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Long Pond, PA

Cup Series · 2007 · RACE 14 · PRE-RACE PREVIEW

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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
01Mark Martin	34	64	9.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁴²	15.8¹²	—	7.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	15.5²³	11.7²³	+0.6²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	8.7%²³	—	1982: P26 from 16	53 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 11.4
17Matt Kenseth	24	64	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	19.4⁴	14.5²	13.0²	14.5²	-4.4¹⁰	8⁴²	14.3¹²	4.0¹	6.8⁵	—	-7.3⁶	19.8³⁵	12.4³⁵	+6.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P14 from 29	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.8
48Jimmie Johnson	7	63	8.1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	13.9%¹⁰	93.3⁴	14.5⁶	19.5²	18.0²	18.5²	-7.8¹⁰	16⁴²	15.6¹²	25.0¹	8.0⁵	—	-11.7⁶	9.9³⁵	11.9³⁵	+0.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2002: P3 from 2	37 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
24Jeff Gordon	18	62	10.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	17.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹⁰	16⁴²	8.8¹²	—	13.8⁵	—	+5.7⁶	11.1³⁵	8.4³⁵	+3.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1993: P28 from 4	46 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 10.4
9Kasey Kahne	8	62	15.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	5.7%¹⁰	90.0⁸	23.3²	—	—	—	-6.0¹⁰	4⁴²	14.3¹²	—	6.0⁵	—	-9.0⁶	14.5³⁵	11.1³⁵	-7.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2004: P14 from 1 · led 4	29 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.3
11Denny Hamlin	2	61	9.5¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.3¹⁰	26.2%¹⁰	117.8¹⁰	6.4¹⁰	2.8⁹	4.0⁹	3.1⁹	-8.4¹⁰	16⁴²	13.7¹²	11.9⁷	19.4⁵	—	-10.0⁶	12.7³⁵	12.0³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2006: P1 from 1 · led 83	36 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 10.9
20Tony Stewart	6	61	10.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	8¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.9¹⁰	16⁴²	8.3¹²	—	17.2⁵	—	+17.0⁶	17.9³⁵	13.2³⁵	+4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1999: P6 from 12 · led 1	35 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
5Kyle Busch	4	59	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	80.7¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	11.4⁸	13.5⁸	10.3⁷	+6.7¹⁰	16⁴²	9.0¹²	18.7⁶	11.2⁵	—	+3.7⁶	15.3³⁵	12.4³⁵	+1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2005: P4 from 38	37 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	13	57	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	4.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.4¹⁰	16⁴²	21.7¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	+9.3⁶	14.7³⁵	13.1³⁵	-4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	2000: P19 from 15	34 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
29Kevin Harvick	19	56	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	103.2²	9.3¹⁰	9.2⁶	9.5⁶	9.0⁶	-4.8¹⁰	16⁴²	10.3¹²	18.0⁴	19.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	18.4³⁵	10.3³⁵	+2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2001: P15 from 19	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
21Bill Elliott	43	56	10.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	6.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	8⁴²	9.1¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	-1.7⁶	29.6¹⁹	7.6¹⁹	+1.7¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05¹⁹	10.5%¹⁹	—	1976: P32 from 33	47 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
07Clint Bowyer	5	56	17.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	4.5%¹⁰	77.5¹⁰	11.5⁶	15.5²	16.0²	13.5²	+5.7¹⁰	16⁴²	14.9¹²	12.0¹	18.2⁵	—	-14.3⁶	17.7³⁵	10.3³⁵	+3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2006: P21 from 42 · led 8	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 14.0
99Carl Edwards	32	54	13.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	10.2%¹⁰	100.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-4.6¹⁰	8⁴²	15.2¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	+4.0⁶	16.3³⁵	12.2³⁵	+2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2005: P1 from 29 · led 46	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.7
83Brian Vickers	9	54	13.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.5¹⁰	7.9%¹⁰	98.8⁸	—	—	—	—	-4.0⁹	14⁴²	18.9⁸	—	21.4⁵	—	-7.0⁶	23.6²²	13.4²²	-1.1²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²²	22.7%²²	—	2004: P13 from 2 · led 1	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.9
16Greg Biffle	41	54	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.0¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	85.3⁶	—	—	—	—	+0.1¹⁰	8⁴²	13.2¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	18.7³⁵	12.0³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P20 from 26	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.6
1Martin Truex Jr.	3	54	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	78.1¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	7.7⁷	8.1⁷	7.3⁷	-0.1¹⁰	16⁴²	18.3¹²	16.0⁵	21.6⁵	—	-8.3⁶	15.5³⁵	12.6³⁵	-1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P24 from 15	34 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.3
31Jeff Burton	10	54	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.9⁶	16⁴²	19.5¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-16.0⁶	19.1³⁵	12.0³⁵	+5.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1994: P22 from 35	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.6
12Ryan Newman	1	52	15.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	7.1%¹⁰	93.6⁴	18.4⁸	23.0⁴	19.5⁴	20.7³	+1.2¹⁰	4⁴²	19.1¹²	28.5²	18.6⁵	—	+7.0⁶	14.2³⁵	13.9³⁵	-4.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2002: P32 from 15 · led 19	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
2Kurt Busch	27	52	18.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	6.9%¹⁰	110.0²	13.9⁸	10.5⁴	9.0⁴	15.0³	+3.2¹⁰	4⁴²	19.8¹²	16.5²	21.6⁵	—	+7.0⁶	13.3³⁵	11.4³⁵	-1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2001: P13 from 41	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.3
42Juan Pablo Montoya	38	51	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	80.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-7.5¹⁰	4⁴²	20.6⁸	—	21.2⁵	—	+6.7⁶	21.0³⁵	11.0³⁵	-1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P16 from 9	13 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.9
15Paul Menard	21	51	21.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	65.3¹⁰	18.6⁴	—	—	—	+2.1⁸	16⁴²	17.9¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-15.0⁶	29.5²⁹	8.1²⁹	+2.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	2007: P26 from 35	25 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.4
19Elliott Sadler	15	51	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.8¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-20.0²	4⁴²	28.6¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-2.3⁶	17.4³⁵	9.5³⁵	-8.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P20 from 42	23 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.0
26Jamie McMurray	25	50	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	14.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	73.7⁶	14.0²	—	—	—	+3.0¹⁰	8⁴²	14.6¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	+2.7⁶	20.7³⁵	11.9³⁵	-1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2003: P32 from 28	31 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.4
88Ricky Rudd	30	50	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	8⁴²	21.9¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	+2.0⁶	28.4³⁰	9.5³⁰	+2.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1977: P7 from 12	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
13Joe Nemechek	33	47	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁴	16⁴²	24.3¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	26.6²⁷	9.4²⁷	-3.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.26²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1994: P32 from 11	38 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 29.2
25Casey Mears	12	47	22.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	60.3⁶	33.6¹	37.0¹	38.0¹	37.0¹	+3.9¹⁰	16⁴²	25.6¹²	39.0¹	12.8⁵	—	-18.3⁶	19.2³⁵	11.5³⁵	-0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P21 from 19	28 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 24.5
43Bobby Labonte	26	46	25.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁴²	13.3¹²	—	28.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	20.0³⁵	9.6³⁵	-2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 23	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.1
7Robby Gordon	37	46	25.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	56.3²	—	—	—	—	-3.7⁸	8⁴²	26.7¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-15.3⁶	33.8³⁴	9.5³⁴	+8.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	1997: P42 from 30	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 27.9
6David Ragan	36	45	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	60.3¹⁰	25.2⁴	—	—	—	+6.3¹⁰	8⁴²	25.8¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	28.9³⁵	10.8³⁵	+4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P33 from 36	25 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.8
96Tony Raines	17	45	26.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	47.7⁸	—	—	—	—	+5.5⁴	16⁴²	26.8⁴	—	21.8⁵	—	-1.7⁶	28.1³³	9.1³³	+2.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	2003: P30 from 42	11 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 27.4
14Sterling Marlin	42	45	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	16⁴²	22.1¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+12.3⁶	27.9²⁰	8.4²⁰	+1.4²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	20.0%²⁰	—	1983: P29 from 20	45 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.0
22Dave Blaney	14	45	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.9⁶	14⁴²	28.4¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	21.8³²	11.8³²	-4.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	21.9%³²	—	2000: P30 from 35	28 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 26.1
10Scott Riggs	31	44	25.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	59.3⁸	—	—	—	—	+4.6⁸	4⁴²	31.3⁶	—	21.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	18.7²⁶	10.4²⁶	-9.3²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	19.2%²⁶	—	2004: P16 from 40	13 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 29.1
4Ward Burton	20	43	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁴²	25.3¹²	—	28.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	26.5¹⁵	9.8¹⁵	-8.5¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27¹⁵	53.3%¹⁵	—	1994: P42 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 26.5
84A.J. Allmendinger	28	43	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	69.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-0.3⁹	14⁴²	19.9⁹	—	35.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	28.8¹⁶	8.6¹⁶	-2.4¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	12.5%¹⁶	—	2008: P12 from 8	19 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.5
66Jeff Green	39	41	31.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.4⁶	16⁴²	25.0⁹	—	25.0⁵	—	+6.0⁶	30.7³¹	10.3³¹	+4.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1996: P36 from 33	18 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 28.8
41Reed Sorenson	22	41	32.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	45.9¹⁰	33.7³	—	—	—	+2.5⁹	4⁴²	24.7⁹	—	24.4⁵	—	+15.3⁶	24.5³⁵	12.5³⁵	+0.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2006: P36 from 35	19 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 32.3
45Chad McCumbee	35	40	29.5²	0²	0²	0²	36.5²	0.0%²	40.8²	—	—	—	—	-16.0¹	4⁴²	—	—	32.0⁵	—	+1.3⁶	42.0¹	—	+1.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	2008: P17 from 34	2 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 29.5
00David Reutimann	23	40	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	70.3¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-2.1⁹	14⁴²	28.2⁶	—	35.6⁵	—	+5.3⁶	25.4²⁵	8.7²⁵	-4.6²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁵	36.0%²⁵	—	2007: P41 from 31	13 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.0
40David Stremme	29	38	30.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	34.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	47.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+6.0⁵	4⁴²	24.8⁵	—	32.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	25.9³⁵	11.2³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2006: P26 from 32	10 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 30.0
18J.J. Yeley	11	38	33.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	42.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+13.1⁵	16⁴²	36.0⁷	—	22.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	23.7³⁵	10.2³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2006: P15 from 24	15 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 33.6
38David Gilliland	16	35	31.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	50.4¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+1.3⁸	8⁴²	28.4⁸	—	35.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	28.1³⁵	9.3³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2007: P39 from 33	17 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 29.4
70Johnny Sauter	40	33	39.5²	0²	0²	0²	42.0²	0.0%²	30.4²	—	—	—	—	+18.0²	16⁴²	37.0¹	—	25.2⁵	—	-13.7⁶	29.8³⁴	9.4³⁴	+3.3³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2007: P36 from 41	2 st · 0 W · best P36 · avg 39.5