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Long Pond, PA

Cup Series · 2005 · RACE 14 · PRE-RACE PREVIEW

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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	26	63	10.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	8¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.9¹⁰	17⁴⁶	8.3¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	11.6³⁵	9.2³⁵	+2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P6 from 12 · led 1	35 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
17Matt Kenseth	10	63	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	19.4⁴	14.5²	13.0²	14.5²	-4.4¹⁰	9⁴⁶	14.3¹²	4.0¹	9.6⁵	—	-10.3⁶	17.2³⁵	12.9³⁵	+2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P14 from 29	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
24Jeff Gordon	31	61	10.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	17.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹⁰	17⁴⁶	8.8¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-9.0⁶	10.9³⁵	13.6³⁵	-7.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1993: P28 from 4	46 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 10.2
6Mark Martin	13	60	9.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9⁴⁶	15.8¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	15.6³⁵	11.7³⁵	+2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1982: P26 from 16	53 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 11.4
48Jimmie Johnson	21	59	11.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	7.2¹⁰	14.6%¹⁰	88.5⁴	14.5⁶	19.5²	18.0²	18.5²	-4.0¹⁰	17⁴⁶	15.6¹²	25.0¹	13.4⁵	—	+13.7⁶	12.0³⁵	12.6³⁵	-0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P3 from 2	37 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.9
97Kurt Busch	2	59	16.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	8.4%¹⁰	138.6²	13.9⁸	10.5⁴	9.0⁴	15.0³	+1.9¹⁰	9⁴⁶	19.8¹²	16.5²	10.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	14.0³³	13.6³³	-1.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	9.1%³³	—	2001: P13 from 41	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
9Kasey Kahne	15	59	15.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7.7¹⁰	6.0%¹⁰	91.6⁸	23.3²	—	—	—	-7.0¹⁰	5⁴⁶	14.3¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	14.8³⁵	13.2³⁵	-7.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	2004: P14 from 1 · led 4	29 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
29Kevin Harvick	8	58	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	88.7²	9.3¹⁰	9.2⁶	9.5⁶	9.0⁶	-3.6¹⁰	17⁴⁶	10.3¹²	18.0⁴	15.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	19.5³⁵	8.9³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P15 from 19	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.0
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	34	58	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	4.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.4¹⁰	17⁴⁶	21.7¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	24.7³⁵	14.0³⁵	+4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2000: P19 from 15	34 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.5
99Carl Edwards	29	58	14.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	8.5%¹⁰	95.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-3.4¹⁰	9⁴⁶	15.2¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	18.6³⁵	11.6³⁵	+4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2005: P4 from 41	23 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.2
19Jeremy Mayfield	6	57	12.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	7.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁴⁶	25.8¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	15.5³⁵	9.2³⁵	-0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1994: P21 from 23	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.8
12Ryan Newman	17	57	12.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.8¹⁰	8.5%¹⁰	103.8⁴	18.4⁸	23.0⁴	19.5⁴	20.7³	-2.5¹⁰	5⁴⁶	19.1¹²	28.5²	14.4⁵	—	+16.3⁶	6.0³⁵	10.6³⁵	-8.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2002: P32 from 15 · led 19	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.6
44Terry Labonte	28	56	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.0¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁴⁶	20.3¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-2.3⁶	29.5¹³	11.0¹³	-1.2¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	46.2%¹³	—	1979: P23 from 12	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
16Greg Biffle	23	55	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	78.6⁶	—	—	—	—	-0.3¹⁰	9⁴⁶	13.2¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+14.3⁶	12.9³⁵	11.7³⁵	+1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2003: P20 from 26	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.6
88Dale Jarrett	16	54	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9⁴⁶	12.3¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	20.6³⁵	9.8³⁵	+2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1987: P35 from 24	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
2Rusty Wallace	12	54	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁴⁶	10.3¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-6.7⁶	19.5³⁵	9.4³⁵	+5.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1984: P17 from 15	43 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
18Bobby Labonte	7	53	25.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁴⁶	13.3¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	22.5³⁵	12.6³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 23	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 19.9
38Elliott Sadler	25	52	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.8¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-20.0²	9⁴⁶	28.6¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	13.8³⁵	10.7³⁵	-3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P20 from 42	23 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.0
31Jeff Burton	22	52	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.9⁶	17⁴⁶	19.5¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	26.1³⁵	10.5³⁵	+6.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1994: P22 from 35	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.5
21Ricky Rudd	32	52	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9⁴⁶	21.9¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-12.0⁶	21.1³⁵	12.1³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1977: P7 from 12	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
49Ken Schrader	19	52	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5⁴	5⁴⁶	16.6¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	+15.0⁶	30.4³⁵	8.9³⁵	+5.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1985: P15 from 22	43 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.8
25Brian Vickers	3	51	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	87.5⁸	—	—	—	—	-3.8⁹	17⁴⁶	18.9⁸	—	24.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	16.9³⁵	12.9³⁵	-3.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 2 · led 1	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.1
45Kyle Petty	40	51	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0⁵	5⁴⁶	26.3¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	32.7³⁵	8.2³⁵	+8.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1980: P7 from 13	49 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.1
40Sterling Marlin	14	51	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	5⁴⁶	22.1¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+8.3⁶	26.9³⁴	11.7³⁴	+2.0³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	1983: P29 from 20	45 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.4
42Jamie McMurray	4	51	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	66.2⁶	14.0²	—	—	—	+4.6¹⁰	5⁴⁶	14.6¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-7.7⁶	21.9³⁵	10.1³⁵	+5.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P32 from 28	31 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.1
01Joe Nemechek	18	50	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁴	17⁴⁶	24.3¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	16.2³⁵	9.0³⁵	-2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P32 from 11	38 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 29.6
5Kyle Busch	38	49	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	11.0¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	81.7¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	11.4⁸	13.5⁸	10.3⁷	+6.3¹⁰	17⁴⁶	9.0¹²	18.7⁶	33.6⁵	—	-5.7⁶	18.0³⁵	14.8³⁵	-3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2005: P39 from 28	37 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
07Dave Blaney	37	47	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.9⁶	17⁴⁶	28.4¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-19.7⁶	23.0³⁵	8.0³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P30 from 35	28 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 26.8
41Casey Mears	20	46	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	68.4⁶	33.6¹	37.0¹	38.0¹	37.0¹	+2.0¹⁰	5⁴⁶	25.6¹²	39.0¹	18.2⁵	—	-14.3⁶	24.1³⁵	11.7³⁵	+2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P21 from 19	28 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 24.0
15Michael Waltrip	1	45	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁴⁶	20.8¹²	—	33.2⁵	—	+13.3⁶	27.3³⁵	12.3³⁵	+3.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	1986: P39 from 28	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.0
7Robby Gordon	27	45	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	54.3²	—	—	—	—	-3.7⁸	17⁴⁶	26.7¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+20.3⁶	27.0²⁸	10.1²⁸	-2.7²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²⁸	42.9%²⁸	—	1997: P42 from 30	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 28.0
22Scott Wimmer	11	44	29.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	29.2⁵	0.1%⁵	44.3³	—	—	—	—	—	5⁴⁶	27.3⁴	—	20.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	28.0³⁵	7.0³⁵	+2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2004: P35 from 24	5 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 29.4
0Mike Bliss	9	44	29.0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	34.8⁶	0.0%⁶	42.6⁴	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	17⁴⁶	29.3⁴	—	20.6⁵	—	-8.3⁶	23.1³⁵	10.1³⁵	-0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2000: P33 from 36	6 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 29.0
89Morgan Shepherd	43	43	25.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁴⁶	10.0⁴	—	37.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	41.3³	1.0³	+0.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	100.0%³	—	1981: P29 from 11	34 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.2
10Scott Riggs	5	42	23.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.5¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	60.2⁸	—	—	—	—	-0.1⁸	17⁴⁶	31.3⁶	—	29.8⁵	—	+1.7⁶	19.3³⁵	10.1³⁵	-7.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2004: P16 from 40	13 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 27.7
77Travis Kvapil	33	42	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	34.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	49.4¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-6.4⁷	5⁴⁶	32.7⁷	—	27.0⁵	—	+7.7⁶	25.7³⁵	9.7³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2005: P38 from 40	16 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 26.4
43Jeff Green	35	41	31.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.4⁶	5⁴⁶	25.0⁹	—	27.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	26.6³⁵	6.8³⁵	+1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1996: P36 from 33	18 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 29.7
32Bobby Hamilton Jr.	24	39	23.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	27.0¹	0.0%¹	48.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	17⁴⁶	39.0¹	—	32.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	25.6³²	8.0³²	-7.0³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19³²	28.1%³²	—	2005: P23 from 27	1 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 23.0
37Kevin Lepage	39	39	28.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	35.2²	—	—	—	—	+4.3⁴	5⁴⁶	32.0³	—	30.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	30.5²⁰	8.4²⁰	+0.3²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	10.0%²⁰	—	1998: P19 from 42	11 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 28.6
4Mike Wallace	42	38	30.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	40.4¹	—	—	—	—	—	17⁴⁶	34.5²	—	28.6⁵	—	+13.0⁶	32.8²⁷	9.1²⁷	+5.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1994: P36 from 38	11 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 31.3
13Greg Sacks	41	36	26.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-11.3¹	5⁴⁶	28.5⁴	—	42.0⁴	—	—	35.0¹	—	-8.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1983: P29 from 21	23 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 28.5
11Jason Leffler	30	35	33.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	28.2⁵	0.0%⁵	42.4³	—	—	—	—	+19.4⁴	17⁴⁶	33.4⁵	—	32.6⁵	—	+10.3⁶	25.5¹⁸	7.9¹⁸	-1.3¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁸	11.1%¹⁸	—	2001: P41 from 33	5 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 33.8
66Mike Garvey	36	33	37.5²	0²	0²	0²	37.5²	0.0%²	31.0²	—	—	—	—	—	9⁴⁶	—	—	39.8⁵	—	+7.0⁶	36.6⁸	4.1⁸	-1.1⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	37.5%⁸	—	2005: P34 from 32	2 st · 0 W · best P34 · avg 37.5