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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
29Kevin Harvick	24	65	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	75.5²	9.5¹⁰	7.0⁹	7.6⁹	7.1⁹	-2.9¹⁰	7²⁹	7.4¹²	11.4¹²	7.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	20.8³⁵	12.0³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2001: P14 from 3	31 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.7
11Denny Hamlin	23	63	5.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	9¹⁰	8.1¹⁰	11.6%¹⁰	111.3¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	8.8¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	9.4¹⁰	-6.3¹⁰	14²⁹	17.6¹²	4.8¹²	17.6⁵	—	+15.0⁶	14.1³⁵	13.1³⁵	+1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P10 from 5	28 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 8.2
14Tony Stewart	18	62	11.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹⁰	7²⁹	9.3¹²	—	13.8⁵	—	+10.7⁶	12.1³⁵	9.4³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P6 from 10	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.3
18Kyle Busch	14	61	10.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	16.0%¹⁰	107.2¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	-0.8¹⁰	14²⁹	22.6¹²	23.3¹²	7.4⁵	—	-12.3⁶	12.2³⁵	10.8³⁵	-2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2005: P23 from 6	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
9Kasey Kahne	7	61	13.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	8.1¹⁰	7.9%¹⁰	98.4⁸	25.4¹	—	—	—	-11.4¹⁰	0²⁹	14.9¹²	—	11.4⁵	—	-10.0⁶	11.9³⁵	11.0³⁵	-3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 1 · led 24	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.8
48Jimmie Johnson	42	61	7.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	9.0¹⁰	11.8%¹⁰	116.0⁴	18.1⁵	15.3³	14.0³	11.7³	-12.0¹⁰	7²⁹	12.1¹²	26.5¹²	17.8⁵	—	+7.7⁶	7.3³⁵	11.9³⁵	-4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2002: P6 from 5	23 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.7
99Carl Edwards	9	60	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	93.9⁹	—	—	—	—	-4.1¹⁰	8²⁹	14.5¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	-15.3⁶	20.0³⁵	9.9³⁵	+5.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2004: P7 from 24	12 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 10.5
1Martin Truex Jr.	16	59	12.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	93.9¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	6.9⁹	9.2⁹	6.1⁹	-3.9⁷	7²⁹	21.6¹²	9.6¹²	15.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	16.4³⁵	8.8³⁵	-5.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2006: P14 from 39	24 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.2
16Greg Biffle	11	58	14.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.2¹⁰	14.8%¹⁰	106.7⁶	—	—	—	—	+0.2¹⁰	8²⁹	24.0¹²	32.0²	7.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	13.9³⁵	9.7³⁵	-0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P12 from 17	15 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.5
24Jeff Gordon	2	58	12.2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.7¹⁰	17.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.9¹⁰	7²⁹	14.3¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+19.7⁶	11.1³⁵	10.1³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1993: P24 from 5 · led 1	35 st · 7 W · best P1 · avg 11.8
31Jeff Burton	6	58	11.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	16.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.3⁶	7²⁹	29.9¹²	—	8.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	25.3³⁵	10.4³⁵	+7.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1994: P20 from 22	30 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
33Clint Bowyer	17	58	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	77.2¹⁰	9.8⁵	7.7³	6.7³	11.7³	-3.8¹⁰	7²⁹	16.8¹²	10.7¹²	16.0⁵	—	+17.3⁶	16.6³⁵	9.3³⁵	+2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2006: P23 from 3	16 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 19.6
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	26	58	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.2¹⁰	7²⁹	17.8¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+12.3⁶	22.1³⁵	11.3³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2000: P40 from 10	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 13.8
5Mark Martin	12	58	8.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7²⁹	21.7¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+7.3⁶	9.7³⁵	13.4³⁵	-4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1982: P7 from 20	46 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.9
2Kurt Busch	8	56	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	5.4%¹⁰	60.2²	12.8⁸	13.2⁶	15.5⁶	12.5⁶	+3.8¹⁰	0²⁹	20.1¹²	10.4¹²	15.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	13.5³⁵	11.0³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2001: P30 from 27	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.4
39Ryan Newman	3	55	13.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	7.2%¹⁰	97.1⁴	19.5⁹	20.0⁷	22.3⁷	18.6⁷	-6.3¹⁰	7²⁹	23.5¹²	25.4¹²	14.4⁵	—	-13.7⁶	14.6³⁵	9.1³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2002: P5 from 3	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.2
17Matt Kenseth	1	54	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	18.0⁴	15.3³	16.3³	12.3³	+4.5⁹	8²⁹	16.3¹²	21.8¹²	15.8⁵	—	+4.3⁶	22.0³⁵	10.2³⁵	+6.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P37 from 31	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
96Bobby Labonte	27	54	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	8²⁹	18.4¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-7.3⁶	26.4³⁵	9.3³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1993: P18 from 36	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
25Brad Keselowski	31	54	13.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	10.9%¹⁰	96.9⁸	15.2¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	-5.7¹⁰	7²⁹	24.1¹²	16.7¹²	20.8⁵	—	+16.7⁶	22.8¹⁴	12.7¹⁴	+0.2¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁴	7.1%¹⁴	—	2010: P12 from 9	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
42Juan Pablo Montoya	25	52	17.7⁶	0⁶	1⁶	2⁶	21.7⁶	0.0%⁶	67.1⁶	—	—	—	—	-4.2⁶	7²⁹	21.3¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+9.0⁶	12.4³⁵	10.7³⁵	-1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2007: P23 from 41	6 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 17.7
19Elliott Sadler	19	52	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-18.0²	0²⁹	23.1¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-11.7⁶	29.0³⁵	8.7³⁵	+4.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P36 from 15	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.1
26Jamie McMurray	20	49	13.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	86.7⁶	14.2¹	—	—	—	-7.4¹⁰	8²⁹	20.3¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	22.7³⁵	11.1³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P22 from 19	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.8
55Michael Waltrip	36	48	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14²⁹	23.4¹²	—	28.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	30.3³³	8.4³³	+3.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	15.2%³³	—	1985: P24 from 35	42 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.0
83Brian Vickers	35	48	26.6⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	15.1⁹	1.2%⁹	68.0⁷	—	—	—	—	+7.5⁹	14²⁹	23.9¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-8.0⁶	14.2³⁵	11.2³⁵	-2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P23 from 28	9 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.6
09Sterling Marlin	43	47	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0²⁹	23.7¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	39.0⁶	2.1⁶	+0.2⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	100.0%⁶	—	1980: P11 from 33	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
47Marcos Ambrose	10	45	19.0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	13.8⁵	0.0%⁵	66.4⁵	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁴	14²⁹	28.1¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-13.3⁶	19.5³⁵	10.7³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2010: P25 from 7	5 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 19.0
98Paul Menard	40	45	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	61.5¹⁰	18.5²	—	—	—	+9.4¹⁰	8²⁹	25.7¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	30.8³⁵	6.7³⁵	+3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P31 from 23	12 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.0
71David Gilliland	30	45	28.3⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	34.0⁸	0.1%⁸	46.3⁸	—	—	—	—	-1.1⁸	7²⁹	25.7¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	29.0³⁰	7.5³⁰	-4.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	43.3%³⁰	—	2007: P30 from 38	8 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 28.3
36Scott Riggs	37	45	27.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	20.8⁵	0.0%⁵	57.7³	—	—	—	—	+17.3³	14²⁹	24.3¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	33.3⁷	6.1⁷	-2.1⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	28.6%⁷	—	2004: P30 from 27	5 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 27.8
6David Ragan	15	45	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	58.7¹⁰	24.4²	—	—	—	+3.8¹⁰	8²⁹	28.6¹²	35.0¹	21.4⁵	—	+2.7⁶	27.2³⁵	8.7³⁵	+3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2007: P27 from 24	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.7
7Robby Gordon	28	45	23.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.7¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.1⁸	14²⁹	31.0¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-6.7⁶	30.1³⁴	8.7³⁴	+1.6³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	26.5%³⁴	—	1997: P34 from 38	15 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 26.5
20Joey Logano	5	44	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.2¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	84.6⁸	13.4¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	14.6¹⁰	+9.5¹⁰	14²⁹	22.5¹²	14.3¹²	36.0⁵	—	+9.7⁶	20.9³⁵	10.4³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2010: P27 from 13	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
00David Reutimann	21	44	25.2⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	26.3⁶	0.1%⁶	63.6⁶	—	—	—	—	+2.2⁵	14²⁹	32.0¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	15.7³⁵	9.0³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2007: P33 from 14	6 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 25.2
78Regan Smith	29	43	17.5⁶	1⁶	1⁶	1⁶	23.3⁶	0.5%⁶	69.9⁶	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	7²⁹	30.9¹²	—	33.2⁵	—	+8.0⁶	30.5¹⁷	8.1¹⁷	+2.4¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12¹⁷	17.6%¹⁷	—	2008: P29 from 16	6 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
12David Stremme	34	41	34.1⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	30.1⁷	0.0%⁷	43.1⁷	—	—	—	—	+8.2³	0²⁹	27.8¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	24.4³²	7.9³²	-0.7³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	18.8%³²	—	2006: P25 from 4	7 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 34.1
66Dave Blaney	33	41	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	49.1²	—	—	—	—	+15.7⁵	14²⁹	29.7¹²	—	32.4⁵	—	-5.7⁶	31.6²⁹	2.9²⁹	-9.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	96.6%²⁹	—	2000: P26 from 15	17 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 25.8
44A.J. Allmendinger	38	40	27.6⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	20.3⁹	0.0%⁹	55.2⁹	—	—	—	—	+8.4⁶	0²⁹	30.1¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+9.0⁶	22.3³⁵	10.2³⁵	-0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2007: P36 from 20	9 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 27.6
07Casey Mears	13	39	28.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	58.4⁶	—	—	—	—	+10.1⁹	7²⁹	28.1¹²	38.0¹	29.8⁵	—	+8.0⁶	26.5³⁵	7.3³⁵	+7.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2003: P34 from 24	14 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 28.4
43Reed Sorenson	41	38	32.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	43.5⁸	32.0²	33.0¹	33.0¹	33.0¹	+0.5⁶	0²⁹	21.7¹²	35.6⁹	24.4⁵	—	-12.7⁶	25.9³⁵	8.8³⁵	+0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2006: P11 from 16	10 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 32.4
77Sam Hornish Jr.	4	37	32.3³	0³	0³	0³	27.0³	0.0%³	49.7³	—	—	—	—	+18.0³	0²⁹	30.3¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+5.7⁶	23.9³⁵	12.3³⁵	-0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2008: P38 from 23	3 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 32.3
34Tony Raines	39	37	35.5⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	37.3⁶	0.0%⁶	45.6³	—	—	—	—	—	7²⁹	32.3¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	+7.0⁶	41.2¹²	3.7¹²	+0.2¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹²	83.3%¹²	—	2002: P35 from 41	6 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 35.5
13Max Papis	22	36	29.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	43.0¹	0.0%¹	35.7¹	—	—	—	—	—	14²⁹	35.8¹²	—	33.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	34.1¹⁴	10.7¹⁴	+3.2¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁴	14.3%¹⁴	—	2010: P29 from 43	1 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 29.0
87Scott Speed	32	35	37.0³	0³	0³	0³	27.0³	0.2%³	37.0³	—	—	—	—	+18.0¹	14²⁹	30.3¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	23.4³⁴	7.9³⁴	-5.6³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	23.5%³⁴	—	2010: P28 from 16 · led 2	3 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 37.0