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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
48Jimmie Johnson	14	61	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.4¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	68.8⁴	12.1⁶	9.0²	11.5²	7.0²	-1.4¹⁰	11⁴⁸	14.1¹²	13.3³	13.4⁵	—	+13.7⁶	12.2³⁵	12.6³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P7 from 33	37 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.3
97Kurt Busch	26	61	9.6¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	17.3¹⁰	10.5%¹⁰	112.1²	14.0⁷	17.3³	18.0³	16.7³	-8.1¹⁰	17⁴⁸	22.0¹²	15.0¹¹	10.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	13.3³³	13.2³³	-1.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	2001: P42 from 39	40 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 13.6
29Kevin Harvick	13	60	11.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	17.4¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	92.1²	13.2⁹	9.8⁵	6.0⁵	8.6⁵	-11.2¹⁰	11⁴⁸	19.0¹²	11.4¹²	15.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	19.4³⁵	8.6³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P24 from 3 · led 137	42 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	19	60	14.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.7¹⁰	14.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.9¹⁰	11⁴⁸	14.9¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	25.1³⁵	13.9³⁵	+4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2000: P38 from 12	34 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
44Terry Labonte	16	60	7.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	11⁴⁸	13.1¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-2.3⁶	30.4¹³	11.7¹³	+0.2¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	46.2%¹³	—	1979: P7 from 10	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.2
17Matt Kenseth	25	60	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	15.7²	20.0²	18.5²	18.0²	-6.5¹⁰	17⁴⁸	17.9¹²	23.3³	9.6⁵	—	-10.3⁶	16.8³⁵	13.3³⁵	+1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P12 from 22	37 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 13.6
20Tony Stewart	11	59	17.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	11.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.9¹⁰	11⁴⁸	12.8¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	12.0³⁵	9.7³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P15 from 4 · led 55	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.2
6Mark Martin	34	59	9.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.2¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁴⁸	19.2¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	15.0³⁵	11.3³⁵	+2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1982: P14 from 17	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.4
24Jeff Gordon	4	58	13.7¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6.8¹⁰	19.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.5¹⁰	11⁴⁸	14.6¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-9.0⁶	11.7³⁵	13.7³⁵	-6.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1993: P17 from 21	46 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 12.1
99Carl Edwards	42	58	12.9¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	5.6%¹⁰	93.2⁹	—	—	—	—	-3.6¹⁰	17⁴⁸	19.6¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	18.3³⁵	11.7³⁵	+4.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2004: P33 from 25	24 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 13.4
9Kasey Kahne	9	57	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	6.1%¹⁰	92.4⁸	21.2²	—	—	—	-3.7¹⁰	3⁴⁸	16.1¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	14.9³⁵	13.2³⁵	-7.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	2004: P40 from 5	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
2Rusty Wallace	3	57	9.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁴⁸	17.5¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-6.7⁶	19.7³⁵	9.4³⁵	+5.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1984: P12 from 11	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.5
16Greg Biffle	10	56	9.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	101.3⁶	—	—	—	—	-6.9¹⁰	17⁴⁸	18.8¹²	37.0¹	19.0⁵	—	+14.3⁶	13.3³⁵	12.1³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2003: P5 from 15	27 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.3
21Ricky Rudd	20	55	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁴⁸	12.7¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-12.0⁶	21.5³⁵	12.2³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1975: P10 from 23	57 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.2
5Kyle Busch	39	55	8.3¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	18.7%¹⁰	108.1¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	-9.1¹⁰	11⁴⁸	9.7¹²	18.2¹²	33.6⁵	—	-5.7⁶	18.0³⁵	15.0³⁵	-2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2005: P33 from 11	38 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
40Sterling Marlin	15	55	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁴⁸	19.0¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+8.3⁶	26.9³⁴	11.5³⁴	+1.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	1983: P18 from 19	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.5
18Bobby Labonte	38	54	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	11⁴⁸	21.8¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	21.7³⁵	12.7³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	1993: P24 from 33	41 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.5
19Jeremy Mayfield	8	54	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.6¹⁰	4.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁴⁸	22.8¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	15.5³⁵	9.2³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1994: P21 from 25	25 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.4
12Ryan Newman	7	53	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	81.7⁴	20.5⁸	26.3⁴	23.8⁴	25.8⁴	+3.7¹⁰	3⁴⁸	15.0¹²	23.3¹⁰	14.4⁵	—	+16.3⁶	6.3³⁵	10.8³⁵	-8.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P37 from 8	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.3
88Dale Jarrett	21	53	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁴⁸	20.0¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	20.4³⁵	9.5³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1986: P29 from 28	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
42Jamie McMurray	17	52	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	60.8⁶	26.2²	—	—	—	+2.2¹⁰	3⁴⁸	18.8¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-7.7⁶	21.5³⁵	10.1³⁵	+5.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P11 from 26	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.5
38Elliott Sadler	1	51	24.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-15.0¹	17⁴⁸	26.0¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	14.5³⁵	10.4³⁵	-3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1998: P24 from 32	24 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.9
45Kyle Petty	37	50	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁶	3⁴⁸	19.3¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	32.8³⁵	8.2³⁵	+7.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1981: P11 from 23	49 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.3
50Jimmy Spencer	29	50	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0¹	3⁴⁸	17.8¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	-2.7⁶	31.5¹⁰	4.8¹⁰	-4.1¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.30¹⁰	40.0%¹⁰	—	1989: P8 from 12	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.9
49Ken Schrader	30	49	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.3⁴	3⁴⁸	16.1¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	+15.0⁶	30.1³⁵	8.9³⁵	+4.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1985: P10 from 16	49 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.2
01Joe Nemechek	40	48	26.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.8⁵	11⁴⁸	26.3¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	15.5³⁵	9.1³⁵	-2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P16 from 6	35 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 31.5
31Jeff Burton	24	48	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁶	11⁴⁸	25.8¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	26.0³⁵	10.1³⁵	+6.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1994: P31 from 35	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.6
15Michael Waltrip	27	47	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	11⁴⁸	17.7¹²	—	33.2⁵	—	+13.3⁶	26.5³⁵	12.7³⁵	+3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	1986: P32 from 24	47 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.5
22Scott Wimmer	32	46	27.1⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	31.8⁸	0.0%⁸	48.1⁴	—	—	—	—	+6.3²	3⁴⁸	28.2¹¹	—	20.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	27.4³⁵	7.3³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2002: P40 from 31	8 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 27.1
41Casey Mears	31	45	26.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	62.6⁶	—	—	—	—	+11.2¹⁰	3⁴⁸	28.8¹²	37.0²	18.2⁵	—	-14.3⁶	23.8³⁵	11.1³⁵	+3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P32 from 39	27 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 27.1
25Brian Vickers	12	45	26.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	57.2⁸	—	—	—	—	+2.8¹⁰	11⁴⁸	25.9¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	16.7³⁵	13.2³⁵	-3.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P35 from 22	19 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.2
77Travis Kvapil	5	45	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	51.2¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+2.8⁷	3⁴⁸	23.5¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	+7.7⁶	26.5³⁵	9.2³⁵	-0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2005: P19 from 31	15 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 26.0
0Mike Bliss	41	44	29.6⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	34.3⁷	0.1%⁷	42.5⁷	—	—	—	—	—	11⁴⁸	28.2¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-8.3⁶	22.2³⁵	10.0³⁵	-1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2005: P7 from 27 · led 4	7 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 29.6
07Dave Blaney	2	44	28.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	70.4²	—	—	—	—	+19.5⁵	11⁴⁸	26.3¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-19.7⁶	24.0³⁵	8.0³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P35 from 26	25 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 31.1
4Mike Wallace	22	44	22.9⁸	0⁸	0⁸	2⁸	29.8⁸	0.0%⁸	55.6¹	—	—	—	—	—	11⁴⁸	27.7¹²	—	28.6⁵	—	+13.0⁶	33.6²⁷	9.1²⁷	+5.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1994: P28 from 25	8 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.9
08Shane Hmiel	33	44	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11⁴⁸	29.0¹	—	31.4⁵	—	-5.3⁶	21.0¹	—	-22.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.00¹	100.0%¹	—	first start here	—
10Scott Riggs	28	43	27.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	59.8⁸	—	—	—	—	+2.7⁸	11⁴⁸	24.3¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	+1.7⁶	18.7³⁵	9.8³⁵	-9.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2004: P34 from 28	12 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 29.8
43Jeff Green	6	42	28.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	65.2¹	—	—	—	—	+7.3⁹	3⁴⁸	28.6¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	27.4³⁵	7.0³⁵	+2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P21 from 30	15 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 25.2
11Jason Leffler	36	39	29.0³	0³	0³	0³	37.3³	0.0%³	38.7¹	—	—	—	—	+21.0¹	11⁴⁸	28.3⁸	—	32.6⁵	—	+19.0⁶	25.2¹⁸	8.0¹⁸	-1.8¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	16.7%¹⁸	—	2001: P30 from 43	3 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 29.0
32Bobby Hamilton Jr.	18	36	35.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	8.0¹	0.0%¹	50.9¹	—	—	—	—	—	11⁴⁸	30.4⁷	—	32.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	25.8³²	8.1³²	-6.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16³²	25.0%³²	—	2005: P35 from 8	1 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 35.0
66Hermie Sadler	35	34	34.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	41.3⁴	0.0%⁴	27.6²	—	—	—	—	—	17⁴⁸	32.4¹²	—	36.2⁵	—	-8.3⁶	37.5¹¹	5.1¹¹	+2.8¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18¹¹	63.6%¹¹	—	2002: P32 from 43	4 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 34.0
00Carl Long	43	30	36.5²	0²	0²	0²	36.5²	0.0%²	31.6²	—	—	—	—	—	11⁴⁸	36.0¹	—	39.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	35.1⁸	4.7⁸	-4.4⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	75.0%⁸	—	2005: P32 from 43	2 st · 0 W · best P32 · avg 36.5
92Stanton Barrett	23	28	37.3³	0³	0³	0³	39.0³	0.0%³	31.1²	—	—	—	—	—	11⁴⁸	41.0³	—	39.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	39.7⁷	5.8⁷	+2.0⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29⁷	57.1%⁷	—	2004: P32 from 38	3 st · 0 W · best P32 · avg 37.3