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Long Pond, PA

Cup Series · 2006 · RACE 14 · PRE-RACE PREVIEW

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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
20Tony Stewart	18	64	10.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	8¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.9¹⁰	16⁴⁴	8.3¹²	—	10.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	16.6³⁵	13.5³⁵	+2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1999: P6 from 12 · led 1	35 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.7
48Jimmie Johnson	10	63	11.3¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.3¹⁰	14.6%¹⁰	91.0⁴	14.5⁶	19.5²	18.0²	18.5²	-2.6¹⁰	16⁴⁴	15.6¹²	25.0¹	3.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	10.9³⁵	9.6³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2002: P3 from 2	37 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.8
11Denny Hamlin	1	63	10.0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.4¹⁰	25.7%¹⁰	116.8¹⁰	6.4¹⁰	2.8⁹	4.0⁹	3.1⁹	-8.1¹⁰	16⁴⁴	13.7¹²	11.9⁷	14.8⁵	—	+3.0⁶	13.7³⁵	9.5³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2006: P1 from 1 · led 151	36 st · 7 W · best P1 · avg 11.0
99Carl Edwards	40	60	12.1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	21.0¹⁰	10.9%¹⁰	99.7¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-6.9¹⁰	9⁴⁴	15.2¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	18.7³⁵	13.4³⁵	+3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2005: P1 from 29 · led 46	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
24Jeff Gordon	6	60	10.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	17.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹⁰	16⁴⁴	8.8¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-6.7⁶	10.1³⁵	12.7³⁵	-4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1993: P28 from 4	46 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 9.7
6Mark Martin	20	60	9.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9⁴⁴	15.8¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	16.0³⁵	9.8³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1982: P26 from 16	53 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 11.3
29Kevin Harvick	12	59	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	103.2²	9.3¹⁰	9.2⁶	9.5⁶	9.0⁶	-4.8¹⁰	16⁴⁴	10.3¹²	18.0⁴	12.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	13.5³⁵	11.6³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P15 from 19	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
16Greg Biffle	7	58	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	74.2⁶	—	—	—	—	+2.2¹⁰	9⁴⁴	13.2¹²	—	8.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	14.6³⁵	14.2³⁵	-4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2003: P20 from 26	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
88Dale Jarrett	27	57	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9⁴⁴	12.3¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+0.7⁶	28.3³⁵	9.7³⁵	+6.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1987: P35 from 24	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.9
07Clint Bowyer	42	56	15.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	4.3%¹⁰	78.8¹⁰	11.5⁶	15.5²	16.0²	13.5²	+4.5¹⁰	16⁴⁴	14.9¹²	12.0¹	16.8⁵	—	-9.7⁶	19.7³⁵	11.4³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P41 from 14	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.6
17Matt Kenseth	25	56	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	19.4⁴	14.5²	13.0²	14.5²	-4.4¹⁰	9⁴⁴	14.3¹²	4.0¹	24.6⁵	—	+6.0⁶	14.3³⁵	8.4³⁵	+4.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2000: P14 from 29	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.9
2Kurt Busch	2	55	18.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	6.9%¹⁰	110.0²	13.9⁸	10.5⁴	9.0⁴	15.0³	+3.2¹⁰	5⁴⁴	19.8¹²	16.5²	15.0⁵	—	-26.0⁶	10.7³⁵	13.1³⁵	-9.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2001: P13 from 41	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.7
5Kyle Busch	9	55	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	82.8¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	11.4⁸	13.5⁸	10.3⁷	+5.9¹⁰	16⁴⁴	9.0¹²	18.7⁶	20.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	15.0³⁵	13.5³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2005: P4 from 38	37 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
12Ryan Newman	14	54	14.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	8.4%¹⁰	102.9⁴	18.4⁸	23.0⁴	19.5⁴	20.7³	-1.1¹⁰	5⁴⁴	19.1¹²	28.5²	16.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	11.5³⁵	11.6³⁵	-9.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P32 from 15 · led 19	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
45Kyle Petty	33	54	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0⁵	5⁴⁴	26.3¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	30.9³⁵	8.3³⁵	+3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1980: P7 from 13	49 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.1
19Jeremy Mayfield	26	53	12.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	7.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁴⁴	25.8¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+8.7⁶	24.2²¹	9.1²¹	-4.7²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²¹	14.3%²¹	—	1994: P21 from 23	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	11	53	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	4.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.4¹⁰	16⁴⁴	21.7¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	+12.0⁶	19.4³⁵	11.0³⁵	+5.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P19 from 15	34 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
25Brian Vickers	4	53	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.0¹⁰	7.3%¹⁰	90.7⁸	—	—	—	—	-2.0⁹	16⁴⁴	18.9⁸	—	20.6⁵	—	+10.7⁶	17.2³⁵	11.6³⁵	-2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 2 · led 1	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.0
38Elliott Sadler	13	53	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.8¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-20.0²	9⁴⁴	28.6¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	+9.0⁶	17.6³⁵	12.1³⁵	-5.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1999: P20 from 42	23 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.1
1Martin Truex Jr.	15	53	14.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	83.0¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	7.7⁷	8.1⁷	7.3⁷	-2.8¹⁰	16⁴⁴	18.3¹²	16.0⁵	26.4⁵	—	-16.0⁶	21.4³⁵	10.4³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2006: P10 from 17	34 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.7
31Jeff Burton	5	52	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.9⁶	16⁴⁴	19.5¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	14.1³⁵	11.9³⁵	-0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P22 from 35	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.7
21Ken Schrader	29	52	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5⁴	9⁴⁴	16.6¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	25.5³⁵	11.3³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1985: P15 from 22	43 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.6
26Jamie McMurray	8	52	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	70.8⁶	14.0²	—	—	—	+3.4¹⁰	9⁴⁴	14.6¹²	—	17.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	25.8³⁵	12.3³⁵	+2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2003: P32 from 28	31 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.8
9Kasey Kahne	3	52	17.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	8.9¹⁰	6.0%¹⁰	86.9⁸	23.3²	—	—	—	-4.1¹⁰	5⁴⁴	14.3¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+26.3⁶	13.1³⁵	13.9³⁵	-2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2004: P14 from 1 · led 4	29 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.8
44Terry Labonte	39	52	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.0¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁴⁴	20.3¹²	—	28.8⁵	—	+10.7⁶	35.5¹⁶	10.2¹⁶	+6.8¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁶	12.5%¹⁶	—	1979: P23 from 12	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.0
14Sterling Marlin	16	51	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	16⁴⁴	22.1¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	24.2³⁵	8.8³⁵	-3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1983: P29 from 20	45 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.8
22Dave Blaney	30	49	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.9⁶	5⁴⁴	28.4¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-0.3⁶	28.3³⁵	8.1³⁵	+3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P30 from 35	28 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 26.6
55Michael Waltrip	36	48	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁴⁴	20.8¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+13.3⁶	31.8³²	7.8³²	+0.8³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	21.9%³²	—	1986: P39 from 28	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.5
10Scott Riggs	17	45	26.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	57.3⁸	—	—	—	—	+3.7⁹	5⁴⁴	31.3⁶	—	17.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	19.6³⁴	9.8³⁴	-1.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2004: P16 from 40	13 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 29.9
01Joe Nemechek	21	45	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁴	16⁴⁴	24.3¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	17.9³⁵	8.1³⁵	-6.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1994: P32 from 11	38 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 28.9
43Bobby Labonte	23	45	25.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁴⁴	13.3¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	21.6³⁵	11.9³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 23	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.3
42Casey Mears	22	43	18.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	73.2⁶	33.6¹	37.0¹	38.0¹	37.0¹	+1.4¹⁰	5⁴⁴	25.6¹²	39.0¹	23.4⁵	—	-8.0⁶	22.9³⁵	8.5³⁵	+5.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2003: P21 from 19	28 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.1
78Jimmy Spencer	34	43	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+17.0²	16⁴⁴	22.5¹¹	—	31.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	43.0¹	—	+7.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	1989: P33 from 26	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.1
32Travis Kvapil	38	42	25.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	49.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-6.4⁷	16⁴⁴	32.7⁷	—	23.6⁵	—	-2.3⁶	33.5³⁰	6.5³⁰	+5.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	2005: P17 from 33	16 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 26.3
66Jeff Green	19	41	31.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.4⁶	16⁴⁴	25.0⁹	—	24.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	25.6³⁵	9.4³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1996: P36 from 33	18 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 28.5
49Kevin Lepage	41	40	28.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	28.8²	—	—	—	—	+4.3⁴	5⁴⁴	32.0³	—	25.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	32.5²¹	5.8²¹	-2.0²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²¹	33.3%²¹	—	1998: P19 from 42	11 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 29.3
7Robby Gordon	28	40	25.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	56.3²	—	—	—	—	-3.7⁸	16⁴⁴	26.7¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.5³⁵	11.9³⁵	+2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1997: P42 from 30	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 28.2
40David Stremme	32	38	29.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	34.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	48.4¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+8.9⁵	5⁴⁴	24.8⁵	—	32.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	26.2³³	8.5³³	-0.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	12.1%³³	—	2006: P29 from 42	10 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 29.7
96Tony Raines	31	38	28.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	44.0⁸	—	—	—	—	+5.5⁴	16⁴⁴	26.8⁴	—	33.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	31.8²⁸	8.8²⁸	+7.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	3.6%²⁸	—	2003: P30 from 42	11 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 29.3
41Reed Sorenson	35	38	31.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	47.3¹⁰	33.7³	—	—	—	+2.6⁹	5⁴⁴	24.7⁹	—	31.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	25.3³⁵	10.9³⁵	+2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P26 from 23	19 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 31.7
61Chad Chaffin	37	38	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9⁴⁴	39.0¹	—	37.2⁵	—	+5.7⁶	36.6⁹	3.4⁹	+0.3⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	11.1%⁹	—	first start here	—
51Mike Garvey	43	37	29.5²	0²	0²	0²	34.0²	0.2%²	35.9²	—	—	—	—	—	16⁴⁴	—	—	37.6⁵	—	+10.0⁶	32.3³	1.7³	-6.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	66.7%³	—	2005: P25 from 36 · led 1	2 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 29.5
18J.J. Yeley	24	32	33.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	43.2¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+12.8⁵	16⁴⁴	36.0⁷	—	33.6⁵	—	+6.7⁶	21.2³⁵	10.5³⁵	-4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2006: P11 from 21	15 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 33.7