Charlotte NASCAR Next Gen Speed Rankings
| Rank | Driver | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Avg. Speed Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4.6 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4.8 |
| 3 | Christopher Bell | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5.8 |
| 4 | William Byron | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6.0 |
| 5 | Ryan Blaney | 7 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 9.4 |
| 6 | Ty Gibbs | 17 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 9.8 | |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 11.0 |
| 8 | Kyle Larson | 13 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 12.3 | |
| 9 | Chris Buescher | 15 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13.2 |
| 10 | Chase Briscoe | 9 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 15.2 |
| 11 | AJ Allmendinger | 24 | 3 | 22 | 16.3 | ||
| 12 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 16.6 |
| 13 | Shane van Gisbergen | 31 | 17 | 6 | 18.0 | ||
| 14 | Brad Keselowski | 31 | 13 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 18.2 |
| 15 | Daniel Suarez | 4 | 27 | 16 | 31 | 13 | 18.2 |
| 16 | Bubba Wallace | 19 | 11 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 18.6 |
| 17 | Carson Hocevar | 28 | 5 | 23 | 18.7 | ||
| 18 | Ryan Preece | 23 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 18.8 | |
| 19 | Michael McDowell | 24 | 25 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 19.0 |
| 19 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 17 | 9 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 19.0 |
| 21 | Noah Gragson | 18 | 20 | 8 | 31 | 19.3 | |
| 22 | Alex Bowman | 17 | 15 | 3 | 29 | 33 | 19.4 |
| 22 | Erik Jones | 20 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 19.4 |
| 24 | Austin Cindric | 16 | 20 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 19.6 |
| 25 | Joey Logano | 11 | 13 | 24 | 34 | 17 | 19.8 |
| 26 | John H Nemechek | 25 | 10 | 29 | 21.3 | ||
| 27 | Zane Smith | 22 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 21.8 | |
| 28 | Josh Berry | 14 | 28 | 31 | 24.3 | ||
| 29 | Austin Dillon | 22 | 21 | 30 | 23 | 26 | 24.4 |
| 30 | Corey Heim | 25 | 25.0 | ||||
| 31 | Cole Custer | 21 | 35 | 21 | 25.7 | ||
| 32 | Riley Herbst | 32 | 28 | 30.0 | |||
| 33 | Todd Gilliland | 30 | 37 | 25 | 26 | 36 | 30.8 |
| 34 | Connor Zilisch | 37 | 26 | 31.5 | |||
| 35 | Ty Dillon | 29 | 35 | 37 | 22 | 35 | 31.6 |
| 36 | Cody Ware | 33 | 36 | 37 | 35.3 |