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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	37	65	6.5¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	9¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	14.5%¹⁰	127.5⁴	16.5⁶	11.5²	13.5²	10.5²	-9.4¹⁰	27⁵⁰	15.4¹²	11.7³	13.4⁵	—	+13.7⁶	11.5³⁵	12.6³⁵	-1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P35 from 14	37 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.9
20Tony Stewart	7	62	13.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	16.3¹⁰	6.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.7¹⁰	27⁵⁰	10.7¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	12.1³⁵	9.4³⁵	+2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P20 from 1	33 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.7
29Kevin Harvick	5	60	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	84.9³	11.5¹⁰	10.9⁸	12.9⁸	11.5⁸	-9.5¹⁰	27⁵⁰	12.3¹²	7.2¹²	15.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	19.6³⁵	8.7³⁵	+2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P34 from 15	44 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.5
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	26	60	15.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	9.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.7¹⁰	27⁵⁰	15.1¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	24.9³⁵	14.2³⁵	+4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2000: P26 from 22	34 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.5
24Jeff Gordon	16	60	8.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	16.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.1¹⁰	27⁵⁰	16.9¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-9.0⁶	11.4³⁵	13.4³⁵	-6.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1993: P8 from 3	46 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 6.9
97Kurt Busch	9	59	20.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	6.1%¹⁰	85.9¹	10.8⁹	10.6⁵	9.6⁵	12.6⁵	+3.5¹⁰	9⁵⁰	16.3¹²	16.4⁷	10.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	13.8³³	13.7³³	-1.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	9.1%³³	—	2000: P37 from 40	43 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.2
17Matt Kenseth	18	58	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.0¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	22.6³	22.5²	17.5²	23.5²	+0.2¹⁰	9⁵⁰	17.2¹²	21.7³	9.6⁵	—	-10.3⁶	17.0³⁵	13.2³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P21 from 31	38 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.0
6Mark Martin	22	57	12.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9⁵⁰	18.8¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	15.3³⁵	11.6³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1981: P3 from 5 · led 40	49 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.9
12Ryan Newman	2	57	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	6.2¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	84.0⁴	18.7⁹	21.0⁵	22.0⁵	21.4⁵	+1.4¹⁰	1⁵⁰	15.3¹²	27.5⁸	14.4⁵	—	+16.3⁶	6.4³⁵	10.9³⁵	-9.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P41 from 10	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.0
21Ricky Rudd	13	57	8.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.1¹⁰	15.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9⁵⁰	12.9¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-12.0⁶	21.7³⁵	12.0³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1977: P27 from 14	54 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.2
99Carl Edwards	36	57	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	85.1⁹	—	—	—	—	-1.6¹⁰	9⁵⁰	17.3¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	18.4³⁵	11.1³⁵	+5.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2004: P24 from 22	24 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.4
18Bobby Labonte	6	56	18.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁵⁰	20.3¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	22.6³⁵	12.5³⁵	+0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1993: P12 from 24	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
9Kasey Kahne	35	55	20.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	72.8⁸	24.0¹	—	—	—	-5.7¹⁰	1⁵⁰	19.8¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	14.2³⁵	12.8³⁵	-8.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	2004: P21 from 15 · led 1	28 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.4
42Jamie McMurray	29	55	14.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.0¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	92.9⁶	17.9²	—	—	—	-7.1¹⁰	1⁵⁰	18.1¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-7.7⁶	21.2³⁵	10.1³⁵	+4.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P39 from 11	31 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.4
40Sterling Marlin	20	55	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁰	19.0¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+8.3⁶	26.7³⁴	11.3³⁴	+1.6³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	1983: P12 from 19	42 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.3
2Rusty Wallace	4	55	14.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	7.6¹⁰	5.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁰	16.3¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-6.7⁶	19.7³⁵	9.3³⁵	+5.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1984: P15 from 14	43 st · 7 W · best P1 · avg 12.1
19Jeremy Mayfield	3	55	18.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁰	24.8¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	15.6³⁵	9.2³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1995: P16 from 19	24 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.9
88Dale Jarrett	32	53	17.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9⁵⁰	20.6¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	20.1³⁵	9.8³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1984: P14 from 24	42 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.5
49Ken Schrader	11	53	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	16.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁴	1⁵⁰	17.3¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	+15.0⁶	30.7³⁵	8.9³⁵	+5.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1985: P16 from 22	53 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.8
38Elliott Sadler	25	52	24.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	36.9¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0²	9⁵⁰	22.8¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	13.8³⁵	10.7³⁵	-4.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P28 from 36	24 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 25.5
16Greg Biffle	8	52	23.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	64.3⁶	—	—	—	—	+6.2¹⁰	9⁵⁰	13.9¹²	37.0¹	19.0⁵	—	+14.3⁶	13.4³⁵	11.7³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2003: P18 from 20	27 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.1
5Kyle Busch	21	51	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.7¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	92.4¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	+6.5¹⁰	27⁵⁰	9.8¹²	17.8¹²	33.6⁵	—	-5.7⁶	18.5³⁵	14.8³⁵	-2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2005: P9 from 23	41 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.0
45Kyle Petty	19	51	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.9⁸	1⁵⁰	18.5¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	33.3³⁵	8.6³⁵	+8.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1980: P15 from 15	53 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.7
31Jeff Burton	30	50	19.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.9⁷	27⁵⁰	22.2¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	25.9³⁵	10.5³⁵	+6.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1994: P36 from 21	38 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.0
01Joe Nemechek	10	49	24.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.8⁴	27⁵⁰	26.6¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	16.4³⁵	9.3³⁵	-2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P22 from 29	37 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 29.6
34Randy LaJoie	39	48	5.0¹	0¹	1¹	1¹	36.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	-12.0¹	27⁵⁰	24.3⁶	—	39.8⁵	—	—	36.0²	4.2²	-3.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	100.0%²	—	1998: P5 from 36	1 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 5.0
25Brian Vickers	27	48	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	80.6⁸	—	—	—	—	-1.7¹⁰	27⁵⁰	27.7¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	16.2³⁵	13.0³⁵	-3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 35	18 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 17.7
15Michael Waltrip	31	47	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁵⁰	19.3¹²	—	33.2⁵	—	+13.3⁶	26.4³⁵	12.7³⁵	+3.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	1986: P11 from 25	46 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.7
22Scott Wimmer	33	47	25.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	28.0⁴	0.0%⁴	45.5²	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁰	26.8¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	27.4³⁵	7.2³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2004: P29 from 16	4 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 25.5
07Dave Blaney	42	45	26.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	62.9²	—	—	—	—	+11.2⁵	27⁵⁰	27.0¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-19.7⁶	22.9³⁵	7.9³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P41 from 20	25 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 31.5
10Scott Riggs	1	44	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	53.6⁸	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁶	27⁵⁰	24.9¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	+1.7⁶	19.5³⁵	10.2³⁵	-8.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2004: P28 from 13	13 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 27.7
0Mike Bliss	15	44	30.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	36.4⁵	—	—	—	—	+4.0²	27⁵⁰	28.5¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-8.3⁶	23.0³⁵	10.1³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1998: P25 from 25	10 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 30.3
41Casey Mears	24	44	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	65.8⁶	35.6²	37.0²	37.0²	37.0²	+10.2¹⁰	1⁵⁰	31.9¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	-14.3⁶	24.0³⁵	11.7³⁵	+2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P36 from 22	28 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 24.1
77Travis Kvapil	17	44	29.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	49.1⁹	—	—	—	—	+2.7⁷	1⁵⁰	21.5¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	+7.7⁶	26.2³⁵	9.8³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2004: P21 from 5	17 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 29.8
43Jeff Green	14	43	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	60.9¹	—	—	—	—	+2.1⁸	1⁵⁰	29.2¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	27.2³⁵	7.0³⁵	+2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P30 from 33	14 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.8
4Mike Wallace	23	42	27.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.9¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	41.1²	—	—	—	—	+1.0²	27⁵⁰	27.3¹²	—	28.6⁵	—	+13.0⁶	33.5²⁷	9.1²⁷	+5.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1994: P28 from 36	10 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 27.0
09Johnny Sauter	40	42	30.3³	0³	0³	0³	15.0³	0.0%³	58.2²	—	—	—	—	+0.8³	1⁵⁰	29.4¹¹	—	24.0⁵	—	-2.3⁶	30.1⁹	13.1⁹	+2.7⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	44.4%⁹	—	2004: P31 from 22	3 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 30.3
37Kevin Lepage	41	41	28.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	35.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.7⁵	1⁵⁰	24.4¹²	—	30.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	30.4²⁰	8.5²⁰	-0.3²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁰	15.0%²⁰	—	1998: P42 from 33	11 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 29.9
7Robby Gordon	43	40	32.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	30.5¹	—	—	—	—	+10.2⁸	27⁵⁰	30.9¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+20.3⁶	26.5²⁸	10.0²⁸	-4.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²⁸	46.4%²⁸	—	1997: P41 from 40	21 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 34.1
11Jason Leffler	12	37	32.0²	0²	0²	0²	38.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	+27.0¹	27⁵⁰	30.6⁹	—	32.6⁵	—	+10.3⁶	26.5¹⁸	7.5¹⁸	-1.9¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	16.7%¹⁸	—	2001: P37 from 42	2 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 32.0
32Bobby Hamilton Jr.	28	37	33.0²	0²	0²	0²	39.0²	0.0%²	30.9¹	—	—	—	—	—	27⁵⁰	30.2⁶	—	32.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	25.5³²	8.1³²	-6.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19³²	25.0%³²	—	2004: P36 from 35	2 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 33.0
66Hermie Sadler	38	35	31.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	34.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	34.6³	38.2¹	—	—	—	—	9⁵⁰	32.9¹⁰	—	36.2⁵	—	-8.3⁶	37.2¹¹	5.1¹¹	+3.0¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09¹¹	54.5%¹¹	—	2001: P28 from 23	14 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 31.9
75Mike Garvey	34	29	41.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	39.0¹	0.0%¹	35.6¹	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁰	37.5²	—	36.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	36.9⁸	5.5⁸	+1.4⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	25.0%⁸	—	2006: P41 from 39	1 st · 0 W · best P41 · avg 41.0