2024 Cielo Ratings Expectations
January 23, 2024, Substack Newsletter https://open.substack.com/pub/cielo/p/2024-cielo-ratings-expectations?r=9xui&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
2024 NASCAR Driver Ratings
The Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum starts the 2024 NASCAR season three weeks from today. Although not a Cup series points race, the Los Angeles event opens the curtains for the third consecutive season in the former Olympic stadium. Kevin Harvick’s retirement following the 2023 concluding race at Phoenix Raceway is tops among numerous …
Blaney Tops the Season As Highest ELO-Rated Driver
After the 2023 CUP SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP race, Ryan Blaney won the NASCAR playoffs. His second-place finish in the season-ending race gave Blaney enough points for the playoff win and elevated his CIELO rating to 2089. With his third win of the season, Blaney currently stands at the top of the Nascar Active Drivers List.
Xfinity Champ Custer Climbs Active Drivers List
Cole Custer won the 2023 XFINITY SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP race as well as the championship itself. Saturday’s victory vaulted Custer to seventh on the Xfinity Active Drivers list for the NASCAR Xfinity Series with a CIELO rating of 1847. Noah Gregson, who has not raced on the Xfinity series this year, still tops the ELO-based ratings …
Rhodes Lead to Craftsman Championship
Ben Rhodes completes the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series as the top ELO-rated driver. Rhodes’s CIELO Rating rose to 1901 after winning the Craftsman Playoffs on Friday night at Phoenix Raceway where Rhodes finished fifth in the CRAFTSMAN 150. After the season-ending race, the only active driver rated above Kyle Busch on the active driver’s …