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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	22	64	10.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	7.0%¹⁰	103.8³	13.2⁹	9.8⁵	6.0⁵	8.6⁵	-12.5¹⁰	14⁵⁴	19.0¹²	11.4¹²	12.2⁵	—	-7.3⁶	21.6³⁴	12.4³⁴	-0.8³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2001: P24 from 3 · led 137	42 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.6
9Bill Elliott	30	63	10.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁴	11.5¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-4.7⁶	11.5³⁵	11.9³⁵	-5.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1979: P10 from 17	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
28Ricky Rudd	20	62	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁵⁴	12.7¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	+12.7⁶	17.2³⁵	11.0³⁵	+1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1975: P10 from 23	57 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.6
2Rusty Wallace	15	61	9.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁵⁴	17.5¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	16.3³⁵	8.9³⁵	+3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1984: P12 from 11	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.6
88Dale Jarrett	25	60	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁵⁴	20.0¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	+4.3⁶	18.3³⁵	13.0³⁵	+3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1986: P29 from 28	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.3
24Jeff Gordon	1	60	13.7¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6.8¹⁰	19.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.5¹⁰	14⁵⁴	14.6¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	-4.0⁶	12.9³⁵	12.5³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1993: P17 from 21	46 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 11.8
5Terry Labonte	38	59	7.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁴	13.1¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	26.9³⁵	10.3³⁵	+3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1979: P7 from 10	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.3
40Sterling Marlin	16	59	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁴	19.0¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	20.6²⁸	12.0²⁸	+7.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	1983: P18 from 19	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.3
20Tony Stewart	13	56	18.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	10.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0¹⁰	1⁵⁴	12.8¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	13.3³⁵	12.7³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1999: P15 from 4 · led 55	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
6Mark Martin	37	56	9.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.2¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁵⁴	19.2¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	-12.3⁶	15.4³⁵	10.6³⁵	+3.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1982: P14 from 17	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.9
10Johnny Benson Jr.	28	56	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.7⁵	1⁵⁴	20.3¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	21.1³⁰	12.0³⁰	+0.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1996: P28 from 29	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.8
15Michael Waltrip	9	55	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁴	17.7¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-12.3⁶	14.6³⁵	11.3³⁵	-3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1986: P32 from 24	47 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.3
36Ken Schrader	18	55	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.3⁴	1⁵⁴	16.1¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	24.3³⁵	8.8³⁵	-2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1985: P10 from 16	49 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.3
41Jimmy Spencer	4	55	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0¹	3⁵⁴	17.8¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	+6.3⁶	22.1³³	10.0³³	-2.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	21.2%³³	—	1989: P8 from 12	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.6
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	23	55	14.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	10.5%¹⁰	104.9¹	—	—	—	—	-5.1¹⁰	14⁵⁴	14.9¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	12.5³⁵	13.0³⁵	-5.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P38 from 12	34 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
48Jimmie Johnson	33	54	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	75.1⁵	12.1⁶	9.0²	11.5²	7.0²	-1.5¹⁰	14⁵⁴	14.1¹²	13.3³	27.2⁵	—	+14.7⁶	13.8³⁵	11.3³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P34 from 32	37 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.3
1Steve Park	34	53	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	28.3¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.2⁷	14⁵⁴	20.8¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	23.2³¹	10.1³¹	-3.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1998: P34 from 36	10 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.1
17Matt Kenseth	6	52	13.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	23.4¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	97.8¹	15.7²	20.0²	18.5²	18.0²	-6.8¹⁰	20⁵⁴	17.9¹²	23.3³	24.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	18.5³⁵	14.0³⁵	+2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P12 from 22	37 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 13.9
97Kurt Busch	27	52	13.0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	8.7%¹⁰	98.2³	14.0⁷	17.3³	18.0³	16.7³	-5.4¹⁰	20⁵⁴	22.0¹²	15.0¹¹	25.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	13.7³⁵	13.3³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2001: P42 from 39	40 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 14.5
55Bobby Hamilton	12	51	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0²	14⁵⁴	23.3¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	+4.0⁶	27.1³⁰	8.9³⁰	+3.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	3.3%³⁰	—	1991: P31 from 28	23 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.7
7Casey Atwood	19	50	18.3³	0³	0³	0³	22.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	+0.5²	3⁵⁴	23.9¹⁰	—	21.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	29.9³⁴	8.3³⁴	+0.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2001: P20 from 16	3 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 18.3
12Ryan Newman	8	49	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.8¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	77.1⁵	20.5⁸	26.3⁴	23.8⁴	25.8⁴	+2.6¹⁰	20⁵⁴	15.0¹²	23.3¹⁰	22.8⁵	—	+9.7⁶	9.8³⁵	13.6³⁵	-4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P36 from 14	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.1
18Bobby Labonte	32	49	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁴	21.8¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	19.3³⁵	11.7³⁵	-0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1993: P24 from 33	41 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.9
22Ward Burton	29	48	24.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁴	23.5¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+14.7⁶	23.0³⁵	14.1³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1994: P25 from 21	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.6
11Brett Bodine	31	47	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁵⁴	20.5¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	32.7³¹	7.4³¹	+2.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1988: P17 from 11	30 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.7
4Mike Skinner	5	47	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.3¹⁰	14⁵⁴	22.4¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	23.4³⁵	8.3³⁵	-4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1996: P36 from 6 · led 10	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 27.3
43John Andretti	21	47	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.5⁴	3⁵⁴	20.7¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	+25.0⁶	24.9³⁵	9.4³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1994: P30 from 23	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 24.8
25Jerry Nadeau	7	47	28.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.9⁶	14⁵⁴	24.3¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	22.2²⁷	7.8²⁷	-6.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1998: P37 from 23	10 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 28.1
21Elliott Sadler	10	47	24.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.0²	20⁵⁴	26.0¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	0.0⁶	26.1³⁵	11.5³⁵	+3.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1998: P24 from 32	24 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.3
19Jeremy Mayfield	3	47	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.6¹⁰	4.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁴	22.8¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	+15.0⁶	20.9³⁵	10.5³⁵	-3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1994: P21 from 25	25 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.6
23Hut Stricklin	40	46	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0²	3⁵⁴	18.5¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+11.0⁶	33.0²¹	8.9²¹	+5.9²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²¹	23.8%²¹	—	1989: P28 from 26	20 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.4
32Ricky Craven	11	45	26.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.7³	20⁵⁴	23.8¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+2.0⁶	16.9³⁵	10.8³⁵	-2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1995: P29 from 7	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.5
45Kyle Petty	35	45	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁶	3⁵⁴	19.3¹²	—	35.2⁵	—	-8.3⁶	25.5³⁵	8.8³⁵	+3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1981: P11 from 23	49 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.2
26Joe Nemechek	39	45	26.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.8⁵	20⁵⁴	26.3¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-7.0⁶	23.8³²	11.5³²	-3.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22³²	28.1%³²	—	1994: P16 from 6	35 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 31.2
99Jeff Burton	26	45	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁶	20⁵⁴	25.8¹²	—	28.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	23.3³⁵	11.6³⁵	+7.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1994: P31 from 35	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
14Stacy Compton	14	44	19.5²	0²	0²	0²	35.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁴	26.3¹²	—	29.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	30.0²⁰	7.9²⁰	+0.1²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁰	25.0%²⁰	—	2000: P28 from 29	2 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 19.5
71Dick Trickle	42	44	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	14⁵⁴	12.6¹²	—	39.0³	—	—	36.0²	0.0²	-6.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	100.0%²	—	1989: P5 from 27	21 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.3
90Rick Mast	41	43	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁵⁴	24.7¹²	—	32.2⁵	—	+11.7⁶	37.3⁸	4.9⁸	+4.3⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	25.0%⁸	—	1988: P28 from 25 · led 2	27 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.2
77Dave Blaney	17	40	29.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	68.3³	—	—	—	—	+16.5⁶	20⁵⁴	26.3¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	23.9³⁵	8.5³⁵	+2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P35 from 26	25 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 31.2
30Jeff Green	24	39	28.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.3¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	65.5²	—	—	—	—	+8.3⁹	14⁵⁴	28.6¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	-9.7⁶	25.1³⁵	10.8³⁵	+4.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P21 from 30	15 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 25.3
31Robby Gordon	2	37	28.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	51.9²	—	—	—	—	+9.3⁶	14⁵⁴	32.9¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	+15.3⁶	18.9³⁵	10.3³⁵	-2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1997: P43 from 20	21 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 29.7
02Hermie Sadler	43	34	34.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	39.3⁴	0.0%⁴	28.3³	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵⁴	32.4¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	35.2⁹	7.9⁹	+3.9⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	22.2%⁹	—	2004: P31 from 42	4 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 34.0
44Buckshot Jones	36	29	38.3³	0³	0³	0³	31.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	+16.8²	3⁵⁴	34.5⁴	—	32.0⁵	—	+2.3⁶	25.7⁶	10.3⁶	0.0⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33⁶	33.3%⁶	—	1999: P39 from 36	3 st · 0 W · best P33 · avg 38.3