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Long Pond, PA

Cup Series · 2002 · RACE 14 · PRE-RACE PREVIEW

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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	30	63	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	96.9³	9.3¹⁰	9.2⁶	9.5⁶	9.0⁶	-6.2¹⁰	18⁵²	10.3¹²	18.0⁴	12.2⁵	—	-7.3⁶	21.3³⁴	12.3³⁴	-0.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2001: P15 from 19	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 11.3
24Jeff Gordon	3	63	10.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	17.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹⁰	18⁵²	8.8¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	-4.0⁶	12.9³⁵	12.8³⁵	-1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1993: P28 from 4	46 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 10.3
9Bill Elliott	9	62	10.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	6.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁵²	9.1¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-4.7⁶	12.1³⁵	11.7³⁵	-4.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1976: P32 from 33	47 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
88Dale Jarrett	13	61	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁵²	12.3¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	+4.3⁶	18.7³⁵	13.0³⁵	+3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1987: P35 from 24	40 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
20Tony Stewart	7	60	12.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.6¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.3¹⁰	3⁵²	8.3¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	13.4³⁵	12.7³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1999: P6 from 12 · led 1	35 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
36Ken Schrader	38	58	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5⁴	3⁵²	16.6¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	23.8³⁵	8.6³⁵	-3.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1985: P15 from 22	43 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.9
2Rusty Wallace	5	58	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁵²	10.3¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	16.6³⁵	8.9³⁵	+3.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1984: P17 from 15	43 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
28Ricky Rudd	10	57	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁵²	21.9¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	+12.7⁶	17.5³⁵	11.2³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1977: P7 from 12	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.3
6Mark Martin	6	56	9.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁵²	15.8¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	-12.3⁶	16.3³⁵	10.5³⁵	+3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1982: P26 from 16	53 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 11.5
17Matt Kenseth	4	56	12.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	73.4¹	19.4⁴	14.5²	13.0²	14.5²	-4.6¹⁰	12⁵²	14.3¹²	4.0¹	24.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	18.5³⁵	13.7³⁵	+3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P14 from 29	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
10Johnny Benson Jr.	27	56	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.2¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.8⁵	3⁵²	17.1⁸	—	10.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	21.1³⁰	12.5³⁰	-0.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁰	26.7%³⁰	—	1996: P25 from 40	15 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.1
40Sterling Marlin	1	55	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	5⁵²	22.1¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	21.2²⁸	11.9²⁸	+7.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	1983: P29 from 20	45 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.6
5Terry Labonte	16	54	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.0¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁵²	20.3¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	27.5³⁵	10.1³⁵	+5.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1979: P23 from 12	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
1Steve Park	32	53	22.1⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	24.6⁹	0.3%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+5.9⁷	18⁵²	15.8⁶	—	16.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	23.2³¹	10.1³¹	-3.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1999: P13 from 18	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.1
15Michael Waltrip	17	53	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁵²	20.8¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-12.3⁶	14.4³⁵	11.3³⁵	-4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1986: P39 from 28	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.0
97Kurt Busch	8	53	14.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	8.5%¹⁰	115.7³	13.9⁸	10.5⁴	9.0⁴	15.0³	-0.2¹⁰	12⁵²	19.8¹²	16.5²	25.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	14.3³⁵	12.7³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2001: P13 from 41	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
55Bobby Hamilton	26	52	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.5²	18⁵²	26.1¹⁰	—	16.4⁵	—	+4.0⁶	26.6³⁰	8.9³⁰	+2.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	3.3%³⁰	—	1991: P35 from 34	22 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.1
48Jimmie Johnson	2	52	12.0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	14.6%¹⁰	90.8⁵	14.5⁶	19.5²	18.0²	18.5²	-1.6¹⁰	18⁵²	15.6¹²	25.0¹	27.2⁵	—	+14.7⁶	14.7³⁵	11.3³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P15 from 7 · led 2	37 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.0
12Ryan Newman	15	51	12.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.0¹⁰	7.5%¹⁰	99.8⁵	18.4⁸	23.0⁴	19.5⁴	20.7³	-2.5¹⁰	12⁵²	19.1¹²	28.5²	22.8⁵	—	+9.7⁶	9.6³⁵	13.8³⁵	-4.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P5 from 8	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.7
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	14	51	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.8¹⁰	4.5%¹⁰	45.2¹	—	—	—	—	-6.3¹⁰	18⁵²	21.7¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	12.8³⁵	13.1³⁵	-4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P19 from 15	34 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
19Jeremy Mayfield	24	50	12.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	7.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁵²	25.8¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	+15.0⁶	20.3³⁵	10.5³⁵	-3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1994: P21 from 23	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
21Elliott Sadler	25	50	18.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.5¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-18.0³	12⁵²	28.6¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	0.0⁶	25.6³⁵	11.8³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1999: P20 from 42	23 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.3
99Jeff Burton	11	50	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.9⁶	12⁵²	19.5¹²	—	28.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	23.7³⁵	11.6³⁵	+7.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1994: P22 from 35	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.8
41Jimmy Spencer	18	49	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+17.0²	5⁵²	22.5¹¹	—	19.2⁵	—	+6.3⁶	21.6³³	10.7³³	-2.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	21.2%³³	—	1989: P33 from 26	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.5
18Bobby Labonte	19	49	25.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵²	13.3¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	19.7³⁵	12.0³⁵	+0.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 23	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.0
25Joe Nemechek	33	48	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁴	18⁵²	24.3¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-7.0⁶	23.9³²	11.6³²	-3.5³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22³²	28.1%³²	—	1994: P32 from 11	38 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 28.6
22Ward Burton	22	48	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁵²	25.3¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+14.7⁶	23.2³⁵	14.0³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1994: P42 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 26.5
4Mike Skinner	29	48	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0⁹	18⁵²	26.7¹¹	—	22.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	22.7³⁵	8.2³⁵	-4.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1997: P41 from 41 · led 2	12 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.5
26Todd Bodine	39	48	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+19.5²	12⁵²	25.5⁸	—	24.4⁵	—	-14.3⁶	24.3²³	12.0²³	-3.3²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13²³	34.8%²³	—	1994: P14 from 28	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.6
32Ricky Craven	12	47	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.8³	12⁵²	25.6¹⁰	—	21.8⁵	—	+2.0⁶	16.9³⁵	10.8³⁵	-2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1995: P26 from 36	14 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 24.1
45Kyle Petty	20	46	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0⁵	5⁵²	26.3¹²	—	35.2⁵	—	-8.3⁶	25.9³⁵	8.9³⁵	+3.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1980: P7 from 13	49 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.7
90Hermie Sadler	41	46	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁵²	—	—	30.6⁵	—	+4.3⁶	35.4⁹	7.8⁹	+3.8⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	33.3%⁹	—	first start here	—
11Brett Bodine	36	45	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁵²	27.1⁸	—	28.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	32.6³¹	7.3³¹	+1.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1987: P34 from 25	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.7
43John Andretti	35	45	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-13.5²	5⁵²	25.2¹¹	—	23.4⁵	—	+25.0⁶	24.5³⁵	9.5³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1994: P35 from 21	21 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 28.5
77Dave Blaney	21	44	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	47.4¹	—	—	—	—	-2.7⁷	12⁵²	28.4¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	23.8³⁵	8.3³⁵	+2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P30 from 35	28 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 27.3
44Steve Grissom	34	43	26.2⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	31.4⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁵²	26.3³	—	24.6⁵	—	-10.3⁶	36.1⁹	9.6⁹	+7.0⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	11.1%⁹	—	1994: P26 from 37	9 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 26.2
23Hut Stricklin	31	43	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.0²	5⁵²	24.1⁷	—	30.6⁵	—	+11.0⁶	33.5²¹	9.0²¹	+5.7²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²¹	23.8%²¹	—	1989: P17 from 34	24 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.8
46Frank Kimmel	43	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁵²	—	—	35.2⁵	—	—	35.4⁵	6.3⁵	+0.2⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.40⁵	40.0%⁵	—	first start here	—
31Robby Gordon	28	40	27.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	53.8³	—	—	—	—	-1.7⁷	18⁵²	26.7¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	+15.3⁶	18.2³⁵	10.3³⁵	-3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1997: P42 from 30	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 29.2
30Jeff Green	23	40	31.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.4¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.2⁶	18⁵²	25.0⁹	—	27.4⁵	—	-9.7⁶	25.1³⁵	10.6³⁵	+5.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1996: P36 from 33	18 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 28.7
7Casey Atwood	37	40	30.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	17.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+15.0³	5⁵²	36.7³	—	21.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	29.3³⁴	7.9³⁴	-0.6³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2001: P38 from 13	4 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 30.3
14Stacy Compton	40	35	33.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	31.2⁵	0.0%⁵	35.4¹	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵²	35.0²	—	29.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	28.7²⁰	8.0²⁰	-1.8²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁰	25.0%²⁰	—	2000: P37 from 39	5 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 33.2
85Carl Long	42	30	40.0²	0²	0²	0²	40.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁵²	—	—	38.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	43.0¹	—	+4.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	2004: P41 from 38	2 st · 0 W · best P39 · avg 40.0