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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
11Denny Hamlin	8	64	6.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	8.8%¹⁰	105.2¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	8.8¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	9.4¹⁰	-5.6¹⁰	13²⁸	17.6¹²	4.8¹²	13.8⁵	—	+12.3⁶	17.4³⁵	11.9³⁵	+4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2006: P10 from 5	28 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 8.6
24Jeff Gordon	2	64	12.2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.7¹⁰	17.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.9¹⁰	8²⁸	14.3¹²	—	5.4⁵	—	+3.7⁶	13.0³⁵	10.5³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1993: P24 from 5 · led 1	35 st · 7 W · best P1 · avg 11.8
14Tony Stewart	24	63	11.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹⁰	8²⁸	9.3¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+4.7⁶	12.9³⁵	9.5³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P6 from 10	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 12.5
48Jimmie Johnson	22	62	7.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	9.0¹⁰	11.8%¹⁰	116.0⁴	18.1⁵	15.3³	14.0³	11.7³	-12.0¹⁰	8²⁸	12.1¹²	26.5¹²	15.2⁵	—	+17.0⁶	9.0³⁵	11.8³⁵	-2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P6 from 5	23 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
99Carl Edwards	41	61	12.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	94.2⁹	—	—	—	—	-2.8¹⁰	7²⁸	14.5¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	-0.7⁶	14.5³⁵	9.7³⁵	+2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P7 from 24	12 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
33Clint Bowyer	27	61	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	77.4¹⁰	9.8⁵	7.7³	6.7³	11.7³	-4.6¹⁰	8²⁸	16.8¹²	10.7¹²	8.8⁵	—	+0.3⁶	14.6³⁵	10.9³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2006: P23 from 3	16 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 19.9
29Kevin Harvick	35	60	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	75.5²	9.5¹⁰	7.0⁹	7.6⁹	7.1⁹	-2.9¹⁰	8²⁸	7.4¹²	11.4¹²	17.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	20.6³⁵	9.0³⁵	+11.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P14 from 3	31 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.8
9Kasey Kahne	10	60	13.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	9.1%¹⁰	101.0⁸	25.4¹	—	—	—	-9.9¹⁰	7²⁸	14.9¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	+7.0⁶	13.6³⁵	11.9³⁵	-5.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 1 · led 24	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.0
2Kurt Busch	14	58	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	5.4%¹⁰	60.2²	12.8⁸	13.2⁶	15.5⁶	12.5⁶	+3.8¹⁰	0²⁸	20.1¹²	10.4¹²	10.0⁵	—	+2.7⁶	11.0³⁵	11.6³⁵	-4.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2001: P30 from 27	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.8
56Martin Truex Jr.	33	58	10.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	98.2¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	6.9⁹	9.2⁹	6.1⁹	-7.0⁷	13²⁸	21.6¹²	9.6¹²	21.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	16.7³⁵	10.1³⁵	-2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2006: P14 from 39	24 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.6
18Kyle Busch	39	58	13.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	15.3%¹⁰	105.6¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	+2.2¹⁰	13²⁸	22.6¹²	23.3¹²	12.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	15.1³⁵	11.5³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2005: P23 from 6	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.6
12Brad Keselowski	9	57	12.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.3¹⁰	10.9%¹⁰	96.7⁸	15.2¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	-5.4¹⁰	0²⁸	24.1¹²	16.7¹²	15.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	23.4³⁵	8.3³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2009: P7 from 31	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.2
31Jeff Burton	11	54	11.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	16.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.3⁶	8²⁸	29.9¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+8.7⁶	16.8³⁵	10.2³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P20 from 22	30 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.7
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	19	54	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.2¹⁰	8²⁸	17.8¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+14.3⁶	19.0³⁵	9.7³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2000: P40 from 10	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.2
5Mark Martin	5	54	8.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	8²⁸	21.7¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	+17.3⁶	15.1³⁵	9.4³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1982: P7 from 20	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
71Bobby Labonte	23	54	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	8²⁸	18.4¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	-10.3⁶	31.9³⁵	7.4³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	1993: P18 from 36	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
17Matt Kenseth	29	53	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	18.0⁴	15.3³	16.3³	12.3³	+4.5⁹	7²⁸	16.3¹²	21.8¹²	18.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	19.1³⁵	7.4³⁵	+6.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1999: P37 from 31	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
19Elliott Sadler	38	53	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-18.0²	7²⁸	23.1¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	24.4³⁵	7.2³⁵	-0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1999: P36 from 15	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.6
1Jamie McMurray	1	53	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	81.0⁶	14.2¹	—	—	—	-7.1¹⁰	8²⁸	20.3¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	13.7³⁵	11.4³⁵	-3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P22 from 19	17 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 15.9
16Greg Biffle	17	53	13.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	18.1%¹⁰	116.8⁶	—	—	—	—	-2.4¹⁰	7²⁸	24.0¹²	32.0²	20.8⁵	—	-23.3⁶	15.9³⁵	11.5³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P12 from 17	15 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.5
42Juan Pablo Montoya	15	53	20.2⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	23.3⁶	0.0%⁶	60.0⁶	—	—	—	—	-2.3⁶	8²⁸	21.3¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	+2.7⁶	11.5³⁵	12.3³⁵	-6.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2007: P23 from 41	6 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 20.2
39Ryan Newman	6	51	13.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	7.2%¹⁰	97.1⁴	19.5⁹	20.0⁷	22.3⁷	18.6⁷	-6.3¹⁰	8²⁸	23.5¹²	25.4¹²	23.6⁵	—	+18.0⁶	12.1³⁵	10.3³⁵	-3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2002: P5 from 3	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.0
47Marcos Ambrose	7	49	20.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	14.4⁵	0.0%⁵	62.8⁵	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁴	13²⁸	28.1¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-1.0⁶	22.2³⁵	11.3³⁵	-0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2009: P33 from 10	5 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 20.6
20Joey Logano	13	49	18.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	90.0⁸	13.4¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	14.6¹⁰	+5.8¹⁰	13²⁸	22.5¹²	14.3¹²	30.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	16.3³⁵	11.5³⁵	-0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2009: P9 from 5 · led 19	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.6
78Regan Smith	32	49	18.2⁶	1⁶	1⁶	1⁶	22.8⁶	0.5%⁶	65.8⁶	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	8²⁸	30.9¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	24.4³⁵	7.8³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2008: P29 from 16	6 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.2
83Brian Vickers	3	48	28.9⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	18.7⁹	1.0%⁹	64.7⁷	—	—	—	—	+10.7⁸	13²⁸	23.9¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	-3.3⁶	23.5¹⁰	11.9¹⁰	+2.5¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁰	20.0%¹⁰	—	2004: P23 from 28	9 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 28.9
00David Reutimann	4	47	28.2⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	29.2⁶	0.0%⁶	58.0⁶	—	—	—	—	+1.6⁵	13²⁸	32.0¹²	—	14.8⁵	—	-11.3⁶	16.0³⁵	11.2³⁵	-2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2007: P33 from 14	6 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 28.2
43A.J. Allmendinger	12	47	25.3⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	23.2⁹	0.0%⁹	55.0⁹	—	—	—	—	+5.9⁶	7²⁸	30.1¹²	—	19.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	16.2³⁵	8.7³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2007: P36 from 20	9 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 25.3
7Robby Gordon	26	45	23.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.7¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.1⁸	13²⁸	31.0¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	34.1²⁶	9.6²⁶	+5.4²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁶	30.8%²⁶	—	1997: P34 from 38	15 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.9
6David Ragan	21	44	27.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	56.7¹⁰	24.4²	—	—	—	+6.1¹⁰	7²⁸	28.6¹²	35.0¹	22.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	22.5³⁵	7.7³⁵	+1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2007: P27 from 24	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 26.7
98Paul Menard	20	44	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	62.3¹⁰	18.5²	—	—	—	+10.0⁹	7²⁸	25.7¹²	—	32.6⁵	—	+10.7⁶	19.5³⁵	8.3³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2007: P31 from 23	12 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.8
37Kevin Conway	42	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7²⁸	33.2¹¹	—	31.4⁵	—	+2.0⁶	40.1²⁶	5.2²⁶	+7.7²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁶	26.9%²⁶	—	first start here	—
26David Stremme	31	43	34.1⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	30.6⁷	0.0%⁷	45.2⁷	—	—	—	—	+6.4⁴	7²⁸	27.8¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	36.9¹⁰	5.0¹⁰	+6.7¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	20.0%¹⁰	—	2006: P25 from 4	7 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 34.1
38David Gilliland	34	43	29.3⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	33.5⁸	0.1%⁸	45.1⁸	—	—	—	—	-2.1⁷	7²⁸	25.7¹²	—	28.6⁵	—	-10.0⁶	36.1³¹	5.4³¹	+7.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	2007: P30 from 38	8 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 29.3
32Reed Sorenson	36	41	30.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	47.4⁸	32.0²	33.0¹	33.0¹	33.0¹	+0.6⁷	13²⁸	21.7¹²	35.6⁹	24.0⁵	—	-3.0⁶	27.9¹⁵	9.6¹⁵	+2.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	26.7%¹⁵	—	2006: P11 from 16	10 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 30.0
46J.J. Yeley	30	40	30.7⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	33.0⁷	0.0%⁷	44.3⁷	—	—	—	—	+10.8⁴	0²⁸	22.8¹²	—	34.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	35.5¹⁶	6.6¹⁶	-1.3¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁶	75.0%¹⁶	—	2006: P26 from 26	7 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 30.7
77Sam Hornish Jr.	25	40	32.0³	0³	0³	0³	20.0³	0.0%³	53.0³	—	—	—	—	+13.5³	0²⁸	30.3¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	-10.3⁶	20.7³⁵	8.6³⁵	-4.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2008: P38 from 23	3 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 32.0
34Travis Kvapil	40	40	26.7⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	26.0⁷	0.1%⁷	52.6⁷	—	—	—	—	-7.5⁴	7²⁸	32.5¹²	—	32.6⁵	—	+1.3⁶	37.2³³	4.8³³	+7.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	15.2%³³	—	2005: P35 from 17	7 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 26.7
64Todd Bodine	37	39	27.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.0¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+19.0²	13²⁸	22.8¹²	—	40.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	38.5⁶	2.1⁶	-1.0⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	100.0%⁶	—	1993: P27 from 17	15 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 30.0
66Dave Blaney	28	38	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	49.1²	—	—	—	—	+15.7⁵	13²⁸	29.7¹²	—	42.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	32.2²⁸	5.6²⁸	-5.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	71.4%²⁸	—	2000: P26 from 15	17 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 25.8
82Scott Speed	16	36	36.3³	0³	0³	0³	32.3³	0.0%³	32.7³	—	—	—	—	—	13²⁸	30.3¹²	—	32.0⁵	—	-1.7⁶	24.3³⁵	7.8³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2009: P26 from 32	3 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 36.3
13Max Papis	43	35	35.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	22.0¹	0.0%¹	28.1¹	—	—	—	—	—	13²⁸	35.8¹²	—	33.2⁵	—	-7.7⁶	31.8¹⁷	7.1¹⁷	-5.2¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12¹⁷	64.7%¹⁷	—	2009: P35 from 22	1 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 35.0
55Michael McDowell	18	33	28.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	42.8⁵	20.3¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	+8.2⁶	13²⁸	35.9¹²	24.7¹²	40.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	32.2²³	2.6²³	-8.5²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²³	95.7%²³	—	2008: P28 from 18	22 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 25.1