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Drivers · 43

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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
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	3	63	13.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.9¹⁰	12.9%¹⁰	89.5¹	—	—	—	—	-8.9¹⁰	25⁵³	10.7¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	+15.3⁶	11.2³⁵	11.6³⁵	-1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P13 from 8	35 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.2
48Jimmie Johnson	6	62	12.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	95.9⁵	20.9¹⁰	20.2⁶	22.7⁶	17.3⁶	-6.2¹⁰	25⁵³	17.8¹²	5.5²	16.2⁵	—	-15.0⁶	10.6³⁵	14.3³⁵	-1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2002: P15 from 1	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
24Jeff Gordon	39	61	11.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.4¹⁰	12.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.6¹⁰	25⁵³	15.7¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	8.7³⁵	12.5³⁵	-2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1993: P5 from 3 · led 2	45 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
17Matt Kenseth	12	60	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.7¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	57.5¹	18.8¹	6.0¹	7.0¹	7.0¹	+7.4¹⁰	20⁵³	17.3¹²	26.0²	7.2⁵	—	+3.3⁶	22.0³⁵	11.9³⁵	+6.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2000: P10 from 24	36 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.5
9Kasey Kahne	27	59	15.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	78.1⁹	20.1²	—	—	—	-6.6¹⁰	2⁵³	21.7¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	-16.0⁶	13.2³⁵	12.7³⁵	-2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2004: P25 from 31 · led 1	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.7
20Tony Stewart	5	59	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.4¹⁰	25⁵³	13.6¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	15.6³⁵	9.5³⁵	+2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P28 from 2	34 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
29Kevin Harvick	10	58	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.4¹⁰	4.5%¹⁰	78.9⁴	14.1¹⁰	17.3⁸	16.3⁸	16.8⁸	-7.0¹⁰	25⁵³	13.7¹²	17.3⁸	19.4⁵	—	-6.7⁶	17.9³⁵	10.1³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2001: P25 from 10 · led 2	44 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
97Kurt Busch	15	58	22.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	83.8³	20.3⁹	15.4⁵	15.4⁵	16.6⁵	+4.7¹⁰	20⁵³	10.8¹²	13.4⁵	16.8⁵	—	-0.3⁶	15.0³⁵	11.2³⁵	+2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2001: P41 from 26	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.5
15Michael Waltrip	9	56	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁵³	19.9¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-11.3⁶	20.5³⁵	10.0³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1986: P18 from 39	55 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.7
12Ryan Newman	20	55	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	95.3⁵	19.8⁸	22.0³	14.0³	18.7³	+0.1¹⁰	2⁵³	18.6¹²	24.8⁴	17.6⁵	—	+6.0⁶	7.2³⁵	12.4³⁵	-8.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	2002: P7 from 23	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
5Terry Labonte	38	54	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁵³	15.4¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	26.6³⁵	10.1³⁵	+4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1979: P16 from 19	62 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.6
99Jeff Burton	11	54	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁶	20⁵³	19.1¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-19.7⁶	24.1³⁵	9.9³⁵	+6.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1994: P26 from 35	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
49Ken Schrader	37	54	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	10.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.5⁴	2⁵³	14.5¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	29.5³⁵	7.0³⁵	+3.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1985: P11 from 24	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.8
2Rusty Wallace	18	53	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁵³	17.1¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+8.7⁶	15.1³⁵	10.4³⁵	-3.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1982: P37 from 19	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.9
09Johnny Benson Jr.	24	53	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.5¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0³	2⁵³	23.0¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	-3.7⁶	34.7³	5.9³	+1.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	66.7%³	—	1996: P23 from 27	15 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 21.6
32Ricky Craven	28	52	22.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	31.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.8³	25⁵³	22.8¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	+12.7⁶	29.9²⁵	8.2²⁵	+2.1²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁵	32.0%²⁵	—	1995: P16 from 14	17 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 25.2
38Elliott Sadler	2	52	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.5²	20⁵³	25.9¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+13.3⁶	11.9³⁵	10.7³⁵	-4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P40 from 38	26 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.5
21Ricky Rudd	16	51	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁵³	19.3¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-3.0⁶	23.9³⁵	9.9³⁵	+2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1976: P10 from 22	59 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.5
33Mike Skinner	43	51	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	3.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.8¹⁰	25⁵³	20.1¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	+3.7⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1997: P12 from 1 · led 1	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.1
31Robby Gordon	30	51	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.1⁷	25⁵³	19.0¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-1.3⁶	23.0³⁵	9.3³⁵	+2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1991: P18 from 35	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.9
40Sterling Marlin	4	51	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3³	2⁵³	18.8¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	22.9³⁵	10.1³⁵	+3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1980: P8 from 36	51 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
7Jimmy Spencer	40	51	20.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0²	2⁵³	19.2¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	+15.0⁶	34.9²⁵	7.1²⁵	+5.2²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁵	28.0%²⁵	—	1989: P27 from 32	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.4
18Bobby Labonte	13	51	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁵³	13.7¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	16.9³⁵	9.0³⁵	+1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 25	47 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.3
88Dale Jarrett	31	51	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁵³	25.3¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	-7.7⁶	20.5³⁵	10.7³⁵	+3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1984: P23 from 39	41 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
6Mark Martin	8	51	27.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁵³	11.0¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-6.7⁶	15.5³⁵	10.4³⁵	+2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1982: P30 from 26	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.4
19Jeremy Mayfield	22	50	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁵³	20.2¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-1.7⁶	12.3³⁵	10.9³⁵	-4.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1994: P30 from 40	27 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.6
16Greg Biffle	1	49	21.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	78.8⁷	37.5¹	39.0¹	38.0¹	33.0¹	+2.2¹⁰	20⁵³	25.2¹²	31.0¹	14.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	14.6³⁵	11.4³⁵	-4.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2003: P21 from 27	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.2
77Brendan Gaughan	17	49	17.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	31.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	59.6³	26.4⁶	34.0²	29.0²	32.5²	-3.0¹	2⁵³	20.6¹¹	33.0²	24.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	21.0³⁵	9.9³⁵	-4.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2004: P36 from 12	10 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 17.9
25Brian Vickers	35	49	18.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	81.3⁹	—	—	—	—	-5.2⁸	25⁵³	19.9¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	+5.0⁶	15.5³⁵	9.2³⁵	-6.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2004: P9 from 14	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.6
23Dave Blaney	23	49	25.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	78.7¹	—	—	—	—	+6.7⁶	2⁵³	25.3¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	+6.3⁶	25.7¹⁵	10.4¹⁵	-0.3¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27¹⁵	33.3%¹⁵	—	2000: P27 from 31	25 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 27.2
42Jamie McMurray	7	48	24.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	84.4⁷	22.5⁴	17.0¹	15.0¹	6.0¹	+2.6¹⁰	2⁵³	17.8¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	16.1³⁵	10.9³⁵	+3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2003: P31 from 19	33 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 22.4
30Johnny Sauter	21	46	19.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	27.4⁵	0.0%⁵	61.0⁵	—	—	—	—	-20.0³	25⁵³	22.6⁵	—	30.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	31.7¹⁵	8.1¹⁵	+7.1¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	13.3%¹⁵	—	2005: P17 from 20	5 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 19.6
0Ward Burton	19	45	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁵³	24.4¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	+0.3⁶	22.5³³	9.4³³	-3.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	24.2%³³	—	1994: P36 from 40	20 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.1
41Casey Mears	25	45	21.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.4¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	64.8⁷	33.9⁴	38.3³	36.3³	31.0³	-0.6¹⁰	2⁵³	21.8¹²	37.0¹	25.8⁵	—	-5.7⁶	16.9³⁵	10.5³⁵	-4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P27 from 29 · led 1	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.3
01Joe Nemechek	14	44	30.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.2⁵	25⁵³	27.1¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	14.8³⁵	10.8³⁵	-5.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1994: P39 from 38	37 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 28.9
45Kyle Petty	33	44	27.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁵	2⁵³	16.9¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	31.2³⁴	7.5³⁴	+3.3³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	26.5%³⁴	—	1981: P32 from 11	51 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.9
10Scott Riggs	36	42	26.3⁸	0⁸	1⁸	1⁸	20.5⁸	0.0%⁸	58.3⁷	—	—	—	—	+10.5⁶	25⁵³	21.1¹⁰	—	29.8⁵	—	+2.0⁶	20.6³⁴	9.0³⁴	-4.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	2004: P21 from 7	8 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 26.3
43Jeff Green	34	41	29.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	41.1⁴	—	—	—	—	+11.1⁸	2⁵³	19.9¹²	—	28.2⁵	—	+11.0⁶	23.8³⁵	7.6³⁵	-2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	1998: P37 from 32	12 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 30.5
22Scott Wimmer	26	40	32.3³	0³	0³	0³	26.3³	1.5%³	66.9²	—	—	—	—	+3.0¹	2⁵³	23.7⁶	—	23.0⁵	—	+11.0⁶	29.6³⁴	8.5³⁴	+4.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	2004: P32 from 37	3 st · 0 W · best P32 · avg 32.3
1John Andretti	29	40	25.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	7.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	25⁵³	24.5¹²	—	31.6⁵	—	-2.3⁶	24.3⁸	8.7⁸	-1.4⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	12.5%⁸	—	1994: P42 from 15	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 28.3
4Kevin Lepage	32	40	28.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	45.5³	—	—	—	—	+15.2⁵	25⁵³	24.9¹⁰	—	27.0⁵	—	+10.0⁶	31.9¹⁶	6.9¹⁶	-4.1¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁶	62.5%¹⁶	—	1998: P43 from 20	10 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 28.9
50Derrike Cope	42	35	26.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	39.7¹	—	—	—	—	2⁵³	25.5¹²	—	40.0⁵	—	-3.3⁶	37.2¹⁷	5.5¹⁷	+2.1¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12¹⁷	52.9%¹⁷	—	1987: P33 from 23	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 29.1
14Larry Foyt	41	25	34.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	26.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁵³	43.0¹	—	35.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	36.5²	1.4²	+5.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	2003: P34 from 26	1 st · 0 W · best P34 · avg 34.0