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Long Pond, PA

Cup Series · 2003 · 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	25	63	10.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	17.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹⁰	17⁵⁰	8.8¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-7.7⁶	8.2³⁵	11.0³⁵	-4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1993: P28 from 4	46 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 9.6
9Bill Elliott	11	62	10.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	6.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁵⁰	9.1¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	-12.0⁶	14.8³⁵	11.2³⁵	-1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1976: P32 from 33	47 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
20Tony Stewart	33	61	9.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	8¹⁰	8.0¹⁰	3.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.8¹⁰	17⁵⁰	8.3¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	13.3³⁵	12.1³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1999: P6 from 12 · led 1	35 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 11.7
6Mark Martin	14	61	9.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁵⁰	15.8¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	-6.0⁶	20.9³⁵	11.9³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1982: P26 from 16	53 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 10.8
17Matt Kenseth	9	61	14.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	73.4¹	19.4⁴	14.5²	13.0²	14.5²	-2.1¹⁰	12⁵⁰	14.3¹²	4.0¹	12.0⁵	—	+10.0⁶	21.7³⁵	9.8³⁵	+11.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P14 from 29	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.7
48Jimmie Johnson	2	61	10.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	14.6%¹⁰	90.8⁵	14.5⁶	19.5²	18.0²	18.5²	-4.0¹⁰	17⁵⁰	15.6¹²	25.0¹	11.6⁵	—	+11.0⁶	12.6³⁵	10.2³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P3 from 2	37 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.7
2Rusty Wallace	7	59	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁵⁰	10.3¹²	—	10.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	16.3³⁵	11.9³⁵	-2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1984: P17 from 15	43 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
12Ryan Newman	1	58	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	3.8%¹⁰	99.8⁵	18.4⁸	23.0⁴	19.5⁴	20.7³	+0.8¹⁰	4⁵⁰	19.1¹²	28.5²	8.0⁵	—	-9.0⁶	6.9³⁵	14.7³⁵	-7.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2002: P32 from 15 · led 19	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.5
99Jeff Burton	19	58	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.9⁶	12⁵⁰	19.5¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	-10.3⁶	24.3³⁵	11.5³⁵	+6.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1994: P22 from 35	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.8
40Sterling Marlin	20	57	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	4⁵⁰	22.1¹²	—	4.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	21.5³⁵	12.5³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1983: P29 from 20	45 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.5
97Kurt Busch	13	56	18.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	8.4%¹⁰	115.7³	13.9⁸	10.5⁴	9.0⁴	15.0³	+4.3¹⁰	12⁵⁰	19.8¹²	16.5²	15.0⁵	—	-1.3⁶	16.8³⁵	14.5³⁵	-1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2001: P13 from 41	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.7
5Terry Labonte	6	55	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.0¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁵⁰	20.3¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	+7.0⁶	20.9³⁵	8.5³⁵	+3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1979: P23 from 12	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
29Kevin Harvick	31	55	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	96.9³	9.3¹⁰	9.2⁶	9.5⁶	9.0⁶	-4.0¹⁰	17⁵⁰	10.3¹²	18.0⁴	24.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	17.3³⁵	9.8³⁵	+5.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2001: P15 from 19	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
21Ricky Rudd	27	54	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁵⁰	21.9¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+11.3⁶	27.2³⁵	12.2³⁵	+5.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1977: P7 from 12	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	18	54	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	45.2¹	—	—	—	—	-5.2¹⁰	17⁵⁰	21.7¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	+20.3⁶	12.3³⁵	12.3³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P19 from 15	34 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.4
88Dale Jarrett	8	53	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁵⁰	12.3¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-6.3⁶	26.3³⁵	12.6³⁵	+2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1987: P35 from 24	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
42Jamie McMurray	12	53	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	70.7⁷	14.0²	—	—	—	+3.4¹⁰	4⁵⁰	14.6¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-14.3⁶	19.1³⁵	12.0³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P32 from 28	31 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.5
19Jeremy Mayfield	15	53	12.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	7.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁵⁰	25.8¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+5.7⁶	19.0³⁵	13.4³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1994: P21 from 23	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
49Ken Schrader	34	52	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5⁴	4⁵⁰	16.6¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	+2.0⁶	29.6³¹	9.3³¹	+0.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19³¹	25.8%³¹	—	1985: P15 from 22	43 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.7
45Kyle Petty	35	51	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0⁵	4⁵⁰	26.3¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+22.3⁶	33.2³²	7.5³²	+3.4³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	15.6%³²	—	1980: P7 from 13	49 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.2
38Elliott Sadler	3	51	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.7¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-23.5²	12⁵⁰	28.6¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	14.8³⁵	12.6³⁵	-8.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1999: P20 from 42	23 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.4
16Greg Biffle	24	51	18.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	79.5⁷	—	—	—	—	0.0¹⁰	12⁵⁰	13.2¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-7.0⁶	20.0³⁴	9.8³⁴	+0.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2003: P20 from 26	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.7
18Bobby Labonte	4	50	25.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁵⁰	13.3¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-4.7⁶	12.1³⁵	13.9³⁵	-3.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 23	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 19.9
22Ward Burton	38	50	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁵⁰	25.3¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	-9.3⁶	22.1³⁵	9.6³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1994: P42 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 27.1
7Jimmy Spencer	21	49	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+17.0²	4⁵⁰	22.5¹¹	—	19.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	24.1³⁴	11.3³⁴	-0.6³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	23.5%³⁴	—	1989: P33 from 26	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.4
15Michael Waltrip	17	49	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁵⁰	20.8¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-6.0⁶	17.5³⁵	13.1³⁵	-1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1986: P39 from 28	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.1
10Johnny Benson Jr.	29	48	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.2¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.8⁵	3⁵⁰	17.1⁸	—	25.0⁵	—	-11.3⁶	24.3³⁵	10.1³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1996: P25 from 40	15 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.1
32Ricky Craven	32	48	23.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.8³	3⁵⁰	25.6¹⁰	—	19.8⁵	—	-2.0⁶	26.1³⁵	12.9³⁵	+2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1995: P26 from 36	14 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.2
30Steve Park	16	48	21.9⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	26.3⁹	0.3%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+6.4⁷	17⁵⁰	15.8⁶	—	28.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	27.4³⁴	10.1³⁴	+0.6³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	1999: P13 from 18	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 21.9
54Todd Bodine	23	47	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.0¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+19.5²	12⁵⁰	25.5⁸	—	25.6⁵	—	+10.0⁶	27.4³⁴	11.1³⁴	+0.7³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.24³⁴	26.5%³⁴	—	1994: P14 from 28	14 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 25.4
77Dave Blaney	22	47	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	47.4¹	—	—	—	—	-2.7⁷	12⁵⁰	28.4¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	24.3³⁵	9.7³⁵	-1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P30 from 35	28 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 27.3
25Joe Nemechek	26	46	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁴	17⁵⁰	24.3¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	19.1³⁵	10.9³⁵	-4.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1994: P32 from 11	38 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 29.4
41Casey Mears	10	44	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.0¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	66.8⁷	33.6¹	37.0¹	38.0¹	37.0¹	+0.9¹⁰	4⁵⁰	25.6¹²	39.0¹	25.8⁵	—	-5.7⁶	22.1³⁵	7.9³⁵	-7.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	2003: P21 from 19	28 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.4
43Christian Fittipaldi	36	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁵⁰	—	—	37.8⁵	—	+3.3⁶	33.4¹⁴	4.9¹⁴	-2.8¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29¹⁴	42.9%¹⁴	—	first start here	—
31Robby Gordon	37	43	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	53.8³	—	—	—	—	-4.1⁷	17⁵⁰	26.7¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	22.7³⁵	11.1³⁵	+2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P42 from 30	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 29.2
0John Andretti	5	43	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-13.5²	3⁵⁰	25.2¹¹	—	29.2⁵	—	-1.3⁶	28.0²⁸	10.2²⁸	+1.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1994: P35 from 21	21 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 28.4
89Morgan Shepherd	42	42	25.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁵⁰	10.0⁴	—	41.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	43.0¹	—	0.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1981: P29 from 11	34 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.2
1Jeff Green	39	41	31.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.4⁶	17⁵⁰	25.0⁹	—	27.0⁵	—	-8.0⁶	27.5³⁰	8.2³⁰	+1.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1996: P36 from 33	18 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 28.8
23Kenny Wallace	28	39	31.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.7³	4⁵⁰	33.2¹⁰	—	24.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	27.7³⁵	8.1³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1993: P15 from 31	14 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 30.4
74Tony Raines	30	38	28.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	46.5⁹	—	—	—	—	+5.5⁴	17⁵⁰	26.8⁴	—	36.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	32.6³⁴	9.1³⁴	+4.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2003: P30 from 42	11 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 29.3
37Derrike Cope	41	36	26.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	37.2¹	—	—	—	—	17⁵⁰	32.9⁷	—	37.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	38.8¹⁷	4.1¹⁷	-0.2¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁷	64.7%¹⁷	—	1987: P38 from 32	28 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.0
01Mike Wallace	40	34	30.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	37.5²	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁰	34.5²	—	36.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	31.2¹³	11.3¹³	+4.8¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15¹³	23.1%¹³	—	1994: P36 from 38	11 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 32.0
50Larry Foyt	43	30	41.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	43.0¹	2.5%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁵⁰	32.0¹	—	35.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	34.5¹⁹	6.6¹⁹	+0.3¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁹	42.1%¹⁹	—	2003: P41 from 43 · led 5	1 st · 0 W · best P41 · avg 41.0