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Long Pond, PA

Cup Series · 2002 · RACE 20 · 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
24Jeff Gordon	28	62	10.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	17.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹⁰	18⁵²	8.8¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	-4.0⁶	12.2³⁵	12.9³⁵	-1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1993: P28 from 4	46 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 10.1
9Bill Elliott	1	62	10.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	6.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁵²	9.1¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-4.7⁶	12.3³⁵	11.6³⁵	-5.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1976: P32 from 33	47 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
88Dale Jarrett	15	61	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵²	12.3¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	+4.3⁶	18.6³⁵	13.1³⁵	+3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1987: P35 from 24	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
29Kevin Harvick	29	60	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	96.9³	9.3¹⁰	9.2⁶	9.5⁶	9.0⁶	-3.0¹⁰	18⁵²	10.3¹²	18.0⁴	12.2⁵	—	-7.3⁶	21.4³⁴	12.3³⁴	-1.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2001: P15 from 19	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.1
20Tony Stewart	10	60	12.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.3¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.9¹⁰	3⁵²	8.3¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	13.3³⁵	12.7³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1999: P6 from 12 · led 1	35 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
36Ken Schrader	25	58	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5⁴	3⁵²	16.6¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	24.1³⁵	8.7³⁵	-3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1985: P15 from 22	43 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.8
2Rusty Wallace	9	58	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵²	10.3¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	16.5³⁵	7.6³⁵	+4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1984: P17 from 15	43 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
28Ricky Rudd	2	57	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵²	21.9¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	+12.7⁶	17.7³⁵	11.1³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1977: P7 from 12	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
6Mark Martin	17	57	9.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵²	15.8¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	-12.3⁶	16.0³⁵	10.6³⁵	+3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1982: P26 from 16	53 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 11.3
10Johnny Benson Jr.	6	55	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.2¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.8⁵	3⁵²	17.1⁸	—	10.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	21.8³⁰	12.4³⁰	+0.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁰	26.7%³⁰	—	1996: P25 from 40	15 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.5
17Matt Kenseth	22	55	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	73.4¹	19.4⁴	14.5²	13.0²	14.5²	-2.4¹⁰	13⁵²	14.3¹²	4.0¹	24.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	18.0³⁵	14.1³⁵	+2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P14 from 29	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.8
5Terry Labonte	30	55	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.0¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁵²	20.3¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	27.1³⁵	10.1³⁵	+3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1979: P23 from 12	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
1Steve Park	14	54	19.9⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	26.6⁹	0.3%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+5.6⁷	18⁵²	15.8⁶	—	16.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	23.8³¹	9.6³¹	-2.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1999: P13 from 18	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 19.9
40Sterling Marlin	13	54	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	4⁵²	22.1¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	20.8²⁸	11.9²⁸	+6.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	1983: P29 from 20	45 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.6
48Jimmie Johnson	7	53	10.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	14.3%¹⁰	90.8⁵	14.5⁶	19.5²	18.0²	18.5²	-4.0¹⁰	18⁵²	15.6¹²	25.0¹	27.2⁵	—	+14.7⁶	14.5³⁵	11.4³⁵	+1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P3 from 2	37 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.7
15Michael Waltrip	3	53	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁵²	20.8¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-12.3⁶	14.8³⁵	11.5³⁵	-3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1986: P39 from 28	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.8
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	11	53	13.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	4.4%¹⁰	45.2¹	—	—	—	—	-7.3¹⁰	18⁵²	21.7¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	12.9³⁵	12.7³⁵	-3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P19 from 15	34 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
26Geoff Bodine	24	52	15.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	15.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0²	13⁵²	26.9⁷	—	19.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	29.6⁹	15.3⁹	+3.3⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	33.3%⁹	—	1982: P8 from 18	39 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.9
55Bobby Hamilton	18	52	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.5²	18⁵²	26.1¹⁰	—	16.4⁵	—	+4.0⁶	26.9³⁰	8.9³⁰	+2.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	3.3%³⁰	—	1991: P35 from 34	22 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.4
97Kurt Busch	23	51	18.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	8.2%¹⁰	115.7³	13.9⁸	10.5⁴	9.0⁴	15.0³	+3.4¹⁰	13⁵²	19.8¹²	16.5²	25.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	13.8³⁵	13.3³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2001: P13 from 41	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.7
19Jeremy Mayfield	4	51	12.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	7.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁵²	25.8¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	+15.0⁶	20.9³⁵	10.4³⁵	-2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1994: P21 from 23	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
99Jeff Burton	33	50	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.9⁶	13⁵²	19.5¹²	—	28.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	23.1³⁵	11.7³⁵	+6.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1994: P22 from 35	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.6
12Ryan Newman	8	50	15.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.7¹⁰	8.4%¹⁰	99.8⁵	18.4⁸	23.0⁴	19.5⁴	20.7³	+3.3¹⁰	13⁵²	19.1¹²	28.5²	22.8⁵	—	+9.7⁶	9.8³⁵	14.0³⁵	-5.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P32 from 15 · led 19	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
21Elliott Sadler	32	50	18.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-18.0³	13⁵²	28.6¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	0.0⁶	25.4³⁵	11.9³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1999: P20 from 42	23 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.0
18Bobby Labonte	37	49	25.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵²	13.3¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	19.2³⁵	11.9³⁵	-0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 23	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.3
41Jimmy Spencer	35	49	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+17.0²	4⁵²	22.5¹¹	—	19.2⁵	—	+6.3⁶	21.1³³	10.6³³	-2.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	18.2%³³	—	1989: P33 from 26	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.1
25Joe Nemechek	20	49	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁴	18⁵²	24.3¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-7.0⁶	24.3³²	11.8³²	-3.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25³²	31.3%³²	—	1994: P32 from 11	38 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 29.0
44Jerry Nadeau	12	48	25.7⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	31.1⁹	0.1%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+3.9⁵	4⁵²	24.6⁵	—	17.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	22.0²⁷	8.6²⁷	-5.5²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1997: P33 from 35	9 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 25.7
22Ward Burton	34	48	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁵²	25.3¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+14.7⁶	22.9³⁵	14.0³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1994: P42 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 27.3
4Mike Skinner	39	48	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0⁹	18⁵²	26.7¹¹	—	22.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	22.4³⁵	8.4³⁵	-5.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1997: P41 from 41 · led 2	12 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 23.2
45Kyle Petty	38	47	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0⁵	4⁵²	26.3¹²	—	35.2⁵	—	-8.3⁶	25.4³⁵	9.0³⁵	+3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1980: P7 from 13	49 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.4
32Ricky Craven	16	47	23.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.8³	13⁵²	25.6¹⁰	—	21.8⁵	—	+2.0⁶	16.7³⁵	10.8³⁵	-2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1995: P26 from 36	14 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 23.9
11Brett Bodine	40	45	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵²	27.1⁸	—	28.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	32.5³¹	7.4³¹	+1.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1987: P34 from 25	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.4
77Dave Blaney	21	45	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	47.4¹	—	—	—	—	-2.7⁷	13⁵²	28.4¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	23.8³⁵	8.5³⁵	+3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P30 from 35	28 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 26.8
43John Andretti	5	45	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-13.5²	4⁵²	25.2¹¹	—	23.4⁵	—	+25.0⁶	25.4³⁵	9.5³⁵	+0.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1994: P35 from 21	21 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 28.9
23Hut Stricklin	31	44	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.0²	4⁵²	24.1⁷	—	30.6⁵	—	+11.0⁶	33.5²¹	9.0²¹	+6.1²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²¹	19.0%²¹	—	1989: P17 from 34	24 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.5
7Casey Atwood	19	42	26.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	22.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+15.0³	4⁵²	36.7³	—	21.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	29.9³⁴	8.6³⁴	+0.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2001: P38 from 13	4 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 26.0
31Robby Gordon	27	41	26.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	53.8³	—	—	—	—	-5.5⁷	18⁵²	26.7¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	+15.3⁶	18.2³⁵	10.3³⁵	-2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1997: P42 from 30	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 28.8
89Morgan Shepherd	43	41	25.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵²	10.0⁴	—	41.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	42.8⁴	1.4⁴	+1.8⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	100.0%⁴	—	1981: P29 from 11	34 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.2
30Jeff Green	26	40	31.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.1¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.3⁶	18⁵²	25.0⁹	—	27.4⁵	—	-9.7⁶	25.1³⁵	10.8³⁵	+4.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1996: P36 from 33	18 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 29.1
14Mike Wallace	36	37	29.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	37.5²	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵²	34.5²	—	30.0⁵	—	-10.3⁶	32.4²⁰	11.1²⁰	+3.0²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁰	30.0%²⁰	—	1994: P36 from 38	11 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 30.6
37Derrike Cope	41	36	26.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	37.2¹	—	—	—	—	13⁵²	32.9⁷	—	35.4⁵	—	-5.7⁶	38.3⁶	2.3⁶	+0.8⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33⁶	33.3%⁶	—	1987: P38 from 32	28 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.3
27Kirk Shelmerdine	42	29	41.0³	0³	0³	0³	42.0³	0.0%³	25.9¹	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵²	—	—	41.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	42.0¹	—	0.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	2004: P40 from 42	3 st · 0 W · best P40 · avg 41.0