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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	68	11.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	5.5%¹⁰	109.1³	18.9³	11.0¹	10.0¹	12.0¹	-5.2¹⁰	17³⁷	11.4¹²	24.4¹²	8.0⁵	—	-11.7⁶	10.0³⁵	13.0³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2001: P29 from 21	28 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	22	64	10.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	10.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-11.3¹⁰	17³⁷	17.0¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	+9.3⁶	14.5³⁵	13.1³⁵	-4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1999: P14 from 13 · led 1	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.2
9Kasey Kahne	12	62	16.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	88.6⁸	21.8¹	—	—	—	-7.5¹⁰	4³⁷	19.0¹²	—	6.0⁵	—	-9.0⁶	14.3³⁵	10.8³⁵	-7.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2004: P3 from 12	21 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
20Tony Stewart	13	61	14.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	10.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.6¹⁰	17³⁷	10.2¹²	—	17.2⁵	—	+17.0⁶	17.7³⁵	13.1³⁵	+4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1999: P11 from 3 · led 3	27 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
17Matt Kenseth	21	60	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	18.5¹	19.0¹	19.0¹	17.0¹	-2.3¹⁰	11³⁷	20.7¹²	22.3¹²	6.8⁵	—	-7.3⁶	19.9³⁵	12.3³⁵	+6.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P40 from 4 · led 2	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 12.3
24Jeff Gordon	5	58	17.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	12.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2¹⁰	17³⁷	17.9¹²	—	13.8⁵	—	+5.7⁶	11.5³⁵	8.4³⁵	+4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1992: P31 from 21	41 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
01Mark Martin	4	58	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17³⁷	23.3¹²	—	7.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	16.8²³	11.8²³	+2.0²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	8.7%²³	—	1982: P19 from 12	52 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
07Clint Bowyer	15	58	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.7¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	80.7¹⁰	6.8³	4.0¹	7.0¹	4.0¹	+2.0¹⁰	17³⁷	16.1¹²	12.4¹²	18.2⁵	—	-14.3⁶	17.4³⁵	10.3³⁵	+3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2006: P27 from 16	19 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.4
99Carl Edwards	14	58	13.7¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	9.2%¹⁰	105.4⁹	—	—	—	—	-3.8¹⁰	11³⁷	12.1¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	+4.0⁶	16.9³⁵	12.1³⁵	+2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P3 from 4 · led 15	18 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
11Denny Hamlin	30	57	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.4¹⁰	6.2%¹⁰	97.6¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	+1.2¹⁰	17³⁷	15.3¹²	4.6¹²	19.4⁵	—	-10.0⁶	11.9³⁵	12.0³⁵	-2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2005: P19 from 25	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
5Kyle Busch	8	56	16.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	8.5%¹⁰	93.3⁹	15.7¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	+3.7¹⁰	17³⁷	27.4¹²	18.5¹²	11.2⁵	—	+3.7⁶	15.2³⁵	12.0³⁵	+1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P43 from 28	32 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.1
12Ryan Newman	1	56	16.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	3.3¹⁰	5.0%¹⁰	66.7⁴	19.1⁵	19.3³	16.7³	19.3³	-6.3¹⁰	4³⁷	17.0¹²	23.1¹²	18.6⁵	—	+7.0⁶	14.2³⁵	14.2³⁵	-4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2002: P10 from 2 · led 15	29 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 17.8
29Kevin Harvick	36	55	23.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	63.4²	13.2⁹	16.7⁷	18.6⁷	15.1⁷	+2.6¹⁰	17³⁷	10.3¹²	9.9¹²	19.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	17.9³⁵	10.2³⁵	+2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2001: P1 from 5 · led 18	35 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
16Greg Biffle	25	53	12.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.2¹⁰	8.9%¹⁰	108.4⁶	24.4¹	30.0¹	37.0¹	29.0¹	-7.5¹⁰	11³⁷	21.9¹²	34.0¹	20.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	19.1³⁵	11.5³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P13 from 20	22 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.0
26Jamie McMurray	37	53	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	75.7⁵	18.5¹	—	—	—	-0.2¹⁰	11³⁷	12.7¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	+2.7⁶	20.4³⁵	11.9³⁵	-2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P7 from 4	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.3
31Jeff Burton	32	53	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	26.7¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.7⁶	17³⁷	21.5¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-16.0⁶	18.5³⁵	11.9³⁵	+4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1994: P4 from 13 · led 87	35 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 17.4
25Casey Mears	34	53	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	20.3¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	68.0⁶	—	—	—	—	+2.8¹⁰	17³⁷	25.2¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-18.3⁶	18.5³⁵	11.7³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P23 from 33	20 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 21.4
2Kurt Busch	17	53	22.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	69.8²	11.5⁷	6.0⁵	7.4⁵	7.4⁵	+6.2¹⁰	4³⁷	17.5¹²	9.3¹²	21.6⁵	—	+7.0⁶	13.6³⁵	11.3³⁵	-1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P36 from 24	32 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 14.9
44Dale Jarrett	43	51	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5³⁷	29.6¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	31.4²³	7.6²³	-0.7²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13²³	34.8%²³	—	1987: P36 from 33	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
83Brian Vickers	31	51	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	77.9⁷	—	—	—	—	-0.2¹⁰	5³⁷	24.6¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-7.0⁶	22.6²²	13.0²²	-1.8²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²²	18.2%²²	—	2003: P43 from 4	16 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 14.3
43Bobby Labonte	6	51	13.1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	10.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4³⁷	22.4¹²	—	28.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	20.6³⁵	9.6³⁵	-1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1993: P18 from 17	37 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 18.5
88Ricky Rudd	42	51	18.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹	11³⁷	17.1¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-0.3⁶	28.0³⁰	9.5³⁰	+1.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1975: P25 from 33	57 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
1Martin Truex Jr.	18	51	26.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	6.2%¹⁰	87.3⁹	11.3¹⁰	9.4⁹	13.3⁹	7.4⁹	+7.1¹⁰	17³⁷	15.9¹²	8.0¹¹	21.6⁵	—	-8.3⁶	15.1³⁵	12.7³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P37 from 33	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.4
19Elliott Sadler	2	50	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0²	4³⁷	25.8¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-2.3⁶	17.7³⁵	9.5³⁵	-7.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P31 from 15	23 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 23.3
21Ken Schrader	29	49	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0³	11³⁷	21.5¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-3.3⁶	27.1¹²	5.7¹²	-3.1¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25¹²	33.3%¹²	—	1984: P27 from 23	46 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.5
15Paul Menard	23	49	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	66.9¹⁰	16.5²	—	—	—	-2.7⁹	17³⁷	27.3¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-15.0⁶	29.4²⁹	8.1²⁹	+2.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	2006: P7 from 22	17 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 18.9
42Juan Pablo Montoya	16	49	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	84.6¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-5.3¹⁰	4³⁷	22.8¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	21.7³⁵	10.6³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P34 from 21	10 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.5
7Robby Gordon	39	47	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	41.3¹	—	—	—	—	-12.8⁷	11³⁷	30.0¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-15.3⁶	33.7³⁴	9.8³⁴	+7.8³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	1997: P14 from 1 · led 42	19 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.6
45Kyle Petty	40	46	26.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.4¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.6⁸	4³⁷	18.9¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+12.3⁶	33.9²⁸	9.5²⁸	+5.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1979: P32 from 37	54 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.0
14Sterling Marlin	28	45	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17³⁷	23.8¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+12.3⁶	28.6²⁰	8.4²⁰	+1.7²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	20.0%²⁰	—	1983: P31 from 28	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.5
13Joe Nemechek	19	45	24.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0⁴	17³⁷	26.3¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	27.1²⁷	9.5²⁷	-2.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.26²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1994: P18 from 5	38 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 25.9
10Scott Riggs	10	44	25.6⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	26.8⁹	0.0%⁹	57.2⁸	—	—	—	—	-2.2⁵	4³⁷	27.6¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	19.5²⁶	10.1²⁶	-7.6²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	15.4%²⁶	—	2004: P25 from 17	9 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 25.6
22Dave Blaney	35	44	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.9⁶	5³⁷	23.1¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	21.1³²	12.1³²	-5.8³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	25.0%³²	—	1999: P37 from 7	24 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 28.3
66Jeff Green	41	44	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	45.9¹	—	—	—	—	+1.8⁸	17³⁷	26.3¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	+6.0⁶	30.6³¹	10.2³¹	+4.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1994: P18 from 31	13 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.2
18J.J. Yeley	20	42	29.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.5¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	45.0⁹	—	—	—	—	+3.1⁶	17³⁷	25.6¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	23.5³⁵	10.3³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2004: P27 from 36	11 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 30.2
6David Ragan	38	41	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	61.4¹⁰	25.4³	35.0¹	31.0¹	35.0¹	+7.6¹⁰	11³⁷	24.4¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	-2.3⁶	28.9³⁵	10.7³⁵	+4.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P33 from 37	17 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.4
96Tony Raines	33	40	28.6⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	35.9⁷	0.0%⁷	40.8³	—	—	—	—	-11.0¹	17³⁷	32.6¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	-1.7⁶	27.6³³	9.0³³	+2.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	2002: P29 from 42	7 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 28.6
41Reed Sorenson	11	40	26.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	56.9¹⁰	36.6¹	37.0¹	36.0¹	37.0¹	-1.4⁹	4³⁷	24.3¹²	35.5⁶	24.4⁵	—	+15.3⁶	24.8³⁵	12.2³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2005: P41 from 22	13 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 28.1
70Johnny Sauter	26	38	31.0²	0²	0²	0²	37.0²	0.0%²	29.3¹	—	—	—	—	-1.3²	17³⁷	30.2¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	30.2³⁴	9.6³⁴	+3.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2004: P30 from 39	2 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 31.0
00David Reutimann	24	38	25.4⁸	0⁸	1⁸	1⁸	21.8⁸	0.0%⁸	63.8⁸	—	—	—	—	+0.6⁸	5³⁷	28.9¹²	—	34.0⁵	—	+4.3⁶	25.4²⁵	8.6²⁵	-4.6²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁵	36.0%²⁵	—	2008: P20 from 30	8 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.4
38David Gilliland	27	36	27.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	56.3¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+3.9⁸	11³⁷	26.4¹²	—	35.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	27.7³⁵	9.4³⁵	+0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2006: P15 from 25	13 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 26.1
40David Stremme	7	36	30.9⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	24.4⁷	0.0%⁷	51.1⁷	—	—	—	—	+6.0⁵	4³⁷	25.1¹²	—	32.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	26.5³⁵	11.0³⁵	+1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2006: P33 from 38	7 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 30.9
49Mike Bliss	9	36	30.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	45.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+18.0¹	4³⁷	27.5¹²	—	31.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	33.0³	12.0³	+3.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	33.3%³	—	2005: P18 from 16	11 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 30.9