Talladega NASCAR Next Gen Speed Rankings

Rank	Driver	#1 2022	#2 2022	#1 2023	#2 2023	#1 2024	#2 2024	#1 2025	#2 2025	2026 #1	2026 #2	Avg. Speed Ranking
1	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	4	3	2	3	12	11	7	2	7	32	8.3
2	Ross Chastain	22	13	5	1	6	12	11	15	2	7	9.4
3	Erik Jones	15	2	6	26	34	2	4	3	11	6	10.9
4	William Byron	19	11	1	28	19	6	21	11	17	2	13.5
5	Todd Gilliland	38	5	2	4	1	36	12	21	19	9	14.7
6	Alex Bowman	5		9	28	11	5	10	25	13	27	14.8
7	Noah Gragson	34	6	19		3	16	4	5	16	31	14.9
8	Shane Van Gisbergen					32	7	22	13	4	12	15.0
9	Chase Briscoe	1	14	13	9	24	17	2	26	30	15	15.1
10	Kyle Larson	21	21	6	34	18	4	1	22	23	3	15.3
11	Bubba Wallace	11	8	30	7	15	1	8	16	34	27	15.7
12	Carson Hoecevar				36	8	18	15	10	8	16	15.9
13	Chris Buescher	3	24	23	5	4	8	36	20	24	14	16.1
14	Ryan Preece			18	10	2	18	13	33	14	24	16.5
15	Chase Elliott	15	17	13	24	24	13	14	8	20	19	16.7
16	Cole Custer	27	12					18	23	3	18	16.8
17	Connor Zilisch									10	24	17.0
18	Tyler Reddick	31	16	36	12	29	9	3	12	27	8	18.3
19	Christopher Bell	8	29	32	6	29	20	4	8	11	38	18.5
20	Michael McDowell	29	26	38	2	5	32	20	18	15	4	18.9
21	Ty Gibbs		1	27	19	10	13	31	13	31	39	20.4
22	Riley Herbst			15	26			16	28	33	5	20.5
23	AJ Allmendinger			12	20		21	32	4	25	30	20.6
23	Daniel Suarez	23	21	6	25	19	38	17	19	9	29	20.6
25	Ty Dillon	23	8	24	7			9	36	37	22	20.8
26	Ryan Blaney	2	8	26	20	17	21	39	30	36	11	21.0
27	Joey Logano	25	4	34	30	28	21	24	7	26	17	21.6
28	Austin Cindric	18	6	17	16	27	28	28	39	31	9	21.9
29	Brad Keselowski	20	27	22	32	6	40	19	26	29	22	24.3
30	Josh Berry					26	28	27	29	18	26	25.7
31	Austin Dillon	17	30	25	31	22	34	35	37	6	21	25.8
32	Cody Ware	36	36			13	35	30	24	1	34	26.1
33	Zane Smith			35		35	15	26	16	28	33	26.9
34	Denny Hamlin	28	20	29	22	36	27	28	31	38	19	27.8
35	Austin Hill			37					35		12	28.0