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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	8	66	9.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	106.2⁴	20.9¹⁰	20.2⁶	22.7⁶	17.3⁶	-10.1¹⁰	15³⁷	17.8¹²	5.5²	10.2⁵	—	+10.0⁶	10.6³⁵	11.5³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P15 from 1	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.2
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	5	64	13.3¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.7¹⁰	16.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.2¹⁰	15³⁷	10.7¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	+5.7⁶	15.7³³	7.7³³	+4.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	2000: P13 from 8	35 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
51Kurt Busch	28	62	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	25.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	80.0²	20.3⁹	15.4⁵	15.4⁵	16.6⁵	+0.2¹⁰	15³⁷	10.8¹²	13.4⁵	9.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	22.0³⁴	9.3³⁴	-0.7³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2001: P41 from 26	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
24Jeff Gordon	16	61	11.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.4¹⁰	12.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.6¹⁰	15³⁷	15.7¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	12.8³⁵	11.2³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1993: P5 from 3 · led 2	45 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 15.8
29Kevin Harvick	13	60	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	4.7%¹⁰	75.0³	14.1¹⁰	17.3⁸	16.3⁸	16.8⁸	-9.1¹⁰	15³⁷	13.7¹²	17.3⁸	14.0⁵	—	+18.3⁶	14.7³⁵	6.5³⁵	+2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2001: P25 from 10 · led 2	44 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
6Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	21	59	17.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	73.2¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	12.0⁹	-1.4¹⁰	15³⁷	10.7¹²	9.7¹¹	21.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	24.3³	14.6³	-4.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	66.7%³	—	2013: P12 from 28	28 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 20.1
17Matt Kenseth	4	58	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	27.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	18.8¹	6.0¹	7.0¹	7.0¹	+2.4¹⁰	15³⁷	17.3¹²	26.0²	13.0⁵	—	+14.3⁶	13.6³⁵	8.8³⁵	+2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2000: P10 from 24	36 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.8
15Clint Bowyer	30	58	12.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.7¹⁰	6.5%¹⁰	86.7¹⁰	18.2⁶	28.5²	20.5²	29.0²	-2.4¹⁰	6³⁷	16.4¹²	17.0²	20.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	12.3³⁵	9.3³⁵	+1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P6 from 37	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.7
39Ryan Newman	18	57	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	97.6⁴	19.8⁸	22.0³	14.0³	18.7³	+0.6¹⁰	15³⁷	18.6¹²	24.8⁴	9.4⁵	—	-1.0⁶	10.7³⁵	9.9³⁵	-4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P7 from 23	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
18Kyle Busch	14	57	18.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	13.3%¹⁰	101.0¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	+0.3¹⁰	6³⁷	23.3¹²	19.4¹²	10.4⁵	—	+13.7⁶	10.1³⁵	11.6³⁵	-3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2005: P38 from 19	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.8
5Kasey Kahne	20	56	17.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	28.5¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	79.9⁸	20.1²	—	—	—	-7.3¹⁰	15³⁷	21.7¹²	—	12.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	8.5³⁵	10.9³⁵	-4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2004: P41 from 27	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.1
14Tony Stewart	3	56	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.4¹⁰	15³⁷	13.6¹²	—	10.8⁵	—	-14.7⁶	18.8³⁵	10.0³⁵	+5.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P28 from 2	34 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
99Carl Edwards	1	56	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	83.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-0.1¹⁰	15³⁷	22.5¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	+1.7⁶	14.9³⁵	9.5³⁵	-0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2005: P12 from 27	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.3
27Paul Menard	37	56	18.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	68.5¹⁰	17.3⁴	—	—	—	-7.7⁹	15³⁷	22.1¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	-7.0⁶	15.6³⁵	6.7³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2007: P21 from 41	24 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.8
42Juan Pablo Montoya	35	55	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	71.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-1.4¹⁰	15³⁷	20.1¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	23.0³⁵	7.7³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P19 from 36	13 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 23.2
2Brad Keselowski	23	54	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.8¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	75.9¹⁰	14.8¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	-2.1⁹	1³⁷	15.1¹²	22.4¹²	22.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	16.0³⁵	8.7³⁵	+6.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2009: P24 from 36	34 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.2
34David Ragan	25	53	15.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	80.7¹⁰	24.5⁹	28.8⁴	21.8⁴	26.3⁴	-1.4¹⁰	15³⁷	16.0¹²	36.0¹	22.0⁵	—	+8.7⁶	30.0³⁵	6.8³⁵	+3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P5 from 35	30 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.6
55Mark Martin	22	52	27.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6³⁷	11.0¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	8.6²³	10.5²³	-6.9²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²³	21.7%²³	—	1982: P30 from 26	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.1
31Jeff Burton	9	52	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁶	15³⁷	19.1¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+8.0⁶	23.5³⁵	8.1³⁵	+3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P26 from 35	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.7
56Martin Truex Jr.	26	52	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	76.4¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	12.2¹⁰	+1.0¹⁰	6³⁷	25.2¹²	18.9¹⁰	15.4⁵	—	-13.0⁶	11.7³⁵	8.7³⁵	-0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2005: P34 from 10	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.0
43Aric Almirola	27	51	21.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	70.5¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	21.1⁷	17.3⁷	22.3⁷	-0.1¹⁰	15³⁷	20.2¹²	18.8⁸	17.6⁵	—	0.0⁶	15.9³⁵	7.4³⁵	-3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2009: P30 from 11	23 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.9
32Terry Labonte	43	51	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	15³⁷	15.4¹²	—	30.0⁵	—	-7.3⁶	31.0³	6.7³	+9.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	33.3%³	—	1979: P16 from 19	62 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.6
47Bobby Labonte	32	50	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6³⁷	13.7¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-9.7⁶	26.5³⁵	6.6³⁵	+3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 25	47 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.3
20Joey Logano	12	50	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	79.0¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	+4.5¹⁰	6³⁷	19.9¹²	17.7¹²	25.4⁵	—	+6.0⁶	11.9³⁵	9.2³⁵	-5.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2009: P43 from 9	35 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.5
11Denny Hamlin	31	49	23.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	6.5%¹⁰	80.3¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	+0.8¹⁰	6³⁷	17.8¹²	27.1¹²	22.2⁵	—	-15.0⁶	11.4³⁵	11.2³⁵	-1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P30 from 17	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.5
38David Gilliland	33	48	23.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.3¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	61.1¹⁰	24.8¹	—	—	—	-9.4⁹	15³⁷	19.6¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	-9.7⁶	33.8³⁵	6.0³⁵	+6.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P8 from 1 · led 18	16 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 24.1
1Jamie McMurray	19	47	25.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	91.4⁶	22.5⁴	17.0¹	15.0¹	6.0¹	+3.8¹⁰	15³⁷	17.8¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+9.7⁶	21.4³⁵	7.8³⁵	+1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P31 from 19	33 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 22.6
33Elliott Sadler	10	47	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.5²	15³⁷	25.9¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	+8.3⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1999: P40 from 38	26 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.7
22A.J. Allmendinger	15	47	25.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	62.7¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+2.3⁷	1³⁷	23.9¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-6.7⁶	16.4²⁰	10.4²⁰	-5.7²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁰	15.0%²⁰	—	2008: P42 from 13	16 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.3
93David Reutimann	38	47	22.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	64.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-3.3¹⁰	6³⁷	22.3¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	31.7²⁴	6.9²⁴	+2.5²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	29.2%²⁴	—	2007: P40 from 40	13 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.6
9Marcos Ambrose	7	47	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	64.8¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+2.7⁶	15³⁷	23.4¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-5.0⁶	14.5³⁵	9.0³⁵	-3.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2009: P17 from 23	11 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.9
78Regan Smith	6	45	23.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	63.7¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+11.3²	15³⁷	21.9¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	18.5³³	9.0³³	-3.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	2008: P37 from 29	13 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.1
7Robby Gordon	17	45	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.6⁷	1³⁷	19.0¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	-5.7⁶	36.5²	1.4²	-3.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	100.0%²	—	1991: P18 from 35	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.7
16Greg Biffle	2	43	21.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	74.2⁶	37.5¹	39.0¹	38.0¹	33.0¹	+2.7¹⁰	15³⁷	25.2¹²	31.0¹	20.4⁵	—	+14.3⁶	10.1³⁵	6.9³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2003: P21 from 27	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.5
13Casey Mears	36	43	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.0¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	64.2⁶	33.9⁴	38.3³	36.3³	31.0³	-3.9¹⁰	15³⁷	21.8¹²	37.0¹	29.0⁵	—	-3.7⁶	26.2³⁵	7.3³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	31.4%³⁵	—	2003: P27 from 29 · led 1	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.9
21Trevor Bayne	40	42	25.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	61.3¹⁰	13.6²	—	—	—	0.0³	15³⁷	26.0¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	-12.7⁶	16.2¹⁵	8.2¹⁵	-5.5¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	13.3%¹⁵	—	2011: P1 from 32 · led 6	15 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.5
10Danica Patrick	29	42	24.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	67.6¹⁰	26.0¹	—	—	—	+5.7¹⁰	15³⁷	25.8¹⁰	—	28.8⁵	—	+2.7⁶	36.9⁹	4.6⁹	+9.7⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	22.2%⁹	—	2013: P8 from 1 · led 5	11 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.6
36Dave Blaney	24	39	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.1⁶	15³⁷	25.3¹²	—	32.8⁵	—	+3.3⁶	35.6³³	5.9³³	+3.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	57.6%³³	—	2000: P27 from 31	25 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 27.2
83Landon Cassill	39	38	25.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	57.4¹⁰	26.8⁶	27.7³	23.0³	28.7³	-2.6⁶	6³⁷	24.2¹²	22.7³	34.6⁵	—	+15.0⁶	28.7³⁵	6.3³⁵	+1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2011: P26 from 21	17 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.6
26Tony Raines	41	36	31.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	27.8⁵	0.0%⁵	42.4⁴	—	—	—	—	+3.0¹	15³⁷	25.2¹⁰	—	29.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	41.5⁶	2.9⁶	+5.2⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	83.3%⁶	—	2003: P33 from 33	5 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 31.2
98Michael McDowell	11	35	25.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	29.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	50.5¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	20.3¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	23.5¹⁰	-4.5²	15³⁷	29.4¹²	20.3¹²	40.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	29.7²⁹	4.5²⁹	-8.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	86.2%²⁹	—	2008: P25 from 21	30 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.7
30David Stremme	42	34	28.7⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	24.4⁹	0.2%⁹	59.1⁹	—	—	—	—	+2.8⁶	6³⁷	25.8¹¹	—	39.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	32.2²⁷	4.0²⁷	-3.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	81.5%²⁷	—	2006: P28 from 32	9 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 28.7
87Joe Nemechek	34	31	30.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.2⁵	6³⁷	27.1¹²	—	41.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	37.1³⁰	2.6³⁰	-2.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	96.7%³⁰	—	1994: P39 from 38	37 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 28.3