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Drivers · 43

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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	2	66	5.4¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	8¹⁰	12.3¹⁰	16.2%¹⁰	124.1⁷	14.7⁷	16.0³	17.3³	15.7³	-11.0¹⁰	24⁴⁶	9.9¹²	15.9⁷	13.4⁵	—	+13.7⁶	12.5³⁵	12.6³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P15 from 37 · led 1	35 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 10.8
20Tony Stewart	9	65	10.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	9.4%¹⁰	98.5⁴	—	—	—	—	-7.1¹⁰	24⁴⁶	6.3¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	12.1³⁵	9.7³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P1 from 11 · led 153	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
11Denny Hamlin	1	64	11.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	8.2%¹⁰	98.2¹⁰	7.7¹⁰	7.0¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	7.9¹⁰	-1.7¹⁰	24⁴⁶	12.5¹²	6.2¹²	14.8⁵	—	-3.7⁶	22.0⁶	12.2⁶	+4.2⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	0.0%⁶	—	2006: P34 from 6	41 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 10.3
6Mark Martin	29	61	8.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	6.6¹⁰	14.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-12.4⁶	13⁴⁶	14.6¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	15.1³⁵	11.7³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1988: P36 from 7	33 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 9.4
29Kevin Harvick	8	61	12.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	10.1%¹⁰	108.4⁶	6.2¹⁰	4.8⁸	6.0⁸	4.1⁸	-4.5¹⁰	24⁴⁶	17.8¹²	8.9¹²	15.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	19.5³⁵	9.0³⁵	+2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P17 from 37	41 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 8.2
17Matt Kenseth	16	60	15.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	100.2⁵	20.2²	25.0¹	26.0¹	27.0¹	-0.5¹⁰	13⁴⁶	15.6¹²	16.0⁶	9.6⁵	—	-10.3⁶	17.1³⁵	12.9³⁵	+2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P42 from 12	31 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
24Jeff Gordon	10	59	9.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	8¹⁰	11.3¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.9¹⁰	24⁴⁶	18.8¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-9.0⁶	11.5³⁵	13.5³⁵	-6.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1993: P35 from 9 · led 48	33 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 11.0
99Carl Edwards	3	59	14.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	14.0¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	97.0⁹	—	—	—	—	-4.1¹⁰	13⁴⁶	15.3¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	19.4³⁵	11.8³⁵	+5.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2004: P37 from 29	24 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	19	58	16.9¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	9.9%¹⁰	85.1⁵	—	—	—	—	+2.4¹⁰	24⁴⁶	19.7¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	25.1³⁵	13.8³⁵	+5.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2000: P27 from 18	29 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.0
9Kasey Kahne	22	57	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	77.3⁹	23.4¹	—	—	—	-6.8¹⁰	0⁴⁶	17.7¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	14.6³⁵	13.2³⁵	-7.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	2004: P5 from 4	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.7
18Bobby Labonte	5	56	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.8⁴	24⁴⁶	21.2¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	22.6³⁵	12.3³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	1993: P8 from 20 · led 2	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.0
12Ryan Newman	11	56	21.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	9.7¹⁰	3.8%¹⁰	86.6⁵	20.0⁸	28.3⁴	28.0⁴	28.5⁴	+5.3¹⁰	0⁴⁶	6.4¹²	22.3¹²	14.4⁵	—	+16.3⁶	6.1³⁵	11.1³⁵	-9.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P41 from 10	38 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
40Sterling Marlin	41	55	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.3¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-13.5²	0⁴⁶	17.9¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+8.3⁶	26.1³⁴	11.6³⁴	+1.8³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	1988: P10 from 9 · led 11	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.8
16Greg Biffle	4	53	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.6¹⁰	5.1%¹⁰	95.8⁸	—	—	—	—	-0.2¹⁰	13⁴⁶	22.8¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+14.3⁶	13.5³⁵	12.0³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2003: P15 from 25	25 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.6
42Jamie McMurray	28	53	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	80.3⁷	16.2²	—	—	—	+1.9¹⁰	0⁴⁶	12.9¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-7.7⁶	21.2³⁵	10.2³⁵	+4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2002: P40 from 12	30 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.6
38Elliott Sadler	24	53	25.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.0¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	54.6⁴	—	—	—	—	+3.4⁶	13⁴⁶	18.7¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	13.8³⁵	10.7³⁵	-3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P27 from 40	18 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 27.7
2Rusty Wallace	26	52	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	4.9¹⁰	15.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁴⁶	19.6¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-6.7⁶	19.1³⁵	9.1³⁵	+5.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1988: P5 from 2 · led 67	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
31Jeff Burton	25	52	12.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	7.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.5⁸	24⁴⁶	24.0¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	26.0³⁵	10.5³⁵	+6.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1994: P27 from 36	28 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.8
88Dale Jarrett	21	52	16.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-15.0³	13⁴⁶	24.0¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	20.4³⁵	9.7³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1988: P31 from 32	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
49Ken Schrader	33	52	14.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	8.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.9⁹	0⁴⁶	13.7¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	+15.0⁶	30.0³⁵	8.9³⁵	+4.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1988: P14 from 24	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.5
78Jerry Robertson	43	50	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁴⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
21Ricky Rudd	20	50	19.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	11.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0⁴	13⁴⁶	18.7¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-12.0⁶	21.5³⁵	12.2³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1988: P26 from 4 · led 183	20 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.4
19Jeremy Mayfield	39	50	27.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.4¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.3³	0⁴⁶	25.8¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	14.6³⁵	9.1³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1994: P20 from 41	13 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 27.3
01Joe Nemechek	18	49	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	36.1¹	—	—	—	+0.4⁶	24⁴⁶	24.0¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	16.2³⁵	9.4³⁵	-2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P25 from 16	28 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 30.3
25Brian Vickers	6	49	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	73.4⁸	—	—	—	—	-2.4⁹	24⁴⁶	21.8¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	16.8³⁵	13.3³⁵	-2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P13 from 2	16 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.8
5Kyle Busch	15	49	15.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	6¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	92.5¹⁰	17.3¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	+3.6¹⁰	24⁴⁶	16.9¹²	16.2¹²	33.6⁵	—	-5.7⁶	18.7³⁵	14.7³⁵	-2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2005: P8 from 27 · led 8	41 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 11.6
45Kyle Petty	38	48	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.0³	0⁴⁶	19.6¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	32.8³⁵	8.6³⁵	+8.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1988: P17 from 25	22 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 25.9
22Scott Wimmer	40	46	27.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	30.8⁵	0.1%⁵	48.6²	—	—	—	—	+5.5²	0⁴⁶	25.1¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	27.2³⁵	7.2³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2002: P42 from 19	5 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 27.8
97Kenny Wallace	17	46	23.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.5⁴	13⁴⁶	18.6¹²	—	30.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	33.0⁴	8.3⁴	+2.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	25.0%⁴	—	1991: P43 from 41	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 23.8
50Jimmy Spencer	23	46	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	0⁴⁶	25.3¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	-2.7⁶	32.1¹⁰	6.6¹⁰	-2.0¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁰	30.0%¹⁰	—	1989: P10 from 34	14 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.6
07Dave Blaney	13	45	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	53.6⁶	—	—	—	—	+3.2⁴	24⁴⁶	29.7¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-19.7⁶	23.7³⁵	8.0³⁵	-0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P8 from 13	21 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 28.8
41Casey Mears	34	44	27.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	63.9⁸	—	38.0¹	35.0¹	38.0¹	+10.2¹⁰	0⁴⁶	27.2¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	-14.3⁶	23.7³⁵	11.7³⁵	+2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P42 from 9	25 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 26.2
09Johnny Sauter	37	44	26.7⁷	0⁷	0⁷	2⁷	32.1⁷	0.0%⁷	63.1⁶	—	—	—	—	-2.8⁴	0⁴⁶	27.7¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	-2.3⁶	30.4⁹	13.3⁹	+2.8⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	44.4%⁹	—	2004: P39 from 30	7 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 26.7
15Michael Waltrip	42	44	23.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁴⁶	20.0¹²	—	33.2⁵	—	+13.3⁶	26.1³⁵	12.7³⁵	+2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	1988: P28 from 11	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 24.9
7Robby Gordon	12	43	30.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	31.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	44.9⁵	—	—	—	—	+5.4⁵	24⁴⁶	23.3¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+20.3⁶	27.6²⁸	9.3²⁸	-3.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²⁸	46.4%²⁸	—	1996: P42 from 32	19 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 30.2
37Mike Skinner	27	43	22.9⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	24.0⁹	0.1%⁹	40.9³	—	—	—	—	+8.5⁶	0⁴⁶	23.3¹²	—	33.8⁵	—	-3.3⁶	27.7⁹	5.7⁹	-10.6⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.44⁹	77.8%⁹	—	1996: P13 from 2	9 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 22.9
0Mike Bliss	32	41	35.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	39.1⁸	—	—	—	—	+7.5²	24⁴⁶	27.6¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-8.3⁶	22.5³⁵	10.2³⁵	-1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1998: P35 from 27	11 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 35.1
43Jeff Green	14	41	26.3⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	29.4⁹	0.0%⁹	68.5⁴	—	—	—	—	+1.7⁶	0⁴⁶	31.8¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	27.2³⁵	7.0³⁵	+2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P32 from 40	9 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 26.3
77Travis Kvapil	30	41	30.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	36.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	43.7¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+1.1⁷	0⁴⁶	26.7¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	+7.7⁶	25.8³⁵	9.4³⁵	-0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2005: P40 from 24	14 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 30.9
10Scott Riggs	31	40	30.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	52.1⁹	—	—	—	—	+1.9⁵	24⁴⁶	25.6¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	+1.7⁶	18.6³⁵	10.1³⁵	-8.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2004: P14 from 11	11 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 31.6
32Bobby Hamilton Jr.	7	38	29.7³	0³	0³	0³	31.3³	0.0%³	42.5¹	—	—	—	—	—	24⁴⁶	29.9¹⁰	—	32.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	26.2³²	8.2³²	-6.1³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16³²	25.0%³²	—	2001: P38 from 43	3 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 29.7
34Chad Chaffin	35	32	35.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	39.0¹	0.0%¹	27.9¹	—	—	—	—	—	24⁴⁶	35.0²	—	36.0⁵	—	+6.3⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2006: P35 from 39	1 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 35.0
95Stanton Barrett	36	31	31.5²	0²	0²	0²	37.5²	0.0%²	31.3²	—	—	—	—	—	24⁴⁶	38.0⁷	—	39.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	37.9⁷	5.7⁷	+0.3⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	57.1%⁷	—	2005: P30 from 40	2 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 31.5