 | 24 | 13 | 28 | 24 | 32 | 30 | 25.9 |
| 29 | Austin Dillon | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 34 | 29 | 26.3 | |
| 30 | Josh Berry | 32 | 22 | 15 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 33 | 26.4 |
| 31 | Zane Smith | 36 | 33 | 19 | 21 | 32 | 26 | 20 | 26.7 |
| 32 | Todd Gilliland | 29 | 29 | 25 | 34 | 23 | 26 | 27.7 | |
| 33 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 34 | 32 | 24 | 23 | 30 | 24 | 35 | 28.9 |
| 34 | Erik Jones | 34 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 22 | 30 | 37 | 29.0 |
| 35 | Noah Gragson | 28 | 35 | 22 | 35 | 33 | 29 | 34 | 30.9 |
| 36 | Cody Ware | 37 | 36 | 30 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 35.4 |