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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	2	68	11.4¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	16.4%¹⁰	79.5¹	—	—	—	—	-4.8¹⁰	14²⁵	4.9¹²	—	5.8⁵	—	-1.0⁶	10.9³⁵	13.2³⁵	-3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1997: P1 from 3 · led 113	25 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.1
48Jimmie Johnson	1	66	6.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	6¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	8.7%¹⁰	111.3⁶	8.6³	8.0¹	3.0¹	12.0¹	-10.7¹⁰	14²⁵	14.8¹²	11.5²	12.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	8.7³⁵	10.6³⁵	-2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2002: P1 from 4 · led 62	25 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 7.8
99Carl Edwards	9	65	7.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	9¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	100.9⁹	—	—	—	—	-6.3¹⁰	6²⁵	6.6¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	+7.3⁶	12.4³⁵	11.8³⁵	+2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P6 from 19	18 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 9.1
17Matt Kenseth	4	64	11.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	9.8%¹⁰	110.1⁴	—	—	—	—	-2.8¹⁰	6²⁵	8.5¹²	23.5²	9.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	16.8³⁵	13.9³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P3 from 23 · led 120	24 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
8Mark Martin	16	63	14.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	10.5%¹⁰	107.0¹	—	—	—	—	-1.2¹⁰	14²⁵	15.9¹²	—	5.0⁵	—	-4.3⁶	11.3²³	7.5²³	-1.9²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²³	0.0%²³	—	1997: P10 from 12 · led 11	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.6
18Kyle Busch	22	61	11.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	8.5%¹⁰	101.7⁹	9.8⁵	9.0³	11.0³	8.3³	-5.8¹⁰	4²⁵	17.8¹²	8.0⁷	15.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	11.7³⁵	13.4³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P24 from 18	23 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 9.7
31Jeff Burton	8	60	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	61.8¹	—	—	—	—	+1.2¹⁰	14²⁵	17.1¹²	—	5.6⁵	—	+3.3⁶	21.1³⁵	9.9³⁵	+8.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P30 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.4
11Denny Hamlin	12	59	17.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	91.8¹⁰	8.9⁵	9.3³	14.7³	8.7³	+0.5¹⁰	4²⁵	12.1¹²	4.3⁸	15.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	15.4³⁵	12.8³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2006: P12 from 5	20 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 14.6
07Clint Bowyer	3	59	9.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	94.0¹⁰	18.7³	23.0¹	22.0¹	24.0¹	-4.1¹⁰	14²⁵	18.3¹²	9.5²	14.8⁵	—	+11.7⁶	21.3³⁵	9.6³⁵	+7.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2006: P14 from 32	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.0
43Bobby Labonte	19	57	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	75.6¹	—	—	—	—	-7.4⁸	1²⁵	12.0¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-6.3⁶	24.8³⁵	10.2³⁵	+2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P6 from 15	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.2
2Kurt Busch	36	55	11.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	8.1%¹⁰	93.1⁵	12.5⁴	15.0²	19.5²	11.0²	-6.0¹⁰	1²⁵	19.9¹²	7.7³	22.8⁵	—	+7.3⁶	19.9³⁵	14.2³⁵	-2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2001: P13 from 32	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.0
26Jamie McMurray	18	55	13.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	25.7¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	71.0⁷	13.7¹	—	—	—	-2.9¹⁰	6²⁵	18.5¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+15.0⁶	20.1³⁵	12.4³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P5 from 25 · led 41	22 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 16.3
29Kevin Harvick	10	55	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	84.2⁵	15.3⁵	13.7³	10.7³	13.3³	+3.5¹⁰	14²⁵	16.8¹²	8.2⁵	14.8⁵	—	-8.3⁶	17.8³⁵	10.0³⁵	+5.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2001: P25 from 13 · led 2	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.8
20Tony Stewart	6	54	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	7.4%¹⁰	99.7³	—	—	—	—	+2.4¹⁰	4²⁵	14.0¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	17.4³⁵	12.2³⁵	+2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1999: P4 from 7 · led 1	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
16Greg Biffle	14	53	20.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	10.4%¹⁰	95.4⁶	—	—	—	—	+8.7¹⁰	6²⁵	13.2¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-7.3⁶	13.7³⁵	11.1³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P13 from 29	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.5
9Kasey Kahne	20	52	13.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.3¹⁰	10.7%¹⁰	95.8⁸	23.0¹	—	—	—	-12.3¹⁰	1²⁵	16.3¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	15.9³⁵	12.3³⁵	-2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 1 · led 77	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
83Brian Vickers	39	52	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.0¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	86.7⁸	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁹	4²⁵	15.3¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+1.7⁶	21.2³⁵	11.7³⁵	+0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2004: P29 from 6 · led 1	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.6
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	15	51	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	73.2⁴	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹⁰	14²⁵	20.8¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	+19.0⁶	10.1³⁵	10.4³⁵	-3.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P12 from 20	24 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.6
6David Ragan	24	50	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	68.6¹⁰	25.2²	—	—	—	+1.1¹⁰	6²⁵	18.2¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-5.3⁶	17.3³⁵	10.3³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2007: P16 from 39	16 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.6
12Ryan Newman	13	50	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	75.6⁶	20.7²	—	—	—	+5.5¹⁰	1²⁵	16.7¹²	23.0³	24.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	16.3³⁵	11.8³⁵	-4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2002: P14 from 1 · led 3	24 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.3
19Elliott Sadler	27	50	22.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	72.0³	—	—	—	—	-4.5⁶	1²⁵	24.0¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-8.3⁶	18.3³⁵	12.3³⁵	-5.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1999: P21 from 39	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.3
42Juan Pablo Montoya	21	49	20.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	5.3%¹⁰	78.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-3.8¹⁰	1²⁵	22.2¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	23.4³⁵	11.3³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2007: P26 from 9	10 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.9
1Martin Truex Jr.	11	48	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.4¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	72.3¹⁰	11.7⁵	13.0³	16.7³	15.3³	+6.0¹⁰	14²⁵	17.5¹²	9.7⁶	25.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	17.3³⁵	11.3³⁵	-1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2006: P15 from 23	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
70Jeremy Mayfield	33	48	15.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	51.7¹	—	—	—	—	+9.8⁶	14²⁵	18.7¹²	—	32.0⁵	—	-2.0⁶	29.3⁷	8.3⁷	+0.3⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	0.0%⁷	—	1997: P12 from 21	14 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.7
5Casey Mears	5	47	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	71.0⁷	—	—	—	—	+7.4¹⁰	14²⁵	19.4¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	+3.7⁶	22.7³⁵	11.3³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P34 from 17	19 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.1
15Paul Menard	29	46	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	61.3¹⁰	16.6²	—	—	—	+1.6⁹	14²⁵	23.2¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	0.0⁶	24.3³⁵	8.9³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2007: P20 from 22	16 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.2
44Dale Jarrett	37	45	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	86.4¹	—	—	—	—	+4.0¹⁰	4²⁵	22.8¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	-6.3⁶	29.0⁴	10.7⁴	-0.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	25.0%⁴	—	1997: P8 from 9 · led 49	14 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 18.3
21Bill Elliott	38	45	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	32.4²	—	—	—	—	-3.4⁷	6²⁵	17.6¹²	—	28.0⁵	—	+15.3⁶	29.5¹⁹	6.9¹⁹	+0.4¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁹	0.0%¹⁹	—	1997: P32 from 17	12 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.9
78Joe Nemechek	43	45	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	113.4¹	—	—	—	—	+0.2⁹	14²⁵	25.9¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	30.8³¹	7.8³¹	-2.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19³¹	19.4%³¹	—	1997: P18 from 1 · led 1	23 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 29.7
7Robby Gordon	28	45	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	56.5⁵	—	—	—	—	-6.8⁴	1²⁵	27.2¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	-11.3⁶	31.0³⁵	10.3³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P31 from 29	16 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 29.1
77Sam Hornish Jr.	7	44	22.4⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	22.0⁷	0.0%⁷	61.6⁷	—	—	—	—	+8.3⁷	1²⁵	21.4⁹	—	29.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	28.6³³	7.9³³	-0.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	9.1%³³	—	2008: P31 from 32	7 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 22.4
55Michael Waltrip	41	44	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	57.1¹	—	—	—	—	+1.2⁶	4²⁵	24.8¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	-13.3⁶	30.2³⁵	8.6³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P11 from 18	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.9
01Regan Smith	17	43	23.6⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	20.9⁷	0.1%⁷	54.8⁷	—	—	—	—	+7.3¹	14²⁵	26.9¹⁰	—	27.4⁵	—	-8.0⁶	26.0³³	7.2³³	-2.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	2008: P36 from 25	7 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 23.6
45Kyle Petty	35	43	29.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	55.2¹	—	—	—	—	+4.8¹⁰	1²⁵	13.7¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	34.7¹⁴	5.7¹⁴	+0.1¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁴	7.1%¹⁴	—	1997: P31 from 38	16 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 30.4
28Travis Kvapil	30	43	29.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	36.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	43.2¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-1.6⁷	6²⁵	24.7¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	26.0³⁵	9.6³⁵	+3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2005: P24 from 35	11 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 29.6
34John Andretti	42	42	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	42.3³	—	—	—	—	-8.5⁶	14²⁵	22.3¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	29.5²	0.0²	-10.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	1997: P21 from 35	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.2
00David Reutimann	40	42	21.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	71.9¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-7.5¹⁰	4²⁵	21.3¹²	—	35.6⁵	—	+5.3⁶	24.0³⁵	9.2³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P33 from 33	11 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.7
96J.J. Yeley	25	40	29.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	54.3⁹	—	—	—	—	+9.0⁷	4²⁵	36.0¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-12.7⁶	33.4¹⁶	9.8¹⁶	+3.5¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	18.8%¹⁶	—	2004: P41 from 32	11 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 30.1
38David Gilliland	32	40	28.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	46.3¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-2.6⁸	6²⁵	30.6¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	-18.7⁶	29.7³⁵	10.3³⁵	+3.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2006: P32 from 20	13 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 29.9
22Dave Blaney	34	39	28.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	54.4⁶	—	—	—	—	+8.0⁵	4²⁵	22.2¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	+9.3⁶	26.7³⁴	9.4³⁴	-0.7³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	2000: P38 from 17	18 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 30.7
40Dario Franchitti	26	38	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1²⁵	43.0¹	—	31.4⁵	—	+3.0⁶	28.6⁹	6.1⁹	-6.0⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	22.2%⁹	—	first start here	—
66Scott Riggs	31	37	28.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	54.6⁸	—	—	—	—	+0.6⁵	14²⁵	25.6¹²	—	35.0⁵	—	+6.3⁶	25.5³³	8.9³³	-0.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	2004: P25 from 4	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 29.2
41Reed Sorenson	23	36	27.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.6¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	53.4¹⁰	34.5³	37.0¹	37.0¹	37.0¹	+1.6⁹	1²⁵	27.0¹²	34.0²	27.8⁵	—	+5.7⁶	26.7³⁴	9.3³⁴	-1.0³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2006: P21 from 29	14 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 29.5