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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	25	67	11.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	20.8¹⁰	12.2%¹⁰	125.5³	7.0¹⁰	5.3⁷	6.6⁷	6.0⁷	-12.3¹⁰	19⁵⁴	13.5¹²	10.7¹²	12.2⁵	—	-7.3⁶	21.5³⁴	12.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2001: P17 from 32	44 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 8.9
28Ricky Rudd	12	62	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.1¹⁰	4.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵⁴	12.8¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	+12.7⁶	17.5³⁵	10.4³⁵	+2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1977: P26 from 18	54 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.3
24Jeff Gordon	4	62	7.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	9¹⁰	7.0¹⁰	10.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.4¹⁰	19⁵⁴	20.4¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	-4.0⁶	12.9³⁵	12.8³⁵	-1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1993: P6 from 8	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.5
9Bill Elliott	38	62	12.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁴	11.7¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-4.7⁶	11.3³⁵	11.9³⁵	-6.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1979: P11 from 12	45 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.2
2Rusty Wallace	9	59	15.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵⁴	16.0¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	16.5³⁵	8.7³⁵	+3.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1984: P16 from 5	43 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 8.9
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	2	59	6.1¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	8¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	6.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-10.7¹⁰	19⁵⁴	18.3¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	13.1³⁵	12.8³⁵	-3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1999: P10 from 21	35 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.1
40Sterling Marlin	35	58	18.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁴	18.4¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	20.0²⁸	12.1²⁸	+6.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	1983: P18 from 25	43 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 19.5
88Dale Jarrett	39	57	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵⁴	18.5¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	+4.3⁶	17.9³⁵	12.6³⁵	+3.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1987: P27 from 18	38 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
20Tony Stewart	3	57	14.0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	14.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.5¹⁰	2⁵⁴	17.2¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	13.5³⁵	12.5³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1999: P15 from 30	34 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
5Terry Labonte	15	57	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁴	12.3¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	27.5³⁵	10.3³⁵	+4.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1978: P7 from 13	54 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.5
36Ken Schrader	22	56	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.7³	2⁵⁴	15.5¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	24.2³⁵	8.6³⁵	-3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1985: P14 from 23	47 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 17.6
15Michael Waltrip	27	55	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁴	17.8¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-12.3⁶	14.1³⁵	11.4³⁵	-4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1986: P25 from 21	44 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 25.1
6Mark Martin	18	54	14.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.0¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵⁴	16.9¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	-12.3⁶	15.9³⁵	10.5³⁵	+3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1981: P7 from 1	55 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.5
1Steve Park	5	53	20.1⁹	0⁹	2⁹	2⁹	20.6⁹	4.5%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+3.6⁷	19⁵⁴	20.6¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	24.1³¹	10.0³¹	-2.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1998: P27 from 40	9 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.1
48Jimmie Johnson	26	53	18.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	5.8%¹⁰	75.0⁵	17.1⁵	17.0¹	30.0¹	18.0¹	-1.4¹⁰	19⁵⁴	10.8¹²	10.3⁴	27.2⁵	—	+14.7⁶	14.0³⁵	11.0³⁵	+1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P13 from 1 · led 1	36 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.9
12Ryan Newman	11	53	12.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	7.7%¹⁰	93.4⁵	18.7⁸	28.8⁴	25.5⁴	28.5⁴	-2.1¹⁰	13⁵⁴	18.1¹²	23.3⁹	22.8⁵	—	+9.7⁶	9.7³⁵	14.0³⁵	-5.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P2 from 2 · led 145	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.9
41Jimmy Spencer	40	53	23.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+15.0²	3⁵⁴	13.8¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	+6.3⁶	21.0³³	10.5³³	-3.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	21.2%³³	—	1989: P29 from 27	30 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.7
55Bobby Hamilton	36	52	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	3.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.0²	19⁵⁴	23.4¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	+4.0⁶	26.3³⁰	8.9³⁰	+1.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	3.3%³⁰	—	1991: P28 from 32	21 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 19.3
17Matt Kenseth	7	51	15.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	24.6¹⁰	3.6%¹⁰	76.5¹	17.0²	25.0¹	18.0¹	24.0¹	-1.0¹⁰	13⁵⁴	18.9¹²	21.3⁴	24.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	18.5³⁵	14.0³⁵	+2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P15 from 37	37 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.2
97Kurt Busch	37	51	18.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	7.8%¹⁰	114.8³	16.3⁸	15.8⁴	17.5⁴	15.3⁴	+6.3¹⁰	13⁵⁴	18.3¹²	13.1⁸	25.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	13.4³⁵	13.3³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2001: P18 from 31	41 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.0
59Randy Renfrow	43	50	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
43John Andretti	41	50	18.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-18.0²	3⁵⁴	22.9¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	+25.0⁶	24.4³⁵	9.5³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1994: P30 from 24	22 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.6
22Ward Burton	1	49	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁴	24.7¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+14.7⁶	23.8³⁵	14.1³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1994: P35 from 29	22 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.0
7Casey Atwood	29	49	20.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	29.5⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5²	3⁵⁴	23.1⁹	—	21.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	29.6³⁴	8.5³⁴	-0.0³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2000: P19 from 35	4 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 20.5
18Bobby Labonte	8	49	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁵⁴	20.7¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	20.0³⁵	11.8³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1993: P29 from 20	40 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.9
25Jerry Nadeau	13	48	24.7⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	28.4⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+5.7⁶	19⁵⁴	27.8¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	22.0²⁷	8.3²⁷	-5.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1998: P38 from 36	9 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 24.7
45Kyle Petty	6	47	14.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.4¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.5⁶	3⁵⁴	17.9¹²	—	35.2⁵	—	-8.3⁶	26.3³⁵	9.0³⁵	+4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1981: P24 from 17	53 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.8
44Steve Grissom	20	47	20.8⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	24.6⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+16.0¹	3⁵⁴	19.4¹²	—	28.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	37.7⁹	5.8⁹	+6.6⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	11.1%⁹	—	1994: P23 from 15	9 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.8
19Jeremy Mayfield	17	47	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁴	22.0¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	+15.0⁶	20.5³⁵	10.1³⁵	-4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1994: P27 from 18	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.0
99Jeff Burton	23	46	16.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	17.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.3⁷	13⁵⁴	27.5¹²	—	28.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	23.4³⁵	11.5³⁵	+6.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1994: P20 from 25	38 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.2
21Elliott Sadler	21	46	28.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.0³	13⁵⁴	23.3¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	0.0⁶	25.7³⁵	11.9³⁵	+2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1999: P23 from 18	23 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.5
32Ricky Craven	10	46	27.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	20.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.8³	13⁵⁴	22.1¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+2.0⁶	16.9³⁵	10.7³⁵	-2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1995: P38 from 31	15 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 26.5
23Hut Stricklin	32	45	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.0²	3⁵⁴	21.0¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+11.0⁶	33.4²¹	8.7²¹	+5.4²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²¹	23.8%²¹	—	1989: P9 from 22	15 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.9
4Mike Skinner	19	45	25.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.1¹⁰	19⁵⁴	25.0¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	23.0³⁵	8.4³⁵	-4.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1997: P26 from 36	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 26.4
11Brett Bodine	33	45	23.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵⁴	19.6¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	32.7³¹	7.1³¹	+1.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1988: P27 from 19	30 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.2
10Joe Nemechek	16	45	27.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.8⁴	2⁵⁴	25.2¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-7.0⁶	24.5³²	11.5³²	-3.9³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25³²	31.3%³²	—	1994: P21 from 11	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 30.1
14Stacy Compton	31	41	24.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	25.0⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁵⁴	27.0¹⁰	—	29.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	29.2²⁰	8.0²⁰	-1.4²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁰	25.0%²⁰	—	2000: P22 from 19	4 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 24.3
90Rick Mast	24	41	23.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵⁴	23.4¹²	—	32.2⁵	—	+11.7⁶	39.4⁸	4.8⁸	+6.6⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	12.5%⁸	—	1989: P16 from 16	23 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.2
77Dave Blaney	28	41	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	69.2²	—	—	—	—	+16.6⁶	13⁵⁴	28.4¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	23.6³⁵	8.4³⁵	+3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P34 from 32	25 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.8
30Jeff Green	14	39	29.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	63.9¹	—	—	—	—	+6.8⁸	19⁵⁴	27.9¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	-9.7⁶	25.4³⁵	10.8³⁵	+4.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P36 from 34	17 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 29.8
31Robby Gordon	34	38	28.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	44.7¹	—	—	—	—	+4.0⁷	19⁵⁴	30.8¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	+15.3⁶	18.0³⁵	10.0³⁵	-2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1991: P26 from 35	21 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 29.9
26Frank Kimmel	42	35	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵⁴	40.0¹	—	35.4⁵	—	—	35.6⁵	6.6⁵	+0.2⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20⁵	40.0%⁵	—	first start here	—
02Hermie Sadler	30	32	35.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	40.5⁴	0.0%⁴	27.9¹	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁴	32.6¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	36.7⁹	6.1⁹	+3.8⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	33.3%⁹	—	2002: P23 from 43	4 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 35.8