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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
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	20	64	10.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	10.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-11.3¹⁰	14³³	17.0¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+12.3⁶	22.3³⁵	11.1³⁵	-1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1999: P14 from 13 · led 1	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
48Jimmie Johnson	7	63	11.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	5.5%¹⁰	109.1³	18.9³	11.0¹	10.0¹	12.0¹	-5.2¹⁰	14³³	11.4¹²	24.4¹²	17.8⁵	—	+7.7⁶	8.3³⁵	12.0³⁵	-2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P29 from 21	28 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 12.0
14Tony Stewart	11	63	14.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	10.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.6¹⁰	14³³	10.2¹²	—	13.8⁵	—	+10.7⁶	12.3³⁵	9.5³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P11 from 3 · led 3	27 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.6
99Carl Edwards	29	62	14.1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	8.3%¹⁰	103.3⁹	—	—	—	—	-3.6¹⁰	11³³	12.1¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	-15.3⁶	19.4³⁵	10.1³⁵	+4.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2004: P3 from 4 · led 15	18 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.6
29Kevin Harvick	10	60	23.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	63.4²	13.2⁹	16.7⁷	18.6⁷	15.1⁷	+2.6¹⁰	14³³	10.3¹²	9.9¹²	7.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	21.2³⁵	11.8³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2001: P1 from 5 · led 18	35 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
33Clint Bowyer	21	59	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	81.4¹⁰	6.8³	4.0¹	7.0¹	4.0¹	+1.6¹⁰	14³³	16.1¹²	12.4¹²	16.0⁵	—	+17.3⁶	16.5³⁵	9.9³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2006: P27 from 16	19 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.4
31Jeff Burton	15	59	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	26.7¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.7⁶	14³³	21.5¹²	—	8.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	25.0³⁵	10.4³⁵	+6.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1994: P4 from 13 · led 87	35 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 17.1
39Ryan Newman	12	58	16.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	3.3¹⁰	5.0%¹⁰	66.7⁴	19.1⁵	19.3³	16.7³	19.3³	-6.3¹⁰	14³³	17.0¹²	23.1¹²	14.4⁵	—	-13.7⁶	14.4³⁵	9.2³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2002: P10 from 2 · led 15	29 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 17.8
11Denny Hamlin	6	58	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.8¹⁰	6.2%¹⁰	94.3¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	+3.0¹⁰	5³³	15.3¹²	4.6¹²	17.6⁵	—	+15.0⁶	14.6³⁵	13.1³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2005: P19 from 25	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.2
16Greg Biffle	5	57	15.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	8.8%¹⁰	103.5⁶	24.4¹	30.0¹	37.0¹	29.0¹	-2.4¹⁰	11³³	21.9¹²	34.0¹	7.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	14.1³⁵	9.1³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2003: P13 from 20	22 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.3
9Kasey Kahne	13	57	19.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	82.2⁸	21.8¹	—	—	—	-5.0¹⁰	3³³	19.0¹²	—	11.4⁵	—	-10.0⁶	11.7³⁵	11.0³⁵	-3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P3 from 12	21 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.5
18Kyle Busch	9	56	17.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.4¹⁰	8.5%¹⁰	91.1⁹	15.7¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	+5.9¹⁰	5³³	27.4¹²	18.5¹²	7.4⁵	—	-12.3⁶	12.3³⁵	11.2³⁵	-2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P43 from 28	32 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.6
96Bobby Labonte	40	56	13.1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	10.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	11³³	22.4¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-7.3⁶	26.0³⁵	9.1³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1993: P18 from 17	37 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
2Kurt Busch	2	56	22.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	69.8²	11.5⁷	6.0⁵	7.4⁵	7.4⁵	+6.2¹⁰	3³³	17.5¹²	9.3¹²	15.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	13.7³⁵	10.8³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2000: P36 from 24	32 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.2
24Jeff Gordon	16	56	17.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	12.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2¹⁰	14³³	17.9¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+19.7⁶	10.7³⁵	10.0³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1992: P31 from 21	41 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 12.8
17Matt Kenseth	30	55	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	18.5¹	19.0¹	19.0¹	17.0¹	-2.3¹⁰	11³³	20.7¹²	22.3¹²	15.8⁵	—	+4.3⁶	21.2³⁵	10.2³⁵	+5.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P40 from 4 · led 2	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 12.0
42Juan Pablo Montoya	4	54	15.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.1¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	88.2¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-7.1¹⁰	14³³	22.8¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+9.0⁶	13.0³⁵	10.5³⁵	-0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2007: P5 from 16	10 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.3
1Martin Truex Jr.	23	54	26.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.4¹⁰	6.2%¹⁰	87.3⁹	11.3¹⁰	9.4⁹	13.3⁹	7.4⁹	+7.1¹⁰	14³³	15.9¹²	8.0¹¹	15.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	16.2³⁵	9.0³⁵	-6.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2004: P37 from 33	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.3
5Mark Martin	1	53	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14³³	23.3¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+7.3⁶	10.1³⁵	13.3³⁵	-3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1982: P19 from 12	52 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
83Brian Vickers	17	51	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	73.1⁷	—	—	—	—	+1.2⁹	5³³	24.6¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-8.0⁶	14.7³⁵	11.3³⁵	-3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2003: P43 from 4	16 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 16.6
26Jamie McMurray	3	51	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	76.7⁵	18.5¹	—	—	—	-1.9¹⁰	11³³	12.7¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	23.2³⁵	11.1³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2002: P7 from 4	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.3
20Joey Logano	42	48	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	85.7¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	-0.5¹⁰	5³³	20.0¹²	16.4¹²	36.0⁵	—	+9.7⁶	19.9³⁵	10.4³⁵	+0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2009: P22 from 34	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.8
19Elliott Sadler	14	48	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0²	3³³	25.8¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-11.7⁶	29.1³⁵	8.9³⁵	+5.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P31 from 15	23 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 23.2
98Paul Menard	33	48	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	66.6¹⁰	16.5²	—	—	—	+1.1⁹	11³³	27.3¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	31.0³⁵	7.0³⁵	+4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P7 from 22	17 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 19.1
44A.J. Allmendinger	38	47	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	73.9¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-6.3⁶	3³³	25.3¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+9.0⁶	22.3³⁵	10.2³⁵	-0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2007: P16 from 31 · led 1	11 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 18.0
8Aric Almirola	37	47	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	65.3⁶	15.2⁹	19.9⁷	16.6⁷	18.4⁷	-5.4⁹	14³³	26.7¹²	19.8¹²	26.8⁵	—	-1.0⁶	29.1⁷	3.6⁷	-4.9⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	28.6%⁷	—	2012: P32 from 13	15 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 18.2
7Robby Gordon	19	46	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	41.3¹	—	—	—	—	-12.8⁷	5³³	30.0¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-6.7⁶	30.4³⁴	8.7³⁴	+1.8³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	26.5%³⁴	—	1997: P14 from 1 · led 42	19 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.3
21Bill Elliott	35	46	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	11³³	13.2¹²	—	31.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	20.6¹¹	6.7¹¹	-2.2¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	9.1%¹¹	—	1976: P36 from 33	61 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
47Marcos Ambrose	34	45	20.8⁸	0⁸	0⁸	1⁸	21.6⁸	0.0%⁸	68.4⁸	—	—	—	—	+3.7⁵	5³³	26.3¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-13.3⁶	18.8³⁵	10.5³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2008: P29 from 38	8 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 20.8
07Casey Mears	25	44	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	64.8⁶	—	—	—	—	+3.1¹⁰	14³³	25.2¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	+8.0⁶	26.2³⁵	7.8³⁵	+6.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2003: P23 from 33	20 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 22.1
34John Andretti	41	44	22.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.5²	14³³	22.4¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	+12.3⁶	36.4³³	5.1³³	+7.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	1994: P42 from 26	23 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 25.0
55Michael Waltrip	24	44	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5³³	21.8¹²	—	28.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	30.7³³	8.7³³	+3.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	1985: P39 from 19	47 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.0
71David Gilliland	31	43	27.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	54.9¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+3.9⁹	14³³	26.4¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	29.0³⁰	7.5³⁰	-5.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	46.7%³⁰	—	2006: P15 from 25	13 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 26.6
00David Reutimann	18	42	26.4⁸	0⁸	1⁸	1⁸	22.5⁸	0.0%⁸	61.4⁸	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁸	5³³	28.9¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	15.8³⁵	8.8³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2007: P40 from 24	8 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 26.4
66Dave Blaney	27	42	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.9⁶	5³³	23.1¹²	—	32.4⁵	—	-5.7⁶	31.8²⁹	2.9²⁹	-9.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	96.6%²⁹	—	1999: P37 from 7	24 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 27.8
12David Stremme	28	42	29.4⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	21.4⁷	0.0%⁷	54.0⁷	—	—	—	—	+6.4⁵	3³³	25.1¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	24.6³²	7.9³²	-0.5³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	18.8%³²	—	2006: P33 from 38	7 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 29.4
6David Ragan	39	42	27.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	59.1¹⁰	25.4³	35.0¹	31.0¹	35.0¹	+9.0¹⁰	11³³	24.4¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	+2.7⁶	26.5³⁵	8.9³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P33 from 38	17 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.2
43Reed Sorenson	32	41	24.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	63.5¹⁰	36.6¹	37.0¹	36.0¹	37.0¹	-3.5⁹	3³³	24.3¹²	35.5⁶	24.4⁵	—	-12.7⁶	26.2³⁵	8.8³⁵	+1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2005: P41 from 22	13 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 26.3
77Sam Hornish Jr.	36	41	24.9⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	25.6⁷	0.0%⁷	59.5⁷	—	—	—	—	+10.9⁷	3³³	28.3¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+5.7⁶	23.0³⁵	12.1³⁵	-1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2008: P25 from 33	7 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.9
87Joe Nemechek	8	39	24.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0⁴	5³³	26.3¹²	—	36.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	31.2²⁹	5.3²⁹	-8.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	89.7%²⁹	—	1994: P18 from 5	38 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 25.3
82Scott Speed	26	38	30.6⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	31.3⁷	0.0%⁷	43.7⁷	—	—	—	—	+13.3⁴	5³³	24.0¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	23.6³⁴	7.8³⁴	-5.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	2008: P34 from 34 · led 1	7 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 30.6
28Travis Kvapil	22	37	31.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	35.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	39.9⁹	—	—	—	—	+5.2⁷	11³³	30.5¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	29.6⁵	12.6⁵	-2.0⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	20.0%⁵	—	2004: P32 from 26	11 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 30.7
09Mike Bliss	43	34	28.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	49.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+18.0¹	3³³	27.5¹²	—	40.2⁵	—	-1.7⁶	23.8¹²	5.1¹²	-15.5¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹²	83.3%¹²	—	2005: P18 from 16	11 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 28.9