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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	17	65	11.9¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.4¹⁰	16.4%¹⁰	72.3²	—	—	—	—	-3.4¹⁰	15³¹	4.9¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	-4.0⁶	12.5³⁵	12.9³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1997: P1 from 3 · led 113	25 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.6
2Rusty Wallace	10	62	14.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	6.6%¹⁰	85.0²	—	—	—	—	-1.3⁶	11³¹	10.2¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	16.4³⁵	8.9³⁵	+3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1997: P14 from 16	10 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
48Jimmie Johnson	4	59	6.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	6¹⁰	11.3¹⁰	9.3%¹⁰	114.7⁷	8.6³	8.0¹	3.0¹	12.0¹	-11.4¹⁰	15³¹	14.8¹²	11.5²	27.2⁵	—	+14.7⁶	14.6³⁵	11.2³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P16 from 20	25 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 7.8
88Dale Jarrett	3	59	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	71.8²	—	—	—	—	+4.4¹⁰	11³¹	22.8¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	+4.3⁶	18.9³⁵	13.1³⁵	+3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1997: P8 from 9 · led 49	14 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.2
29Kevin Harvick	21	59	18.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	83.9⁶	15.3⁵	13.7³	10.7³	13.3³	+1.4¹⁰	15³¹	16.8¹²	8.2⁵	12.2⁵	—	-7.3⁶	21.6³⁴	12.4³⁴	-0.0³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2001: P25 from 13 · led 2	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
17Matt Kenseth	20	59	9.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	15.1%¹⁰	116.4⁵	—	—	—	—	-6.2¹⁰	11³¹	8.5¹²	23.5²	24.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	18.1³⁵	14.1³⁵	+2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P3 from 23 · led 120	24 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.8
28Ricky Rudd	37	58	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	25.7¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	57.1²	—	—	—	—	-11.5²	11³¹	17.1¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	+12.7⁶	16.7³⁵	11.0³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1997: P3 from 39	12 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.0
18Bobby Labonte	28	57	13.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	68.0²	—	—	—	—	-8.3⁸	0³¹	12.0¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	19.5³⁵	11.7³⁵	+0.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1997: P6 from 15	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.8
10Johnny Benson Jr.	11	57	22.3⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	16.0⁶	1.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	+9.3²	0³¹	18.3¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	21.7³⁰	12.4³⁰	-0.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁰	26.7%³⁰	—	1997: P13 from 13	6 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.3
20Tony Stewart	8	57	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	7.4%¹⁰	100.3⁴	—	—	—	—	+2.5¹⁰	0³¹	14.0¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	13.4³⁵	12.4³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1999: P4 from 7 · led 1	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.8
40Sterling Marlin	25	57	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	85.8²	—	—	—	—	-3.9⁹	1³¹	21.3¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	20.3²⁸	12.0²⁸	+6.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	1997: P36 from 29	13 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.1
6Mark Martin	26	54	15.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	10.7%¹⁰	109.5²	—	—	—	—	+0.1¹⁰	11³¹	15.9¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	-12.3⁶	15.7³⁵	10.6³⁵	+3.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1997: P10 from 12 · led 11	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
97Kurt Busch	2	53	12.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.7¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	95.1⁶	12.5⁴	15.0²	19.5²	11.0²	-7.8¹⁰	11³¹	19.9¹²	7.7³	25.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	14.4³⁵	13.3³⁵	+0.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2001: P13 from 32	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
5Terry Labonte	34	53	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	46.0²	—	—	—	—	+3.7⁹	15³¹	15.8¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	27.0³⁵	10.4³⁵	+4.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1997: P2 from 10 · led 41	11 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.4
36Ken Schrader	23	52	24.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.4¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	56.2²	—	—	—	—	-13.0¹	0³¹	18.9¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	24.2³⁵	8.4³⁵	-2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1997: P34 from 5 · led 8	16 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 27.6
19Jeremy Mayfield	14	52	14.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.3¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	55.2²	—	—	—	—	+4.7⁶	1³¹	18.7¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	+15.0⁶	20.6³⁵	10.4³⁵	-3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1997: P12 from 21	14 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.8
12Ryan Newman	1	52	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	77.8⁷	20.7²	—	—	—	+3.1¹⁰	11³¹	16.7¹²	23.0³	22.8⁵	—	+9.7⁶	10.0³⁵	14.1³⁵	-4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2003: P42 from 4	24 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.1
1Steve Park	18	52	23.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	11.8⁴	0.2%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+9.8³	15³¹	21.5¹¹	—	16.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	23.7³¹	10.1³¹	-2.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1999: P24 from 30	4 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 23.8
21Elliott Sadler	7	52	19.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	74.1⁴	—	—	—	—	-2.1⁷	11³¹	24.0¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	0.0⁶	26.1³⁵	11.6³⁵	+3.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1999: P21 from 39	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.5
22Ward Burton	27	51	19.5⁸	0⁸	0⁸	3⁸	21.8⁸	0.4%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	-6.7³	1³¹	25.6¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+14.7⁶	23.1³⁵	14.1³⁵	-1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1997: P28 from 40	8 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 19.5
25Jerry Nadeau	5	51	19.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	25.0⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	-11.3³	15³¹	28.5¹⁰	—	17.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	22.3²⁷	8.7²⁷	-5.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1997: P38 from 33	6 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 19.8
9Bill Elliott	39	51	28.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	31.2³	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁷	1³¹	17.6¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-4.7⁶	11.2³⁵	11.7³⁵	-6.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1997: P32 from 17	12 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 27.8
15Michael Waltrip	6	51	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.4¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	69.9²	—	—	—	—	+0.2⁶	15³¹	24.8¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-12.3⁶	14.7³⁵	11.4³⁵	-4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1997: P11 from 18	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 26.0
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	9	50	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	68.5⁵	—	—	—	—	-4.2¹⁰	15³¹	20.8¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	12.9³⁵	12.8³⁵	-3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P12 from 20	24 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.8
55Bobby Hamilton	30	49	26.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	25.6⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0²	15³¹	23.8¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	+4.0⁶	26.5³⁰	8.9³⁰	+2.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	3.3%³⁰	—	1997: P23 from 30	5 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 26.8
32Ricky Craven	15	49	23.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	25.0⁵	0.7%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	+14.8²	11³¹	21.1¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+2.0⁶	16.8³⁵	10.4³⁵	-2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1997: P9 from 11 · led 8	5 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.4
99Jeff Burton	38	49	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.3¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	63.1²	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹⁰	11³¹	17.1¹²	—	28.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	22.9³⁵	11.7³⁵	+6.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1997: P30 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.0
41Jimmy Spencer	22	49	26.5⁸	0⁸	1⁸	2⁸	20.6⁸	4.7%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	+3.7³	1³¹	21.9¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	+6.3⁶	21.5³³	10.7³³	-1.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	21.2%³³	—	1997: P5 from 19 · led 4	8 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 26.5
16Greg Biffle	29	49	20.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.3¹⁰	10.7%¹⁰	94.6⁷	—	—	—	—	+9.0¹⁰	11³¹	13.2¹²	—	30.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	15.5⁶	4.8⁶	-14.3⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	16.7%⁶	—	2003: P18 from 29	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.6
26Joe Nemechek	13	48	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.4¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	98.5²	—	—	—	—	-2.1¹⁰	11³¹	25.9¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-7.0⁶	24.6³²	11.8³²	-3.4³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25³²	31.3%³²	—	1997: P18 from 1 · led 1	23 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 30.1
4Mike Skinner	33	47	22.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	2⁶	21.5⁶	4.3%⁶	34.0¹	—	—	—	—	+5.6⁵	15³¹	25.5¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	22.6³⁵	8.4³⁵	-5.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1997: P33 from 28	6 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.8
43John Andretti	24	46	26.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.7¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	40.2⁴	—	—	—	—	-10.0⁵	1³¹	22.3¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	+25.0⁶	24.9³⁵	9.5³⁵	-0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1997: P21 from 35	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 26.1
44Steve Grissom	41	45	23.5²	0²	0²	0²	41.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	1³¹	30.5¹⁰	—	23.2⁵	—	-8.7⁶	35.3⁹	9.6⁹	+7.0⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	0.0%⁹	—	1997: P17 from 41	2 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 23.5
30Jeff Green	16	44	24.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	51.3⁵	—	—	—	—	-2.1⁷	15³¹	25.1¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	-9.7⁶	25.3³⁵	10.7³⁵	+4.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P7 from 7	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.4
77Dave Blaney	32	42	30.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	52.2⁷	—	—	—	—	+8.0⁵	11³¹	22.2¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	23.5³⁵	8.2³⁵	+2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P38 from 17	18 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 31.9
11Brett Bodine	36	42	30.0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	29.2⁵	0.1%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	11³¹	21.0¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	32.6³¹	7.3³¹	+1.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1997: P26 from 36 · led 1	5 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 30.0
23Hut Stricklin	31	42	27.0²	0²	0²	0²	28.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	1³¹	22.8¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+11.0⁶	33.5²¹	8.6²¹	+6.6²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²¹	19.0%²¹	—	1997: P42 from 27	2 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 27.0
31Robby Gordon	40	40	27.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.8¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	55.4⁶	—	—	—	—	-5.3³	15³¹	27.2¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	+15.3⁶	17.8³⁵	10.2³⁵	-3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P31 from 29	16 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 29.5
45Kyle Petty	19	39	32.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	44.9²	—	—	—	—	+7.5¹⁰	1³¹	13.7¹²	—	35.2⁵	—	-8.3⁶	26.0³⁵	9.0³⁵	+3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1997: P31 from 38	16 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 31.7
49Shawna Robinson	43	38	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1³¹	34.0¹	—	35.2⁵	—	-4.0⁶	31.3⁶	6.9⁶	-5.0⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	50.0%⁶	—	first start here	—
7Casey Atwood	12	37	39.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	16.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+25.0¹	1³¹	30.3⁴	—	21.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	30.1³⁴	8.6³⁴	+0.6³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2001: P39 from 16	1 st · 0 W · best P39 · avg 39.0
90Rick Mast	42	37	34.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	25.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	11³¹	22.3¹²	—	32.2⁵	—	+11.7⁶	37.1⁸	4.9⁸	+4.0⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	25.0%⁸	—	1997: P41 from 37	4 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 34.0
14Stacy Compton	35	36	33.0²	0²	0²	0²	25.5²	0.2%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	1³¹	32.0⁴	—	29.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	29.0²⁰	7.7²⁰	-0.8²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁰	20.0%²⁰	—	2000: P28 from 8 · led 1	2 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 33.0