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2010 IRL Driver Rankings
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:25 am
by mlittle
After numerous consultations w/motorsports experts and analysts, numerous trips into the proverbial whiskey bottle and numerous glances into the proverbial crystal ball, it is time once again to release the initial set of driver rankings for 2010.
These initial rankings are based on the following factors.............
---Wins
---Poles
---Finishes(2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th)
---2009 Points Finish
---a Team "fudge factor"(the better the team in 2009, the bigger the 'adjustment')
---my own gut feelings about the season as a whole
With that................here are the initial driver rankings for 2010.
1st} Dario Franchitti, 10 pts
2nd} Ryan Briscoe, 9 pts
3rd} Helio Castroneves, 8 pts
4th} Scott Dixon, 7 pts
5th} Graham Rahal, 6 pts
6th} Danica Patrick, 5 pts
7th} Tony Kanaan, 4 pts
8th} Hideki Mutoh, 3 pts
9th} Will Power, 2 pts
t-10th}[10]Marco Andretti, 1 pt
t-10th}[11]Dan Wheldon, 1 pt
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:03 am
by mlittle
Current Top-10 Driver Rankings
Event: Sao Paulo Indy 300(rd.1 of 17)
1st} Dario Franchitti, 14 pts(nc)
t-2nd}[2]Scott Dixon, 12 pts(+2)
t-2nd}[3]Will Power, 12 pts(+7)
4th} Helio Castroneves, 10 pts(-1)
t-5th}[5]Ryan Briscoe, 9 pts(-3)
t-5th}[6]Ryan Hunter-Reay, 9 pts(nr)
7th} Vitor Meira, 8 pts(nr)
t-8th}[8]Dan Wheldon, 7 pts(+3)
t-8th}[9]Raphael Matos, 7 pts(nr)
10th} Graham Rahal, 6 pts(-5)
In: Hunter-Reay, Meira, Matos
Out: Patrick, Kanaan, Mutoh, Andretti
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:48 am
by mlittle
Current Top-10 Driver Rankings...........
Event: Honda Grand Prix of St. Pete(rd.2 of 17)
1st} Will Power, 22 pts(+2)
2nd} Dario Franchitti, 20 pts(-1)
t-3rd}[3]Ryan Briscoe, 17 pts(+2)
t-3rd}[4]Helio Castroneves, 17 pts(nc)
5th} Scott Dixon, 12 pts(-3)
6th} Raphael Matos, 10 pts(+3)
t-7th}[7]Danica Patrick, 9 pts(nr)
t-7th}[8]Ryan Hunter-Reay, 9 pts(-2)
t-7th}[9]Justin Wilson, 9 pts(nr)
t-10th}[10]Graham Rahal, 8 pts(nc)
t-10th}[11]Vitor Meira, 8 pts(-4)
In: Patrick, Wilson
Out: Wheldon
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 2:10 pm
by mlittle
Current Top-10 Driver Rankings............
Event: Alabama Indy Grand Prix(rd.3 of 17)
1st} Will Power, 29 pts(nc)
2nd} Dario Franchitti, 28 pts(nc)
3rd} Helio Castroneves, 27 pts(+1)
4th} Ryan Briscoe, 22 pts(-1)
5th} Scott Dixon, 21 pts(nc)
6th} Justin Wilson, 13 pts(+3)
7th} Raphael Matos, 10 pts(-1)
t-8th}[8]Danica Patrick, 9 pts(-1)
t-8th}[9]Ryan Hunter-Reay, 9 pts(-1)
t-8th}[10]Tony Kanaan, 9 pts(nr)
In: Kanaan
Out: Rahal, Meira
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:21 pm
by mlittle
Current Top-10 Driver Rankings.............
Event: 36th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach(rd.4 of 17)
1st} Will Power, 37 pts(nc)
2nd} Helio Castroneves, 31 pts(+1)
t-3rd}[3]Dario Franchitti, 28 pts(-1)
t-3rd}[4]Scott Dixon, 28 pts(+1)
5th} Ryan Briscoe, 25 pts(-1)
6th} Justin Wilson, 22 pts(nc)
7th} Ryan Hunter-Reay, 19 pts(+2)
8th} Tony Kanaan, 15 pts(+2)
9th} Raphael Matos, 10 pts(-2)
t-10th}[10]Danica Patrick, 9 pts(-1)
t-10th}[11]Dan Wheldon, 9 pts(nr)
In: Wheldon
Out: n/a
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 2:41 pm
by mlittle
Current Top-10(+) Driver Rankings
Event: RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300(rd.5 of 17)
t-1st}[1]Helio Castroneves, 38 pts(+1)
t-1st}[2]Scott Dixon, 38 pts(+2)
t-3rd}[3]Will Power, 37 pts(-2)
t-3rd}[4]Dario Franchitti, 37 pts(-1)
5th} Ryan Briscoe, 30 pts(nc)
6th} Ryan Hunter-Reay, 25 pts(+1)
7th} Tony Kanaan, 23 pts(+1)
8th} Justin Wilson, 22 pts(-2)
9th} Raphael Matos, 10 pts(nc)
t-10th}[10]Danica Patrick, 9 pts(nc)
t-10th}[11]Dan Wheldon, 9 pts(nc)
t-10th}[12]Vitor Meira, 9 pts(nr)
t-10th}[13]Alex Tagliani, 9 pts(nr)
t-10th}[14]Mario Moraes, 9 pts(nr)
In: Meira, Tagliani, Moraes
Out: n/a
Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 7:16 am
by mlittle
Current Top-10 Driver Rankings
Event: 94th Indianapolis 500(rd.6 of 17)
1st} Dario Franchitti, 47 pts(+3)
2nd} Scott Dixon, 45 pts(nc)
t-3rd}[3]Will Power, 40 pts(-1)
t-3rd}[4]Helio Castroneves, 40 pts(-3)
5th} Ryan Briscoe, 30 pts(nc)
6th} Justin Wilson, 26 pts(+2)
7th} Ryan Hunter-Reay, 25 pts(-1)
8th} Tony Kanaan, 23 pts(-1)
9th} Dan Wheldon, 18 pts(+2)
10th} Danica Patrick, 15 pts(nc)
In: n/a
Out: Matos, Meira, Tagliani, Moraes
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 2:17 pm
by mlittle
Current Top-10 Driver Rankings
Event: Bombardier LearJet 550k(rd.7 of 17)
1st} Dario Franchitti, 53 pts(nc)
2nd} Scott Dixon, 52 pts(nc)
t-3rd}[3]Will Power, 40 pts(nc)
t-3rd}[4]Helio Castroneves, 40 pts(nc)
t-3rd}[5]Ryan Briscoe, 40 pts(nc)
6th} Ryan Hunter-Reay, 29 pts(+1)
7th} Tony Kanaan, 28 pts(+1)
8th} Justin Wilson, 26 pts(-2)
9th} Danica Patrick, 24 pts(+1)
10th} Marco Andretti, 21 pts(nr)
In: Andretti
Out: Wheldon
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:27 am
by mlittle
Current Top-10 Driver Rankings
Event: Iowa Corn Indy 250(rd.8 of 17)
1st} Scott Dixon, 57 pts(+1)
2nd} Dario Franchitti, 53 pts(-1)
3rd} Helio Castroneves, 49 pts(+1)
4th} Ryan Briscoe, 47 pts(+1)
5th} Will Power, 46 pts(-2)
6th} Tony Kanaan, 38 pts(+1)
7th} Ryan Hunter-Reay, 32 pts(-1)
8th} Justin Wilson, 26 pts(nc)
9th} Danica Patrick, 25 pts(nc)
10th} Dan Wheldon, 21 pts(nc)
In: Wheldon
Out: Andretti
note..........with the season halfway complete( and, in turn, half of the oval and road events left on the calendar), there will be a full driver ranking list this week...........
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:51 pm
by mlittle
Mid-Season Driver Rankings
With half of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series in the books, it is time to update the rankings for this season...................
1st} Scott Dixon, 73 pts
2nd} Dario Franchitti, 67 pts
3rd} Helio Castroneves, 64 pts
t-4th}[4]Will Power, 59 pts
t-4th}[5]Ryan Briscoe, 59 pts
6th} Tony Kanaan, 49 pts
7th} Ryan Hunter-Reay, 41 pts
8th} Justin Wilson, 33 pts
9th} Danica Patrick, 31 pts
10th} Marco Andretti, 25 pts
11th} Dan Wheldon, 23 pts
12th} Vitor Meira, 14 pts
13th} Raphael Matos, 12 pts
14th} Alex Lloyd, 11 pts
t-15th}[15]Alex Tagliani, 10 pts
t-15th}[16]Graham Rahal, 10 pts
17th} Mario Moraes, 9 pts
18th} E.J. Viso, 8 pts
19th} Mike Conway, 6 pts
20th} Hideki Mutoh, 3 pts
21st} John Andretti, 2 pts
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 3:11 pm
by mlittle
Current Top-10 Driver Rankings
Event: Camping World Indy Grand Prix[rd.9 of 17]
1st} Scott Dixon, 76 pts(nc)
2nd} Dario Franchitti, 75 pts(nc)
3rd} Will Power, 69 pts(+1)
4th} Ryan Briscoe, 68 pts(+1)
5th} Helio Castroneves, 66 pts(-2)
6th} Tony Kanaan, 49 pts(nc)
7th} Ryan Hunter-Reay, 45 pts(nc)
8th} Justin Wilson, 34 pts(nc)
9th} Danica Patrick, 31 pts(nc)
10th} Dan Wheldon, 28 pts(nr)
In: Wheldon
Out: Andretti
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:54 am
by mlittle
Current Top-10 Driver Rankings
Event: Honda Indy Toronto[rd.10 of 17]
1st} Dario Franchitti, 84 pts(+1)
2nd} Will Power, 79 pts(+1)
3rd} Scott Dixon, 76 pts(-2)
4th} Ryan Briscoe, 68 pts(nc)
5th} Helio Castroneves, 66 pts(nc)
6th} Tony Kanaan, 56 pts(nc)
7th} Ryan Hunter-Reay, 53 pts(nc)
8th} Justin Wilson, 38 pts(nc)
9th} Danica Patrick, 36 pts(nc)
10th} Dan Wheldon, 29 pts(nc)
In: n/a
Out: n/a
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:45 pm
by mlittle
Current Top-10 Driver Rankings
1st} Dario Franchitti, 92 pts(nc)
2nd} Will Power, 88 pts(nc)
3rd} Scott Dixon, 86 pts(nc)
4th} Ryan Briscoe, 75 pts(nc)
5th} helio Castroneves, 67 pts(nc)
6th} Ryan Hunter-Reay, 59 pts(+1)
7th} Tony Kanaan, 56 pts(-1)
8th} Justin Wilson, 38 pts(nc)
9th} Danica Patrick, 36 pts(nc)
10th} Dan Wheldon, 29 pts(nc)
In: n/a
Out: n/a
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:13 am
by mlittle
Current Top-10 Driver Rankings
1st} Dario Franchitti, 102 pts(nc)
2nd} Will Power, 97 pts(nc)
3rd} Scott Dixon, 92 pts(nc)
4th} Ryan Briscoe, 80 pts(nc)
5th} Helio Castroneves, 75 pts(nc)
6th} Ryan Hunter-Reay, 60 pts(nc)
7th} Tony Kanaan, 56 pts(nc)
8th} Justin Wilson, 38 pts(nc)
9th} Danica Patrick, 36 pts(nc)
10th} Dan Wheldon, 29 pts(nc)
In: n/a
Out: n/a
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 3:43 pm
by mlittle
Current Top-10 Driver Rankings
Event: Sonoma Indy Grand Prix[rd.13 of 17]
note............the rankings following Sonoma reflect both the results from Sonoma and the final 2010 IndyCar Series road course standings
1st} Dario Franchitti, 119 pts(nc)
2nd} Will Power, 117 pts(nc)
3rd} Scott Dixon, 109 pts(nc)
4th} Ryan Briscoe, 92 pts(nc)
5th} Helio Castroneves, 87 pts(nc)
6th} Ryan Hunter-Reay, 70 pts(nc)
7th} Tony Kanaan, 63 pts(nc)
8th} Justin Wilson, 47 pts(nc)
9th} Danica Patrick, 36 pts(nc)
10th} Dan Wheldon, 29 pts(nc)
In: n/a
Out: n/a