Intermediate2.5 mipaved

Banking · Turns 14° · Turns 8° · Turns 6° · Back 0° · Front 0° · Short Stretch 0°

Long Pond, PA

Cup Series · 2001 · RACE 20 · PRE-RACE PREVIEW

Pennsylvania 500

—

as seen before the raceResults Season

Storylines · 0

No pre-race storylines were written for this race.

What the track usually does

Last 8 completed races here · 1974–1981 · n = races behind each number

Cautions

—

n=0

Caution laps

—

n=0

Lead changes

—

n=0

Leaders

—

n=0

Green run

—

n=0

Longest green run

—

n=0

Margin

—

n=0

Pole wins

13%

n=8

Winner's start

2.9

n=8

Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 43

field from the results

Tick up to 4 drivers to compare them. Values: top 3 · bottom 5 · superscript = n · hover a header for the definition.This trackSimilarFormPit & restartsErrorsPlayoffs

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	3	66	9.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁴	15.8¹²	—	5.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	15.9³⁵	11.6³⁵	-2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1982: P26 from 16	53 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 11.4
9Bill Elliott	14	64	10.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	6.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁵⁴	9.1¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-11.0⁶	13.7³⁵	11.4³⁵	-6.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1976: P32 from 33	47 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 17.3
20Tony Stewart	13	63	12.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.0¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.3¹⁰	2⁵⁴	8.3¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-19.0⁶	17.1³⁵	11.5³⁵	+4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1999: P6 from 12 · led 1	35 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.7
24Jeff Gordon	8	61	10.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	17.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹⁰	19⁵⁴	8.8¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+15.7⁶	9.6³⁵	12.3³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1993: P28 from 4	46 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 10.2
29Kevin Harvick	6	61	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	96.9³	9.3¹⁰	9.2⁶	9.5⁶	9.0⁶	-4.2¹⁰	19⁵⁴	10.3¹²	18.0⁴	12.2⁵	—	-7.3⁶	16.4³⁴	10.3³⁴	+2.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁴	2.9%³⁴	—	2001: P15 from 19	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 11.7
88Dale Jarrett	37	60	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁴	12.3¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-15.3⁶	14.1³⁵	11.5³⁵	+1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1987: P35 from 24	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.8
28Ricky Rudd	2	59	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁴	21.9¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	13.4³⁵	13.2³⁵	+0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1977: P7 from 12	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
5Terry Labonte	40	58	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.0¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁴	20.3¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+8.0⁶	30.5³⁵	9.7³⁵	+6.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1979: P23 from 12	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
18Bobby Labonte	11	58	25.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁵⁴	13.3¹²	—	5.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	18.0³⁵	11.9³⁵	+3.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 23	41 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 20.6
36Ken Schrader	4	58	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5⁴	2⁵⁴	16.6¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-11.0⁶	23.3³⁵	9.9³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1985: P15 from 22	43 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.9
2Rusty Wallace	22	58	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁴	10.3¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-6.3⁶	14.9³⁵	11.6³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1984: P17 from 15	43 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
99Jeff Burton	18	57	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.9⁶	14⁵⁴	19.5¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-7.3⁶	21.6³⁵	10.9³⁵	+6.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1994: P22 from 35	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.1
10Johnny Benson Jr.	9	56	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.2¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.8⁵	2⁵⁴	17.1⁸	—	11.6⁵	—	-12.0⁶	17.9³⁵	11.7³⁵	+0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1996: P25 from 40	15 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.1
17Matt Kenseth	24	55	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.4¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	73.4¹	19.4⁴	14.5²	13.0²	14.5²	-1.4¹⁰	14⁵⁴	14.3¹²	4.0¹	21.4⁵	—	+1.0⁶	27.9³⁵	10.5³⁵	+9.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2000: P14 from 29	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.6
12Jeremy Mayfield	25	54	12.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	7.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁴	25.8¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-10.3⁶	22.9²⁷	14.1²⁷	-0.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1994: P21 from 23	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.6
22Ward Burton	34	54	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁵⁴	25.3¹²	—	8.6⁵	—	+7.3⁶	20.1³⁵	13.4³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1994: P42 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 26.3
97Kurt Busch	35	53	14.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	8.5%¹⁰	115.7³	13.9⁸	10.5⁴	9.0⁴	15.0³	+0.5¹⁰	14⁵⁴	19.8¹²	16.5²	24.2⁵	—	-1.3⁶	29.3³⁴	12.9³⁴	+4.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	2001: P13 from 41	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	12	52	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	45.2¹	—	—	—	—	-5.2¹⁰	19⁵⁴	21.7¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-21.7⁶	16.8³⁵	12.0³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P19 from 15	34 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.4
40Sterling Marlin	10	52	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	5⁵⁴	22.1¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	15.6³⁵	11.3³⁵	+2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1983: P29 from 20	45 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.4
45Kyle Petty	42	51	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0⁵	5⁵⁴	26.3¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+3.3⁶	26.8²³	8.8²³	-4.3²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	34.8%²³	—	1980: P7 from 13	49 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.3
66Todd Bodine	1	50	16.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.0¹	14⁵⁴	25.5⁸	—	24.2⁵	—	-8.3⁶	17.1³⁴	11.5³⁴	-9.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	32.4%³⁴	—	1994: P14 from 28	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.9
1Steve Park	38	49	23.2⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	23.9⁹	0.3%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+7.4⁷	19⁵⁴	15.8⁶	—	25.2⁵	—	+11.0⁶	20.6²³	13.8²³	+4.0²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²³	8.7%²³	—	1999: P13 from 18	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 23.2
43John Andretti	28	48	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-13.5²	5⁵⁴	25.2¹¹	—	19.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	22.4³⁴	9.7³⁴	-4.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	1994: P35 from 21	21 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 28.7
11Brett Bodine	27	48	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁴	27.1⁸	—	24.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	27.9³⁵	9.8³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1987: P34 from 25	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.4
21Elliott Sadler	33	48	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.7¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-18.0³	14⁵⁴	28.6¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	+13.3⁶	28.3³⁵	10.1³⁵	+5.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P20 from 42	23 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.8
33Joe Nemechek	26	47	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁴	19⁵⁴	24.3¹²	—	25.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	21.4³⁰	11.0³⁰	-1.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1994: P32 from 11	38 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 29.0
55Bobby Hamilton	29	47	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.5²	19⁵⁴	26.1¹⁰	—	27.4⁵	—	+27.3⁶	22.1³⁵	10.6³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1991: P35 from 34	22 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.0
26Jimmy Spencer	7	47	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+17.0²	14⁵⁴	22.5¹¹	—	25.2⁵	—	+9.3⁶	20.0³⁵	11.8³⁵	-0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1989: P33 from 26	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.8
15Michael Waltrip	23	47	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁴	20.8¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+9.0⁶	21.6³⁵	11.1³⁵	-4.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1986: P39 from 28	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.7
93Dave Blaney	15	46	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	47.4¹	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁶	5⁵⁴	28.4¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	23.5³⁵	11.4³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2000: P30 from 35	28 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 26.8
90Hut Stricklin	30	45	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.0²	14⁵⁴	24.1⁷	—	30.2⁵	—	-6.3⁶	29.1²¹	8.8²¹	+2.1²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	14.3%²¹	—	1989: P17 from 34	24 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.1
27Rick Mast	43	45	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁵⁴	22.6⁷	—	29.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	31.1¹⁶	7.8¹⁶	+0.3¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	18.8%¹⁶	—	1990: P22 from 30	22 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.4
31Robby Gordon	36	44	26.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	53.8³	—	—	—	—	-5.4⁷	19⁵⁴	26.7¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-10.3⁶	32.2¹⁶	12.9¹⁶	+7.6¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	12.5%¹⁶	—	1997: P42 from 30	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 28.6
77Robert Pressley	16	44	26.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁴	27.7⁶	—	27.0⁵	—	+5.3⁶	26.2³³	12.0³³	+1.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21³³	27.3%³³	—	1995: P37 from 34	11 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.9
19Casey Atwood	5	43	29.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	25.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+17.0²	5⁵⁴	36.7³	—	18.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	20.6³⁴	10.5³⁴	-4.5³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2001: P38 from 13	4 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 29.3
4Kevin Lepage	19	43	27.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	32.8³	—	—	—	—	+4.3⁴	19⁵⁴	32.0³	—	24.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	28.9²⁸	10.0²⁸	+3.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	7.1%²⁸	—	1998: P19 from 42	11 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 28.3
25Jerry Nadeau	39	41	27.0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	28.1⁹	0.1%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+5.5⁵	19⁵⁴	24.6⁵	—	32.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	21.9³⁵	12.5³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1997: P33 from 35	9 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 27.0
32Ricky Craven	20	41	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.8³	14⁵⁴	25.6¹⁰	—	36.4⁵	—	-3.7⁶	20.6³⁵	12.8³⁵	-3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1995: P26 from 36	14 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 24.4
14Ron Hornaday Jr.	31	40	35.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	35.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁵⁴	34.0¹	—	21.0⁵	—	-11.0⁶	27.4³¹	8.4³¹	-3.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	25.8%³¹	—	2001: P35 from 35	1 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 35.0
7Mike Wallace	32	38	30.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	37.5²	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁴	34.5²	—	30.0⁵	—	-10.3⁶	31.2²⁸	11.7²⁸	+7.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1994: P36 from 38	11 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 31.8
92Stacy Compton	17	36	32.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	35.8⁵	0.0%⁵	35.4¹	—	—	—	—	—	5⁵⁴	35.0²	—	31.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	24.0³³	9.9³³	-3.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	21.2%³³	—	2000: P37 from 39	5 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 32.4
01Jason Leffler	21	33	37.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	30.0⁵	0.0%⁵	41.9⁴	—	—	—	—	+21.3⁴	5⁵⁴	33.4⁵	—	33.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	29.0²⁹	8.9²⁹	+1.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	2001: P41 from 33	5 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 37.6
44Buckshot Jones	41	33	42.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	28.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+5.5¹	5⁵⁴	31.5²	—	31.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	31.3²⁹	7.2²⁹	-1.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	2001: P42 from 28	1 st · 0 W · best P42 · avg 42.0