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Long Pond, PA

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Driver	St	Form index▼	This trackAvg finish	·Wins	·Top 5	·Top 10	·Avg start	·Laps led %	·Rating	·Avg running pos	·Pace rank	·Fire-off rank	·Long-run rank	·vs teammates	·Make wins	SimilarAvg finish	·Pace rank	FormLast 5 avg	·% off best (5)	·Trend	·Avg start	·Consistency	·Comeback	·Stage pts/race	·Closing	·Passes/race	·Quality pass %	·Top-10 laps %	Pit & restartsRestart gain	·Pit avg	·Pit rank	ErrorsPenalties/race	·Errors/race	·DNF %	PlayoffsPoints	·Last visit	·Career here
24Jeff Gordon	5	66	10.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	17.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹⁰	20⁵⁶	8.8¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	12.5³³	11.6³³	-0.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1993: P28 from 4	46 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 10.2
6Mark Martin	6	65	9.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁶	15.8¹²	—	10.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	11.2³³	14.1³³	-2.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	1982: P26 from 16	53 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 11.5
99Jeff Burton	8	61	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.9⁶	14⁵⁶	19.5¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	+9.3⁶	19.5³³	11.4³³	+9.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	1994: P22 from 35	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.8
20Tony Stewart	9	61	12.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.2¹⁰	3⁵⁶	8.3¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+17.7⁶	17.0³³	12.9³³	+4.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	15.2%³³	—	1999: P6 from 12 · led 1	35 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
94Bill Elliott	25	60	10.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	6.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁶	9.1¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	+9.7⁶	13.4³¹	11.7³¹	-7.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1976: P32 from 33	47 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
5Terry Labonte	14	60	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.0¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁵⁶	20.3¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	29.2³¹	10.7³¹	+9.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1979: P23 from 12	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
88Dale Jarrett	4	60	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁶	12.3¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+13.0⁶	13.3³³	11.1³³	+2.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1987: P35 from 24	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
18Bobby Labonte	11	57	25.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁶	13.3¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	+6.0⁶	11.7³³	6.4³³	+4.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1993: P20 from 23	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.3
36Ken Schrader	19	57	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5⁴	3⁵⁶	16.6¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-17.0⁶	23.4³³	8.2³³	+2.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1985: P15 from 22	43 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.9
12Jeremy Mayfield	22	57	12.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	7.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁶	25.8¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	18.7³⁰	15.9³⁰	-4.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	36.7%³⁰	—	1994: P21 from 23	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.3
2Rusty Wallace	1	57	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁶	10.3¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-15.0⁶	10.2³³	11.3³³	-2.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1984: P17 from 15	43 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
31Mike Skinner	7	54	22.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0⁸	20⁵⁶	26.7¹¹	—	10.4⁵	—	-22.0⁶	14.7³³	10.5³³	-2.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	6.1%³³	—	1997: P41 from 41 · led 2	12 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 24.8
7Michael Waltrip	12	54	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁵⁶	20.8¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	23.8³³	9.9³³	-3.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	27.3%³³	—	1986: P39 from 28	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.2
17Matt Kenseth	29	54	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	73.4¹	19.4⁴	14.5²	13.0²	14.5²	-2.7¹⁰	14⁵⁶	14.3¹²	4.0¹	26.0⁵	—	-10.0⁶	25.1³³	12.0³³	+6.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	2000: P5 from 24	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.6
3Dale Earnhardt	16	54	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6.9¹⁰	5.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁵⁶	10.4⁷	—	23.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	21.2³³	8.8³³	+11.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1979: P29 from 3 · led 43	40 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.3
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	15	53	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.7¹⁰	4.5%¹⁰	45.2¹	—	—	—	—	-7.0¹⁰	20⁵⁶	21.7¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	+15.3⁶	14.5³³	11.7³³	-6.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	21.2%³³	—	2000: P13 from 15	34 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.9
4Bobby Hamilton	33	53	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.5²	20⁵⁶	26.1¹⁰	—	16.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.7³³	11.3³³	+0.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	30.3%³³	—	1991: P35 from 34	22 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.5
44Kyle Petty	23	52	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0⁵	3⁵⁶	26.3¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	+14.7⁶	27.6¹⁸	8.0¹⁸	-1.1¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	27.8%¹⁸	—	1980: P7 from 13	49 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.1
22Ward Burton	32	51	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁶	25.3¹²	—	14.0⁵	—	+7.3⁶	14.2³³	11.4³³	-0.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	12.1%³³	—	1994: P42 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 26.7
10Johnny Benson Jr.	21	51	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.8⁵	3⁵⁶	17.1⁸	—	22.2⁵	—	+6.7⁶	20.5³²	9.8³²	+3.5³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	6.3%³²	—	1996: P25 from 40	15 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.2
28Ricky Rudd	3	50	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁶	21.9¹²	—	31.0⁵	—	+10.7⁶	13.0³³	9.3³³	+1.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1977: P7 from 12	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.6
1Steve Park	27	50	23.0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	25.1⁹	0.3%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+8.4⁷	20⁵⁶	15.8⁶	—	24.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	16.8³³	11.9³³	-0.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1999: P13 from 18	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 23.0
14Rick Mast	13	49	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁶	22.6⁷	—	18.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	23.9²⁸	9.8²⁸	-3.1²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1990: P22 from 30	22 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.4
60Geoff Bodine	40	49	15.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	15.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0²	20⁵⁶	26.9⁷	—	26.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	28.2¹³	11.7¹³	-1.9¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.46¹³	46.2%¹³	—	1982: P8 from 18	39 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
40Sterling Marlin	31	49	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	20⁵⁶	22.1¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+13.7⁶	26.6³³	10.4³³	+4.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	12.1%³³	—	1983: P29 from 20	45 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.2
97Chad Little	37	48	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.5⁴	14⁵⁶	33.0⁴	—	16.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	31.5²⁶	8.2²⁶	+9.1²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	11.5%²⁶	—	1990: P18 from 35	11 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 23.2
33Joe Nemechek	10	47	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁴	20⁵⁶	24.3¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	+9.7⁶	20.5³³	11.3³³	+0.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	15.2%³³	—	1994: P32 from 11	38 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 28.5
11Brett Bodine	20	47	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁶	27.1⁸	—	27.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	23.9²⁸	8.0²⁸	-5.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1987: P34 from 25	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.4
43John Andretti	2	46	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-13.5²	3⁵⁶	25.2¹¹	—	22.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	24.2³³	10.6³³	+0.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	21.2%³³	—	1994: P35 from 21	21 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 28.9
26Jimmy Spencer	34	46	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+17.0²	14⁵⁶	22.5¹¹	—	25.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	23.7³³	10.8³³	+0.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	18.2%³³	—	1989: P33 from 26	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.0
42Kenny Irwin Jr.	38	46	23.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	24.5⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+20.3⁴	20⁵⁶	25.5²	—	25.0⁵	—	-2.0⁶	26.9¹⁶	11.2¹⁶	+0.3¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	12.5%¹⁶	—	1998: P11 from 36	4 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.5
75Wally Dallenbach Jr.	17	46	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.6⁶	14⁵⁶	27.5⁶	—	23.8⁵	—	-19.3⁶	29.6²⁹	8.3²⁹	+1.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1992: P27 from 13	16 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.9
71Dave Marcis	43	46	13.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-32.0¹	20⁵⁶	39.3⁴	—	28.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	34.4¹⁰	5.8¹⁰	+1.3¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	40.0%¹⁰	—	1974: P6 from 12	40 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.7
77Robert Pressley	28	46	26.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	34.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁶	27.7⁶	—	21.6⁵	—	-11.7⁶	25.2³³	9.5³³	+0.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	30.3%³³	—	1995: P37 from 34	11 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 24.7
93Dave Blaney	35	44	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	47.4¹	—	—	—	—	-3.7⁶	3⁵⁶	28.4¹²	—	32.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	23.8³²	8.9³²	-3.7³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16³²	21.9%³²	—	2000: P18 from 18	28 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 26.5
25Jerry Nadeau	26	43	27.4⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	29.6⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+4.1⁵	20⁵⁶	24.6⁵	—	28.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	15.4³³	12.1³³	-7.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	27.3%³³	—	1997: P33 from 35	9 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 27.4
21Elliott Sadler	30	43	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.0¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-18.0³	14⁵⁶	28.6¹²	—	35.6⁵	—	+11.3⁶	27.0³²	10.6³²	-0.1³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	15.6%³²	—	1999: P20 from 42	23 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.3
16Kevin Lepage	18	42	29.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.5¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	32.8³	—	—	—	—	+0.7³	14⁵⁶	32.0³	—	23.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	24.2³¹	10.6³¹	-1.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1998: P19 from 42	11 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 29.7
27Mike Bliss	36	38	29.3⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	30.3⁶	0.0%⁶	43.9⁵	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	3⁵⁶	29.3⁴	—	33.2⁵	—	+4.3⁶	30.7²⁴	8.4²⁴	-0.4²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25²⁴	29.2%²⁴	—	2000: P24 from 40	6 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 29.3
55Kenny Wallace	24	37	31.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.7³	20⁵⁶	33.2¹⁰	—	29.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	21.8³³	10.0³³	-4.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	18.2%³³	—	1993: P15 from 31	14 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 31.0
90Ed Berrier	42	36	33.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	42.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁶	27.0¹	—	33.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	32.3⁹	4.7⁹	-1.7⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	44.4%⁹	—	2000: P33 from 42	1 st · 0 W · best P33 · avg 33.0
32Scott Pruett	41	35	36.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	33.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁶	26.0²	—	32.2⁵	—	+7.7⁶	24.0²⁷	9.6²⁷	-7.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	2000: P36 from 33	1 st · 0 W · best P36 · avg 36.0
9Stacy Compton	39	35	31.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	31.4⁵	0.0%⁵	35.4¹	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁶	35.0²	—	33.0⁵	—	+4.3⁶	27.5²⁶	6.2²⁶	-3.9²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁶	23.1%²⁶	—	2000: P35 from 39	5 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 31.4