Kansas NASCAR Next Gen Speed Rankings
| 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 | Denny Hamlin | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 2 | Christopher Bell | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6.7 |
| 4 | Chase Elliott | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7.8 |
| 5 | Ryan Blaney | 8 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 9.4 |
| 6 | Tyler Reddick | 15 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 10.6 |
| 7 | Bubba Wallace | 9 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 10.7 |
| 8 | William Byron | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 11.1 |
| 9 | Alex Bowman | 10 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 11.8 | |
| 10 | Ross Chastain | 3 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 12.3 |
| 11 | Ty Gibbs | 25 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 13.4 | |
| 12 | Chris Buescher | 27 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 13 | Brad Keselowski | 17 | 21 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 14.5 |
| 14 | Joey Logano | 17 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 9 | 15.8 |
| 15 | Carson Hocevar | 22 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 16.1 | |||
| 16 | Austin Cindric | 12 | 14 | 32 | 31 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 17.3 |
| 17 | Corey Heim | 24 | 18 | 11 | 17.7 | |||||||
| 18 | Josh Berry | 19 | 28 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 20.2 | ||||
| 19 | Zane Smith | 26 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 31 | 30 | 20.3 | ||||
| 20 | Chase Briscoe | 29 | 17 | 35 | 28 | 31 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 20.5 |
| 21 | Noah Gragson | 24 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 30 | 18 | 22.0 | |
| 22 | Ryan Preece | 31 | 27 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 32 | 16 | 13 | 22.3 | ||
| 23 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 14 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 27 | 15 | 26 | 35 | 22.4 |
| 24 | Daniel Suarez | 31 | 14 | 14 | 22 | 34 | 18 | 24 | 31 | 23 | 19 | 23.0 |
| 25 | Erik Jones | 24 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 28 | 15 | 23.1 | |
| 26 | AJ Allmendinger | 21 | 19 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 27 | 23.2 | ||||
| 27 | Todd Gilliland | 32 | 31 | 27 | 33 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 34 | 15 | 16 | 24.8 |
| 28 | Austin Dillon | 20 | 20 | 17 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 31 | 35 | 21 | 26 | 24.9 |
| 29 | Michael McDowell | 19 | 18 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 35 | 28 | 25.3 |
| 30 | Shane van Gisbergen | 34 | 20 | 33 | 29 | 29.0 | ||||||
| 31 | Riley Herbst | 38 | 32 | 33 | 14 | 31 | 29.6 | |||||
| 32 | Cole Custer | 22 | 28 | 32 | 35 | 29 | 32 | 34 | 30.3 | |||
| 33 | Austin Hill | 37 | 24 | 30.5 | ||||||||
| 34 | Ty Dillon | 23 | 26 | 30 | 36 | 33 | 38 | 30 | 36 | 33 | 31.7 | |
| 35 | Connor Zilisch | 34 | 32 | 33.0 | ||||||||
| 36 | Cody Ware | 35 | 33 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 35.8 |
