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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
99Carl Edwards	25	65	6.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	9¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	104.5⁹	—	—	—	—	-7.4¹⁰	5²³	6.6¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	-15.3⁶	19.5³⁵	10.2³⁵	+4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2004: P6 from 19	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 8.8
18Kyle Busch	10	64	11.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	9.1%¹⁰	102.1⁹	9.8⁵	9.0³	11.0³	8.3³	-6.5¹⁰	4²³	17.8¹²	8.0⁷	7.4⁵	—	-12.3⁶	12.3³⁵	11.1³⁵	-3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P24 from 18	23 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 9.7
48Jimmie Johnson	2	62	6.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	6¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	8.7%¹⁰	111.3⁶	8.6³	8.0¹	3.0¹	12.0¹	-10.7¹⁰	13²³	14.8¹²	11.5²	17.8⁵	—	+7.7⁶	8.4³⁵	12.0³⁵	-2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2002: P1 from 4 · led 62	25 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 7.5
24Jeff Gordon	6	62	11.4¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	16.4%¹⁰	79.5¹	—	—	—	—	-4.8¹⁰	13²³	4.9¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+19.7⁶	11.0³⁵	10.0³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1997: P1 from 3 · led 113	25 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.2
17Matt Kenseth	24	61	11.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	9.8%¹⁰	110.1⁴	—	—	—	—	-2.8¹⁰	5²³	8.5¹²	23.5²	15.8⁵	—	+4.3⁶	21.3³⁵	9.9³⁵	+5.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P3 from 23 · led 120	24 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.5
9Kasey Kahne	22	60	13.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.1¹⁰	10.7%¹⁰	99.2⁸	23.0¹	—	—	—	-12.4¹⁰	1²³	16.3¹²	—	11.4⁵	—	-10.0⁶	11.5³⁵	11.1³⁵	-3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 1 · led 77	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
16Greg Biffle	5	59	20.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	10.4%¹⁰	95.4⁶	—	—	—	—	+8.7¹⁰	5²³	13.2¹²	—	7.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	14.1³⁵	9.6³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2002: P13 from 29	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.1
31Jeff Burton	41	59	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	61.8¹	—	—	—	—	+1.2¹⁰	13²³	17.1¹²	—	8.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	24.3³⁵	10.2³⁵	+6.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1997: P30 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.5
2Kurt Busch	4	58	11.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	8.1%¹⁰	93.1⁵	12.5⁴	15.0²	19.5²	11.0²	-6.0¹⁰	1²³	19.9¹²	7.7³	15.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	13.7³⁵	10.9³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2001: P13 from 32	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
29Kevin Harvick	19	58	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	84.2⁵	15.3⁵	13.7³	10.7³	13.3³	+3.5¹⁰	13²³	16.8¹²	8.2⁵	7.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	20.9³⁵	11.7³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P25 from 13 · led 2	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.7
33Clint Bowyer	21	58	9.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	14.0¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	94.5¹⁰	18.7³	23.0¹	22.0¹	24.0¹	-2.0¹⁰	13²³	18.3¹²	9.5²	16.0⁵	—	+17.3⁶	16.5³⁵	10.0³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2006: P14 from 32	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.0
14Tony Stewart	11	56	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	7.4%¹⁰	99.7³	—	—	—	—	+2.4¹⁰	13²³	14.0¹²	—	13.8⁵	—	+10.7⁶	12.3³⁵	9.5³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P4 from 7 · led 1	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.7
5Mark Martin	18	56	14.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	10.5%¹⁰	107.0¹	—	—	—	—	-1.2¹⁰	13²³	15.9¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+7.3⁶	9.6³⁵	12.8³⁵	-3.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1997: P10 from 12 · led 11	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.4
96Bobby Labonte	16	56	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	75.6¹	—	—	—	—	-7.4⁸	5²³	12.0¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-7.3⁶	26.7³⁵	9.4³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1997: P6 from 15	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.4
11Denny Hamlin	23	56	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	86.3¹⁰	8.9⁵	9.3³	14.7³	8.7³	+4.8¹⁰	4²³	12.1¹²	4.3⁸	17.6⁵	—	+15.0⁶	14.1³⁵	13.0³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P12 from 5	20 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.3
83Brian Vickers	1	55	16.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	85.9⁸	—	—	—	—	+3.3⁸	4²³	15.3¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-8.0⁶	15.1³⁵	11.4³⁵	-2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2004: P29 from 6 · led 1	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.7
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	35	54	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	73.2⁴	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹⁰	13²³	20.8¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+12.3⁶	21.8³⁵	11.0³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P12 from 20	24 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.7
1Martin Truex Jr.	33	54	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	77.6¹⁰	11.7⁵	13.0³	16.7³	15.3³	+3.7¹⁰	13²³	17.5¹²	9.7⁶	15.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	15.9³⁵	9.2³⁵	-5.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2006: P15 from 23	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
39Ryan Newman	28	54	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	75.6⁶	20.7²	—	—	—	+5.5¹⁰	13²³	16.7¹²	23.0³	14.4⁵	—	-13.7⁶	13.9³⁵	9.0³⁵	-0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2002: P14 from 1 · led 3	24 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.5
20Joey Logano	34	51	13.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	90.0¹⁰	5.8⁵	7.7³	10.0³	11.7³	-2.5¹⁰	4²³	14.9¹²	13.0⁸	33.4⁵	—	+8.3⁶	20.1³⁵	10.5³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2009: P14 from 6	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 11.4
6David Ragan	13	51	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	68.7¹⁰	25.2²	—	—	—	+0.4¹⁰	5²³	18.2¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	+2.7⁶	27.3³⁵	8.9³⁵	+2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P16 from 39	16 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.4
26Jamie McMurray	3	49	13.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	73.7⁷	13.7¹	—	—	—	-3.3¹⁰	5²³	18.5¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	23.2³⁵	11.1³⁵	+1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P5 from 25 · led 41	22 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 16.6
41Jeremy Mayfield	39	49	15.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	51.7¹	—	—	—	—	+9.8⁶	4²³	18.7¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	-7.7⁶	31.3⁴	3.5⁴	-5.0⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	25.0%⁴	—	1997: P12 from 21	14 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.1
42Juan Pablo Montoya	15	48	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	14.2¹⁰	5.2%¹⁰	76.8¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-3.2¹⁰	13²³	22.2¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+9.0⁶	12.7³⁵	10.7³⁵	-1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2007: P26 from 9	10 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.8
19Elliott Sadler	20	47	22.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	72.0³	—	—	—	—	-4.5⁶	1²³	24.0¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-11.7⁶	28.9³⁵	8.9³⁵	+5.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P21 from 39	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.3
00David Reutimann	7	47	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	70.6¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-8.2¹⁰	4²³	21.3¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	16.1³⁵	9.2³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2007: P33 from 33	11 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.6
98Paul Menard	27	46	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	61.7¹⁰	16.6²	—	—	—	+0.5⁹	5²³	23.2¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	31.1³⁵	6.8³⁵	+4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P20 from 22	16 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 19.6
44A.J. Allmendinger	8	45	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	70.2¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+0.2⁷	1²³	20.9¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+9.0⁶	23.2³⁵	10.2³⁵	+1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2007: P18 from 18	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 18.4
07Casey Mears	29	44	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	68.8⁷	—	—	—	—	+8.4¹⁰	13²³	19.4¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	+8.0⁶	26.1³⁵	7.8³⁵	+6.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2003: P34 from 17	19 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.0
7Robby Gordon	12	43	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	56.5⁵	—	—	—	—	-6.8⁴	4²³	27.2¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-6.7⁶	30.6³⁴	8.7³⁴	+2.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	26.5%³⁴	—	2000: P31 from 29	16 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 28.4
8Aric Almirola	31	43	27.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	57.6⁹	15.1⁵	12.7³	17.3³	8.7³	+0.8⁸	13²³	19.8¹²	19.6⁵	26.8⁵	—	-1.0⁶	30.0⁷	6.0⁷	-2.0⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	14.3%⁷	—	2007: P31 from 40	14 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.9
36Scott Riggs	36	43	26.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	56.7⁸	—	—	—	—	-2.5⁶	4²³	25.6¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	33.4⁷	6.2⁷	-2.4⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	42.9%⁷	—	2004: P25 from 4	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 27.8
55Michael Waltrip	42	43	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	57.1¹	—	—	—	—	+1.2⁶	4²³	24.8¹²	—	28.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	30.2³³	8.4³³	+2.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	1997: P11 from 18	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.7
77Sam Hornish Jr.	26	42	25.3⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	19.3⁷	0.0%⁷	56.7⁷	—	—	—	—	+10.8⁷	1²³	21.4⁹	—	30.6⁵	—	+5.7⁶	23.3³⁵	12.3³⁵	-1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2008: P43 from 7	7 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 25.3
71David Gilliland	32	41	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	49.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-4.4⁹	13²³	30.6¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	28.9³⁰	7.7³⁰	-5.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	46.7%³⁰	—	2006: P32 from 20	13 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 28.7
82Scott Speed	9	41	18.7³	0³	0³	0³	21.0³	0.4%³	64.0³	—	—	—	—	-4.0³	4²³	33.0⁵	—	30.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	24.1³⁴	7.6³⁴	-4.5³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	2009: P21 from 21	3 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 18.7
34John Andretti	40	41	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	42.3³	—	—	—	—	-8.5⁶	1²³	22.3¹²	—	32.4⁵	—	+13.0⁶	36.4³³	5.1³³	+7.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	1997: P21 from 35	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.5
47Marcos Ambrose	14	40	29.8⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	23.8⁸	0.0%⁸	54.6⁸	—	—	—	—	+4.8⁴	4²³	21.4¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-13.3⁶	19.4³⁵	11.0³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2008: P32 from 40	8 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 29.8
28Travis Kvapil	37	39	31.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	35.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	43.3¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+3.9⁷	5²³	24.7¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	26.6⁵	10.6⁵	-9.8⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	40.0%⁵	—	2005: P24 from 35	11 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 31.3
12David Stremme	38	39	29.7⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	26.1⁷	0.0%⁷	45.8⁷	—	—	—	—	+7.0⁵	1²³	29.9¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	24.3³²	7.6³²	-1.1³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	18.8%³²	—	2006: P33 from 40	7 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 29.7
66Dave Blaney	30	39	28.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	54.4⁶	—	—	—	—	+8.0⁵	4²³	22.2¹²	—	32.4⁵	—	-5.7⁶	31.7²⁹	2.9²⁹	-9.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	96.6%²⁹	—	2000: P38 from 17	18 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 30.1
87Joe Nemechek	43	37	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	113.4¹	—	—	—	—	+0.2⁹	4²³	25.9¹²	—	36.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	30.0²⁹	5.2²⁹	-9.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	89.7%²⁹	—	1997: P18 from 1 · led 1	23 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 29.3
43Reed Sorenson	17	35	29.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	52.3¹⁰	34.5³	37.0¹	37.0¹	37.0¹	+2.9⁹	1²³	27.0¹²	34.0²	24.4⁵	—	-12.7⁶	26.6³⁵	8.8³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2006: P21 from 29	14 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 30.6