Final 2013 Report Cards for NASCAR’s Top Stars

Hard as it may seem to believe, given there are 43-car fields in each race, only 28 drivers competed in every Sprint Cup event this season. On one hand, that's sad for the series, but at the same time, it makes it a bit easier for us to issue grades—and not necessarily have to assess the performance of every driver who sat in a Cup car this season. As a result, we'll be grading 20 drivers—not necessarily the top 20, either—in this exercise. Full-time series drivers we've chosen not to grade, mainly due to their lack of competitiveness or failure to finish higher in the overall standings, are Paul Menard, Aric Almirola, Jeff Burton, Juan Pablo Montoya (particularly since he has left NASCAR and will return to IndyCar racing ...

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