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Long Pond, PA

Cup Series · 2001 · RACE 15 · PRE-RACE PREVIEW

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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
6Mark Martin	5	66	9.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵⁴	15.8¹²	—	5.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	15.9³⁵	11.5³⁵	-2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1982: P26 from 16	53 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 11.5
9Bill Elliott	23	64	10.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	6.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁵⁴	9.1¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-11.0⁶	13.4³⁵	11.7³⁵	-6.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1976: P32 from 33	47 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
20Tony Stewart	4	63	12.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.6¹⁰	3⁵⁴	8.3¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-19.0⁶	17.4³⁵	11.6³⁵	+4.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1999: P6 from 12 · led 1	35 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
24Jeff Gordon	14	61	10.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	17.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹⁰	19⁵⁴	8.8¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+15.7⁶	9.4³⁵	12.2³⁵	-1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1993: P28 from 4	46 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 10.3
29Kevin Harvick	19	60	18.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	96.9³	9.3¹⁰	9.2⁶	9.5⁶	9.0⁶	-5.3¹⁰	19⁵⁴	10.3¹²	18.0⁴	12.2⁵	—	-7.3⁶	16.0³⁴	10.4³⁴	+1.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁴	2.9%³⁴	—	2001: P20 from 6	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 11.8
88Dale Jarrett	10	60	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵⁴	12.3¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-15.3⁶	14.9³⁵	12.3³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1987: P35 from 24	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
28Ricky Rudd	1	59	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵⁴	21.9¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	13.4³⁵	13.0³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1977: P7 from 12	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.6
5Terry Labonte	40	59	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.0¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁴	20.3¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+8.0⁶	30.5³⁵	9.8³⁵	+6.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1979: P23 from 12	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.2
36Ken Schrader	3	58	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5⁴	3⁵⁴	16.6¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-11.0⁶	23.4³⁵	9.7³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1985: P15 from 22	43 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.1
18Bobby Labonte	18	58	25.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁴	13.3¹²	—	5.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	17.8³⁵	12.1³⁵	+3.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 23	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.4
2Rusty Wallace	16	58	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵⁴	10.3¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-6.3⁶	15.1³⁵	11.7³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1984: P17 from 15	43 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
99Jeff Burton	8	56	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.9⁶	13⁵⁴	19.5¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-7.3⁶	21.9³⁵	11.5³⁵	+6.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1994: P22 from 35	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.7
10Johnny Benson Jr.	7	55	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.2¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.8⁵	3⁵⁴	17.1⁸	—	11.6⁵	—	-12.0⁶	18.0³⁵	11.8³⁵	+1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1996: P25 from 40	15 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.9
17Matt Kenseth	31	55	15.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	73.4¹	19.4⁴	14.5²	13.0²	14.5²	-2.3¹⁰	13⁵⁴	14.3¹²	4.0¹	21.4⁵	—	+1.0⁶	27.7³⁵	10.3³⁵	+8.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2000: P14 from 29	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.8
12Jeremy Mayfield	9	54	12.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	7.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵⁴	25.8¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-10.3⁶	23.4²⁷	13.9²⁷	+0.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1994: P21 from 23	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
22Ward Burton	21	53	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁵⁴	25.3¹²	—	8.6⁵	—	+7.3⁶	20.4³⁵	13.3³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1994: P42 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 26.2
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	6	53	15.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	3.9%¹⁰	45.2¹	—	—	—	—	-5.5¹⁰	19⁵⁴	21.7¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-21.7⁶	17.0³⁵	12.1³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P19 from 15	34 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.9
45Kyle Petty	32	52	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0⁵	5⁵⁴	26.3¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+3.3⁶	27.3²³	8.8²³	-3.8²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	30.4%²³	—	1980: P7 from 13	49 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.2
97Kurt Busch	41	51	17.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	8.5%¹⁰	115.7³	13.9⁸	10.5⁴	9.0⁴	15.0³	+1.7¹⁰	13⁵⁴	19.8¹²	16.5²	24.2⁵	—	-1.3⁶	29.1³⁴	12.9³⁴	+3.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	2001: P37 from 35	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
40Sterling Marlin	2	51	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	5⁵⁴	22.1¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	15.8³⁵	11.2³⁵	+2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1983: P29 from 20	45 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.6
1Steve Park	30	50	21.1⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	24.8⁹	0.3%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+6.8⁷	19⁵⁴	15.8⁶	—	25.2⁵	—	+11.0⁶	21.0²³	13.4²³	+5.1²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²³	8.7%²³	—	1999: P13 from 18	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 21.1
66Todd Bodine	12	49	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+31.0¹	13⁵⁴	25.5⁸	—	24.2⁵	—	-8.3⁶	16.8³⁴	11.8³⁴	-10.0³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	35.3%³⁴	—	1994: P14 from 28	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.1
31Mike Skinner	26	48	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.0⁸	19⁵⁴	26.7¹¹	—	21.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	20.7²²	9.5²²	-5.1²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²²	18.2%²²	—	1997: P41 from 41 · led 2	12 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 24.6
11Brett Bodine	11	48	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵⁴	27.1⁸	—	24.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	28.4³⁵	9.7³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1987: P34 from 25	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.3
7Ted Musgrave	15	48	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.3¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3⁴	13⁵⁴	22.8⁸	—	30.8⁵	—	-17.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1991: P27 from 32 · led 1	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.3
43John Andretti	20	47	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-13.5²	5⁵⁴	25.2¹¹	—	19.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	22.6³⁴	9.4³⁴	-3.6³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	1994: P35 from 21	21 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 28.1
21Elliott Sadler	38	47	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-18.0³	13⁵⁴	28.6¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	+13.3⁶	28.1³⁵	10.1³⁵	+5.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P20 from 42	23 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.2
55Bobby Hamilton	37	47	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.5²	19⁵⁴	26.1¹⁰	—	27.4⁵	—	+27.3⁶	21.9³⁵	10.5³⁵	+0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1991: P35 from 34	22 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.8
26Jimmy Spencer	27	47	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+17.0²	13⁵⁴	22.5¹¹	—	25.2⁵	—	+9.3⁶	19.5³⁵	11.9³⁵	-0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1989: P33 from 26	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.6
15Michael Waltrip	17	46	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁴	20.8¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+9.0⁶	21.8³⁵	11.1³⁵	-3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1986: P39 from 28	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.5
19Casey Atwood	13	46	23.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	23.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+17.0²	5⁵⁴	36.7³	—	18.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	20.4³⁴	10.4³⁴	-4.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2001: P15 from 5	4 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.5
93Dave Blaney	29	45	21.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.1¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	47.4¹	—	—	—	—	+1.7⁶	5⁵⁴	28.4¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	23.1³⁵	11.1³⁵	-1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2000: P30 from 35	28 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 27.2
90Hut Stricklin	24	45	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.0²	13⁵⁴	24.1⁷	—	30.2⁵	—	-6.3⁶	29.4²¹	9.2²¹	+1.8²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	14.3%²¹	—	1989: P17 from 34	24 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.6
50Rick Mast	25	44	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁴	22.6⁷	—	29.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	32.2¹⁶	7.5¹⁶	+0.6¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	18.8%¹⁶	—	1990: P22 from 30	22 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.0
77Robert Pressley	42	43	26.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵⁴	27.7⁶	—	27.0⁵	—	+5.3⁶	25.4³³	12.1³³	+1.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21³³	27.3%³³	—	1995: P37 from 34	11 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 24.4
32Ricky Craven	34	42	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.4¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.8³	13⁵⁴	25.6¹⁰	—	36.4⁵	—	-3.7⁶	20.2³⁵	12.6³⁵	-3.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1995: P26 from 36	14 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.0
33Wally Dallenbach Jr.	43	42	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.6⁶	19⁵⁴	27.5⁶	—	32.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1992: P27 from 13	16 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.8
14Ron Hornaday Jr.	35	42	30.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	31.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁴	34.0¹	—	21.0⁵	—	-11.0⁶	27.3³¹	8.4³¹	-3.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	25.8%³¹	—	2001: P30 from 31	1 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 30.0
4Kevin Lepage	36	41	29.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	32.8³	—	—	—	—	+4.3⁴	19⁵⁴	32.0³	—	24.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	28.3²⁸	10.5²⁸	+1.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	1998: P19 from 42	11 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 30.2
25Jerry Nadeau	39	40	27.6⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	28.1⁹	0.1%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+5.6⁵	19⁵⁴	24.6⁵	—	32.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	21.9³⁵	12.5³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1997: P33 from 35	9 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 27.6
92Stacy Compton	22	34	34.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	34.8⁵	0.0%⁵	35.4¹	—	—	—	—	—	5⁵⁴	35.0²	—	31.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	23.8³³	9.9³³	-3.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	21.2%³³	—	2000: P37 from 39	5 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 34.2
01Jason Leffler	33	34	33.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	27.6⁵	0.0%⁵	41.9⁴	—	—	—	—	+13.3⁴	5⁵⁴	33.4⁵	—	33.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	28.6²⁹	8.6²⁹	+1.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	2001: P21 from 21	5 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 33.6
44Buckshot Jones	28	33	39.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	41.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+10.0¹	5⁵⁴	31.5²	—	31.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	31.7²⁹	7.1²⁹	-0.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	2001: P39 from 41	1 st · 0 W · best P39 · avg 39.0