Watkins Glen NASCAR Next Gen Speed Rankings

Rank	Driver	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Avg. SpeedR ank
1	Shane Van Gisbergen			1	1	1	1.0
2	Connor Zilisch					3	3.0
3	Michael McDowell	2	6	4	13	2	5.4
4	AJ Allmendinger	6	5		13	7	7.8
5	Chris Buescher	4	11	4	9	15	8.6
6	Ross Chastain	13	15	2	6	10	9.2
7	Ryan Blaney	20	12		3	5	10.0
8	Christopher Bell	8	4	20	2	25	11.8
9	William Byron	25	1	19	4	11	12.0
10	Ty Gibbs	28	2	22	8	6	13.2
11	Joey Logano	3	14	20	17	16	14.0
12	Tyler Reddick	12	13	27	18	4	14.8
13	Chase Briscoe	29	27	3	4	13	15.2
13	Kyle Busch	15	7	32	11	11	15.2
15	Ryan Preece		22	15	12	13	15.5
16	Daniel Suarez	5	26	17	10	20	15.6
17	Austin Cindric	19	24	12	16	9	16.0
17	Kyle Larson	10	8	16	20	26	16.0
19	Chase Elliott	7	17	11	28	28	18.2
20	Carson Hocevar			8	20	28	18.7
21	Bubba Wallace	26	9	30	15	18	19.6
22	Erik Jones	13	28	18	22	20	20.2
23	Todd Gilliland	1	20	27	34	23	21.0
24	John H Nemechek			24	24	16	21.3
25	Austin Dillon	27	16	34	24	8	21.8
25	Brad Keselowski	23	18	31	6	31	21.8
27	Cole Custer	8	34		28	18	22.0
27	Zane Smith			10	32	24	22.0
29	Noah Gragson			9	33	26	22.7
30	Alex Bowman	23	29	14	19	32	23.4
31	Josh Berry			13	27	33	24.3
32	Denny Hamlin	35	3	33	35	22	25.6
33	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	18	19		30	36	25.8
34	Ty Dillon	17	33		23	35	27.0
35	Riley Herbst				26	30	28.0
36	Cody Ware	37			36	34	35.7