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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	1	68	7.0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	10.6%¹⁰	114.0⁴	16.5⁶	11.5²	13.5²	10.5²	-10.9¹⁰	27⁴⁸	15.4¹²	11.7³	3.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	11.1³⁵	9.5³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2002: P35 from 14	37 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 10.1
11Denny Hamlin	41	67	3.0¹⁰	4¹⁰	8¹⁰	10¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	18.9%¹⁰	118.0¹⁰	8.2¹⁰	5.5¹⁰	5.3¹⁰	6.0¹⁰	-13.5¹⁰	27⁴⁸	11.6¹²	5.7¹²	14.8⁵	—	+3.0⁶	12.6³⁵	8.7³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2005: P8 from 5	40 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 9.6
20Tony Stewart	3	62	13.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	16.3¹⁰	6.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.7¹⁰	27⁴⁸	10.7¹²	—	10.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	17.1³⁵	13.4³⁵	+2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1999: P20 from 1	33 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
29Kevin Harvick	26	60	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	79.8³	11.5¹⁰	10.9⁸	12.9⁸	11.5⁸	-6.8¹⁰	27⁴⁸	12.3¹²	7.2¹²	12.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	13.1³⁵	11.6³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P34 from 15	44 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
07Clint Bowyer	42	60	14.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	91.0¹⁰	9.8⁶	13.5²	6.0²	15.0²	-2.4¹⁰	27⁴⁸	12.0¹²	11.3³	16.8⁵	—	-9.7⁶	19.7³⁵	11.4³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P23 from 37	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.9
24Jeff Gordon	8	59	8.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	16.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.1¹⁰	27⁴⁸	16.9¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-6.7⁶	10.0³⁵	13.0³⁵	-5.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1993: P8 from 3	46 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 6.8
6Mark Martin	30	58	12.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁴⁸	18.8¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	15.7³⁵	9.8³⁵	+1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1981: P3 from 5 · led 40	49 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.7
99Carl Edwards	15	57	18.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	80.9⁹	—	—	—	—	+1.0¹⁰	7⁴⁸	17.3¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	19.4³⁵	13.5³⁵	+4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2004: P24 from 22	24 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.3
16Greg Biffle	10	56	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	63.4⁶	—	—	—	—	+5.7¹⁰	7⁴⁸	13.9¹²	37.0¹	8.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	14.5³⁵	14.3³⁵	-3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2003: P18 from 20	27 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.1
12Ryan Newman	4	56	14.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6.0¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	85.7⁴	18.7⁹	21.0⁵	22.0⁵	21.4⁵	+0.7¹⁰	1⁴⁸	15.3¹²	27.5⁸	16.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	11.8³⁵	11.8³⁵	-8.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P41 from 10	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.6
2Kurt Busch	9	56	21.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	6.8%¹⁰	101.6¹	10.8⁹	10.6⁵	9.6⁵	12.6⁵	+5.1¹⁰	1⁴⁸	16.3¹²	16.4⁷	15.0⁵	—	-26.0⁶	10.5³⁵	13.4³⁵	-9.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P37 from 40	43 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.4
26Jamie McMurray	2	56	15.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	85.7⁶	17.9²	—	—	—	-4.6¹⁰	7⁴⁸	18.1¹²	—	17.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	26.0³⁵	12.1³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2003: P39 from 11	31 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.0
88Dale Jarrett	28	56	17.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁴⁸	20.6¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+0.7⁶	28.2³⁵	10.0³⁵	+5.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1984: P14 from 24	42 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.4
14Sterling Marlin	6	55	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁴⁸	19.0¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	24.5³⁵	8.8³⁵	-4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1983: P12 from 19	42 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.1
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	29	55	15.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	9.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.7¹⁰	27⁴⁸	15.1¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	+12.0⁶	18.9³⁵	10.8³⁵	+5.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P26 from 22	34 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
5Kyle Busch	17	55	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	87.2¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	+8.9¹⁰	27⁴⁸	9.8¹²	17.8¹²	20.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	14.8³⁵	13.4³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2005: P39 from 21	41 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
21Ken Schrader	19	54	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	16.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁴	7⁴⁸	17.3¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	25.8³⁵	11.1³⁵	-0.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1985: P16 from 22	53 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.5
45Kyle Petty	37	54	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.9⁸	1⁴⁸	18.5¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	30.8³⁵	8.6³⁵	+3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1980: P15 from 15	53 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.4
38Elliott Sadler	7	53	24.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	36.9¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0²	7⁴⁸	22.8¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	+9.0⁶	17.8³⁵	11.8³⁵	-5.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1999: P28 from 36	24 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 25.7
9Kasey Kahne	5	52	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	75.2⁸	24.0¹	—	—	—	-7.9¹⁰	1⁴⁸	19.8¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+26.3⁶	13.0³⁵	13.6³⁵	-1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2004: P21 from 15 · led 1	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.2
19Jeremy Mayfield	23	52	18.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁴⁸	24.8¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+8.7⁶	24.3²¹	9.2²¹	-4.4²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²¹	9.5%²¹	—	1995: P16 from 19	24 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.5
55Michael Waltrip	33	52	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁴⁸	19.3¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+13.3⁶	31.8³²	7.9³²	+0.9³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	21.9%³²	—	1986: P11 from 25	46 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.7
17Matt Kenseth	16	51	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.0¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	22.6³	22.5²	17.5²	23.5²	+0.2¹⁰	7⁴⁸	17.2¹²	21.7³	24.6⁵	—	+6.0⁶	14.6³⁵	8.1³⁵	+5.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2000: P21 from 31	38 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.6
31Jeff Burton	20	51	19.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.9⁷	27⁴⁸	22.2¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	13.7³⁵	11.5³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P36 from 21	38 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.5
10Scott Riggs	11	50	24.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	52.6⁸	—	—	—	—	-1.2⁷	1⁴⁸	24.9¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	19.7³⁴	9.9³⁴	-0.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2004: P28 from 13	13 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 28.5
25Brian Vickers	24	49	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	76.6⁸	—	—	—	—	-0.3¹⁰	27⁴⁸	27.7¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+10.7⁶	16.6³⁵	11.8³⁵	-3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 35	18 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 19.2
43Bobby Labonte	13	48	18.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁴⁸	20.3¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	21.9³⁵	11.9³⁵	+0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1993: P12 from 24	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
1Martin Truex Jr.	21	48	24.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	64.6¹⁰	12.4¹⁰	10.3¹⁰	8.7¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	+3.8¹⁰	27⁴⁸	24.8¹²	9.1¹²	26.4⁵	—	-16.0⁶	21.2³⁵	10.4³⁵	+0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2006: P36 from 18	37 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
22Dave Blaney	14	48	28.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.1¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	56.6²	—	—	—	—	+11.0⁶	1⁴⁸	27.0¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-0.3⁶	28.7³⁵	8.0³⁵	+4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P41 from 20	25 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 32.2
32Travis Kvapil	40	47	28.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	52.0⁹	—	—	—	—	+2.7⁷	27⁴⁸	21.5¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	-2.3⁶	33.4³⁰	6.7³⁰	+5.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	2004: P21 from 5	17 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 29.4
66Jeff Green	34	46	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	49.7¹	—	—	—	—	-0.3⁸	27⁴⁸	29.2¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	25.2³⁵	9.7³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1997: P30 from 33	14 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.6
4Scott Wimmer	36	46	26.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	27.3⁴	0.0%⁴	38.4²	—	—	—	—	—	27⁴⁸	26.8¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	34.9²³	7.3²³	+5.5²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²³	13.0%²³	—	2004: P29 from 16	4 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 26.3
01Joe Nemechek	22	45	24.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.8⁴	27⁴⁸	26.6¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	17.9³⁵	8.2³⁵	-6.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1994: P22 from 29	37 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 29.3
42Casey Mears	32	43	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	66.3⁶	35.6²	37.0²	37.0²	37.0²	+10.2¹⁰	1⁴⁸	31.9¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-8.0⁶	22.6³⁵	9.4³⁵	+4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P36 from 22	28 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 23.8
96Tony Raines	12	41	25.9⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	28.2⁹	0.0%⁹	53.5⁷	—	—	—	—	+6.0³	27⁴⁸	29.9¹²	—	33.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	32.5²⁸	8.9²⁸	+7.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	3.6%²⁸	—	2003: P33 from 27	9 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 25.9
40David Stremme	38	39	32.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	47.2¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+5.5⁵	1⁴⁸	27.8¹²	—	32.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	26.0³³	8.2³³	-0.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	2006: P15 from 13	11 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 32.9
7Robby Gordon	27	39	30.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	56.7¹	—	—	—	—	+10.2⁸	27⁴⁸	30.9¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.5³⁵	11.6³⁵	+2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1997: P41 from 40	21 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 33.0
18J.J. Yeley	18	39	33.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	42.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+13.8⁶	27⁴⁸	26.2¹²	—	33.6⁵	—	+6.7⁶	21.3³⁵	10.7³⁵	-3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2006: P31 from 36	13 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 33.1
41Reed Sorenson	25	37	32.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	50.0¹⁰	34.1²	34.0¹	34.0¹	34.0¹	+9.6⁷	1⁴⁸	25.9¹²	36.0²	31.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	25.6³⁵	11.0³⁵	+2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P35 from 16	19 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 34.0
92Chad Blount	43	36	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁴⁸	42.0¹	—	42.0¹	—	—	35.0¹	—	-7.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	first start here	—
34Chad Chaffin	31	32	39.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	37.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁴⁸	38.0¹	—	36.6⁵	—	+2.7⁶	37.2⁹	3.6⁹	+1.3⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	11.1%⁹	—	2004: P39 from 37	1 st · 0 W · best P39 · avg 39.0
95Stanton Barrett	35	31	42.0²	0²	0²	0²	39.0²	0.0%²	25.6¹	—	—	—	—	—	27⁴⁸	38.3⁴	—	35.4⁵	—	-5.3⁶	37.0⁶	3.1⁶	-0.8⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	66.7%⁶	—	2004: P41 from 36	2 st · 0 W · best P41 · avg 42.0
51Mike Garvey	39	30	43.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	34.0¹	0.0%¹	28.8¹	—	—	—	—	—	27⁴⁸	37.5²	—	37.6⁵	—	+10.0⁶	33.7³	1.7³	-5.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	66.7%³	—	2005: P43 from 34	1 st · 0 W · best P43 · avg 43.0