Darlington NASCAR Next Gen Speed Rankings

Rank	Driver	Avg. Speed Ranking	#1 2022	#2 2022	#1 2023	#2 2023	#1 2024	#2 2024	2025 #1	2025 #2	2026 #1	2026 #2
1	Tyler Reddick	4.3	5	7	13	2	1	7	3	2	2	1
2	William Byron	5.5	3	5	2	6	5	4	1	14	7	8
3	Ryan Blaney	7.7	13	9	9	9	6		2	13	4	4
4	Denny Hamlin	7.8	11	2	17	3	10	1	4	6	8	16
5	Kyle Larson	8.8	5	18	5	1	7	2	26	8	12	4
6	Bubba Wallace	11.6	14	12	9	11	9	8	13	4	29	7
7	Christopher Bell	12.0	7	4	6	25	19	6	17	14	20	2
8	Josh Berry	12.5			30		11	4	10		17	3
9	Ross Chastain	12.6	2	11	1	15	15	19	9	5	21	28
10	Joey Logano	13.4	1	5	14	22	8	14	6	25	26	13
11	Ty Gibbs	14.6		21	20	23	3	9	21	12	12	10
12	Erik Jones	14.7	9	8	22	7	25	14	25	3	15	19
13	Chase Elliott	14.8	10	20	12	10	21	21	15	17	11	11
14	Brad Keselowski	14.9	27	19	8	8	2	19	20	24	1	21
15	Chris Buescher	16.0	29	31	25	5	4	11	4	17	3	31
16	Chase Briscoe	16.5	24	33	31	19	12	3	28	1	10	4
17	AJ Allmendinger	17.2			23	13			17	7	18	25
18	Austin Cindric	17.5	20	16	27	32	22	26	7	11	5	9
19	Ryan Preece	17.6			24	29	26	12	12	16	8	14
20	Alex Bowman	19.5	21	13		14	14	28	16	34		16
21	Daniel Suarez	20.0	11	14	17	17	35	27	23	33	5	18
22	Zane Smith	20.5					34	17	7	20	24	21
23	Carson Hocevar	21.9				24	28	23	35	19	12	12
24	Noah Gragson	22.0			25		20	16	19	21	23	30
25	Michael McDowell	22.5	19	10	23	35	17	33	29	27	17	15
26	Todd Gilliland	22.8	31	27	21	34	12	13	14	28	28	20
27	Austin Dillon	23.8	23	25	19	20	26	17	23	23	30	32
28	Corey Heim	24.0										24
29	John H Nemechek	25.2					28	29	33	9	26	26
30	Connor Zilisch	26.0									18	34
31	Cole Custer	26.5	26	14					32	22	32	33
32	Shane Van Gisbergen	26.6						30	29	30	16	28
33	Ty Dillon	26.6	12	22	27	29			22	32	34	35
34	Riley Herbst	27.0							34	29	22	23
35	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	27.2	17	26	9	18	31	32	34	35	33	37
36	Austin Hill	29.0							31			27
37	Cody Ware	35.3	34	34					37	36	35	36