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Long Pond, PA

Cup Series · 2005 · RACE 20 · 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	6	63	10.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	8¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.9¹⁰	17⁴⁶	8.3¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	12.2³⁵	9.8³⁵	+2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P6 from 12 · led 1	35 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
17Matt Kenseth	30	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	16.7³⁵	12.8³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P14 from 29	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
24Jeff Gordon	21	61	10.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	17.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹⁰	17⁴⁶	8.8¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-9.0⁶	11.2³⁵	13.7³⁵	-6.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1993: P28 from 4	46 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 10.1
6Mark Martin	3	60	9.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9⁴⁶	15.8¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	15.9³⁵	11.6³⁵	+2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1982: P26 from 16	53 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 11.5
48Jimmie Johnson	9	60	11.1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	14.6%¹⁰	93.9⁴	14.5⁶	19.5²	18.0²	18.5²	-3.0¹⁰	17⁴⁶	15.6¹²	25.0¹	13.4⁵	—	+13.7⁶	12.3³⁵	12.6³⁵	-0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P3 from 2	37 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.8
9Kasey Kahne	15	59	15.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7.7¹⁰	6.0%¹⁰	91.6⁸	23.3²	—	—	—	-6.6¹⁰	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	10	58	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	98.7²	9.3¹⁰	9.2⁶	9.5⁶	9.0⁶	-2.7¹⁰	17⁴⁶	10.3¹²	18.0⁴	15.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	19.5³⁵	8.9³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P15 from 19	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.1
97Kurt Busch	2	58	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	98.6²	13.9⁸	10.5⁴	9.0⁴	15.0³	+3.7¹⁰	9⁴⁶	19.8¹²	16.5²	10.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	14.0³³	13.4³³	-1.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	9.1%³³	—	2001: P13 from 41	40 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.7
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	38	58	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	4.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.4¹⁰	17⁴⁶	21.7¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	24.5³⁵	14.1³⁵	+4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2000: P19 from 15	34 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.5
99Carl Edwards	41	58	14.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	10.9%¹⁰	98.3¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-4.6¹⁰	9⁴⁶	15.2¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	18.3³⁵	11.7³⁵	+4.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2005: P1 from 29 · led 46	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
19Jeremy Mayfield	16	57	12.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	7.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁴⁶	25.8¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	15.3³⁵	9.2³⁵	-0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1994: P21 from 23	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.6
12Ryan Newman	4	56	15.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	8.4%¹⁰	96.3⁴	18.4⁸	23.0⁴	19.5⁴	20.7³	-0.5¹⁰	5⁴⁶	19.1¹²	28.5²	14.4⁵	—	+16.3⁶	6.3³⁵	10.9³⁵	-9.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P32 from 15 · led 19	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
16Greg Biffle	7	55	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	77.0⁶	—	—	—	—	+0.6¹⁰	9⁴⁶	13.2¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+14.3⁶	13.4³⁵	12.1³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2003: P20 from 26	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.0
88Dale Jarrett	20	55	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9⁴⁶	12.3¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	20.5³⁵	9.8³⁵	+2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1987: P35 from 24	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
2Rusty Wallace	13	55	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁴⁶	10.3¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-6.7⁶	19.5³⁵	9.2³⁵	+5.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1984: P17 from 15	43 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 17.2
18Bobby Labonte	23	54	25.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁴⁶	13.3¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	22.1³⁵	12.4³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 23	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.4
38Elliott Sadler	39	53	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.8¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-20.0²	9⁴⁶	28.6¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	13.4³⁵	10.8³⁵	-4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P20 from 42	23 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.3
31Jeff Burton	17	53	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.9⁶	17⁴⁶	19.5¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	26.2³⁵	10.1³⁵	+7.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1994: P22 from 35	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.0
25Brian Vickers	8	53	15.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	8.3%¹⁰	92.4⁸	—	—	—	—	-3.6⁹	17⁴⁶	18.9⁸	—	24.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	16.8³⁵	13.3³⁵	-3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 2 · led 1	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.3
21Ricky Rudd	5	52	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9⁴⁶	21.9¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-12.0⁶	21.9³⁵	12.1³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1977: P7 from 12	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
49Ken Schrader	12	52	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5⁴	5⁴⁶	16.6¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	+15.0⁶	30.6³⁵	8.8³⁵	+5.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1985: P15 from 22	43 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.6
42Jamie McMurray	1	52	23.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	66.6⁶	14.0²	—	—	—	+5.3¹⁰	5⁴⁶	14.6¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-7.7⁶	22.0³⁵	10.1³⁵	+5.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P32 from 28	31 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.0
40Sterling Marlin	25	52	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	5⁴⁶	22.1¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+8.3⁶	26.6³⁴	11.8³⁴	+2.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	1983: P29 from 20	45 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.1
45Kyle Petty	33	52	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0⁵	5⁴⁶	26.3¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	32.9³⁵	8.6³⁵	+8.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1980: P7 from 13	49 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.3
5Kyle Busch	28	51	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	84.2¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	11.4⁸	13.5⁸	10.3⁷	+3.4¹⁰	17⁴⁶	9.0¹²	18.7⁶	33.6⁵	—	-5.7⁶	18.3³⁵	14.8³⁵	-2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2005: P4 from 38	37 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 15.8
01Joe Nemechek	14	51	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁴	17⁴⁶	24.3¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	16.3³⁵	9.4³⁵	-2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P32 from 11	38 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 29.1
07Dave Blaney	22	48	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.9⁶	17⁴⁶	28.4¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-19.7⁶	23.4³⁵	8.0³⁵	-0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P30 from 35	28 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 26.9
41Casey Mears	42	47	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	67.6⁶	33.6¹	37.0¹	38.0¹	37.0¹	+2.4¹⁰	5⁴⁶	25.6¹²	39.0¹	18.2⁵	—	-14.3⁶	23.5³⁵	11.7³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P21 from 19	28 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.9
7Robby Gordon	29	46	24.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	50.9²	—	—	—	—	-3.7⁸	17⁴⁶	26.7¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+20.3⁶	27.0²⁸	10.0²⁸	-2.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²⁸	42.9%²⁸	—	1997: P42 from 30	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 27.9
15Michael Waltrip	24	46	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁴⁶	20.8¹²	—	33.2⁵	—	+13.3⁶	26.6³⁵	12.8³⁵	+3.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	1986: P39 from 28	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.6
22Scott Wimmer	11	44	31.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	29.2⁵	0.1%⁵	39.6³	—	—	—	—	—	5⁴⁶	27.3⁴	—	20.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	28.0³⁵	7.3³⁵	+2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2004: P35 from 24	5 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 31.6
77Travis Kvapil	40	44	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	50.9¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-6.4⁷	5⁴⁶	32.7⁷	—	27.0⁵	—	+7.7⁶	25.5³⁵	9.6³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2005: P17 from 33	16 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 25.1
0Mike Bliss	34	43	33.3⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	30.7⁶	0.0%⁶	39.5⁴	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	17⁴⁶	29.3⁴	—	20.6⁵	—	-8.3⁶	22.4³⁵	9.9³⁵	-2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2000: P33 from 36	6 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 33.3
10Scott Riggs	18	43	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	60.8⁸	—	—	—	—	+2.8⁸	17⁴⁶	31.3⁶	—	29.8⁵	—	+1.7⁶	19.0³⁵	10.2³⁵	-8.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2004: P16 from 40	13 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 28.0
43Jeff Green	26	42	31.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.4⁶	5⁴⁶	25.0⁹	—	27.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	26.9³⁵	7.0³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1996: P36 from 33	18 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 29.5
37Kevin Lepage	37	40	28.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.6¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	34.4²	—	—	—	—	+4.3⁴	5⁴⁶	32.0³	—	30.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	30.6²⁰	8.5²⁰	+0.3²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁰	15.0%²⁰	—	1998: P19 from 42	11 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 28.9
32Bobby Hamilton Jr.	27	40	23.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	24.0¹	0.0%¹	41.5¹	—	—	—	—	—	17⁴⁶	39.0¹	—	32.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	25.5³²	8.0³²	-7.1³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19³²	28.1%³²	—	2005: P23 from 24	1 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 23.0
4Mike Wallace	31	39	30.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	34.5¹	—	—	—	—	—	17⁴⁶	34.5²	—	28.6⁵	—	+13.0⁶	33.2²⁷	9.1²⁷	+5.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1994: P36 from 38	11 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 31.4
34P.J. Jones	36	39	34.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	35.8⁴	0.1%⁴	28.8²	—	—	—	—	—	17⁴⁶	—	—	33.6⁵	—	-9.3⁶	34.3³	5.5³	-4.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	66.7%³	—	2004: P22 from 37 · led 1	4 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 34.3
66Mike Garvey	32	38	33.0²	0²	0²	0²	39.5²	0.2%²	35.4²	—	—	—	—	—	9⁴⁶	—	—	37.6⁵	—	+10.0⁶	37.1⁸	6.1⁸	+0.5⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	37.5%⁸	—	2005: P25 from 36 · led 1	2 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 33.0
13Greg Sacks	35	37	26.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-11.3¹	5⁴⁶	28.5⁴	—	42.0⁴	—	—	41.0¹	—	-2.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1983: P29 from 21	23 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 28.5
11Jason Leffler	19	35	37.0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	30.4⁵	0.0%⁵	35.6³	—	—	—	—	+18.4⁴	17⁴⁶	33.4⁵	—	32.6⁵	—	+10.3⁶	26.1¹⁸	8.4¹⁸	-1.6¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	16.7%¹⁸	—	2001: P41 from 33	5 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 37.0
27Kirk Shelmerdine	43	33	40.7³	0³	0³	0³	41.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	9⁴⁶	—	—	41.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2002: P41 from 42	3 st · 0 W · best P40 · avg 40.7