NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Prospect Rankings
By David Smith (on Twitter at @DavidSmithMA)
Updated on January 22, 2013
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Top 25 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Prospects
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| RANK |
DRIVER |
2013 AGE |
2013 SERIES |
PROSPECT SCORE |
|
| 1 |
Parker Kligerman |
23 |
Nationwide |
123.41 |
| 2 |
Austin Dillon |
23 |
Nationwide |
111.93 |
| 3 |
James Buescher |
23 |
Trucks |
106.50 |
| 4 |
Ryan Blaney |
20 |
Trucks |
105.91 |
| 5 |
Justin Allgaier |
27 |
Nationwide |
101.46 |
| 6 |
Joey Coulter |
23 |
Trucks |
96.05 |
| 7 |
Cole Whitt |
22 |
Nationwide |
94.23 |
| 8 |
Ty Dillon |
21 |
Trucks |
93.70 |
| 9 |
Nelson Piquet, Jr. |
28 |
Nationwide |
93.23 |
| 10 |
Justin Lofton |
27 |
Trucks |
91.34 |
| 11 |
Corey LaJoie |
22 |
Nationwide |
81.82 |
| 12 |
Kyle Larson |
21 |
Nationwide |
80.66 |
| 13 |
Jeremy Clements |
28 |
Nationwide |
79.78 |
| 13 |
Ryan Truex |
21 |
Nationwide |
79.78 |
| 15 |
Johanna Long |
21 |
Nationwide |
77.67 |
| 16 |
Dylan Kwasniewski |
18 |
K&N East |
75.29 |
| 17 |
Ross Chastain |
21 |
Trucks |
72.47 |
| 18 |
Timmy Hill |
20 |
Nationwide |
70.30 |
| 19 |
Chris Buescher |
21 |
ARCA |
69.17 |
| 20 |
Michael Annett |
27 |
Nationwide |
68.86 |
| 21 |
Josh Richards |
25 |
Nationwide |
68.40 |
| 22 |
Ryan Sieg |
26 |
Trucks |
68.29 |
| 23 |
Paulie Harraka |
24 |
Trucks |
66.81 |
| 24 |
Brett Moffitt |
21 |
K&N East |
65.93 |
| 25 |
Brad Sweet |
28 |
Nationwide |
65.62 |
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Related Articles:
Prospect Review: Bristol and Greenville (04/11, NASCAR Home Tracks)
Prospect Review: UNOH Battle at the Beach (02/20, NASCAR Home Tracks)
Seven Up-and-Coming Drivers to Know (02/19, Athlon Sports)
Benchmarks and Breakouts (02/14, NASCAR Home Tracks)
Eight Battle-Ready Prospects (02/13, NASCAR Home Tracks)
Prospect Watch: Radar Crashers (01/24, Premium)
Prospect Watch: Preseason Top 60 (01/23, Premium)
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Ranking Guidelines: 1) Drivers from five series — the NASCAR Nationwide Series, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West and the ARCA Series that have less than 36 starts in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series are eligible; 2) The series in which the driver has the most starts is his or her series of record; 3) Drivers must have competed in at least 40 percent of the races run to date in that series in a given season; 4) Ages listed are ages turned in the year 2012; 5) Age ceilings are as follows: 29 for Nationwide Series; 27 for Truck Series; 24 for K&N and ARCA.
Rankings are based on individual Prospect Scores, which measure compare NASCAR Sprint Cup Series readiness. A Prospect Score is the result of an objective formula that combines the driver’s Production in Equal Equipment Rating (PEER) and the serviceability (number of serviceable drivers among drivers eligible) in the prospect’s series of record during the decided time frame.
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