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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	28	66	11.4¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	16.4%¹⁰	79.5¹	—	—	—	—	-4.8¹⁰	11²¹	4.9¹²	—	5.4⁵	—	+3.7⁶	12.2³⁵	10.5³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1997: P1 from 3 · led 113	25 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.4
99Carl Edwards	31	65	6.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	9¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	105.0⁹	—	—	—	—	-6.3¹⁰	5²¹	6.6¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	-0.7⁶	14.7³⁵	9.7³⁵	+3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P6 from 19	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 8.4
48Jimmie Johnson	7	63	6.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	6¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	8.7%¹⁰	111.3⁶	8.6³	8.0¹	3.0¹	12.0¹	-10.7¹⁰	11²¹	14.8¹²	11.5²	15.2⁵	—	+17.0⁶	9.5³⁵	12.4³⁵	-3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2002: P1 from 4 · led 62	25 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 7.8
18Kyle Busch	9	62	9.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	8¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	9.1%¹⁰	107.9⁹	9.8⁵	9.0³	11.0³	8.3³	-7.7¹⁰	4²¹	17.8¹²	8.0⁷	12.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	16.0³⁵	11.6³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2004: P24 from 18	23 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 9.2
2Kurt Busch	12	60	11.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	8.1%¹⁰	93.1⁵	12.5⁴	15.0²	19.5²	11.0²	-6.0¹⁰	1²¹	19.9¹²	7.7³	10.0⁵	—	+2.7⁶	11.1³⁵	11.7³⁵	-4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2001: P13 from 32	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
11Denny Hamlin	25	59	18.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	89.9¹⁰	8.9⁵	9.3³	14.7³	8.7³	+2.0¹⁰	4²¹	12.1¹²	4.3⁸	13.8⁵	—	+12.3⁶	16.9³⁵	11.8³⁵	+4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2006: P12 from 5	20 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.2
9Kasey Kahne	4	59	13.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.1¹⁰	10.7%¹⁰	99.2⁸	23.0¹	—	—	—	-12.4¹⁰	5²¹	16.3¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	+7.0⁶	13.8³⁵	11.6³⁵	-4.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 1 · led 77	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
33Clint Bowyer	3	59	10.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	90.1¹⁰	18.7³	23.0¹	22.0¹	24.0¹	-3.8¹⁰	11²¹	18.3¹²	9.5²	8.8⁵	—	+0.3⁶	15.3³⁵	11.3³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2006: P14 from 32	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.6
17Matt Kenseth	20	59	11.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	9.8%¹⁰	110.1⁴	—	—	—	—	-2.8¹⁰	5²¹	8.5¹²	23.5²	18.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	19.4³⁵	7.4³⁵	+6.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2000: P3 from 23 · led 120	24 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
12Brad Keselowski	21	58	16.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.9¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	81.7⁸	11.5⁵	12.0³	17.3³	8.0³	+0.9¹⁰	1²¹	14.1¹²	11.8⁸	15.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	23.1³⁵	8.5³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2010: P26 from 25	13 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.6
14Tony Stewart	16	57	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	7.4%¹⁰	99.7³	—	—	—	—	+2.4¹⁰	11²¹	14.0¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+4.7⁶	13.1³⁵	9.6³⁵	-0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P4 from 7 · led 1	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.7
71Bobby Labonte	33	56	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	75.6¹	—	—	—	—	-7.4⁸	11²¹	12.0¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	-10.3⁶	31.6³⁵	7.4³⁵	+1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	31.4%³⁵	—	1997: P6 from 15	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.1
83Brian Vickers	23	55	16.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	85.9⁸	—	—	—	—	+3.3⁸	4²¹	15.3¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	-3.3⁶	21.5¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	+0.7¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁰	20.0%¹⁰	—	2004: P29 from 6 · led 1	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.5
31Jeff Burton	14	55	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	61.8¹	—	—	—	—	+1.2¹⁰	11²¹	17.1¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+8.7⁶	16.7³⁵	10.0³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P30 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.7
1Jamie McMurray	1	54	13.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	73.7⁷	13.7¹	—	—	—	-3.3¹⁰	11²¹	18.5¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	13.7³⁵	11.7³⁵	-2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P5 from 25 · led 41	22 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 16.6
29Kevin Harvick	6	54	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	84.2⁵	15.3⁵	13.7³	10.7³	13.3³	+3.5¹⁰	11²¹	16.8¹²	8.2⁵	17.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	21.4³⁵	8.9³⁵	+12.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P25 from 13 · led 2	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.0
16Greg Biffle	35	53	20.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	10.4%¹⁰	95.4⁶	—	—	—	—	+8.7¹⁰	5²¹	13.2¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-23.3⁶	15.4³⁵	11.5³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P13 from 29	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.8
5Mark Martin	10	53	14.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	10.5%¹⁰	107.0¹	—	—	—	—	-1.2¹⁰	11²¹	15.9¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	+17.3⁶	15.0³⁵	9.2³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1997: P10 from 12 · led 11	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
56Martin Truex Jr.	34	53	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	77.2¹⁰	11.7⁵	13.0³	16.7³	15.3³	+1.7¹⁰	4²¹	17.5¹²	9.7⁶	21.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	16.7³⁵	9.4³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2006: P15 from 23	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.9
20Joey Logano	19	53	15.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	85.5¹⁰	5.8⁵	7.7³	10.0³	11.7³	+1.3¹⁰	4²¹	14.9¹²	13.0⁸	30.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	16.1³⁵	11.5³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2009: P26 from 34	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 12.8
00David Reutimann	11	53	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	70.6¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-5.8¹⁰	4²¹	21.3¹²	—	14.8⁵	—	-11.3⁶	15.8³⁵	11.2³⁵	-2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2007: P33 from 33	11 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.4
42Juan Pablo Montoya	2	52	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	76.9¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-7.2¹⁰	11²¹	22.2¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	+2.7⁶	11.9³⁵	12.1³⁵	-5.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2007: P26 from 9	10 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.2
6David Ragan	15	52	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	71.1¹⁰	25.2²	—	—	—	+0.1¹⁰	5²¹	18.2¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	22.7³⁵	7.8³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2007: P16 from 39	16 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.0
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	27	52	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	73.2⁴	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹⁰	11²¹	20.8¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+14.3⁶	18.8³⁵	9.4³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2000: P12 from 20	24 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.0
43A.J. Allmendinger	29	52	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	70.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+1.6⁷	5²¹	20.9¹²	—	19.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	15.7³⁵	9.2³⁵	-1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2007: P18 from 18	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 18.8
39Ryan Newman	18	50	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	75.6⁶	20.7²	—	—	—	+5.5¹⁰	11²¹	16.7¹²	23.0³	23.6⁵	—	+18.0⁶	11.8³⁵	9.7³⁵	-3.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P14 from 1 · led 3	24 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.2
19Elliott Sadler	37	50	22.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	72.0³	—	—	—	—	-4.5⁶	5²¹	24.0¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	24.4³⁵	7.2³⁵	-0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1999: P21 from 39	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.3
47Marcos Ambrose	26	47	28.1⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	22.3⁸	0.0%⁸	57.4⁸	—	—	—	—	+4.8⁴	4²¹	21.4¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-1.0⁶	21.6³⁵	11.1³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2008: P32 from 40	8 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 28.1
78Regan Smith	22	46	25.3⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	20.1⁷	0.1%⁷	52.3⁷	—	—	—	—	+11.0²	11²¹	26.9¹⁰	—	22.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	24.7³⁵	7.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2008: P31 from 17	7 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 25.3
7Robby Gordon	40	45	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	56.5⁵	—	—	—	—	-6.8⁴	4²¹	27.2¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	33.6²⁶	9.8²⁶	+4.7²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁶	30.8%²⁶	—	2000: P31 from 29	16 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 28.2
77Sam Hornish Jr.	8	45	26.3⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	21.9⁷	0.0%⁷	56.4⁷	—	—	—	—	+12.4⁷	1²¹	21.4⁹	—	27.8⁵	—	-10.3⁶	21.2³⁵	8.6³⁵	-3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2008: P43 from 7	7 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 26.3
98Paul Menard	36	44	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	60.3¹⁰	16.6²	—	—	—	+3.7⁹	5²¹	23.2¹²	—	32.6⁵	—	+10.7⁶	19.1³⁵	8.4³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2007: P20 from 22	16 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.8
09Aric Almirola	24	43	26.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	59.2⁹	15.1⁵	12.7³	17.3³	8.7³	+2.5⁹	11²¹	19.8¹²	19.6⁵	32.0⁵	—	+3.7⁶	28.1⁸	13.3⁸	+1.1⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	37.5%⁸	—	2007: P31 from 40	14 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.4
26Boris Said	42	42	30.0²	0²	0²	0²	31.0²	0.0%²	36.5¹	—	—	—	—	+13.8²	5²¹	—	—	31.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	30.2⁵	12.9⁵	+1.6⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20⁵	40.0%⁵	—	2004: P30 from 36	2 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 30.0
38David Gilliland	41	41	27.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	48.9¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-4.4⁸	5²¹	30.6¹²	—	28.6⁵	—	-10.0⁶	35.8³¹	5.5³¹	+6.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	2006: P32 from 20	13 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 29.2
34Travis Kvapil	39	40	29.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	35.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	45.7¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+0.9⁷	5²¹	24.7¹²	—	32.6⁵	—	+1.3⁶	37.2³³	4.9³³	+7.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	15.2%³³	—	2005: P24 from 35	11 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 30.2
82Scott Speed	13	39	28.7³	0³	0³	0³	19.7³	0.0%³	50.6³	—	—	—	—	+6.7³	4²¹	33.0⁵	—	32.0⁵	—	-1.7⁶	24.4³⁵	7.4³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2009: P41 from 9	3 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 28.7
87Joe Nemechek	32	39	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	113.4¹	—	—	—	—	+0.2⁹	4²¹	25.9¹²	—	41.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	29.2³⁰	3.1³⁰	-10.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	96.7%³⁰	—	1997: P18 from 1 · led 1	23 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 29.4
66Dave Blaney	5	38	28.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	54.4⁶	—	—	—	—	+8.0⁵	4²¹	22.2¹²	—	42.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	33.0²⁸	5.6²⁸	-5.1²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	71.4%²⁸	—	2000: P38 from 17	18 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 30.1
37Kevin Conway	38	36	31.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	41.0¹	0.0%¹	30.3¹	—	—	—	—	—	5²¹	40.0¹	—	31.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	40.3²⁶	5.2²⁶	+7.8²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	30.8%²⁶	—	2010: P31 from 41	1 st · 0 W · best P31 · avg 31.0
13Max Papis	43	33	35.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	15.0¹	0.0%¹	29.8¹	—	—	—	—	—	4²¹	39.7³	—	33.2⁵	—	-7.7⁶	31.8¹⁷	7.0¹⁷	-5.3¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12¹⁷	64.7%¹⁷	—	2009: P35 from 15	1 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 35.0
36Mike Bliss	17	32	34.3⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	33.3⁷	0.0%⁷	41.3⁶	—	—	—	—	—	11²¹	35.4⁹	—	41.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	34.7¹⁶	11.3¹⁶	-0.1¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	75.0%¹⁶	—	2000: P35 from 43	7 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 34.3
55Michael McDowell	30	29	33.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	36.2⁷	21.6⁵	24.0³	21.0³	25.0³	+3.0³	4²¹	31.8¹²	28.9⁸	40.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	31.7²³	2.6²³	-9.0²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	95.7%²³	—	2009: P40 from 43	12 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 32.3