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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	9	67	13.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	90.3⁴	20.9¹⁰	20.2⁶	22.7⁶	17.3⁶	-6.2¹⁰	23⁴⁹	17.8¹²	5.5²	3.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	10.9³⁵	9.5³⁵	+1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2002: P15 from 1	41 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.2
29Kevin Harvick	28	62	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	77.0³	14.1¹⁰	17.3⁸	16.3⁸	16.8⁸	-8.9¹⁰	23⁴⁹	13.7¹²	17.3⁸	12.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	13.1³⁵	11.6³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P25 from 10 · led 2	44 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.3
24Jeff Gordon	2	61	11.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.4¹⁰	12.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.6¹⁰	23⁴⁹	15.7¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-6.7⁶	10.2³⁵	13.0³⁵	-4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1993: P5 from 3 · led 2	45 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
2Kurt Busch	13	60	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	25.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	80.0²	20.3⁹	15.4⁵	15.4⁵	16.6⁵	+0.2¹⁰	2⁴⁹	10.8¹²	13.4⁵	15.0⁵	—	-26.0⁶	10.4³⁵	13.0³⁵	-8.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2001: P41 from 26	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.0
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	7	60	13.3¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.7¹⁰	16.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.2¹⁰	23⁴⁹	10.7¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	+12.0⁶	19.5³⁵	10.9³⁵	+5.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P13 from 8	35 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 15.0
20Tony Stewart	15	58	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.4¹⁰	23⁴⁹	13.6¹²	—	10.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	16.7³⁵	13.5³⁵	+2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1999: P28 from 2	34 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 19.0
99Carl Edwards	5	58	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	88.3¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-2.1¹⁰	18⁴⁹	22.5¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	19.7³⁵	12.6³⁵	+5.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2005: P12 from 27	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.8
07Clint Bowyer	37	56	13.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.6¹⁰	8.2%¹⁰	89.3¹⁰	18.2⁶	28.5²	20.5²	29.0²	-1.9¹⁰	23⁴⁹	16.4¹²	17.0²	21.4⁵	—	-9.0⁶	19.8³⁵	11.1³⁵	-0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P10 from 30	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.9
21Ken Schrader	23	55	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	10.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.5⁴	18⁴⁹	14.5¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	25.7³⁵	10.9³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1985: P11 from 24	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.4
14Sterling Marlin	39	55	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3³	23⁴⁹	18.8¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	23.5³⁵	9.1³⁵	-4.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1980: P8 from 36	51 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
11Denny Hamlin	17	54	22.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	6.9%¹⁰	80.7¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	+0.7¹⁰	23⁴⁹	17.8¹²	27.1¹²	14.8⁵	—	+3.0⁶	13.3³⁵	9.2³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2006: P17 from 6	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
6Mark Martin	10	54	27.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁴⁹	11.0¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	16.3³⁵	9.8³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1982: P30 from 26	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.0
38Elliott Sadler	3	54	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.5²	18⁴⁹	25.9¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	+9.0⁶	17.9³⁵	11.7³⁵	-5.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1999: P40 from 38	26 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.6
5Kyle Busch	4	54	17.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	13.2%¹⁰	101.7¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	-1.3¹⁰	23⁴⁹	23.3¹²	19.4¹²	20.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	15.2³⁵	13.4³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2005: P38 from 19	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
17Matt Kenseth	11	53	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	27.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	18.8¹	6.0¹	7.0¹	7.0¹	+2.4¹⁰	18⁴⁹	17.3¹²	26.0²	24.6⁵	—	+6.0⁶	14.7³⁵	8.4³⁵	+5.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2000: P10 from 24	36 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.4
26Jamie McMurray	6	53	24.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.9¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	83.2⁶	22.5⁴	17.0¹	15.0¹	6.0¹	+2.5¹⁰	18⁴⁹	17.8¹²	—	17.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	25.9³⁵	12.1³⁵	+2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2003: P31 from 19	33 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 22.4
12Ryan Newman	18	53	22.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	90.5⁴	19.8⁸	22.0³	14.0³	18.7³	+3.8¹⁰	2⁴⁹	18.6¹²	24.8⁴	16.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	11.4³⁵	11.4³⁵	-9.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P7 from 23	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
31Jeff Burton	1	53	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁶	23⁴⁹	19.1¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	14.3³⁵	11.5³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P26 from 35	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
88Dale Jarrett	25	53	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁴⁹	25.3¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+0.7⁶	28.3³⁵	9.8³⁵	+5.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1984: P23 from 39	41 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
19Jeremy Mayfield	26	52	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁴⁹	20.2¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+8.7⁶	24.2²¹	9.0²¹	-4.0²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²¹	14.3%²¹	—	1994: P30 from 40	27 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.2
16Greg Biffle	16	52	19.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	80.4⁶	37.5¹	39.0¹	38.0¹	33.0¹	+0.2¹⁰	18⁴⁹	25.2¹²	31.0¹	8.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	14.3³⁵	14.3³⁵	-4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2003: P21 from 27	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.5
96Terry Labonte	43	52	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	23⁴⁹	15.4¹²	—	28.8⁵	—	+10.7⁶	35.3¹⁶	10.0¹⁶	+5.2¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁶	18.8%¹⁶	—	1979: P16 from 19	62 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.6
36Bill Elliott	33	52	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	23⁴⁹	17.4¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+6.7⁶	34.2⁹	8.6⁹	+4.1⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	11.1%⁹	—	1976: P19 from 38	59 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 15.9
25Brian Vickers	35	51	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	79.0⁸	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁸	23⁴⁹	19.9¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+10.7⁶	16.3³⁵	11.7³⁵	-3.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P39 from 35	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.6
9Kasey Kahne	27	51	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	77.6⁸	20.1²	—	—	—	-2.5¹⁰	2⁴⁹	21.7¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+26.3⁶	12.4³⁵	14.0³⁵	-3.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2004: P41 from 27	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.8
55Michael Waltrip	30	49	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁴⁹	19.9¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+13.3⁶	31.9³²	7.5³²	+0.7³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	21.9%³²	—	1986: P18 from 39	55 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 21.0
45Kyle Petty	12	49	27.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁵	2⁴⁹	16.9¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	31.5³⁵	8.4³⁵	+4.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1981: P32 from 11	51 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.5
22Dave Blaney	34	48	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.1⁶	2⁴⁹	25.3¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-0.3⁶	28.1³⁵	8.1³⁵	+3.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P27 from 31	25 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 27.0
1Martin Truex Jr.	19	47	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	77.4¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	12.2¹⁰	+2.6¹⁰	23⁴⁹	25.2¹²	18.9¹⁰	26.4⁵	—	-16.0⁶	21.3³⁵	10.3³⁵	+0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2005: P34 from 10	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.9
43Bobby Labonte	8	46	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁴⁹	13.7¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	22.0³⁵	11.8³⁵	+0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 25	47 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.8
66Jeff Green	21	45	28.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	44.1³	—	—	—	—	+11.2⁹	23⁴⁹	19.9¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	25.5³⁵	9.2³⁵	+1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1998: P37 from 32	12 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 29.8
32Travis Kvapil	40	45	29.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	54.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+4.5⁷	23⁴⁹	19.6¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	-2.3⁶	33.4³⁰	6.8³⁰	+5.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	2005: P19 from 25	13 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 27.5
7Robby Gordon	20	45	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.6⁷	23⁴⁹	19.0¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.7³⁵	11.8³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1991: P18 from 35	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.8
42Casey Mears	14	45	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.5¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	60.5⁶	33.9⁴	38.3³	36.3³	31.0³	-0.2¹⁰	2⁴⁹	21.8¹²	37.0¹	23.4⁵	—	-8.0⁶	23.1³⁵	9.0³⁵	+4.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P27 from 29 · led 1	28 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.7
41Reed Sorenson	22	45	21.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.7¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	64.8¹⁰	29.9¹	27.0¹	34.0¹	29.0¹	-0.3¹⁰	2⁴⁹	26.5¹²	—	28.0⁵	—	+6.0⁶	25.7³⁵	11.1³⁵	+2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P34 from 37 · led 1	14 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.6
49Brent Sherman	29	44	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁴⁹	—	—	36.2⁵	—	—	39.4⁵	3.8⁵	+3.2⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20⁵	20.0%⁵	—	first start here	—
09Mike Wallace	24	43	24.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0²	2⁴⁹	21.9¹²	—	32.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	29.7³	9.2³	+4.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	0.0%³	—	1994: P12 from 18	18 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.2
18J.J. Yeley	36	43	25.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	52.6¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁶	23⁴⁹	27.6¹¹	—	27.0⁵	—	+14.7⁶	20.8³⁵	10.3³⁵	-3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2006: P37 from 11 · led 1	11 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.6
61Kevin Lepage	31	42	29.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	44.6²	—	—	—	—	+15.2⁵	18⁴⁹	24.9¹⁰	—	25.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	33.0²¹	5.4²¹	-1.8²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²¹	33.3%²¹	—	1998: P43 from 20	10 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 29.6
01Joe Nemechek	38	40	30.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.2⁵	23⁴⁹	27.1¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	17.5³⁵	8.0³⁵	-6.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1994: P39 from 38	37 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 28.2
40David Stremme	32	38	29.7⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	25.6⁹	0.2%⁹	58.7⁹	—	—	—	—	+0.8⁵	2⁴⁹	25.8¹¹	—	33.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	26.2³³	8.5³³	-0.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	12.1%³³	—	2006: P16 from 3 · led 2	9 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 29.7
00Hermie Sadler	41	32	35.5²	0²	0²	0²	21.5²	0.0%²	27.6²	—	—	—	—	—	18⁴⁹	34.5⁴	—	32.0⁵	—	+1.3⁶	31.3⁶	3.1⁶	-9.8⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	66.7%⁶	—	2005: P30 from 21	2 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 35.5
27Kirk Shelmerdine	42	23	43.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	27.0¹	0.0%¹	25.3¹	—	—	—	—	—	23⁴⁹	33.5²	—	42.0³	—	—	24.5²	1.4²	-17.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	100.0%²	—	2006: P43 from 27	1 st · 0 W · best P43 · avg 43.0