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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
48Jimmie Johnson	20	68	5.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	7¹⁰	9.7¹⁰	11.8%¹⁰	114.7⁷	8.6³	8.0¹	3.0¹	12.0¹	-13.1¹⁰	16³⁰	14.8¹²	11.5²	11.6⁵	—	+11.0⁶	12.1³⁵	10.2³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P1 from 4 · led 62	25 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 7.2
24Jeff Gordon	14	65	12.4¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.7¹⁰	16.4%¹⁰	72.3²	—	—	—	—	-2.5¹⁰	16³⁰	4.9¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-7.7⁶	8.5³⁵	11.7³⁵	-4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1997: P1 from 3 · led 113	25 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.8
17Matt Kenseth	23	64	10.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	15.1%¹⁰	116.4⁵	—	—	—	—	-4.7¹⁰	9³⁰	8.5¹²	23.5²	12.0⁵	—	+10.0⁶	21.3³⁵	9.8³⁵	+11.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P3 from 23 · led 120	24 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.2
2Rusty Wallace	7	63	14.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	4.4%¹⁰	85.0²	—	—	—	—	+4.2⁶	1³⁰	10.2¹²	—	10.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	16.3³⁵	11.6³⁵	-2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1997: P14 from 16	10 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.6
12Ryan Newman	4	60	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	77.8⁷	20.7²	—	—	—	-0.2¹⁰	1³⁰	16.7¹²	23.0³	8.0⁵	—	-9.0⁶	6.8³⁵	14.1³⁵	-6.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2002: P14 from 1 · led 3	24 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.9
6Mark Martin	22	60	14.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	10.7%¹⁰	109.5²	—	—	—	—	-1.3¹⁰	9³⁰	15.9¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	-6.0⁶	20.7³⁵	12.4³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1997: P10 from 12 · led 11	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.5
40Sterling Marlin	30	59	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	85.8²	—	—	—	—	-5.1⁹	1³⁰	21.3¹²	—	4.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	21.2³⁵	12.5³⁵	+0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1997: P36 from 29	13 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.9
97Kurt Busch	16	58	12.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.3¹⁰	7.9%¹⁰	95.1⁶	12.5⁴	15.0²	19.5²	11.0²	-7.6¹⁰	9³⁰	19.9¹²	7.7³	15.0⁵	—	-1.3⁶	16.7³⁵	14.5³⁵	-1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2001: P13 from 32	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 12.5
20Tony Stewart	3	57	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	100.3⁴	—	—	—	—	-1.9¹⁰	16³⁰	14.0¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	14.2³⁵	11.9³⁵	+0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1999: P4 from 7 · led 1	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
99Jeff Burton	10	57	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	63.1²	—	—	—	—	+2.2¹⁰	9³⁰	17.1¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	-10.3⁶	24.6³⁵	11.6³⁵	+7.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1997: P30 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.0
18Bobby Labonte	19	56	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	68.0²	—	—	—	—	-2.8⁸	16³⁰	12.0¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-4.7⁶	11.7³⁵	13.9³⁵	-4.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1997: P6 from 15	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.2
42Jamie McMurray	25	56	15.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	70.7⁸	13.7¹	—	—	—	+0.1¹⁰	1³⁰	18.5¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-14.3⁶	18.7³⁵	11.8³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P15 from 12	22 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 17.1
21Ricky Rudd	35	55	15.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	57.1²	—	—	—	—	-8.7³	9³⁰	17.1¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+11.3⁶	26.9³⁵	12.5³⁵	+4.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1997: P3 from 39	12 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.3
19Jeremy Mayfield	11	54	14.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	55.2²	—	—	—	—	+5.2⁶	1³⁰	18.7¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+5.7⁶	19.1³⁵	13.5³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1997: P12 from 21	14 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.0
22Ward Burton	39	53	19.1⁸	0⁸	0⁸	3⁸	20.3⁸	0.4%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	-13.7³	1³⁰	25.6¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	-9.3⁶	22.1³⁵	9.6³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1997: P28 from 40	8 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 19.1
5Terry Labonte	21	52	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	46.0²	—	—	—	—	+5.3⁹	16³⁰	15.8¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	+7.0⁶	20.4³⁵	8.7³⁵	+3.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1997: P2 from 10 · led 41	11 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.3
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	8	52	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	68.5⁵	—	—	—	—	-0.4¹⁰	16³⁰	20.8¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	+20.3⁶	12.6³⁵	12.4³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P12 from 20	24 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.0
38Elliott Sadler	5	52	21.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	74.1⁴	—	—	—	—	-0.2⁶	9³⁰	24.0¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	14.7³⁵	12.7³⁵	-7.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1999: P21 from 39	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.4
88Dale Jarrett	38	51	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	71.8²	—	—	—	—	+3.3¹⁰	9³⁰	22.8¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-6.3⁶	25.5³⁵	12.4³⁵	+2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1997: P8 from 9 · led 49	14 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 18.0
29Kevin Harvick	37	51	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.0¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	83.9⁶	15.3⁵	13.7³	10.7³	13.3³	+3.5¹⁰	16³⁰	16.8¹²	8.2⁵	24.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	17.1³⁵	9.4³⁵	+5.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2001: P25 from 13 · led 2	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.0
9Bill Elliott	2	51	28.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	31.2³	—	—	—	—	+2.6⁷	1³⁰	17.6¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	-12.0⁶	15.0³⁵	11.0³⁵	-1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P32 from 17	12 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 27.8
10Johnny Benson Jr.	32	50	18.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	12.5⁶	1.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	+9.3²	0³⁰	18.3¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	-11.3⁶	24.2³⁵	9.8³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1997: P13 from 13	6 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 18.8
16Greg Biffle	29	50	19.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.3¹⁰	10.7%¹⁰	94.6⁷	—	—	—	—	+8.5¹⁰	9³⁰	13.2¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-7.0⁶	19.9³⁴	9.9³⁴	+0.0³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2002: P13 from 29	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.4
7Jimmy Spencer	24	48	25.8⁸	0⁸	1⁸	2⁸	20.4⁸	4.7%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	+7.8⁴	1³⁰	21.9¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	24.0³⁴	11.2³⁴	-0.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	23.5%³⁴	—	1997: P5 from 19 · led 4	8 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 25.8
41Casey Mears	17	48	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	68.3⁸	—	—	—	—	+7.4¹⁰	1³⁰	19.4¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-5.7⁶	21.9³⁵	8.0³⁵	-8.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	2004: P8 from 13	19 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.5
1Steve Park	1	48	19.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	16.0⁴	0.2%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	-1.7³	16³⁰	21.5¹¹	—	28.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	27.8³⁴	9.8³⁴	+1.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	1999: P24 from 30	4 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 19.3
32Ricky Craven	15	47	27.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	25.0⁵	0.6%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	+14.8²	0³⁰	21.1¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-2.0⁶	26.6³⁵	13.1³⁵	+2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	1997: P9 from 11 · led 8	5 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 27.8
0Jack Sprague	12	47	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0³⁰	19.0¹	—	29.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	28.6¹⁷	8.3¹⁷	-1.4¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁷	17.6%¹⁷	—	first start here	—
01Jerry Nadeau	6	46	21.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	24.8⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	-5.2⁴	0³⁰	28.5¹⁰	—	23.2⁵	—	+4.0⁶	17.9⁹	10.6⁹	-10.0⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	33.3%⁹	—	1997: P38 from 33	6 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 21.8
15Michael Waltrip	27	46	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	69.9²	—	—	—	—	-0.3⁶	16³⁰	24.8¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-6.0⁶	17.2³⁵	13.2³⁵	-2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1997: P11 from 18	17 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.2
30Jeff Green	40	45	23.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	51.3⁵	—	—	—	—	-3.6⁷	16³⁰	25.1¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	-8.0⁶	27.5³⁰	8.2³⁰	+1.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1997: P7 from 7	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.1
25Joe Nemechek	9	45	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	98.5²	—	—	—	—	-4.5⁹	16³⁰	25.9¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	19.5³⁵	11.1³⁵	-3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1997: P18 from 1 · led 1	23 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 29.8
77Dave Blaney	18	44	29.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.0¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	52.2⁷	—	—	—	—	+8.0⁵	9³⁰	22.2¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	24.4³⁵	9.8³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P38 from 17	18 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 31.7
49Ken Schrader	41	44	25.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	56.2²	—	—	—	—	-13.0¹	1³⁰	18.9¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	+2.0⁶	29.4³¹	9.3³¹	+0.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19³¹	25.8%³¹	—	1997: P34 from 5 · led 8	16 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 28.4
45Kyle Petty	36	44	31.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	44.9²	—	—	—	—	+4.3¹⁰	1³⁰	13.7¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+22.3⁶	33.1³²	7.5³²	+3.2³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	15.6%³²	—	1997: P31 from 38	16 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 31.0
31Robby Gordon	26	43	26.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	31.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	55.4⁶	—	—	—	—	-8.8³	16³⁰	27.2¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	23.0³⁵	11.0³⁵	+3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P31 from 29	16 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 28.6
4Mike Skinner	28	43	24.7⁶	0⁶	0⁶	2⁶	22.3⁶	4.3%⁶	34.0¹	—	—	—	—	+5.6⁵	0³⁰	25.5¹²	—	28.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	23.0²⁵	8.9²⁵	-6.8²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.24²⁵	28.0%²⁵	—	1997: P33 from 28	6 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.7
43John Andretti	13	42	27.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	40.2⁴	—	—	—	—	-6.2⁵	1³⁰	22.3¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	-1.3⁶	27.7²⁸	9.6²⁸	-0.1²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1997: P21 from 35	12 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 27.4
23Kenny Wallace	31	39	33.2⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	33.3⁶	0.0%⁶	26.2²	—	—	—	—	+14.5²	1³⁰	30.3¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	27.7³⁵	8.1³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1998: P19 from 34	6 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 33.2
54Todd Bodine	34	37	34.0³	0³	0³	0³	28.0³	0.7%³	27.3¹	—	—	—	—	+16.0²	9³⁰	32.0¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	+10.0⁶	27.1³⁴	11.5³⁴	+0.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.24³⁴	26.5%³⁴	—	2001: P28 from 2 · led 4	3 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 34.0
14Larry Foyt	42	37	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1³⁰	39.0¹	—	35.2⁵	—	+6.3⁶	34.6¹⁹	6.6¹⁹	+0.8¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16¹⁹	36.8%¹⁹	—	first start here	—
74Tony Raines	33	33	30.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	38.2⁵	0.0%⁵	40.1⁵	—	—	—	—	—	16³⁰	34.8¹²	—	36.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	32.5³⁴	9.3³⁴	+4.5³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2005: P28 from 32	5 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 30.2
37Derrike Cope	43	32	36.5⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	35.0⁶	0.0%⁶	24.2¹	—	—	—	—	+4.0¹	16³⁰	25.7¹²	—	37.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	38.6¹⁷	4.1¹⁷	-0.2¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁷	64.7%¹⁷	—	1997: P29 from 23	6 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 36.5