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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.	39	66	13.3¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.7¹⁰	16.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.2¹⁰	25⁵¹	10.7¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	24.5³⁵	13.9³⁵	+3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2000: P13 from 8	35 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
97Kurt Busch	28	63	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	24.0¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	101.1²	20.3⁹	15.4⁵	15.4⁵	16.6⁵	+2.9¹⁰	18⁵¹	10.8¹²	13.4⁵	10.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	13.2³³	13.1³³	-1.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	9.1%³³	—	2001: P41 from 26	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.0
48Jimmie Johnson	3	63	12.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	92.2⁴	20.9¹⁰	20.2⁶	22.7⁶	17.3⁶	-6.3¹⁰	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
24Jeff Gordon	15	61	11.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.4¹⁰	12.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.6¹⁰	25⁵¹	15.7¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-9.0⁶	11.4³⁵	13.6³⁵	-6.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1993: P5 from 3 · led 2	45 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
29Kevin Harvick	7	61	15.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	4.7%¹⁰	74.4³	14.1¹⁰	17.3⁸	16.3⁸	16.8⁸	-9.1¹⁰	25⁵¹	13.7¹²	17.3⁸	15.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	19.6³⁵	9.0³⁵	+2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P25 from 10 · led 2	44 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
17Matt Kenseth	38	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	16.4³⁵	13.2³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P10 from 24	36 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.5
20Tony Stewart	1	58	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.4¹⁰	25⁵¹	13.6¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	12.3³⁵	9.7³⁵	+2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P28 from 2	34 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
9Kasey Kahne	19	57	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	28.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	77.9⁸	20.1²	—	—	—	-5.4¹⁰	2⁵¹	21.7¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	14.7³⁵	13.2³⁵	-7.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	2004: P41 from 27	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.6
19Jeremy Mayfield	31	57	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁵¹	20.2¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	14.8³⁵	9.2³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1994: P30 from 40	27 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.1
99Carl Edwards	34	56	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	85.2¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-0.4¹⁰	18⁵¹	22.5¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	18.5³⁵	11.4³⁵	+5.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2005: P12 from 27	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.2
18Bobby Labonte	22	56	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁵¹	13.7¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	22.1³⁵	12.5³⁵	-0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 25	47 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.8
12Ryan Newman	27	55	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	96.2⁴	19.8⁸	22.0³	14.0³	18.7³	-0.7¹⁰	2⁵¹	18.6¹²	24.8⁴	14.4⁵	—	+16.3⁶	5.7³⁵	11.1³⁵	-9.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P7 from 23	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.9
40Sterling Marlin	37	55	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3³	2⁵¹	18.8¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+8.3⁶	26.2³⁴	11.8³⁴	+1.5³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	1980: P8 from 36	51 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.3
6Mark Martin	23	54	27.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁵¹	11.0¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	15.3³⁵	10.8³⁵	+2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1982: P30 from 26	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.5
38Elliott Sadler	6	54	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.5²	18⁵¹	25.9¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	14.3³⁵	10.7³⁵	-3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P40 from 38	26 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.0
49Ken Schrader	40	54	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	10.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.5⁴	2⁵¹	14.5¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	+15.0⁶	29.8³⁵	8.5³⁵	+4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1985: P11 from 24	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.4
2Rusty Wallace	9	52	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁵¹	17.1¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-6.7⁶	19.6³⁵	9.3³⁵	+5.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1982: P37 from 19	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.4
31Jeff Burton	42	52	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁶	25⁵¹	19.1¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	25.5³⁵	10.4³⁵	+5.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1994: P26 from 35	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
25Brian Vickers	16	51	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	81.1⁸	—	—	—	—	-3.5⁸	25⁵¹	19.9¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	16.5³⁵	13.2³⁵	-2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P39 from 35	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.3
41Casey Mears	29	50	18.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	70.0⁶	33.9⁴	38.3³	36.3³	31.0³	-6.0¹⁰	2⁵¹	21.8¹²	37.0¹	18.2⁵	—	-14.3⁶	23.9³⁵	11.1³⁵	+3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P27 from 29 · led 1	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.3
88Dale Jarrett	13	50	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁵¹	25.3¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	20.7³⁵	9.5³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1984: P23 from 39	41 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
42Jamie McMurray	33	50	27.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	79.4⁶	22.5⁴	17.0¹	15.0¹	6.0¹	+6.8¹⁰	2⁵¹	17.8¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-7.7⁶	21.1³⁵	9.8³⁵	+3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P31 from 19	33 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 23.4
22Scott Wimmer	26	50	22.7³	0³	1³	1³	26.3³	2.3%³	77.6¹	—	—	—	—	-4.5²	2⁵¹	23.7⁶	—	20.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	27.6³⁵	7.2³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2004: P3 from 26 · led 5	3 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.7
7Robby Gordon	11	49	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.6⁷	25⁵¹	19.0¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+20.3⁶	27.6²⁸	10.2²⁸	-2.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²⁸	46.4%²⁸	—	1991: P18 from 35	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.3
09Johnny Sauter	20	49	21.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	27.6⁵	0.0%⁵	62.9⁴	—	—	—	—	-13.6⁴	2⁵¹	22.6⁵	—	24.0⁵	—	-2.3⁶	32.3⁹	13.1⁹	+2.2⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	55.6%⁹	—	2004: P26 from 21	5 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 21.4
21Ricky Rudd	35	49	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁵¹	19.3¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-12.0⁶	21.1³⁵	12.1³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1976: P10 from 22	59 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.6
16Greg Biffle	18	48	19.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	81.3⁶	37.5¹	39.0¹	38.0¹	33.0¹	0.0¹⁰	18⁵¹	25.2¹²	31.0¹	19.0⁵	—	+14.3⁶	13.1³⁵	11.4³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2003: P21 from 27	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.4
0Mike Bliss	14	48	26.0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	31.5⁶	0.0%⁶	52.1³	—	—	—	—	+13.0¹	25⁵¹	22.8⁶	—	20.6⁵	—	-8.3⁶	23.0³⁵	10.2³⁵	-1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2000: P33 from 35	6 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 26.0
5Kyle Busch	32	48	16.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	13.1%¹⁰	103.7¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	-1.9¹⁰	25⁵¹	23.3¹²	19.4¹²	33.6⁵	—	-5.7⁶	18.2³⁵	15.0³⁵	-2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2005: P38 from 19	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.5
45Kyle Petty	36	46	27.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁵	2⁵¹	16.9¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	32.8³⁵	8.6³⁵	+8.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1981: P32 from 11	51 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.9
36Boris Said	4	46	21.0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	1⁵	22.0⁵	1.3%⁵	52.8⁵	—	—	—	—	+18.5¹	25⁵¹	31.0²	—	23.6⁵	—	-8.3⁶	28.5⁸	10.4⁸	+3.4⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	12.5%⁸	—	2005: P27 from 41	5 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.0
07Dave Blaney	30	45	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.1⁶	25⁵¹	25.3¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-19.7⁶	23.2³⁵	8.0³⁵	-0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P27 from 31	25 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 26.8
01Joe Nemechek	5	45	30.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.2⁵	25⁵¹	27.1¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	16.5³⁵	9.4³⁵	-2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P39 from 38	37 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 28.7
15Michael Waltrip	17	45	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁵¹	19.9¹²	—	33.2⁵	—	+13.3⁶	26.8³⁵	12.4³⁵	+3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1986: P18 from 39	55 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.6
4Mike Wallace	43	45	24.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0²	25⁵¹	21.9¹²	—	28.6⁵	—	+13.0⁶	32.8²⁷	8.2²⁷	+4.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1994: P12 from 18	18 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 26.1
10Scott Riggs	2	44	25.4⁸	0⁸	1⁸	1⁸	24.8⁸	0.0%⁸	55.9⁶	—	—	—	—	+11.9⁶	25⁵¹	21.1¹⁰	—	29.8⁵	—	+1.7⁶	19.4³⁵	10.0³⁵	-7.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2004: P34 from 36	8 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.4
43Jeff Green	41	43	29.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	44.3³	—	—	—	—	+10.8⁸	2⁵¹	19.9¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	26.4³⁵	6.9³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1998: P37 from 32	12 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 30.4
77Travis Kvapil	25	43	30.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	52.8¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+4.5⁷	2⁵¹	19.6¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	+7.7⁶	26.0³⁵	9.8³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2005: P19 from 25	13 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 27.9
33Kerry Earnhardt	10	40	28.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	20.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+12.0¹	25⁵¹	28.8⁴	—	28.6⁵	—	—	32.5²	15.6²	+4.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	50.0%²	—	2004: P28 from 20	1 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 28.0
11Jason Leffler	8	39	31.3³	0³	0³	0³	26.7³	0.0%³	62.0¹	—	—	—	—	+7.7³	25⁵¹	20.3³	—	32.6⁵	—	+10.3⁶	26.7¹⁸	8.1¹⁸	-1.3¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	16.7%¹⁸	—	2001: P34 from 15	3 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 31.3
37Kevin Lepage	24	39	29.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	47.7²	—	—	—	—	+15.2⁵	2⁵¹	24.9¹⁰	—	30.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	31.2²⁰	8.5²⁰	+0.5²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁰	15.0%²⁰	—	1998: P43 from 20	10 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 29.6
32Bobby Hamilton Jr.	12	32	38.5²	0²	0²	0²	25.0²	0.0%²	29.1¹	—	—	—	—	—	25⁵¹	29.3⁴	—	32.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	26.0³²	8.1³²	-6.2³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16³²	25.0%³²	—	2004: P42 from 28	2 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 38.5
92Hermie Sadler	21	26	40.5²	0²	0²	0²	31.5²	0.0%²	26.7²	—	—	—	—	—	25⁵¹	34.5⁴	—	36.2⁵	—	-8.3⁶	38.7¹¹	4.9¹¹	+3.9¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18¹¹	63.6%¹¹	—	2006: P40 from 41	2 st · 0 W · best P40 · avg 40.5