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Long Pond, PA

Cup Series · 2003 · 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
24Jeff Gordon	12	64	10.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	17.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹⁰	16⁵⁰	8.8¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-7.7⁶	8.5³⁵	11.7³⁵	-4.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1993: P28 from 4	46 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 10.1
9Bill Elliott	8	62	10.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	6.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁵⁰	9.1¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	-12.0⁶	14.9³⁵	11.2³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1976: P32 from 33	47 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
6Mark Martin	6	62	9.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁵⁰	15.8¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	-6.0⁶	21.1³⁵	12.0³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1982: P26 from 16	53 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 11.5
48Jimmie Johnson	1	61	11.1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	13.4%¹⁰	90.8⁵	14.5⁶	19.5²	18.0²	18.5²	-3.3¹⁰	16⁵⁰	15.6¹²	25.0¹	11.6⁵	—	+11.0⁶	12.6³⁵	10.2³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P3 from 2	37 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.8
17Matt Kenseth	25	61	15.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	73.4¹	19.4⁴	14.5²	13.0²	14.5²	-1.2¹⁰	12⁵⁰	14.3¹²	4.0¹	12.0⁵	—	+10.0⁶	21.2³⁵	9.7³⁵	+10.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P14 from 29	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.9
20Tony Stewart	4	60	13.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.1¹⁰	16⁵⁰	8.3¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	14.2³⁵	12.5³⁵	-0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1999: P6 from 12 · led 1	35 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.7
2Rusty Wallace	27	60	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁵⁰	10.3¹²	—	10.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	15.8³⁵	11.9³⁵	-3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1984: P17 from 15	43 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
12Ryan Newman	2	59	15.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.3¹⁰	8.4%¹⁰	99.8⁵	18.4⁸	23.0⁴	19.5⁴	20.7³	+0.9¹⁰	5⁵⁰	19.1¹²	28.5²	8.0⁵	—	-9.0⁶	6.8³⁵	14.8³⁵	-7.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2002: P32 from 15 · led 19	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
99Jeff Burton	16	58	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.9⁶	12⁵⁰	19.5¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	-10.3⁶	24.4³⁵	11.6³⁵	+7.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1994: P22 from 35	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.6
97Kurt Busch	10	58	15.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	8.5%¹⁰	115.7³	13.9⁸	10.5⁴	9.0⁴	15.0³	-0.3¹⁰	12⁵⁰	19.8¹²	16.5²	15.0⁵	—	-1.3⁶	16.9³⁵	14.5³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2001: P13 from 41	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
40Sterling Marlin	23	57	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	5⁵⁰	22.1¹²	—	4.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	21.4³⁵	12.3³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1983: P29 from 20	45 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.6
5Terry Labonte	11	55	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.0¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁰	20.3¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	+7.0⁶	20.7³⁵	8.6³⁵	+3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1979: P23 from 12	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
29Kevin Harvick	20	55	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	96.9³	9.3¹⁰	9.2⁶	9.5⁶	9.0⁶	-4.3¹⁰	16⁵⁰	10.3¹²	18.0⁴	24.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	17.6³⁵	9.6³⁵	+5.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2001: P15 from 19	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 11.6
21Ricky Rudd	29	55	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁵⁰	21.9¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+11.3⁶	27.1³⁵	12.3³⁵	+5.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1977: P7 from 12	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	5	54	17.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	45.2¹	—	—	—	—	-4.5¹⁰	16⁵⁰	21.7¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	+20.3⁶	12.7³⁵	12.4³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P19 from 15	34 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.3
19Jeremy Mayfield	33	53	12.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	7.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁵⁰	25.8¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+5.7⁶	18.5³⁵	13.7³⁵	-2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1994: P21 from 23	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.8
42Jamie McMurray	28	53	21.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	70.7⁷	14.0²	—	—	—	+2.0¹⁰	5⁵⁰	14.6¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-14.3⁶	18.7³⁵	11.8³⁵	+0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P28 from 12	31 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.4
88Dale Jarrett	7	53	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁵⁰	12.3¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-6.3⁶	26.4³⁵	12.2³⁵	+3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1987: P35 from 24	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.8
49Ken Schrader	39	52	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5⁴	5⁵⁰	16.6¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	+2.0⁶	29.4³¹	8.9³¹	+1.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1985: P15 from 22	43 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.3
45Kyle Petty	40	51	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0⁵	5⁵⁰	26.3¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+22.3⁶	33.0³²	7.5³²	+3.1³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	15.6%³²	—	1980: P7 from 13	49 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.4
38Elliott Sadler	9	50	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-10.5²	12⁵⁰	28.6¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	14.6³⁵	12.5³⁵	-8.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1999: P20 from 42	23 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.6
16Greg Biffle	26	50	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	79.5⁷	—	—	—	—	+0.5¹⁰	12⁵⁰	13.2¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-7.0⁶	19.9³⁴	9.9³⁴	+0.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2003: P27 from 24	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.9
22Ward Burton	17	49	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁵⁰	25.3¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	-9.3⁶	22.7³⁵	9.3³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1994: P42 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 27.6
18Bobby Labonte	3	49	25.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁰	13.3¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-4.7⁶	12.1³⁵	14.1³⁵	-4.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 23	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.2
7Jimmy Spencer	30	48	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+17.0²	5⁵⁰	22.5¹¹	—	19.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	23.8³⁴	11.0³⁴	-0.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	1989: P33 from 26	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.9
15Michael Waltrip	13	48	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁰	20.8¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-6.0⁶	17.6³⁵	13.3³⁵	-1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1986: P39 from 28	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.8
30Steve Park	36	48	20.8⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	24.1⁹	0.3%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+6.6⁷	16⁵⁰	15.8⁶	—	28.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	26.8³⁴	10.0³⁴	+0.3³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	1999: P13 from 18	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 20.8
10Johnny Benson Jr.	24	48	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.2¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.8⁵	3⁵⁰	17.1⁸	—	25.0⁵	—	-11.3⁶	24.5³⁵	10.1³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1996: P25 from 40	15 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.9
32Ricky Craven	32	47	23.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.8³	3⁵⁰	25.6¹⁰	—	19.8⁵	—	-2.0⁶	26.1³⁵	12.9³⁵	+1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	1995: P26 from 36	14 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 24.4
77Dave Blaney	22	47	20.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	47.4¹	—	—	—	—	-2.7⁷	12⁵⁰	28.4¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	24.3³⁵	10.1³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P30 from 35	28 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 26.7
54Todd Bodine	14	47	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.9¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+19.5²	12⁵⁰	25.5⁸	—	25.6⁵	—	+10.0⁶	27.6³⁴	11.2³⁴	+1.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.24³⁴	26.5%³⁴	—	1994: P14 from 28	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.1
0Jack Sprague	18	46	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁰	—	—	29.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	28.3¹⁷	8.3¹⁷	-2.8¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12¹⁷	23.5%¹⁷	—	first start here	—
25Joe Nemechek	15	45	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁴	16⁵⁰	24.3¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	19.4³⁵	10.9³⁵	-3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1994: P32 from 11	38 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 28.6
4Mike Skinner	41	45	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0⁹	3⁵⁰	26.7¹¹	—	28.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	22.5²⁵	9.1²⁵	-6.8²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20²⁵	24.0%²⁵	—	1997: P41 from 41 · led 2	12 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.8
31Robby Gordon	37	43	26.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	53.8³	—	—	—	—	-3.9⁷	16⁵⁰	26.7¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	22.7³⁵	11.0³⁵	+3.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P42 from 30	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 28.6
41Casey Mears	19	42	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	66.8⁷	33.6¹	37.0¹	38.0¹	37.0¹	+2.4¹⁰	5⁵⁰	25.6¹²	39.0¹	25.8⁵	—	-5.7⁶	21.8³⁵	7.8³⁵	-8.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	2003: P35 from 10 · led 8	28 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.9
43John Andretti	21	41	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-13.5²	5⁵⁰	25.2¹¹	—	29.2⁵	—	-1.3⁶	27.4²⁸	10.2²⁸	+0.1²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1994: P35 from 21	21 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 28.9
1Jeff Green	35	39	31.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.3⁶	16⁵⁰	25.0⁹	—	27.0⁵	—	-8.0⁶	27.7³⁰	8.1³⁰	+1.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1996: P36 from 33	18 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 28.7
23Kenny Wallace	38	38	31.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.7³	5⁵⁰	33.2¹⁰	—	24.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	27.5³⁵	8.1³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1993: P15 from 31	14 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 30.6
91Casey Atwood	34	37	23.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	18.5⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+11.0²	5⁵⁰	36.7³	—	34.6⁵	—	+13.0⁶	27.0¹	—	-4.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	2001: P38 from 13	4 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.0
74Tony Raines	42	37	27.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	46.5⁹	—	—	—	—	+5.5⁴	16⁵⁰	26.8⁴	—	36.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	32.2³⁴	9.3³⁴	+4.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2003: P16 from 30	11 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 28.0
14Larry Foyt	43	34	29.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	43.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁵⁰	32.0¹	—	35.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	34.5¹⁹	6.5¹⁹	+0.9¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁹	36.8%¹⁹	—	2003: P29 from 43	1 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 29.0
01Mike Wallace	31	32	30.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	37.5²	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁰	34.5²	—	36.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	31.9¹³	11.2¹³	+6.1¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15¹³	23.1%¹³	—	1994: P36 from 38	11 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 31.3