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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	10	64	10.7¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	8¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	9.2%¹⁰	108.8⁹	—	—	—	—	-7.0¹⁰	9³¹	12.1¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	-0.7⁶	15.3³⁵	8.4³⁵	+4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2004: P3 from 4 · led 15	18 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
33Clint Bowyer	18	63	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	85.1¹⁰	6.8³	4.0¹	7.0¹	4.0¹	+0.3¹⁰	14³¹	16.1¹²	12.4¹²	8.8⁵	—	+0.3⁶	14.9³⁵	11.3³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2006: P27 from 16	19 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.5
48Jimmie Johnson	16	63	11.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	5.5%¹⁰	109.1³	18.9³	11.0¹	10.0¹	12.0¹	-5.2¹⁰	14³¹	11.4¹²	24.4¹²	15.2⁵	—	+17.0⁶	9.2³⁵	12.6³⁵	-3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2001: P29 from 21	28 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
14Tony Stewart	15	62	14.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	10.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.6¹⁰	14³¹	10.2¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+4.7⁶	13.1³⁵	9.6³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P11 from 3 · led 3	27 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.4
24Jeff Gordon	5	61	17.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	12.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2¹⁰	14³¹	17.9¹²	—	5.4⁵	—	+3.7⁶	12.9³⁵	10.6³⁵	-0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1992: P31 from 21	41 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
11Denny Hamlin	20	59	18.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	5.3%¹⁰	93.5¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	+2.8¹⁰	5³¹	15.3¹²	4.6¹²	13.8⁵	—	+12.3⁶	17.1³⁵	12.0³⁵	+4.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2005: P19 from 25	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	1	59	10.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	10.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-11.3¹⁰	14³¹	17.0¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+14.3⁶	19.5³⁵	9.7³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1999: P14 from 13 · led 1	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.1
2Kurt Busch	11	59	22.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	69.8²	11.5⁷	6.0⁵	7.4⁵	7.4⁵	+6.2¹⁰	3³¹	17.5¹²	9.3¹²	10.0⁵	—	+2.7⁶	11.1³⁵	11.5³⁵	-4.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P36 from 24	32 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.2
9Kasey Kahne	6	56	19.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	82.2⁸	21.8¹	—	—	—	-5.0¹⁰	9³¹	19.0¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	+7.0⁶	13.7³⁵	11.6³⁵	-5.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P3 from 12	21 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
12Brad Keselowski	28	56	17.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	94.4⁸	16.7¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	19.1¹⁰	+7.0¹⁰	3³¹	22.3¹²	13.9¹²	15.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	22.9³⁵	8.2³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2010: P25 from 28	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.3
29Kevin Harvick	35	56	23.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	63.4²	13.2⁹	16.7⁷	18.6⁷	15.1⁷	+2.6¹⁰	14³¹	10.3¹²	9.9¹²	17.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	20.6³⁵	9.0³⁵	+11.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P1 from 5 · led 18	35 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
31Jeff Burton	22	55	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	26.7¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.7⁶	14³¹	21.5¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+8.7⁶	16.5³⁵	10.2³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P4 from 13 · led 87	35 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 16.9
71Bobby Labonte	21	55	13.1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	10.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14³¹	22.4¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	-10.3⁶	32.0³⁵	7.2³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	31.4%³⁵	—	1993: P18 from 17	37 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 18.3
1Jamie McMurray	24	55	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	76.7⁵	18.5¹	—	—	—	-1.9¹⁰	14³¹	12.7¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	13.1³⁵	11.5³⁵	-2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P7 from 4	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 19.7
18Kyle Busch	2	54	18.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	7.8%¹⁰	89.4⁹	15.7¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	+5.7¹⁰	5³¹	27.4¹²	18.5¹²	12.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	16.2³⁵	11.4³⁵	+2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2004: P43 from 28	32 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.3
17Matt Kenseth	14	54	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	18.5¹	19.0¹	19.0¹	17.0¹	-2.3¹⁰	9³¹	20.7¹²	22.3¹²	18.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	19.5³⁵	7.2³⁵	+6.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2000: P40 from 4 · led 2	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 12.4
42Juan Pablo Montoya	3	54	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	83.2¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-3.4¹⁰	14³¹	22.8¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	+2.7⁶	11.9³⁵	12.3³⁵	-6.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2007: P5 from 16	10 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.7
39Ryan Newman	7	53	16.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	3.3¹⁰	5.0%¹⁰	66.7⁴	19.1⁵	19.3³	16.7³	19.3³	-6.3¹⁰	14³¹	17.0¹²	23.1¹²	23.6⁵	—	+18.0⁶	12.1³⁵	10.4³⁵	-3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2002: P10 from 2 · led 15	29 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 18.0
56Martin Truex Jr.	19	53	24.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	6.3%¹⁰	88.5⁹	11.3¹⁰	9.4⁹	13.3⁹	7.4⁹	+7.0¹⁰	5³¹	15.9¹²	8.0¹¹	21.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	17.1³⁵	10.0³⁵	-1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2004: P37 from 33	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.8
83Brian Vickers	26	52	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	73.1⁷	—	—	—	—	+1.2⁹	5³¹	24.6¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	-3.3⁶	21.2¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	-0.1¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁰	20.0%¹⁰	—	2003: P43 from 4	16 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 16.5
43A.J. Allmendinger	25	52	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	70.7¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-6.2⁶	9³¹	25.3¹²	—	19.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	15.8³⁵	9.1³⁵	-2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2007: P16 from 31 · led 1	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.0
20Joey Logano	29	52	15.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	5.0%¹⁰	85.6¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	-0.2¹⁰	5³¹	20.0¹²	16.4¹²	30.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	15.8³⁵	11.2³⁵	-0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2009: P30 from 42	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.6
16Greg Biffle	13	51	15.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	8.8%¹⁰	103.5⁶	24.4¹	30.0¹	37.0¹	29.0¹	-2.4¹⁰	9³¹	21.9¹²	34.0¹	20.8⁵	—	-23.3⁶	16.0³⁵	11.5³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P13 from 20	22 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.5
21Bill Elliott	34	50	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9³¹	13.2¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+9.0⁶	29.5¹²	7.5¹²	+2.6¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17¹²	16.7%¹²	—	1976: P36 from 33	61 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
19Elliott Sadler	8	50	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0²	9³¹	25.8¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	25.2³⁵	7.2³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1999: P31 from 15	23 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 23.3
5Mark Martin	4	49	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14³¹	23.3¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	+17.3⁶	15.2³⁵	8.9³⁵	+0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1982: P19 from 12	52 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
00David Reutimann	9	49	25.4⁸	0⁸	1⁸	1⁸	23.6⁸	0.0%⁸	60.3⁸	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁸	5³¹	28.9¹²	—	14.8⁵	—	-11.3⁶	15.8³⁵	10.6³⁵	-1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2007: P40 from 24	8 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.4
47Marcos Ambrose	12	48	24.1⁸	0⁸	0⁸	1⁸	24.4⁸	0.0%⁸	63.4⁸	—	—	—	—	+3.7⁵	5³¹	26.3¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-1.0⁶	22.0³⁵	11.2³⁵	-0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2008: P29 from 38	8 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 24.1
7Robby Gordon	39	47	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	41.3¹	—	—	—	—	-12.8⁷	5³¹	30.0¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	33.6²⁶	9.4²⁶	+5.1²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	30.8%²⁶	—	1997: P14 from 1 · led 42	19 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 21.4
78Regan Smith	38	45	26.1⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	31.6⁷	0.0%⁷	50.7⁷	—	—	—	—	+8.6³	14³¹	28.8¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	24.2³⁵	7.7³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2008: P38 from 41	7 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 26.1
6David Ragan	17	44	25.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	59.6¹⁰	25.4³	35.0¹	31.0¹	35.0¹	+7.2¹⁰	9³¹	24.4¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	22.6³⁵	7.3³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2007: P33 from 38	17 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.2
98Paul Menard	23	44	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	62.0¹⁰	16.5²	—	—	—	+0.0⁹	9³¹	27.3¹²	—	32.6⁵	—	+10.7⁶	19.5³⁵	8.1³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2006: P7 from 22	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.5
77Sam Hornish Jr.	36	43	26.1⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	25.6⁷	0.0%⁷	57.6⁷	—	—	—	—	+13.1⁷	3³¹	28.3¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	-10.3⁶	20.4³⁵	8.7³⁵	-4.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2008: P25 from 33	7 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 26.1
26Boris Said	42	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9³¹	32.0⁵	—	32.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	30.2⁵	13.6⁵	+0.4⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20⁵	60.0%⁵	—	first start here	—
37Kevin Conway	41	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9³¹	33.1⁷	—	31.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	40.2²⁶	5.2²⁶	+7.7²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	30.8%²⁶	—	first start here	—
38David Gilliland	37	43	27.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	55.7¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+5.0⁸	9³¹	26.4¹²	—	28.6⁵	—	-10.0⁶	36.0³¹	5.5³¹	+6.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	2006: P15 from 25	13 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 26.5
66Dave Blaney	27	40	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.9⁶	5³¹	23.1¹²	—	42.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	32.2²⁸	5.6²⁸	-5.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	71.4%²⁸	—	1999: P37 from 7	24 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 27.8
87Joe Nemechek	33	40	24.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0⁴	5³¹	26.3¹²	—	41.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	29.2³⁰	3.1³⁰	-10.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	96.7%³⁰	—	1994: P18 from 5	38 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 25.3
82Scott Speed	32	38	34.1⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	30.4⁷	0.0%⁷	39.2⁷	—	—	—	—	+20.0⁴	5³¹	24.0¹²	—	32.0⁵	—	-1.7⁶	23.9³⁵	7.4³⁵	-1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2008: P34 from 34 · led 1	7 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 34.1
34Travis Kvapil	40	37	32.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	39.8⁹	—	—	—	—	+7.0⁷	9³¹	30.5¹²	—	32.6⁵	—	+1.3⁶	37.2³³	4.9³³	+7.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	15.2%³³	—	2004: P32 from 26	11 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 31.8
36Mike Bliss	30	35	30.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	46.6¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+18.0¹	14³¹	27.5¹²	—	41.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	33.9¹⁶	11.5¹⁶	-0.8¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	75.0%¹⁶	—	2005: P18 from 16	11 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 30.6
55Michael McDowell	43	32	27.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	35.4⁶	19.9¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	24.5¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	+5.0⁴	5³¹	38.7¹²	25.3¹²	40.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	31.1²³	2.6²³	-9.5²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	95.7%²³	—	2010: P39 from 23	21 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.9
13Max Papis	31	31	40.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	39.0¹	0.0%¹	28.1¹	—	—	—	—	—	5³¹	34.7¹⁰	—	33.2⁵	—	-7.7⁶	32.5¹⁷	7.4¹⁷	-4.2¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12¹⁷	64.7%¹⁷	—	2009: P40 from 39	1 st · 0 W · best P40 · avg 40.0