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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	11	66	11.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	5.5%¹⁰	109.1³	18.9³	11.0¹	10.0¹	12.0¹	-5.2¹⁰	16³⁵	11.4¹²	24.4¹²	12.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	8.5³⁵	10.6³⁵	-2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P29 from 21	28 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 11.8
99Carl Edwards	4	65	10.2¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	8¹⁰	11.7¹⁰	8.2%¹⁰	105.2⁹	—	—	—	—	-7.7¹⁰	11³⁵	12.1¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	+7.3⁶	12.5³⁵	10.4³⁵	+3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2004: P3 from 4 · led 15	18 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
24Jeff Gordon	1	62	17.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	12.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2¹⁰	16³⁵	17.9¹²	—	5.8⁵	—	-1.0⁶	10.9³⁵	13.3³⁵	-3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1992: P31 from 21	41 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 12.8
31Jeff Burton	15	61	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	26.7¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.7⁶	16³⁵	21.5¹²	—	5.6⁵	—	+3.3⁶	20.9³⁵	9.9³⁵	+8.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P4 from 13 · led 87	35 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 17.2
20Tony Stewart	32	61	14.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	10.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.6¹⁰	4³⁵	10.2¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	16.7³⁵	12.1³⁵	+1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1999: P11 from 3 · led 3	27 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	2	61	10.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	10.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-11.3¹⁰	16³⁵	17.0¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	+19.0⁶	10.5³⁵	11.1³⁵	-3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P14 from 13 · led 1	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
07Clint Bowyer	7	60	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	79.9¹⁰	6.8³	4.0¹	7.0¹	4.0¹	+1.4¹⁰	16³⁵	16.1¹²	12.4¹²	14.8⁵	—	+11.7⁶	21.2³⁵	9.5³⁵	+6.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2006: P27 from 16	19 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.4
8Mark Martin	10	59	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16³⁵	23.3¹²	—	5.0⁵	—	-4.3⁶	11.6²³	7.3²³	-1.4²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²³	0.0%²³	—	1982: P19 from 12	52 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.3
11Denny Hamlin	22	59	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	6.2%¹⁰	94.1¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	+0.6¹⁰	4³⁵	15.3¹²	4.6¹²	15.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	15.1³⁵	13.6³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2005: P19 from 25	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.2
17Matt Kenseth	38	59	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	18.5¹	19.0¹	19.0¹	17.0¹	-2.3¹⁰	11³⁵	20.7¹²	22.3¹²	9.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	15.9³⁵	13.9³⁵	-0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P40 from 4 · led 2	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 12.2
29Kevin Harvick	8	57	23.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	63.4²	13.2⁹	16.7⁷	18.6⁷	15.1⁷	+2.6¹⁰	16³⁵	10.3¹²	9.9¹²	14.8⁵	—	-8.3⁶	17.9³⁵	10.0³⁵	+5.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2001: P1 from 5 · led 18	35 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
43Bobby Labonte	5	57	13.1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	10.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4³⁵	22.4¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-6.3⁶	25.2³⁵	10.0³⁵	+2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1993: P18 from 17	37 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 18.6
26Jamie McMurray	24	56	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	76.7⁵	18.5¹	—	—	—	-1.9¹⁰	11³⁵	12.7¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+15.0⁶	19.9³⁵	11.9³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2002: P7 from 4	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 19.3
42Juan Pablo Montoya	19	54	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.6¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	86.9¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-4.3¹⁰	4³⁵	22.8¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	23.4³⁵	11.2³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2007: P5 from 16	10 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.4
12Ryan Newman	12	54	16.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	3.3¹⁰	5.0%¹⁰	66.7⁴	19.1⁵	19.3³	16.7³	19.3³	-6.3¹⁰	4³⁵	17.0¹²	23.1¹²	24.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	16.3³⁵	11.9³⁵	-4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2002: P10 from 2 · led 15	29 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 18.1
18Kyle Busch	6	53	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	84.4⁹	15.7¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	+6.3¹⁰	4³⁵	27.4¹²	18.5¹²	15.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	12.1³⁵	13.4³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P43 from 28	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
2Kurt Busch	29	53	22.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	69.8²	11.5⁷	6.0⁵	7.4⁵	7.4⁵	+6.2¹⁰	4³⁵	17.5¹²	9.3¹²	22.8⁵	—	+7.3⁶	20.1³⁵	14.1³⁵	-2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2000: P36 from 24	32 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 14.9
16Greg Biffle	13	52	15.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	8.8%¹⁰	103.5⁶	24.4¹	30.0¹	37.0¹	29.0¹	-2.4¹⁰	11³⁵	21.9¹²	34.0¹	20.4⁵	—	-7.3⁶	13.8³⁵	11.0³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P13 from 20	22 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.7
9Kasey Kahne	9	51	17.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	85.7⁸	21.8¹	—	—	—	-5.6¹⁰	4³⁵	19.0¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	16.3³⁵	12.3³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P3 from 12	21 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
19Elliott Sadler	18	51	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0²	4³⁵	25.8¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-8.3⁶	18.5³⁵	11.9³⁵	-4.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1999: P31 from 15	23 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.2
1Martin Truex Jr.	3	50	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	6.2%¹⁰	87.5⁹	11.3¹⁰	9.4⁹	13.3⁹	7.4⁹	+6.2¹⁰	16³⁵	15.9¹²	8.0¹¹	25.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	17.5³⁵	11.5³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2004: P37 from 33	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.0
83Brian Vickers	35	49	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	72.3⁷	—	—	—	—	+1.8⁹	4³⁵	24.6¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+1.7⁶	21.3³⁵	11.7³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2003: P43 from 4	16 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 16.4
7Robby Gordon	26	48	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	41.3¹	—	—	—	—	-12.8⁷	4³⁵	30.0¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	-11.3⁶	31.1³⁵	10.4³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1997: P14 from 1 · led 42	19 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.4
15Paul Menard	20	48	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	63.9¹⁰	16.5²	—	—	—	+0.4⁹	16³⁵	27.3¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	0.0⁶	24.6³⁵	8.8³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2006: P7 from 22	17 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 19.6
78Joe Nemechek	17	47	24.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0⁴	16³⁵	26.3¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	31.6³¹	7.8³¹	-2.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19³¹	19.4%³¹	—	1994: P18 from 5	38 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 25.4
5Casey Mears	39	46	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	64.8⁶	—	—	—	—	+3.1¹⁰	16³⁵	25.2¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	+3.7⁶	21.8³⁵	11.8³⁵	-0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2003: P23 from 33	20 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 22.0
84Mike Skinner	34	45	18.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	9.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.7⁹	4³⁵	30.3¹²	—	30.8⁵	—	+2.0⁶	25.7¹⁰	4.4¹⁰	-6.9¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	1997: P21 from 24	14 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.0
96J.J. Yeley	37	45	28.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	48.2⁹	—	—	—	—	+4.3⁷	4³⁵	25.6¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-12.7⁶	32.7¹⁶	9.6¹⁶	+3.3¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	18.8%¹⁶	—	2004: P27 from 36	11 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 28.8
55Michael Waltrip	27	45	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4³⁵	21.8¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	-13.3⁶	30.6³⁵	8.6³⁵	+2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1985: P39 from 19	47 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.9
01Regan Smith	41	44	22.7⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	31.1⁷	0.0%⁷	54.2⁷	—	—	—	—	+4.2²	16³⁵	28.8¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	-8.0⁶	25.3³³	7.0³³	-2.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	2008: P30 from 32	7 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 22.7
45Kyle Petty	40	44	26.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.4¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.6⁸	4³⁵	18.9¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	34.4¹⁴	5.5¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁴	7.1%¹⁴	—	1979: P32 from 37	54 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.8
44Dale Jarrett	43	44	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4³⁵	29.6¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	-6.3⁶	27.5⁴	10.5⁴	-3.8⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	25.0%⁴	—	1987: P36 from 33	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.6
70Jeremy Mayfield	36	44	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16³⁵	29.5¹²	—	32.0⁵	—	-2.0⁶	28.9⁷	8.3⁷	-0.1⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	0.0%⁷	—	1995: P36 from 14	22 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 23.6
38David Gilliland	31	43	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	57.2¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+4.1⁸	11³⁵	26.4¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	-18.7⁶	29.8³⁵	10.4³⁵	+3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2006: P15 from 25	13 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 26.0
22Dave Blaney	16	43	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.9⁶	4³⁵	23.1¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	+9.3⁶	27.2³⁴	9.3³⁴	-0.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	1999: P37 from 7	24 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 28.0
6David Ragan	14	43	26.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	58.8¹⁰	25.4³	35.0¹	31.0¹	35.0¹	+9.3¹⁰	11³⁵	24.4¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-5.3⁶	17.5³⁵	10.2³⁵	+2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2007: P33 from 38	17 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.0
40Dario Franchitti	23	42	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4³⁵	33.0¹	—	31.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	28.9⁹	6.1⁹	-5.6⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	22.2%⁹	—	first start here	—
41Reed Sorenson	25	41	24.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	61.4¹⁰	36.6¹	37.0¹	36.0¹	37.0¹	-2.1⁹	4³⁵	24.3¹²	35.5⁶	27.8⁵	—	+5.7⁶	26.6³⁴	9.4³⁴	-1.3³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2005: P41 from 22	13 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 26.5
77Sam Hornish Jr.	33	39	26.6⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	26.0⁷	0.0%⁷	58.2⁷	—	—	—	—	+12.7⁷	4³⁵	28.3¹²	—	33.2⁵	—	-10.3⁶	27.8³³	8.2³³	-1.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	12.1%³³	—	2008: P24 from 36	7 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 26.6
28Travis Kvapil	42	39	32.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	39.7⁹	—	—	—	—	+7.6⁷	11³⁵	30.5¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+3.7⁶	25.7³⁵	9.8³⁵	+2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P32 from 26	11 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 31.9
66Scott Riggs	28	37	28.3⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	24.8⁹	0.0%⁹	55.6⁸	—	—	—	—	+4.9⁵	16³⁵	27.6¹²	—	35.0⁵	—	+6.3⁶	25.6³³	8.9³³	-0.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	2004: P25 from 17	9 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 28.3
00David Reutimann	30	37	27.9⁸	0⁸	1⁸	1⁸	21.0⁸	0.0%⁸	60.7⁸	—	—	—	—	+2.1⁸	4³⁵	28.9¹²	—	35.6⁵	—	+5.3⁶	24.3³⁵	9.2³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P40 from 24	8 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 27.9
10Patrick Carpentier	21	36	28.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	35.0¹	0.0%¹	37.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	4³⁵	33.5¹¹	—	32.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	25.3²³	7.7²³	-4.0²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²³	17.4%²³	—	2010: P28 from 35	1 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 28.0