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Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 43

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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
48Jimmie Johnson	23	66	9.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	106.2⁴	20.9¹⁰	20.2⁶	22.7⁶	17.3⁶	-10.1¹⁰	16³⁹	17.8¹²	5.5²	10.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	12.6³⁵	10.0³⁵	+1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2002: P15 from 1	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.5
29Kevin Harvick	7	64	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	4.7%¹⁰	75.0³	14.1¹⁰	17.3⁸	16.3⁸	16.8⁸	-9.1¹⁰	16³⁹	13.7¹²	17.3⁸	6.2⁵	—	-14.7⁶	19.2³⁵	7.4³⁵	+8.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2001: P25 from 10 · led 2	44 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	1	63	13.3¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.7¹⁰	16.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.2¹⁰	16³⁹	10.7¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+4.3⁶	20.1³⁵	8.3³⁵	+5.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2000: P13 from 8	35 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 14.5
24Jeff Gordon	2	62	11.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.4¹⁰	12.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.6¹⁰	16³⁹	15.7¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	14.7³⁵	11.1³⁵	+2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1993: P5 from 3 · led 2	45 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
17Matt Kenseth	9	61	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	27.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	18.8¹	6.0¹	7.0¹	7.0¹	+2.4¹⁰	16³⁹	17.3¹²	26.0²	5.4⁵	—	-1.7⁶	14.4³⁵	9.7³⁵	+2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P10 from 24	36 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.8
22Kurt Busch	3	60	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	25.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	80.0²	20.3⁹	15.4⁵	15.4⁵	16.6⁵	+0.2¹⁰	1³⁹	10.8¹²	13.4⁵	13.6⁵	—	+12.3⁶	12.2³⁵	10.4³⁵	-2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2001: P41 from 26	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.8
33Clint Bowyer	6	59	12.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.7¹⁰	6.5%¹⁰	86.7¹⁰	18.2⁶	28.5²	20.5²	29.0²	-2.4¹⁰	16³⁹	16.4¹²	17.0²	16.6⁵	—	-16.7⁶	16.7³⁵	10.6³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2006: P6 from 37	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.5
31Jeff Burton	4	58	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁶	16³⁹	19.1¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-8.3⁶	21.2³⁵	7.5³⁵	+3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P26 from 35	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
14Tony Stewart	25	57	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.4¹⁰	16³⁹	13.6¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	17.5³⁵	10.2³⁵	+5.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P28 from 2	34 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 18.8
27Paul Menard	19	55	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	67.7¹⁰	17.3⁴	—	—	—	-5.9⁹	16³⁹	22.1¹²	—	14.2⁵	—	+3.7⁶	11.8³⁵	9.3³⁵	-6.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2007: P21 from 41	24 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.7
18Kyle Busch	10	55	18.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	13.3%¹⁰	101.0¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	+0.3¹⁰	6³⁹	23.3¹²	19.4¹²	15.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	15.4³⁴	12.5³⁴	+2.3³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	2005: P38 from 19	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.0
09Bill Elliott	29	55	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16³⁹	17.4¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	-8.3⁶	37.5⁴	3.2⁴	+10.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	0.0%⁴	—	1976: P19 from 38	59 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.0
20Joey Logano	38	54	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	81.2¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	+3.5¹⁰	6³⁹	19.9¹²	17.7¹²	18.6⁵	—	-11.0⁶	17.3³⁵	9.6³⁵	-1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2009: P43 from 9	35 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.1
2Brad Keselowski	16	53	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.5¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	75.4¹⁰	14.8¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	-5.0⁹	1³⁹	15.1¹²	22.4¹²	26.4⁵	—	+7.3⁶	14.3³⁵	10.2³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2009: P24 from 36	34 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.3
99Carl Edwards	22	53	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	83.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-0.1¹⁰	16³⁹	22.5¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	-6.3⁶	9.0³⁵	10.1³⁵	-0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2005: P12 from 27	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.6
83Brian Vickers	27	53	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	80.7⁸	—	—	—	—	+1.3⁸	6³⁹	19.9¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	+10.0⁶	19.6³⁵	10.1³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P39 from 35	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.1
4Kasey Kahne	11	52	17.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	28.5¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	79.9⁸	20.1²	—	—	—	-7.3¹⁰	6³⁹	21.7¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	+6.0⁶	11.3³⁵	11.7³⁵	-4.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P41 from 27	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.3
5Mark Martin	17	52	27.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16³⁹	11.0¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-23.0⁶	15.5³⁵	9.3³⁵	-3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1982: P30 from 26	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.1
39Ryan Newman	21	51	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	97.6⁴	19.8⁸	22.0³	14.0³	18.7³	+0.6¹⁰	16³⁹	18.6¹²	24.8⁴	24.2⁵	—	+17.0⁶	12.0³⁵	8.8³⁵	-1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2002: P7 from 23	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.6
1Jamie McMurray	14	51	25.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	91.4⁶	22.5⁴	17.0¹	15.0¹	6.0¹	+3.8¹⁰	16³⁹	17.8¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	17.9³⁵	9.3³⁵	-4.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2003: P31 from 19	33 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 23.0
77Steve Wallace	36	50	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6³⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
32Terry Labonte	43	50	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16³⁹	15.4¹²	—	35.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	40.0⁷	3.9⁷	+6.3⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	42.9%⁷	—	1979: P16 from 19	62 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.7
56Martin Truex Jr.	20	50	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	76.4¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	12.2¹⁰	+1.0¹⁰	6³⁹	25.2¹²	18.9¹⁰	20.8⁵	—	+7.0⁶	16.7³⁵	10.2³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2005: P34 from 10	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.8
6David Ragan	34	50	18.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	74.9¹⁰	24.5⁹	28.8⁴	21.8⁴	26.3⁴	+1.7¹⁰	16³⁹	16.0¹²	36.0¹	25.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	14.5³⁵	11.1³⁵	-4.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2007: P5 from 35	30 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.5
11Denny Hamlin	18	50	23.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	6.5%¹⁰	80.3¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	+0.8¹⁰	6³⁹	17.8¹²	27.1¹²	21.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	17.0³⁵	11.1³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2006: P30 from 17	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.1
42Juan Pablo Montoya	13	49	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	67.6¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+0.3¹⁰	16³⁹	20.1¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	+6.3⁶	18.3³⁵	8.4³⁵	-0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2007: P19 from 36	13 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 25.5
16Greg Biffle	26	49	21.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	74.2⁶	37.5¹	39.0¹	38.0¹	33.0¹	+2.7¹⁰	16³⁹	25.2¹²	31.0¹	7.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	14.7³⁵	8.4³⁵	-1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2003: P21 from 27	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.4
00David Reutimann	24	48	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	65.7¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹⁰	6³⁹	22.3¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-24.3⁶	20.4³⁵	8.8³⁵	-1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2007: P40 from 40	13 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.3
47Bobby Labonte	31	48	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6³⁹	13.7¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	22.2³⁵	7.4³⁵	-3.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 25	47 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.5
34David Gilliland	39	46	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.7¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	59.6¹⁰	24.8¹	—	—	—	-6.8⁹	16³⁹	19.6¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+2.7⁶	34.6³⁵	7.0³⁵	+5.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2007: P8 from 1 · led 18	16 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.3
15Michael Waltrip	8	46	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6³⁹	19.9¹²	—	30.8⁵	—	+11.0⁶	17.5²	13.4²	-1.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	1986: P18 from 39	55 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.6
9Marcos Ambrose	35	46	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	70.8¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-5.0⁶	16³⁹	23.4¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	+11.7⁶	17.0³⁵	10.4³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2009: P17 from 23	11 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.7
7Robby Gordon	30	45	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.6⁷	1³⁹	19.0¹²	—	31.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	36.8²⁴	6.7²⁴	+2.6²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13²⁴	58.3%²⁴	—	1991: P18 from 35	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.7
78Regan Smith	5	45	25.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	60.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+11.3²	16³⁹	21.9¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-1.0⁶	15.0³⁵	9.8³⁵	-6.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2008: P37 from 29	13 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.4
43A.J. Allmendinger	15	44	27.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	59.3¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+6.3⁷	16³⁹	23.9¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	+7.0⁶	14.9³⁵	8.4³⁵	-1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2008: P42 from 13	16 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.8
92Brian Keselowski	12	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1³⁹	—	—	39.5²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
38Travis Kvapil	40	42	29.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.7¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	55.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+3.3⁶	16³⁹	19.6¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+0.3⁶	33.5²⁸	7.0²⁸	+1.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	2005: P19 from 25	13 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 27.1
21Trevor Bayne	32	39	28.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	54.3¹⁰	13.6²	—	—	—	0.0³	16³⁹	26.0¹²	—	28.2⁵	—	-7.3⁶	18.0¹⁶	9.0¹⁶	-9.4¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19¹⁶	18.8%¹⁶	—	2011: P41 from 2	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.8
71Andy Lally	37	38	27.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	7.0¹	0.0%¹	44.9¹	—	—	—	—	—	16³⁹	29.0²	—	32.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	37.6²⁹	4.9²⁹	+6.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	2011: P27 from 7	1 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 27.0
36Dave Blaney	42	38	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.1⁶	16³⁹	25.3¹²	—	39.0⁵	—	-5.0⁶	35.9³⁴	7.6³⁴	+6.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	2000: P27 from 31	25 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 26.8
46J.J. Yeley	33	37	25.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	53.7¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+0.5⁷	16³⁹	27.6¹¹	—	37.6⁵	—	+3.3⁶	34.8³⁰	6.3³⁰	-3.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	76.7%³⁰	—	2006: P41 from 36	11 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.4
37Robert Richardson Jr.	28	37	30.7³	0³	0³	0³	37.0³	0.0%³	41.0³	—	—	—	—	+0.5³	16³⁹	28.6⁵	—	28.8⁵	—	-6.3⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2010: P31 from 37	3 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 30.7
87Joe Nemechek	41	32	30.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.2⁵	6³⁹	27.1¹²	—	41.0⁵	—	+1.3⁶	35.2³⁵	2.3³⁵	-5.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	97.1%³⁵	—	1994: P39 from 38	37 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 28.0