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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	3	69	6.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	6¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	11.8%¹⁰	115.0⁶	8.6³	8.0¹	3.0¹	12.0¹	-12.2¹⁰	15²⁷	14.8¹²	11.5²	3.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	11.1³⁵	9.5³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2002: P1 from 4 · led 62	25 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 7.8
99Carl Edwards	22	66	7.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	9¹⁰	17.4¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	103.6⁹	—	—	—	—	-6.5¹⁰	7²⁷	6.6¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	19.2³⁵	13.4³⁵	+3.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2004: P6 from 19	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 9.0
24Jeff Gordon	9	61	11.4¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	16.4%¹⁰	79.5¹	—	—	—	—	-4.8¹⁰	15²⁷	4.9¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-6.7⁶	10.0³⁵	13.1³⁵	-4.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1997: P1 from 3 · led 113	25 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.7
16Greg Biffle	2	60	17.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	90.3⁶	—	—	—	—	+5.5¹⁰	7²⁷	13.2¹²	—	8.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	14.7³⁵	13.8³⁵	-3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P13 from 29	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.2
20Tony Stewart	12	60	15.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.3¹⁰	6.3%¹⁰	99.7³	—	—	—	—	-1.3¹⁰	15²⁷	14.0¹²	—	10.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	16.8³⁵	12.6³⁵	+3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1999: P4 from 7 · led 1	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.2
2Kurt Busch	1	59	10.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	8.7%¹⁰	96.3⁵	12.5⁴	15.0²	19.5²	11.0²	-8.6¹⁰	1²⁷	19.9¹²	7.7³	15.0⁵	—	-26.0⁶	10.7³⁵	13.4³⁵	-8.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2001: P13 from 32	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
11Denny Hamlin	5	58	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	87.8¹⁰	8.9⁵	9.3³	14.7³	8.7³	+5.3¹⁰	15²⁷	12.1¹²	4.3⁸	14.8⁵	—	+3.0⁶	13.6³⁵	9.7³⁵	+1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2006: P6 from 8 · led 29	20 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.0
5Kyle Busch	7	58	10.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	9.1%¹⁰	104.3⁹	9.8⁵	9.0³	11.0³	8.3³	-7.7¹⁰	15²⁷	17.8¹²	8.0⁷	20.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	15.1³⁵	13.5³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P24 from 18	23 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 9.4
29Kevin Harvick	15	57	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	90.0⁵	15.3⁵	13.7³	10.7³	13.3³	+1.8¹⁰	15²⁷	16.8¹²	8.2⁵	12.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	13.5³⁵	11.2³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P25 from 13 · led 2	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.0
6Mark Martin	10	57	14.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	10.5%¹⁰	107.0¹	—	—	—	—	-1.2¹⁰	7²⁷	15.9¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	16.3³⁵	9.7³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P10 from 12 · led 11	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.9
17Matt Kenseth	31	56	11.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	13.5%¹⁰	114.7⁴	—	—	—	—	-3.7¹⁰	7²⁷	8.5¹²	23.5²	24.6⁵	—	+6.0⁶	14.2³⁵	8.3³⁵	+4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2000: P3 from 23 · led 120	24 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.5
07Clint Bowyer	32	56	10.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	12.9¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	94.5¹⁰	18.7³	23.0¹	22.0¹	24.0¹	-2.9¹⁰	15²⁷	18.3¹²	9.5²	19.8⁵	—	-11.7⁶	20.0³⁵	11.3³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P3 from 3	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.3
26Jamie McMurray	25	55	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	66.4⁷	13.7¹	—	—	—	-0.8¹⁰	7²⁷	18.5¹²	—	17.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	25.3³⁵	11.9³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2003: P5 from 25 · led 41	22 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 17.1
25Brian Vickers	28	55	15.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.1¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	86.2⁸	—	—	—	—	-1.8⁸	15²⁷	15.3¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+10.7⁶	16.5³⁵	11.9³⁵	-2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P29 from 6 · led 1	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.1
88Dale Jarrett	19	54	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	86.4¹	—	—	—	—	+4.0¹⁰	7²⁷	22.8¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+0.7⁶	28.5³⁵	10.0³⁵	+5.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1997: P8 from 9 · led 49	14 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 19.4
12Ryan Newman	11	54	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	79.5⁶	20.7²	—	—	—	+3.3¹⁰	1²⁷	16.7¹²	23.0³	16.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	11.6³⁵	11.8³⁵	-8.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P14 from 1 · led 3	24 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.8
19Jeremy Mayfield	21	54	15.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	51.7¹	—	—	—	—	+9.8⁶	1²⁷	18.7¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+8.7⁶	24.4²¹	9.1²¹	-4.5²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²¹	14.3%²¹	—	1997: P12 from 21	14 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.9
9Kasey Kahne	13	54	13.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.0¹⁰	10.7%¹⁰	96.7⁸	23.0¹	—	—	—	-11.9¹⁰	1²⁷	16.3¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+26.3⁶	12.8³⁵	13.8³⁵	-3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 1 · led 77	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
38Elliott Sadler	16	53	21.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	80.3³	—	—	—	—	-3.5⁶	7²⁷	24.0¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	+9.0⁶	17.5³⁵	12.1³⁵	-5.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1999: P21 from 39	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.4
14Sterling Marlin	17	53	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	78.8¹	—	—	—	—	-6.1⁹	15²⁷	21.3¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	24.1³⁵	9.1³⁵	-4.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1997: P36 from 29	13 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.1
31Jeff Burton	6	52	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	61.8¹	—	—	—	—	+1.2¹⁰	15²⁷	17.1¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	14.1³⁵	11.8³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P30 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.6
43Bobby Labonte	27	51	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	75.6¹	—	—	—	—	-7.4⁸	1²⁷	12.0¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	21.5³⁵	11.9³⁵	-0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1997: P6 from 15	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.9
96Terry Labonte	43	50	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	55.1¹	—	—	—	—	+4.0¹⁰	15²⁷	15.8¹²	—	28.8⁵	—	+10.7⁶	35.3¹⁶	10.5¹⁶	+6.3¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁶	18.8%¹⁶	—	1997: P2 from 10 · led 41	11 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.3
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	18	50	22.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	65.9⁴	—	—	—	—	-1.8¹⁰	15²⁷	20.8¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	+12.0⁶	19.2³⁵	10.9³⁵	+5.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P12 from 20	24 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.8
1Martin Truex Jr.	23	49	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	14.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	75.7¹⁰	11.7⁵	13.0³	16.7³	15.3³	+3.7¹⁰	15²⁷	17.5¹²	9.7⁶	26.4⁵	—	-16.0⁶	21.2³⁵	10.3³⁵	+0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2006: P18 from 5	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
45Kyle Petty	39	48	29.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	55.2¹	—	—	—	—	+4.8¹⁰	1²⁷	13.7¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	30.8³⁵	8.6³⁵	+3.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1997: P31 from 38	16 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 31.2
22Dave Blaney	24	48	28.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.4¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	53.2⁶	—	—	—	—	+8.0⁵	1²⁷	22.2¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-0.3⁶	28.4³⁵	8.1³⁵	+4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P38 from 17	18 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 30.7
42Casey Mears	20	47	25.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	65.4⁷	—	—	—	—	+12.1¹⁰	1²⁷	19.4¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-8.0⁶	23.0³⁵	9.3³⁵	+4.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P34 from 17	19 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.9
10Scott Riggs	14	47	28.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	53.6⁸	—	—	—	—	-2.5⁶	1²⁷	25.6¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	19.6³⁴	10.1³⁴	-0.7³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2004: P25 from 4	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 29.4
4Scott Wimmer	38	46	25.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	29.6⁵	0.0%⁵	61.2³	—	—	—	—	-18.0¹	15²⁷	20.4⁵	—	24.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	34.8²³	7.0²³	+5.9²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²³	8.7%²³	—	2004: P30 from 39	5 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 25.6
55Michael Waltrip	33	46	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	57.1¹	—	—	—	—	+1.2⁶	1²⁷	24.8¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+13.3⁶	31.8³²	7.8³²	+1.2³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	21.9%³²	—	1997: P11 from 18	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.5
66Jeff Green	26	46	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	49.8⁴	—	—	—	—	-3.4⁸	15²⁷	25.1¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	25.4³⁵	9.7³⁵	+1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1997: P7 from 7	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.3
21Ken Schrader	41	45	26.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	65.7¹	—	—	—	—	-13.0¹	7²⁷	18.9¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	25.2³⁵	11.3³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1997: P34 from 5 · led 8	16 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 28.5
49Brent Sherman	42	45	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1²⁷	—	—	33.0⁵	—	—	36.8⁵	7.7⁵	+3.8⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20⁵	20.0%⁵	—	first start here	—
01Joe Nemechek	8	43	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	113.4¹	—	—	—	—	+0.2⁹	15²⁷	25.9¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	18.3³⁵	8.2³⁵	-6.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1997: P18 from 1 · led 1	23 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 30.0
61Kevin Lepage	37	41	29.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	32.4⁵	0.0%⁵	36.7²	—	—	—	—	+2.3²	7²⁷	31.3¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	32.7²¹	5.8²¹	-1.6²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²¹	33.3%²¹	—	1998: P40 from 13	5 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 29.8
7Robby Gordon	34	40	26.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.4¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	53.7⁵	—	—	—	—	-6.8⁴	15²⁷	27.2¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.3³⁵	12.0³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	2000: P31 from 29	16 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 28.6
78Kenny Wallace	36	40	30.0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	32.5⁶	0.0%⁶	25.3¹	—	—	—	—	+10.0³	15²⁷	30.3¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	34.7¹⁶	5.6¹⁶	+0.9¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	12.5%¹⁶	—	1998: P19 from 34	6 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 30.0
40David Stremme	40	39	26.9⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	25.9⁷	0.2%⁷	51.1⁷	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁵	1²⁷	29.9¹²	—	32.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	26.0³³	8.4³³	-0.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	12.1%³³	—	2006: P36 from 32	7 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 26.9
41Reed Sorenson	29	35	29.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.0¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	49.7¹⁰	34.5³	37.0¹	37.0¹	37.0¹	+2.7⁹	1²⁷	27.0¹²	34.0²	29.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	25.5³⁵	11.1³⁵	+2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P21 from 34 · led 8	14 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 30.6
95Stanton Barrett	30	34	40.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	43.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	15²⁷	—	—	35.4⁵	—	-5.3⁶	37.8⁶	2.9⁶	+0.2⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	83.3%⁶	—	2004: P40 from 43	1 st · 0 W · best P40 · avg 40.0
18J.J. Yeley	4	34	31.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	48.2⁹	—	—	—	—	+13.8⁶	15²⁷	36.0¹²	—	33.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	21.7³⁵	10.3³⁵	-3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2004: P41 from 32	11 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 32.0
51Mike Garvey	35	30	37.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	36.0¹	0.0%¹	31.4¹	—	—	—	—	—	15²⁷	36.0¹	—	37.6⁵	—	+10.0⁶	35.0³	1.7³	-5.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	100.0%³	—	2005: P37 from 36	1 st · 0 W · best P37 · avg 37.0