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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
20Tony Stewart	6	65	11.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹⁰	11³⁹	9.3¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	15.6³⁵	9.7³⁵	+2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P6 from 10	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 12.7
48Jimmie Johnson	4	62	7.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	8.3%¹⁰	112.1⁵	18.1⁵	15.3³	14.0³	11.7³	-11.1¹⁰	11³⁹	12.1¹²	26.5¹²	16.2⁵	—	-15.0⁶	10.7³⁵	14.2³⁵	-1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2002: P6 from 5	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
29Kevin Harvick	14	61	17.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	75.5³	9.5¹⁰	7.0⁹	7.6⁹	7.1⁹	-3.9¹⁰	11³⁹	7.4¹²	11.4¹²	19.4⁵	—	-6.7⁶	17.8³⁵	10.0³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2001: P14 from 3	31 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.0
9Kasey Kahne	13	60	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	7.5¹⁰	9.1%¹⁰	99.1⁹	25.4¹	—	—	—	-9.4¹⁰	2³⁹	14.9¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	13.6³⁵	13.3³⁵	-3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 1 · led 24	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.0
99Carl Edwards	24	60	13.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	91.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-2.3¹⁰	9³⁹	14.5¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	19.5¹²	12.7¹²	-0.1¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹²	16.7%¹²	—	2005: P9 from 10 · led 4	12 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
17Matt Kenseth	9	59	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	18.0⁴	15.3³	16.3³	12.3³	+4.5⁹	9³⁹	16.3¹²	21.8¹²	7.2⁵	—	+3.3⁶	22.1³⁵	12.0³⁵	+6.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1999: P37 from 31	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.9
24Jeff Gordon	2	58	12.2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.7¹⁰	17.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.9¹⁰	11³⁹	14.3¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	9.8³⁵	12.4³⁵	-1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1993: P24 from 5 · led 1	35 st · 7 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
6Mark Martin	5	58	8.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9³⁹	21.7¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-6.7⁶	15.5³⁵	11.4³⁵	+1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1982: P7 from 20	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.9
15Michael Waltrip	17	57	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	11³⁹	23.4¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-11.3⁶	20.3³⁵	10.2³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1985: P24 from 35	42 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.2
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	3	57	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	90.5¹	—	—	—	—	-9.6¹⁰	11³⁹	17.8¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	+15.3⁶	11.2³⁵	11.7³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P40 from 10	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.5
16Greg Biffle	19	57	13.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.4¹⁰	17.9%¹⁰	109.7⁷	—	—	—	—	-3.1¹⁰	9³⁹	24.0¹²	32.0²	14.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	14.1³⁵	11.5³⁵	-5.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2003: P12 from 17	15 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
97Kurt Busch	1	56	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	5.1%¹⁰	73.3³	12.8⁸	13.2⁶	15.5⁶	12.5⁶	+5.3¹⁰	9³⁹	20.1¹²	10.4¹²	16.8⁵	—	-0.3⁶	15.4³⁵	11.1³⁵	+2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2001: P30 from 27	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.7
12Ryan Newman	7	56	10.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	8.6%¹⁰	100.7⁵	19.5⁹	20.0⁷	22.3⁷	18.6⁷	-7.8¹⁰	2³⁹	23.5¹²	25.4¹²	17.6⁵	—	+6.0⁶	7.5³⁵	12.3³⁵	-8.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2002: P5 from 3	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 13.1
18Bobby Labonte	15	55	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	11³⁹	18.4¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	16.9³⁵	9.0³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1993: P18 from 36	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
2Rusty Wallace	16	55	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2³⁹	19.5¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+8.7⁶	15.1³⁵	10.6³⁵	-3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1984: P30 from 24 · led 1	42 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.6
5Terry Labonte	25	55	16.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	11³⁹	14.4¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	27.0³⁵	10.0³⁵	+4.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1978: P4 from 19	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
38Elliott Sadler	8	55	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-18.0²	9³⁹	23.1¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+13.3⁶	11.8³⁵	10.8³⁵	-3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P36 from 15	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.5
21Ricky Rudd	26	54	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9³⁹	20.9¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-3.0⁶	23.7³⁵	9.9³⁵	+2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1977: P22 from 27	57 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
30Jeff Burton	21	53	11.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	16.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.3⁶	11³⁹	29.9¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-19.7⁶	23.8³⁵	10.7³⁵	+4.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1994: P20 from 22	30 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
42Jamie McMurray	11	53	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.6¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	86.8⁷	14.2¹	—	—	—	-5.9¹⁰	2³⁹	20.3¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	16.0³⁵	11.5³⁵	+2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2003: P22 from 19	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.8
40Sterling Marlin	20	51	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2³⁹	23.7¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	22.4³⁵	10.5³⁵	+2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1980: P11 from 33	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
01Joe Nemechek	18	51	27.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	34.7¹	—	—	—	+1.3⁵	11³⁹	23.0¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	14.7³⁵	10.9³⁵	-5.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1994: P19 from 29	28 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 27.0
49Ken Schrader	33	50	16.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.6⁴	2³⁹	20.8¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	29.6³⁵	7.4³⁵	+3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1985: P13 from 25	43 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.1
19Jeremy Mayfield	10	50	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2³⁹	24.1¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-1.7⁶	12.6³⁵	11.0³⁵	-4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1994: P33 from 25	22 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.9
45Kyle Petty	34	48	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.4⁵	2³⁹	18.1¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	31.1³⁴	7.4³⁴	+3.7³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁴	23.5%³⁴	—	1981: P25 from 21	50 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.4
22Scott Wimmer	28	48	24.7³	0³	0³	0³	28.3³	0.0%³	41.6²	—	—	—	—	—	2³⁹	25.0¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	+11.0⁶	29.6³⁴	9.3³⁴	+5.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	2004: P16 from 14	3 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 24.7
88Dale Jarrett	12	47	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9³⁹	34.0¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	-7.7⁶	21.0³⁵	10.1³⁵	+5.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1987: P15 from 38	35 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.2
31Robby Gordon	23	47	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	93.5¹	—	—	—	—	+1.2⁷	11³⁹	31.0¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-1.3⁶	23.2³⁵	9.5³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1997: P34 from 38	15 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 27.4
4Mike Wallace	37	47	25.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	34.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	46.9¹	—	—	—	—	—	11³⁹	25.8¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	37.6⁹	10.2⁹	+9.0⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	44.4%⁹	—	1994: P18 from 23	10 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 25.3
77Brendan Gaughan	29	46	27.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	37.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	2³⁹	25.7¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	-6.3⁶	20.7³⁵	9.9³⁵	-4.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2004: P27 from 37	1 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 27.0
43Jeff Green	32	45	23.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	49.0²	—	—	—	—	-8.2⁷	2³⁹	26.9¹²	—	28.2⁵	—	+11.0⁶	23.9³⁵	7.4³⁵	-2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	31.4%³⁵	—	1997: P39 from 42	11 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 23.7
50Todd Bodine	38	44	27.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.0¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+19.0²	2³⁹	22.8¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	-10.3⁶	36.1²⁰	6.0²⁰	-2.2²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁰	85.0%²⁰	—	1993: P27 from 17	15 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 30.0
25Brian Vickers	27	44	27.7⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	16.0⁹	1.2%⁹	69.2⁸	—	—	—	—	+7.2⁸	11³⁹	23.9¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	15.8³⁵	9.7³⁵	-6.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2004: P23 from 28	9 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 27.7
89Morgan Shepherd	40	43	26.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2³⁹	12.7¹²	—	39.6⁵	—	+5.7⁶	41.2¹⁸	3.2¹⁸	+3.1¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	88.9%¹⁸	—	1981: P34 from 19	34 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.5
80Mario Gosselin	43	42	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9³⁹	—	—	41.0¹	—	—	42.0¹	—	+1.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	first start here	—
10Scott Riggs	31	42	30.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	22.0⁵	0.0%⁵	52.0⁴	—	—	—	—	+17.5²	11³⁹	24.3¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	+1.7⁶	20.7³⁴	9.2³⁴	-4.5³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³⁴	23.5%³⁴	—	2004: P30 from 27	5 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 30.6
41Casey Mears	22	42	29.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	56.4⁷	—	—	—	—	+9.9⁹	2³⁹	28.1¹²	38.0¹	25.8⁵	—	-5.7⁶	16.9³⁵	10.5³⁵	-3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P34 from 24	14 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 29.1
09Johnny Sauter	42	42	27.5²	0²	0²	0²	21.5²	0.0%²	55.4¹	—	—	—	—	+13.5²	2³⁹	28.4¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	30.3¹⁵	8.0¹⁵	+5.9¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	13.3%¹⁵	—	2004: P26 from 24	2 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 27.5
0Mike Bliss	30	42	30.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	32.3⁴	0.0%⁴	44.2³	—	—	—	—	—	11³⁹	33.7¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	17.3³	18.7³	-7.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.67³	66.7%³	—	2000: P28 from 20	4 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 30.5
32Bobby Hamilton Jr.	35	41	30.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	26.0¹	0.0%¹	42.3¹	—	—	—	—	—	11³⁹	32.2¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-22.3⁶	28.4¹⁶	11.6¹⁶	-0.9¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19¹⁶	37.5%¹⁶	—	2005: P30 from 26	1 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 30.0
98Randy LaJoie	39	38	27.0²	0²	0²	0²	28.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	+34.0¹	9³⁹	26.8¹²	—	41.0⁵	—	—	42.0²	0.7²	-0.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	100.0%²	—	1995: P16 from 33	2 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 27.0
02Hermie Sadler	41	29	40.5²	0²	0²	0²	42.0²	0.0%²	27.2¹	—	—	—	—	—	11³⁹	37.3¹²	—	40.6⁵	—	+0.3⁶	37.1¹⁵	6.5¹⁵	+0.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	66.7%¹⁵	—	2003: P41 from 43	2 st · 0 W · best P40 · avg 40.5
72Kirk Shelmerdine	36	28	39.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	41.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	9³⁹	41.4⁸	—	41.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	41.3¹⁷	1.7¹⁷	+0.4¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁷	100.0%¹⁷	—	2004: P39 from 41	1 st · 0 W · best P39 · avg 39.0