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Form favourites · top 8

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
24Jeff Gordon	8	68	11.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.4¹⁰	12.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.6¹⁰	22⁴⁵	15.7¹²	—	5.8⁵	—	-1.0⁶	10.7³⁵	12.7³⁵	-3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1993: P5 from 3 · led 2	45 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 15.8
48Jimmie Johnson	1	67	9.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	106.2⁴	20.9¹⁰	20.2⁶	22.7⁶	17.3⁶	-10.1¹⁰	22⁴⁵	17.8¹²	5.5²	12.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	8.7³⁵	10.3³⁵	-1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2002: P15 from 1	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.5
07Clint Bowyer	31	62	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	8.0%¹⁰	89.3¹⁰	18.2⁶	28.5²	20.5²	29.0²	-4.7¹⁰	22⁴⁵	16.4¹²	17.0²	14.8⁵	—	+11.7⁶	20.5³⁵	9.5³⁵	+6.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2006: P6 from 37	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.3
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	3	62	13.3¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.7¹⁰	16.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.2¹⁰	22⁴⁵	10.7¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	+19.0⁶	10.5³⁵	11.3³⁵	-3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P13 from 8	35 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 14.9
29Kevin Harvick	16	62	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	4.7%¹⁰	75.0³	14.1¹⁰	17.3⁸	16.3⁸	16.8⁸	-9.1¹⁰	22⁴⁵	13.7¹²	17.3⁸	14.8⁵	—	-8.3⁶	17.6³⁵	10.1³⁵	+5.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2001: P25 from 10 · led 2	44 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.3
31Jeff Burton	36	61	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁶	22⁴⁵	19.1¹²	—	5.6⁵	—	+3.3⁶	20.3³⁵	9.9³⁵	+7.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P26 from 35	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
17Matt Kenseth	28	61	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	27.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	18.8¹	6.0¹	7.0¹	7.0¹	+2.4¹⁰	17⁴⁵	17.3¹²	26.0²	9.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	16.1³⁵	13.6³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P10 from 24	36 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.8
8Mark Martin	12	58	27.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁴⁵	11.0¹²	—	5.0⁵	—	-4.3⁶	11.5²³	6.5²³	-1.1²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²³	0.0%²³	—	1982: P30 from 26	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.7
2Kurt Busch	43	57	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	25.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	80.0²	20.3⁹	15.4⁵	15.4⁵	16.6⁵	+0.2¹⁰	0⁴⁵	10.8¹²	13.4⁵	22.8⁵	—	+7.3⁶	19.7³⁵	13.8³⁵	-2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2001: P41 from 26	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.9
18Kyle Busch	24	55	19.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	8.6%¹⁰	97.3¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	+0.4¹⁰	6⁴⁵	23.3¹²	19.4¹²	15.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	11.6³⁵	13.4³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2005: P38 from 19	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
99Carl Edwards	11	54	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	85.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+0.8¹⁰	17⁴⁵	22.5¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	+7.3⁶	12.3³⁵	11.7³⁵	+3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2005: P12 from 27	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.8
6David Ragan	14	54	15.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	76.8¹⁰	24.5⁹	28.8⁴	21.8⁴	26.3⁴	-1.1¹⁰	17⁴⁵	16.0¹²	36.0¹	23.4⁵	—	-5.3⁶	17.5³⁵	9.2³⁵	+2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2007: P5 from 35	30 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.6
20Tony Stewart	6	54	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.4¹⁰	6⁴⁵	13.6¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	17.4³⁵	12.1³⁵	+2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1999: P28 from 2	34 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
11Denny Hamlin	4	53	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	5.1%¹⁰	77.8¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	+0.1¹⁰	6⁴⁵	17.8¹²	27.1¹²	15.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	15.7³⁵	13.5³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2006: P30 from 17	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.1
42Juan Pablo Montoya	15	52	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	71.4¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-2.3¹⁰	0⁴⁵	20.1¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	23.5³⁵	11.2³⁵	-0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2007: P19 from 36	13 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 23.5
12Ryan Newman	7	52	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	97.6⁴	19.8⁸	22.0³	14.0³	18.7³	+0.6¹⁰	0⁴⁵	18.6¹²	24.8⁴	24.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	16.5³⁵	11.4³⁵	-4.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2002: P7 from 23	39 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.2
15Paul Menard	21	52	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.8¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	71.4¹⁰	17.3⁴	—	—	—	-7.6⁹	22⁴⁵	22.1¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	0.0⁶	24.5³⁵	8.9³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2007: P21 from 41	24 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.1
43Bobby Labonte	13	51	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁴⁵	13.7¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-6.3⁶	24.9³⁵	10.0³⁵	+2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 25	47 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.3
19Elliott Sadler	35	50	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.5²	0⁴⁵	25.9¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-8.3⁶	18.0³⁵	12.0³⁵	-6.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1999: P40 from 38	26 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.5
26Jamie McMurray	38	50	25.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	91.4⁶	22.5⁴	17.0¹	15.0¹	6.0¹	+3.8¹⁰	17⁴⁵	17.8¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+15.0⁶	19.5³⁵	12.4³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P31 from 19	33 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 22.7
7Robby Gordon	26	50	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.6⁷	0⁴⁵	19.0¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	-11.3⁶	31.1³⁵	9.8³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1991: P18 from 35	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.0
83Brian Vickers	23	49	20.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.2¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	81.1⁸	—	—	—	—	-1.5⁹	6⁴⁵	19.9¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+1.7⁶	21.7³⁵	11.8³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2004: P39 from 35	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.3
9Kasey Kahne	10	49	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	29.0¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	74.9⁸	20.1²	—	—	—	-5.1¹⁰	0⁴⁵	21.7¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	16.2³⁵	12.3³⁵	-2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P41 from 27	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.9
38David Gilliland	32	48	22.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.4¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	62.9¹⁰	24.8¹	—	—	—	-10.1⁹	17⁴⁵	19.6¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	-18.7⁶	29.7³⁵	10.5³⁵	+3.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2007: P8 from 1 · led 18	16 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.8
55Michael Waltrip	2	48	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁴⁵	19.9¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	-13.3⁶	31.3³⁵	8.6³⁵	+3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1986: P18 from 39	55 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.8
1Martin Truex Jr.	25	47	21.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	77.4¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	12.2¹⁰	+4.4¹⁰	22⁴⁵	25.2¹²	18.9¹⁰	25.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	16.9³⁵	11.5³⁵	-1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2005: P34 from 10	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.8
70Jeremy Mayfield	33	47	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁴⁵	20.2¹²	—	32.0⁵	—	-2.0⁶	29.3⁷	8.6⁷	-2.0⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	0.0%⁷	—	1994: P30 from 40	27 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.7
01Regan Smith	29	46	22.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	68.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+10.0¹	22⁴⁵	21.9¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	-8.0⁶	25.7³³	7.0³³	-2.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	2008: P24 from 8	13 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.1
40Dario Franchitti	40	46	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁴⁵	—	—	31.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	27.0⁹	6.1⁹	-7.4⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	22.2%⁹	—	first start here	—
5Casey Mears	9	45	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.0¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	64.2⁶	33.9⁴	38.3³	36.3³	31.0³	-3.9¹⁰	22⁴⁵	21.8¹²	37.0¹	25.8⁵	—	+3.7⁶	22.6³⁵	11.6³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P27 from 29 · led 1	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.5
16Greg Biffle	18	45	21.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	74.2⁶	37.5¹	39.0¹	38.0¹	33.0¹	+2.7¹⁰	17⁴⁵	25.2¹²	31.0¹	20.4⁵	—	-7.3⁶	13.6³⁵	11.1³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P21 from 27	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.3
45Kyle Petty	39	44	27.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁵	0⁴⁵	16.9¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	34.4¹⁴	5.8¹⁴	-0.4¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁴	7.1%¹⁴	—	1981: P32 from 11	51 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.6
28Travis Kvapil	30	44	29.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.7¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	54.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+4.9⁶	17⁴⁵	19.6¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+3.3⁶	26.0³⁵	9.8³⁵	+2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2005: P19 from 25	13 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 27.3
87Kenny Wallace	17	43	26.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0⁵	22⁴⁵	19.0¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	-6.0⁶	14.0¹	—	+2.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	1993: P23 from 24	18 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 26.4
44Dale Jarrett	20	43	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁴⁵	25.3¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	-6.3⁶	33.3⁴	5.7⁴	-0.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	25.0%⁴	—	1984: P23 from 39	41 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
96J.J. Yeley	37	43	27.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.1¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	50.7¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+0.5⁷	6⁴⁵	27.6¹¹	—	20.2⁵	—	-12.7⁶	32.7¹⁶	9.7¹⁶	+2.5¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	18.8%¹⁶	—	2006: P41 from 36	11 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 28.0
41Reed Sorenson	5	42	23.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	63.1¹⁰	29.9¹	27.0¹	34.0¹	29.0¹	+3.8¹⁰	0⁴⁵	26.5¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	+5.7⁶	27.2³⁴	8.5³⁴	-1.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2006: P29 from 22	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.3
00David Reutimann	42	41	23.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	64.3¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-2.5¹⁰	6⁴⁵	22.3¹²	—	35.6⁵	—	+5.3⁶	24.0³⁵	9.2³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P40 from 40	13 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.2
34John Andretti	22	41	25.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	7.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	22⁴⁵	24.5¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	39.5²	3.5²	+2.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	1994: P42 from 15	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 27.3
78Joe Nemechek	41	40	30.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.2⁵	22⁴⁵	27.1¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	30.9³¹	7.7³¹	-2.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19³¹	19.4%³¹	—	1994: P39 from 38	37 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 28.0
22Dave Blaney	34	39	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.1⁶	6⁴⁵	25.3¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	+9.3⁶	26.7³⁴	9.2³⁴	-0.5³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2000: P27 from 31	25 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 26.3
66Scott Riggs	27	39	27.9⁸	0⁸	1⁸	1⁸	21.6⁸	0.0%⁸	59.5⁶	—	—	—	—	+15.5⁶	22⁴⁵	21.1¹⁰	—	35.0⁵	—	+6.3⁶	25.6³³	8.9³³	-0.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	2004: P34 from 36	8 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 27.9
77Sam Hornish Jr.	19	37	28.3⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	27.4⁸	1.0%⁸	64.4⁸	—	—	—	—	+7.4⁸	0⁴⁵	24.4⁸	—	35.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	28.3³³	7.8³³	-1.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	12.1%³³	—	2008: P29 from 42	8 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 28.3