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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	23	67	6.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.4¹⁰	10.5%¹⁰	114.1⁶	8.6³	8.0¹	3.0¹	12.0¹	-12.3¹⁰	14²⁶	14.8¹²	11.5²	8.0⁵	—	-11.7⁶	9.4³⁵	13.0³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2002: P1 from 4 · led 62	25 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 7.8
17Matt Kenseth	25	65	11.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	9.8%¹⁰	110.1⁴	—	—	—	—	-2.8¹⁰	7²⁶	8.5¹²	23.5²	6.8⁵	—	-7.3⁶	19.7³⁵	12.2³⁵	+6.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P3 from 23 · led 120	24 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.5
9Kasey Kahne	2	64	10.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	9.9%¹⁰	100.8⁸	23.0¹	—	—	—	-14.3¹⁰	1²⁶	16.3¹²	—	6.0⁵	—	-9.0⁶	14.6³⁵	10.8³⁵	-7.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 1 · led 77	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
24Jeff Gordon	1	63	11.4¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	16.4%¹⁰	79.5¹	—	—	—	—	-4.8¹⁰	14²⁶	4.9¹²	—	13.8⁵	—	+5.7⁶	11.6³⁵	8.4³⁵	+4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1997: P1 from 3 · led 113	25 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.2
5Kyle Busch	12	63	10.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	8.7%¹⁰	103.2⁹	9.8⁵	9.0³	11.0³	8.3³	-7.5¹⁰	14²⁶	17.8¹²	8.0⁷	11.2⁵	—	+3.7⁶	15.1³⁵	12.4³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P24 from 18	23 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 9.4
99Carl Edwards	21	62	4.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	10¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	108.5⁹	—	—	—	—	-8.8¹⁰	7²⁶	6.6¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	+4.0⁶	16.7³⁵	11.9³⁵	+3.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P6 from 19	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 7.6
01Mark Martin	3	62	14.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	10.5%¹⁰	107.0¹	—	—	—	—	-1.2¹⁰	14²⁶	15.9¹²	—	7.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	16.8²³	11.7²³	+1.9²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	8.7%²³	—	1997: P10 from 12 · led 11	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
07Clint Bowyer	6	56	11.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	90.3¹⁰	18.7³	23.0¹	22.0¹	24.0¹	-2.8¹⁰	14²⁶	18.3¹²	9.5²	18.2⁵	—	-14.3⁶	17.7³⁵	10.3³⁵	+3.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2006: P14 from 32	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.7
11Denny Hamlin	17	55	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.0¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	88.0¹⁰	8.9⁵	9.3³	14.7³	8.7³	+4.0¹⁰	14²⁶	12.1¹²	4.3⁸	19.4⁵	—	-10.0⁶	12.3³⁵	12.1³⁵	-1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2006: P12 from 5	20 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.1
2Kurt Busch	18	55	11.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	9.0%¹⁰	96.7⁵	12.5⁴	15.0²	19.5²	11.0²	-8.5¹⁰	1²⁶	19.9¹²	7.7³	21.6⁵	—	+7.0⁶	13.5³⁵	11.3³⁵	-1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2001: P13 from 32	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	5	55	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	73.2⁴	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹⁰	14²⁶	20.8¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	+9.3⁶	14.9³⁵	12.6³⁵	-3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2000: P12 from 20	24 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.6
20Tony Stewart	11	55	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	7.4%¹⁰	99.7³	—	—	—	—	+2.4¹⁰	14²⁶	14.0¹²	—	17.2⁵	—	+17.0⁶	17.8³⁵	13.2³⁵	+4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1999: P4 from 7 · led 1	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.7
44Dale Jarrett	43	54	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	86.4¹	—	—	—	—	+4.0¹⁰	4²⁶	22.8¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	31.4²³	7.7²³	-0.9²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13²³	34.8%²³	—	1997: P8 from 9 · led 49	14 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 18.4
26Jamie McMurray	35	54	12.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	24.0¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	76.6⁷	13.7¹	—	—	—	-3.7¹⁰	7²⁶	18.5¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	+2.7⁶	20.4³⁵	11.7³⁵	-1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2003: P5 from 25 · led 41	22 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 15.6
83Brian Vickers	15	53	16.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.4¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	85.3⁸	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁹	4²⁶	15.3¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-7.0⁶	23.3²²	13.1²²	-2.5²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²²	22.7%²²	—	2004: P29 from 6 · led 1	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.7
25Casey Mears	10	53	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	70.7⁷	—	—	—	—	+7.4¹⁰	14²⁶	19.4¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-18.3⁶	19.2³⁵	11.6³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P34 from 17	19 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.6
29Kevin Harvick	4	53	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.3¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	80.6⁵	15.3⁵	13.7³	10.7³	13.3³	+2.5¹⁰	14²⁶	16.8¹²	8.2⁵	19.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	18.9³⁵	10.3³⁵	+3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2001: P25 from 13 · led 2	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
31Jeff Burton	8	53	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	61.8¹	—	—	—	—	+1.2¹⁰	14²⁶	17.1¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-16.0⁶	19.2³⁵	11.9³⁵	+5.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1997: P30 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.7
16Greg Biffle	13	52	20.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	10.7%¹⁰	97.6⁶	—	—	—	—	+9.8¹⁰	7²⁶	13.2¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	19.5³⁵	12.1³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2002: P13 from 29	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.5
12Ryan Newman	19	52	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	77.0⁶	20.7²	—	—	—	+3.2¹⁰	1²⁶	16.7¹²	23.0³	18.6⁵	—	+7.0⁶	13.7³⁵	14.2³⁵	-5.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2002: P14 from 1 · led 3	24 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.2
1Martin Truex Jr.	7	52	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	79.2¹⁰	11.7⁵	13.0³	16.7³	15.3³	+2.9¹⁰	14²⁶	17.5¹²	9.7⁶	21.6⁵	—	-8.3⁶	15.4³⁵	12.0³⁵	-0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2006: P15 from 23	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.8
43Bobby Labonte	28	52	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	75.6¹	—	—	—	—	-7.4⁸	1²⁶	12.0¹²	—	28.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	20.0³⁵	9.6³⁵	-2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P6 from 15	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.0
19Elliott Sadler	38	50	22.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	72.0³	—	—	—	—	-4.5⁶	1²⁶	24.0¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-2.3⁶	16.7³⁵	9.6³⁵	-8.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P21 from 39	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.3
88Ricky Rudd	34	50	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	25.5¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	26.1¹	—	—	—	—	-8.7³	7²⁶	17.1¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	28.3³⁰	9.5³⁰	+2.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1997: P3 from 39	12 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.0
42Juan Pablo Montoya	9	49	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	14.8¹⁰	5.3%¹⁰	79.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-4.7¹⁰	1²⁶	22.2¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	+7.3⁶	21.9³⁵	11.0³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P33 from 42	10 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.3
15Paul Menard	22	47	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	59.5¹⁰	16.6²	—	—	—	+5.0⁹	14²⁶	23.2¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-15.0⁶	29.4²⁹	8.0²⁹	+2.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	2007: P24 from 20	16 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.6
6David Ragan	39	47	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	70.6¹⁰	25.2²	—	—	—	+1.9¹⁰	7²⁶	18.2¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-8.0⁶	28.9³⁵	10.7³⁵	+4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P12 from 33	16 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.4
45Kyle Petty	37	45	29.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	55.2¹	—	—	—	—	+4.8¹⁰	1²⁶	13.7¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+12.3⁶	34.0²⁸	9.5²⁸	+5.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1997: P31 from 38	16 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 31.4
14Sterling Marlin	27	45	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	78.8¹	—	—	—	—	-6.1⁹	14²⁶	21.3¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+12.3⁶	28.7²⁰	8.2²⁰	+2.3²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	15.0%²⁰	—	1997: P36 from 29	13 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.9
21Ken Schrader	36	45	26.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	65.7¹	—	—	—	—	-13.0¹	7²⁶	18.9¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-3.3⁶	26.5¹²	5.8¹²	-3.8¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25¹²	25.0%¹²	—	1997: P34 from 5 · led 8	16 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 28.0
66Jeff Green	16	45	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	54.1⁴	—	—	—	—	-5.6⁷	14²⁶	25.1¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	+6.0⁶	31.4³¹	10.3³¹	+5.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1997: P7 from 7	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.7
10Scott Riggs	30	45	26.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	58.8⁸	—	—	—	—	-5.0⁵	1²⁶	25.6¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	18.8²⁶	10.3²⁶	-8.4²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁶	15.4%²⁶	—	2004: P25 from 4	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 27.4
7Robby Gordon	42	44	27.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.6¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	52.5⁵	—	—	—	—	-6.8⁴	7²⁶	27.2¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-15.3⁶	33.6³⁴	9.8³⁴	+7.7³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2000: P31 from 29	16 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 28.9
13Joe Nemechek	26	44	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	113.4¹	—	—	—	—	+0.2⁹	14²⁶	25.9¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	26.9²⁷	9.4²⁷	-2.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.26²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1997: P18 from 1 · led 1	23 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 30.6
00David Reutimann	33	42	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	73.4¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-8.3¹⁰	4²⁶	21.3¹²	—	35.4⁵	—	+6.7⁶	25.0²⁵	8.8²⁵	-5.2²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁵	32.0%²⁵	—	2007: P32 from 28 · led 1	11 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 20.8
22Dave Blaney	14	42	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.4¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	49.6⁶	—	—	—	—	+8.0⁵	4²⁶	22.2¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	21.8³²	11.9³²	-4.8³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	21.9%³²	—	2000: P38 from 17	18 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 30.2
37John Andretti	32	42	25.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	37.8³	—	—	—	—	-8.5⁶	1²⁶	22.3¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+0.7⁶	28.6¹⁴	6.7¹⁴	-5.1¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁴	50.0%¹⁴	—	1997: P21 from 35	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.3
96Tony Raines	41	38	31.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	36.6⁵	0.0%⁵	36.5⁴	—	—	—	—	—	14²⁶	34.8¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	-1.7⁶	27.4³³	9.3³³	+1.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	2003: P31 from 33	5 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 31.8
18J.J. Yeley	29	38	31.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	48.5⁹	—	—	—	—	+9.9⁶	14²⁶	36.0¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	23.2³⁵	10.2³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2004: P41 from 32	11 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 31.6
41Reed Sorenson	20	37	26.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	54.5¹⁰	34.5³	37.0¹	37.0¹	37.0¹	+0.5⁹	1²⁶	27.0¹²	34.0²	24.4⁵	—	+15.3⁶	24.5³⁵	12.1³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2006: P21 from 29	14 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 29.1
70Johnny Sauter	31	37	31.0³	0³	0³	0³	40.3³	0.3%³	28.3²	—	—	—	—	+8.8²	14²⁶	32.3³	—	27.8⁵	—	-1.0⁶	30.1³⁴	9.5³⁴	+2.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2004: P21 from 37	3 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 31.0
40David Stremme	24	36	28.9⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	28.1⁷	0.2%⁷	48.1⁷	—	—	—	—	+9.9⁵	1²⁶	29.9¹²	—	32.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	26.0³⁵	11.1³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2006: P33 from 40	7 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 28.9
38David Gilliland	40	35	27.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	48.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-4.8⁸	7²⁶	30.6¹²	—	35.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	27.4³⁵	9.4³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2006: P32 from 20	13 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 29.3