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Form favourites · top 8

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.	5	66	13.3¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.7¹⁰	16.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.2¹⁰	25⁵¹	10.7¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	25.5³⁵	13.9³⁵	+4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2000: P13 from 8	35 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
48Jimmie Johnson	2	63	12.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	94.1⁴	20.9¹⁰	20.2⁶	22.7⁶	17.3⁶	-6.5¹⁰	25⁵¹	17.8¹²	5.5²	13.4⁵	—	+13.7⁶	12.5³⁵	12.6³⁵	-0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P15 from 1	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
29Kevin Harvick	30	62	15.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	89.3³	14.1¹⁰	17.3⁸	16.3⁸	16.8⁸	-10.1¹⁰	25⁵¹	13.7¹²	17.3⁸	15.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	18.9³⁵	8.9³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P25 from 10 · led 2	44 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
24Jeff Gordon	15	62	11.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.4¹⁰	12.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.6¹⁰	25⁵¹	15.7¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-9.0⁶	11.4³⁵	13.4³⁵	-6.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1993: P5 from 3 · led 2	45 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
97Kurt Busch	13	61	23.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.5¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	70.4²	20.3⁹	15.4⁵	15.4⁵	16.6⁵	+5.6¹⁰	18⁵¹	10.8¹²	13.4⁵	10.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	13.7³³	13.5³³	-2.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	9.1%³³	—	2001: P41 from 26	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.9
17Matt Kenseth	14	61	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	27.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	18.8¹	6.0¹	7.0¹	7.0¹	+2.4¹⁰	18⁵¹	17.3¹²	26.0²	9.6⁵	—	-10.3⁶	17.1³⁵	12.4³⁵	+2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P10 from 24	36 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.6
20Tony Stewart	4	58	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.4¹⁰	25⁵¹	13.6¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	12.2³⁵	9.8³⁵	+2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P28 from 2	34 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 18.9
9Kasey Kahne	37	57	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	26.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	77.5⁸	20.1²	—	—	—	-4.9¹⁰	2⁵¹	21.7¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	14.1³⁵	13.2³⁵	-7.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	2004: P41 from 27	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.4
19Jeremy Mayfield	24	56	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁵¹	20.2¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	15.0³⁵	9.1³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1994: P30 from 40	27 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.7
18Bobby Labonte	20	55	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁵¹	13.7¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	22.2³⁵	12.2³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 25	47 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.6
12Ryan Newman	9	55	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.0¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	94.6⁴	19.8⁸	22.0³	14.0³	18.7³	-0.7¹⁰	2⁵¹	18.6¹²	24.8⁴	14.4⁵	—	+16.3⁶	6.2³⁵	11.0³⁵	-9.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P7 from 23	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
40Sterling Marlin	18	54	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3³	2⁵¹	18.8¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+8.3⁶	26.8³⁴	11.4³⁴	+1.7³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	1980: P8 from 36	51 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.6
99Carl Edwards	27	54	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	84.2¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+0.5¹⁰	18⁵¹	22.5¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	18.7³⁵	11.9³⁵	+4.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2005: P33 from 34	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.1
49Ken Schrader	31	54	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	10.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.5⁴	2⁵¹	14.5¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	+15.0⁶	30.1³⁵	8.6³⁵	+5.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1985: P11 from 24	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.8
6Mark Martin	32	54	27.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁵¹	11.0¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	15.1³⁵	11.7³⁵	+1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1982: P30 from 26	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.1
38Elliott Sadler	39	53	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.5²	18⁵¹	25.9¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	13.4³⁵	10.7³⁵	-4.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P40 from 38	26 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.4
2Rusty Wallace	36	52	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁵¹	17.1¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-6.7⁶	18.8³⁵	9.4³⁵	+4.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1982: P37 from 19	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.3
31Jeff Burton	6	52	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁶	25⁵¹	19.1¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	26.5³⁵	10.4³⁵	+7.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1994: P26 from 35	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
42Jamie McMurray	17	51	24.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	85.0⁶	22.5⁴	17.0¹	15.0¹	6.0¹	+2.2¹⁰	2⁵¹	17.8¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-7.7⁶	21.5³⁵	9.8³⁵	+5.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P31 from 19	33 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 22.6
25Brian Vickers	28	50	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	82.7⁸	—	—	—	—	-2.5⁸	25⁵¹	19.9¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	16.2³⁵	13.3³⁵	-3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P39 from 35	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.8
88Dale Jarrett	1	49	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁵¹	25.3¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	21.0³⁵	9.8³⁵	+2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1984: P23 from 39	41 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
22Scott Wimmer	16	49	22.3³	0³	1³	1³	29.7³	1.0%³	56.1¹	—	—	—	—	-12.0¹	2⁵¹	23.7⁶	—	20.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	27.9³⁵	7.2³⁵	+2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2004: P3 from 26 · led 5	3 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.3
41Casey Mears	29	49	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	66.5⁶	33.9⁴	38.3³	36.3³	31.0³	-3.5¹⁰	2⁵¹	21.8¹²	37.0¹	18.2⁵	—	-14.3⁶	23.9³⁵	11.7³⁵	+2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P27 from 29 · led 1	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.9
21Ricky Rudd	11	48	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁵¹	19.3¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-12.0⁶	21.7³⁵	12.2³⁵	+1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1976: P10 from 22	59 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.4
23Mike Skinner	7	48	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	3.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.8¹⁰	2⁵¹	20.1¹²	—	33.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	29.9⁹	4.9⁹	-9.1⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.44⁹	77.8%⁹	—	1997: P12 from 1 · led 1	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.5
5Kyle Busch	19	48	15.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	13.5%¹⁰	106.4¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	-3.1¹⁰	25⁵¹	23.3¹²	19.4¹²	33.6⁵	—	-5.7⁶	18.5³⁵	14.8³⁵	-2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2005: P31 from 32	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.3
0Mike Bliss	35	47	26.3⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	28.0⁶	0.0%⁶	50.1³	—	—	—	—	+13.0¹	25⁵¹	22.8⁶	—	19.4⁵	—	-7.7⁶	22.4³⁵	10.2³⁵	-2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2000: P33 from 35	6 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 26.3
16Greg Biffle	23	47	20.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.4¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	80.4⁶	37.5¹	39.0¹	38.0¹	33.0¹	-0.3¹⁰	18⁵¹	25.2¹²	31.0¹	19.0⁵	—	+14.3⁶	12.9³⁵	11.9³⁵	+1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2003: P21 from 27	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.8
1Martin Truex Jr.	10	47	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	76.4¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	12.2¹⁰	+2.0¹⁰	25⁵¹	25.2¹²	18.9¹⁰	27.8⁵	—	+4.3⁶	21.8⁶	13.9⁶	-3.7⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50⁶	66.7%⁶	—	2006: P16 from 19	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.4
45Kyle Petty	33	46	27.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁵	2⁵¹	16.9¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	32.9³⁵	8.6³⁵	+8.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1981: P32 from 11	51 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.0
14John Andretti	42	45	25.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	7.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	18⁵¹	24.5¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	-6.7⁶	28.0³	0.6³	-0.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	0.0%³	—	1994: P42 from 15	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 27.6
07Dave Blaney	38	45	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.1⁶	25⁵¹	25.3¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-19.7⁶	23.0³⁵	7.9³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P27 from 31	25 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 27.3
15Michael Waltrip	3	45	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁵¹	19.9¹²	—	33.2⁵	—	+13.3⁶	27.2³⁵	12.5³⁵	+4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1986: P18 from 39	55 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.7
4Mike Wallace	43	44	24.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0²	25⁵¹	21.9¹²	—	28.6⁵	—	+13.0⁶	32.8²⁷	8.8²⁷	+5.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1994: P12 from 18	18 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 24.2
36Boris Said	41	44	21.2⁵	0⁵	1⁵	1⁵	14.6⁵	1.3%⁵	56.1⁵	—	—	—	—	0.0¹	25⁵¹	31.0²	—	25.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	23.9⁸	10.4⁸	-1.4⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	12.5%⁸	—	2005: P28 from 4	5 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.2
01Joe Nemechek	34	44	30.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.2⁵	25⁵¹	27.1¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	15.7³⁵	9.4³⁵	-3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P39 from 38	37 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 28.7
00Kenny Wallace	21	44	26.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0⁵	25⁵¹	19.0¹²	—	30.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	32.0⁴	7.8⁴	+7.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	0.0%⁴	—	1993: P23 from 24	18 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 26.6
11Jason Leffler	40	42	25.3³	0³	0³	0³	16.0³	0.2%³	57.1¹	—	—	—	—	+4.0³	25⁵¹	20.3³	—	33.0⁵	—	+9.0⁶	24.9¹⁸	8.2¹⁸	-2.1¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁸	11.1%¹⁸	—	2001: P34 from 15	3 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 25.3
43Jeff Green	26	42	31.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	36.2³	—	—	—	—	+12.8⁸	2⁵¹	19.9¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	26.9³⁵	6.9³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1998: P37 from 32	12 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 31.9
77Travis Kvapil	25	42	30.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	52.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+4.5⁷	2⁵¹	19.6¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	0.0⁶	26.0³⁵	9.7³⁵	-0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2005: P23 from 25	13 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 28.1
10Scott Riggs	12	41	30.0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	23.5⁸	0.0%⁸	50.7⁶	—	—	—	—	+17.8⁶	25⁵¹	21.1¹⁰	—	29.8⁵	—	+1.7⁶	19.1³⁵	9.4³⁵	-8.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2004: P34 from 36	8 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 30.0
37Kevin Lepage	8	38	31.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	44.2²	—	—	—	—	+15.2⁵	2⁵¹	24.9¹⁰	—	30.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	32.0²⁰	6.9²⁰	+0.5²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁰	15.0%²⁰	—	1998: P43 from 20	10 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 31.2
32Bobby Hamilton Jr.	22	29	40.0²	0²	0²	0²	20.0²	0.0%²	33.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	25⁵¹	29.3⁴	—	32.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	25.7³²	8.2³²	-6.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19³²	28.1%³²	—	2004: P42 from 28	2 st · 0 W · best P38 · avg 40.0