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2013 Sprint Cup Driver Rankings: The Circuit's Top Drivers

Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor

Taylor covers NASCAR for RotoWire. He is a three-time winner of the FSWA's Racing Writer of the Year award. He is also a military historian, specifically the World War II U.S. Navy in the Pacific.


1. Jimmie Johnson -
After two seasons of failing to win the Sprint Cup Series championship, we still have to rank Johnson the No. 1 driver entering the season. The facts show that the Hendrick Motorsports star has been one of the prime contenders to win the title each of the last two years, but has come up just short in those efforts. Johnson has won seven victories and posted a stunning 45 Top-10 finishes in the last two years, so you cannot argue with the level of performance. Once again crew chief Chad Knaus and Johnson will team to get that elusive sixth championship. There's little doubt that he'll be in the running come November.

2. Brad Keselowski -
The "Jimmie Johnson" of the next decade has arrived in the form of Keselowski. The 2012 Sprint Cup Series champion dueled with and beat the best in the sport to win last season's title. The Penske Racing star isn't finished by a long shot, in fact, we expect a long and very successful career for the dr

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