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Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 43

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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
29Kevin Harvick	2	63	14.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	4.7%¹⁰	78.9⁴	14.1¹⁰	17.3⁸	16.3⁸	16.8⁸	-11.4¹⁰	29⁵⁷	13.7¹²	17.3⁸	12.2⁵	—	-7.3⁶	22.1³⁴	12.4³⁴	+0.6³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2001: P25 from 10 · led 2	44 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
24Jeff Gordon	3	63	11.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.4¹⁰	12.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.6¹⁰	29⁵⁷	15.7¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	-4.0⁶	12.9³⁵	12.8³⁵	-1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1993: P5 from 3 · led 2	45 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	5	61	10.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.7¹⁰	16.2%¹⁰	89.5¹	—	—	—	—	-12.6¹⁰	29⁵⁷	10.7¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	13.0³⁵	13.0³⁵	-3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P13 from 8	35 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
36Ken Schrader	7	61	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	10.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.5⁴	0⁵⁷	14.5¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	24.7³⁵	8.8³⁵	-2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1985: P11 from 24	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.1
9Bill Elliott	29	59	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁷	17.4¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-4.7⁶	11.5³⁵	11.9³⁵	-6.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1976: P19 from 38	59 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.0
40Sterling Marlin	13	58	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3³	1⁵⁷	18.8¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	20.8²⁸	12.0²⁸	+6.7²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	1980: P8 from 36	51 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.6
20Tony Stewart	6	57	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	6.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5¹⁰	0⁵⁷	13.6¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	13.5³⁵	11.6³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1999: P28 from 2	34 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
88Dale Jarrett	21	56	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁵⁷	25.3¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	+4.3⁶	18.4³⁵	13.2³⁵	+3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1984: P23 from 39	41 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
2Rusty Wallace	37	56	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁵⁷	17.1¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	15.7³⁵	8.9³⁵	+2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1982: P37 from 19	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.1
48Jimmie Johnson	1	56	11.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.6¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	95.9⁵	20.9¹⁰	20.2⁶	22.7⁶	17.3⁶	-7.6¹⁰	29⁵⁷	17.8¹²	5.5²	25.4⁵	—	+18.7⁶	14.7³⁵	11.4³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P8 from 16	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.8
10Johnny Benson Jr.	38	56	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.5¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0³	0⁵⁷	23.0¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	20.8³⁰	12.3³⁰	-1.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁰	26.7%³⁰	—	1996: P23 from 27	15 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 22.7
5Terry Labonte	11	54	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁵⁷	15.4¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	27.7³⁵	10.4³⁵	+4.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1979: P16 from 19	62 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.6
28Ricky Rudd	9	54	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁵⁷	19.3¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	+12.7⁶	17.5³⁵	10.5³⁵	+2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1976: P10 from 22	59 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.2
15Michael Waltrip	4	53	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁵⁷	19.9¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-12.3⁶	14.7³⁵	11.2³⁵	-4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1986: P18 from 39	55 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 21.3
4Mike Skinner	20	53	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	3.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.8¹⁰	29⁵⁷	20.1¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	23.0³⁵	8.3³⁵	-4.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1997: P12 from 1 · led 1	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.0
09Geoff Bodine	35	52	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.9¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁵⁷	22.7¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	+1.3⁶	28.3⁹	12.6⁹	-1.3⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	44.4%⁹	—	1979: P29 from 16 · led 6	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.1
17Matt Kenseth	40	52	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	57.5¹	18.8¹	6.0¹	7.0¹	7.0¹	+2.9¹⁰	21⁵⁷	17.3¹²	26.0²	24.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	17.5³⁵	13.8³⁵	+2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P10 from 24	36 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.9
55Bobby Hamilton	32	52	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-18.5²	29⁵⁷	19.9¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	+4.0⁶	26.4³⁰	8.8³⁰	+2.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	3.3%³⁰	—	1991: P10 from 20	23 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.3
97Kurt Busch	15	52	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	83.8³	20.3⁹	15.4⁵	15.4⁵	16.6⁵	+5.0¹⁰	21⁵⁷	10.8¹²	13.4⁵	25.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	14.1³⁵	13.3³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2001: P41 from 26	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.8
18Bobby Labonte	10	50	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁵⁷	13.7¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	20.0³⁵	11.7³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 25	47 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.8
21Elliott Sadler	41	50	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.0³	21⁵⁷	25.9¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	0.0⁶	25.2³⁵	11.3³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1999: P40 from 38	26 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.7
99Jeff Burton	33	50	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁶	21⁵⁷	19.1¹²	—	28.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	23.1³⁵	11.7³⁵	+6.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1994: P26 from 35	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
6Mark Martin	39	49	27.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁵⁷	11.0¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	-12.3⁶	15.3³⁵	10.6³⁵	+3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1982: P30 from 26	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.1
19Jeremy Mayfield	28	49	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁷	20.2¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	+15.0⁶	20.2³⁵	10.3³⁵	-3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1994: P30 from 40	27 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.1
32Ricky Craven	43	49	22.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	31.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.8³	21⁵⁷	22.8¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+2.0⁶	16.0³⁵	10.8³⁵	-3.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1995: P16 from 14	17 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 25.5
22Ward Burton	19	48	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁷	24.4¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+14.7⁶	23.3³⁵	13.5³⁵	-1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1994: P36 from 40	20 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.9
25Jerry Nadeau	8	48	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.5⁵	29⁵⁷	28.3¹¹	—	17.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	22.1²⁷	8.7²⁷	-5.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1997: P30 from 41	10 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 23.4
12Ryan Newman	23	48	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	95.3⁵	19.8⁸	22.0³	14.0³	18.7³	+1.4¹⁰	21⁵⁷	18.6¹²	24.8⁴	22.8⁵	—	+9.7⁶	9.4³⁵	14.1³⁵	-5.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P27 from 39	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.0
92Robert Pressley	31	48	25.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.0¹	1⁵⁷	24.2¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	-12.3⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1994: P40 from 19	12 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.0
66Todd Bodine	22	48	19.1⁸	0⁸	0⁸	2⁸	18.0⁸	0.8%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	-7.0¹	21⁵⁷	26.8⁸	—	24.4⁵	—	-14.3⁶	25.0²³	12.1²³	-2.0²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13²³	39.1%²³	—	1994: P36 from 11 · led 7	8 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.1
71Dave Marcis	14	46	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁵⁷	17.7¹²	—	35.3³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1968: P20 from 35	66 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.5
31Robby Gordon	12	45	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.5⁷	29⁵⁷	19.0¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	+15.3⁶	18.6³⁵	10.2³⁵	-2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1991: P18 from 35	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.8
43John Andretti	16	45	25.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	7.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	1⁵⁷	24.5¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	+25.0⁶	25.1³⁵	9.3³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1994: P42 from 15	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 27.4
7Casey Atwood	26	44	22.7³	0³	0³	0³	11.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0²	1⁵⁷	32.3⁴	—	21.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	29.6³⁴	8.5³⁴	+0.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	2001: P20 from 21	3 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 22.7
33Mike Wallace	17	44	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+25.0¹	29⁵⁷	21.9¹²	—	30.0⁵	—	-10.3⁶	33.3²⁰	11.1²⁰	+3.0²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁰	35.0%²⁰	—	1994: P12 from 18	18 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.3
77Dave Blaney	42	43	24.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	78.7¹	—	—	—	—	+7.5⁷	21⁵⁷	25.3¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	23.2³⁵	8.5³⁵	+2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P27 from 31	25 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 26.8
11Brett Bodine	27	43	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁵⁷	21.8¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	32.9³¹	6.9³¹	+1.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1987: P11 from 7 · led 1	28 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.4
1Kenny Wallace	18	42	26.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0⁵	29⁵⁷	19.0¹²	—	31.6⁵	—	0.0⁶	23.6²⁰	9.1²⁰	-1.0²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁰	10.0%²⁰	—	1993: P23 from 24	18 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 27.2
26Joe Nemechek	25	42	30.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.2⁵	21⁵⁷	27.1¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-7.0⁶	24.2³²	11.6³²	-3.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22³²	28.1%³²	—	1994: P39 from 38	37 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 28.0
30Jeff Green	30	41	30.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	41.1⁴	—	—	—	—	+13.3⁸	29⁵⁷	19.9¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	-9.7⁶	24.9³⁵	10.8³⁵	+4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1998: P37 from 32	12 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 31.7
45Kyle Petty	34	41	27.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁵	1⁵⁷	16.9¹²	—	35.2⁵	—	-8.3⁶	25.5³⁵	8.4³⁵	+4.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1981: P32 from 11	51 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.5
14Stacy Compton	24	40	26.3⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	21.2⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁵⁷	26.5⁶	—	29.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	29.5²⁰	8.0²⁰	-1.0²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁰	25.0%²⁰	—	2000: P26 from 33	6 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.3
49Shawna Robinson	36	29	40.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	27.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁷	—	—	37.6⁵	—	-3.3⁶	32.5⁶	3.5⁶	-6.8⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33⁶	66.7%⁶	—	2002: P40 from 27	1 st · 0 W · best P40 · avg 40.0