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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
17Matt Kenseth	6	64	9.1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	23.4¹⁰	12.9%¹⁰	117.8⁴	—	—	—	—	-7.3¹⁰	8²⁸	8.5¹²	23.5²	9.6⁵	—	-10.3⁶	17.3³⁵	13.1³⁵	+2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P3 from 23 · led 120	24 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.5
48Jimmie Johnson	8	64	6.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	6¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	11.6%¹⁰	114.0⁶	8.6³	8.0¹	3.0¹	12.0¹	-10.8¹⁰	15²⁸	14.8¹²	11.5²	13.4⁵	—	+13.7⁶	12.3³⁵	12.5³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P1 from 4 · led 62	25 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 7.8
99Carl Edwards	19	64	6.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	9¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	3.5%¹⁰	102.9⁹	—	—	—	—	-7.2¹⁰	8²⁸	6.6¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	18.9³⁵	11.8³⁵	+4.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2004: P6 from 19	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 8.9
24Jeff Gordon	28	62	10.5¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.3¹⁰	16.4%¹⁰	65.1¹	—	—	—	—	-4.3¹⁰	15²⁸	4.9¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-9.0⁶	11.0³⁵	13.5³⁵	-6.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1997: P1 from 3 · led 113	25 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.0
9Kasey Kahne	17	61	10.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	10.7%¹⁰	100.0⁸	23.0¹	—	—	—	-14.2¹⁰	1²⁸	16.3¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	14.7³⁵	12.9³⁵	-6.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 1 · led 77	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
18Bobby Labonte	14	59	15.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	60.4¹	—	—	—	—	-5.9⁸	15²⁸	12.0¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	22.3³⁵	12.5³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	1997: P6 from 15	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.7
97Kurt Busch	20	59	12.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	8.5%¹⁰	92.7⁵	12.5⁴	15.0²	19.5²	11.0²	-8.4¹⁰	8²⁸	19.9¹²	7.7³	10.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	13.5³³	13.5³³	-2.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	9.1%³³	—	2001: P13 from 32	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
20Tony Stewart	29	58	17.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.6¹⁰	7.4%¹⁰	110.7³	—	—	—	—	+2.9¹⁰	15²⁸	14.0¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	11.5³⁵	9.7³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P4 from 7 · led 1	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.3
19Jeremy Mayfield	3	57	15.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.4¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	58.7¹	—	—	—	—	+12.6⁶	1²⁸	18.7¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	15.6³⁵	9.0³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1997: P12 from 21	14 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.5
6Mark Martin	18	57	15.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	10.5%¹⁰	111.9¹	—	—	—	—	-0.6¹⁰	8²⁸	15.9¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	15.5³⁵	11.7³⁵	+2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P10 from 12 · led 11	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.0
2Rusty Wallace	23	56	13.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.2¹⁰	6.6%¹⁰	77.5¹	—	—	—	—	-2.5⁶	1²⁸	10.2¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-6.7⁶	19.2³⁵	9.4³⁵	+5.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1997: P14 from 16	10 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.9
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	40	56	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	73.7⁴	—	—	—	—	-1.6¹⁰	15²⁸	20.8¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	24.5³⁵	14.1³⁵	+4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2000: P12 from 20	24 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.0
12Ryan Newman	9	54	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	75.5⁶	20.7²	—	—	—	+3.8¹⁰	1²⁸	16.7¹²	23.0³	14.4⁵	—	+16.3⁶	6.2³⁵	11.0³⁵	-9.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P14 from 1 · led 3	24 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.3
44Terry Labonte	11	54	17.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	36.9¹	—	—	—	—	+2.5⁹	15²⁸	15.8¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-2.3⁶	30.8¹³	12.0¹³	+1.9¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	38.5%¹³	—	1997: P2 from 10 · led 41	11 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.1
42Jamie McMurray	15	53	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	26.0¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	65.9⁷	13.7¹	—	—	—	-0.1¹⁰	1²⁸	18.5¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-7.7⁶	21.6³⁵	9.9³⁵	+4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P5 from 25 · led 41	22 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 17.1
29Kevin Harvick	31	53	21.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	79.7⁵	15.3⁵	13.7³	10.7³	13.3³	+5.8¹⁰	15²⁸	16.8¹²	8.2⁵	15.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	18.9³⁵	8.9³⁵	+1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P25 from 13 · led 2	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.8
16Greg Biffle	5	53	21.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	14.7¹⁰	8.9%¹⁰	91.3⁶	—	—	—	—	+10.1¹⁰	8²⁸	13.2¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+14.3⁶	13.5³⁵	12.0³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2002: P13 from 29	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.2
25Brian Vickers	2	52	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	87.4⁸	—	—	—	—	-0.4⁸	15²⁸	15.3¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	16.9³⁵	13.3³⁵	-2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P29 from 6 · led 1	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 14.9
21Ricky Rudd	21	52	13.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	88.1¹	—	—	—	—	-8.7³	8²⁸	17.1¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-12.0⁶	21.5³⁵	11.7³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1997: P3 from 39	12 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.8
38Elliott Sadler	41	52	22.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	71.7³	—	—	—	—	-2.0⁶	8²⁸	24.0¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	13.3³⁵	10.6³⁵	-4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P21 from 39	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 24.2
40Sterling Marlin	13	52	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	92.8¹	—	—	—	—	-6.4⁹	1²⁸	21.3¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+8.3⁶	26.9³⁴	11.6³⁴	+2.0³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	1997: P36 from 29	13 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.5
5Kyle Busch	1	52	9.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	8¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	9.0%¹⁰	105.6⁹	9.8⁵	9.0³	11.0³	8.3³	-7.9¹⁰	15²⁸	17.8¹²	8.0⁷	33.6⁵	—	-5.7⁶	19.1³⁵	15.1³⁵	-1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2004: P24 from 18	23 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 8.8
88Dale Jarrett	7	51	18.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	21.9¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	57.1¹	—	—	—	—	+4.4¹⁰	8²⁸	22.8¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	20.8³⁵	9.7³⁵	+2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P8 from 9 · led 49	14 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 19.9
41Casey Mears	16	50	23.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	68.2⁷	—	—	—	—	+8.8¹⁰	1²⁸	19.4¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	-14.3⁶	24.2³⁵	11.7³⁵	+2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P34 from 17	19 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.1
31Jeff Burton	32	50	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	64.3¹	—	—	—	—	+3.0¹⁰	15²⁸	17.1¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	25.8³⁵	10.5³⁵	+6.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1997: P30 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.0
01Joe Nemechek	4	50	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.3¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	83.5¹	—	—	—	—	-3.1⁹	15²⁸	25.9¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	16.6³⁵	8.7³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1997: P18 from 1 · led 1	23 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 29.5
91Bill Elliott	22	49	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	34.1²	—	—	—	—	-3.1⁷	1²⁸	17.6¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	+6.0⁶	21.4⁸	9.6⁸	-5.6⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	25.0%⁸	—	1997: P32 from 17	12 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 24.5
22Scott Wimmer	27	46	30.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	31.8⁵	0.0%⁵	52.2³	—	—	—	—	-18.0¹	1²⁸	20.4⁵	—	20.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	27.5³⁵	7.1³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2004: P30 from 39	5 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 30.2
4Mike Wallace	33	46	16.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	36.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	15²⁸	29.8⁸	—	28.6⁵	—	+13.0⁶	33.1²⁷	9.1²⁷	+5.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	2001: P16 from 36	1 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 16.0
14John Andretti	24	46	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.7¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	39.2³	—	—	—	—	-8.5⁶	8²⁸	22.3¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	-6.7⁶	34.0³	1.7³	+5.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	33.3%³	—	1997: P21 from 35	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.7
07Dave Blaney	42	45	27.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.6¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	54.3⁶	—	—	—	—	+4.6⁴	15²⁸	22.2¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-19.7⁶	22.9³⁵	7.9³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P38 from 17	18 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 30.5
43Jeff Green	37	44	23.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	52.3⁴	—	—	—	—	-5.1⁷	1²⁸	25.1¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	26.5³⁵	7.0³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P7 from 7	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.0
7Robby Gordon	25	44	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	31.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	58.0⁵	—	—	—	—	-6.8⁴	15²⁸	27.2¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+20.3⁶	27.1²⁸	10.2²⁸	-2.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²⁸	42.9%²⁸	—	2000: P31 from 29	16 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 28.1
45Kyle Petty	36	44	32.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	34.6¹	—	—	—	—	+7.3¹⁰	1²⁸	13.7¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	32.8³⁵	8.6³⁵	+8.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1997: P31 from 38	16 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 31.6
49Ken Schrader	38	43	27.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	46.6¹	—	—	—	—	-13.0¹	1²⁸	18.9¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	+15.0⁶	29.9³⁵	8.7³⁵	+4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1997: P34 from 5 · led 8	16 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 29.4
15Michael Waltrip	30	42	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.0¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	82.6¹	—	—	—	—	-4.0⁶	15²⁸	24.8¹²	—	33.2⁵	—	+13.3⁶	26.5³⁵	12.5³⁵	+3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1997: P11 from 18	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.4
10Scott Riggs	12	41	26.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	55.0⁸	—	—	—	—	-1.8⁵	15²⁸	25.6¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	+1.7⁶	19.1³⁵	10.2³⁵	-7.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2004: P25 from 4	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 28.1
77Travis Kvapil	35	41	30.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	36.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	45.8¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+1.0⁸	1²⁸	24.7¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+1.7⁶	25.7³⁵	9.8³⁵	-0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2005: P33 from 29	11 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 30.7
0Mike Bliss	10	38	35.7⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	34.3⁷	0.0%⁷	37.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	15²⁸	35.4⁹	—	20.6⁵	—	-9.7⁶	23.1³⁵	10.1³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2000: P35 from 43	7 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 35.7
37Kevin Lepage	43	37	30.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	31.2⁵	0.0%⁵	33.6²	—	—	—	—	+2.3²	1²⁸	31.3¹²	—	30.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	30.3²⁰	8.6²⁰	-0.2²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁰	15.0%²⁰	—	1998: P40 from 13	5 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 30.6
11Jason Leffler	39	37	30.5²	0²	0²	0²	29.0²	0.0%²	31.7¹	—	—	—	—	+9.0¹	15²⁸	28.2⁵	—	32.8⁵	—	+8.7⁶	25.0¹⁸	8.1¹⁸	-2.0¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	11.1%¹⁸	—	2001: P18 from 25	2 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 30.5
32Bobby Hamilton Jr.	26	36	30.5²	0²	0²	0²	17.5²	0.0%²	46.3¹	—	—	—	—	—	15²⁸	32.0⁴	—	32.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	25.6³²	7.9³²	-7.2³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19³²	28.1%³²	—	2004: P38 from 24	2 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 30.5
34Randy LaJoie	34	27	36.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	39.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+32.5¹	15²⁸	41.0¹	—	39.8⁵	—	—	38.5²	4.2²	-0.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	100.0%²	—	1998: P36 from 39	1 st · 0 W · best P36 · avg 36.0