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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
18Kyle Busch	13	66	10.2¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	18.7%¹⁰	105.6¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	-6.2¹⁰	16³⁴	9.7¹²	18.2¹²	10.4⁵	—	+13.7⁶	10.1³⁵	11.2³⁵	-2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2005: P28 from 39	38 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 14.3
48Jimmie Johnson	22	63	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	72.1⁴	12.1⁶	9.0²	11.5²	7.0²	-3.7¹⁰	8³⁴	14.1¹²	13.3³	10.2⁵	—	+10.0⁶	10.2³⁵	12.7³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2002: P7 from 33	37 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.2
29Kevin Harvick	14	62	11.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	17.3¹⁰	6.8%¹⁰	97.3²	13.2⁹	9.8⁵	6.0⁵	8.6⁵	-10.9¹⁰	8³⁴	19.0¹²	11.4¹²	14.0⁵	—	+18.3⁶	14.7³⁵	6.6³⁵	+2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2001: P24 from 3 · led 137	42 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.5
11Denny Hamlin	20	62	14.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	5.6%¹⁰	91.8¹⁰	8.3¹⁰	7.4¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	-3.2¹⁰	16³⁴	9.2¹²	3.7¹²	22.2⁵	—	-15.0⁶	11.7³⁵	11.3³⁵	-0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P14 from 33	38 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 13.0
99Carl Edwards	8	61	13.9¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.2¹⁰	5.6%¹⁰	91.0⁹	—	—	—	—	-3.9¹⁰	9³⁴	19.6¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	+1.7⁶	14.7³⁵	8.7³⁵	-0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P33 from 25	24 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 12.9
51Kurt Busch	27	60	13.0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	9.8%¹⁰	88.0²	14.0⁷	17.3³	18.0³	16.7³	-5.9¹⁰	8³⁴	22.0¹²	15.0¹¹	9.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	22.0³⁴	9.7³⁴	-1.3³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2001: P42 from 39	40 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	18	60	14.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.7¹⁰	14.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.9¹⁰	8³⁴	14.9¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	+5.7⁶	15.3³³	7.8³³	+4.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	2000: P38 from 12	34 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.5
14Tony Stewart	23	60	17.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	11.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.9¹⁰	8³⁴	12.8¹²	—	10.8⁵	—	-14.7⁶	18.2³⁵	10.0³⁵	+4.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P15 from 4 · led 55	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
17Matt Kenseth	21	59	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	15.7²	20.0²	18.5²	18.0²	-6.5¹⁰	9³⁴	17.9¹²	23.3³	13.0⁵	—	+14.3⁶	13.1³⁵	8.8³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2000: P12 from 22	37 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 14.0
15Clint Bowyer	16	59	16.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.9¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	82.8¹⁰	9.4⁶	10.5²	9.5²	11.5²	+2.7¹⁰	16³⁴	11.7¹²	13.3³	20.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	12.7³⁵	9.2³⁵	+1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P29 from 27	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 13.7
24Jeff Gordon	4	58	13.7¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6.8¹⁰	19.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.5¹⁰	8³⁴	14.6¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	13.2³⁵	11.5³⁵	-0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1993: P17 from 21	46 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 11.7
16Greg Biffle	1	57	10.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	102.7⁶	—	—	—	—	-6.8¹⁰	9³⁴	18.8¹²	37.0¹	20.4⁵	—	+14.3⁶	10.2³⁵	7.0³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2003: P5 from 15	27 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.2
9Marcos Ambrose	12	57	12.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	85.2¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-11.8⁶	9³⁴	19.6¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-5.0⁶	14.4³⁵	8.5³⁵	-3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2009: P10 from 13	11 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 14.7
39Ryan Newman	3	57	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7.4¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	82.9⁴	20.5⁸	26.3⁴	23.8⁴	25.8⁴	+4.4¹⁰	8³⁴	15.0¹²	23.3¹⁰	9.4⁵	—	-1.0⁶	11.1³⁵	9.9³⁵	-4.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P37 from 8	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.8
5Kasey Kahne	10	56	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	6.1%¹⁰	89.5⁸	21.2²	—	—	—	-2.5¹⁰	8³⁴	16.1¹²	—	12.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	8.7³⁵	10.4³⁵	-3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P40 from 5	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.3
42Juan Pablo Montoya	30	56	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	77.7¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-0.8¹⁰	8³⁴	18.7¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	23.1³⁵	7.7³⁵	+1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2007: P32 from 36	13 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.4
2Brad Keselowski	5	56	16.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	5.2%¹⁰	88.3¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	12.2¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	-1.1¹⁰	1³⁴	16.5¹²	14.7¹²	22.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	16.5³⁵	9.4³⁵	+6.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2010: P13 from 36 · led 26	30 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
27Paul Menard	11	54	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	67.6¹⁰	19.9⁴	—	—	—	-0.1⁹	8³⁴	24.5¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	-7.0⁶	16.3³⁵	6.9³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2007: P24 from 41	24 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 18.4
20Joey Logano	9	53	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	80.6¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	16.3¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	+8.9¹⁰	16³⁴	15.2¹²	5.5¹²	25.4⁵	—	+6.0⁶	12.0³⁵	9.3³⁵	-5.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2009: P38 from 23	32 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.8
56Martin Truex Jr.	15	53	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	73.5¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	12.3⁷	13.4⁷	12.1⁷	+6.3¹⁰	16³⁴	23.3¹²	14.4¹²	15.4⁵	—	-13.0⁶	12.0³⁵	8.6³⁵	-0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2006: P38 from 25	34 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.8
1Jamie McMurray	17	53	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	67.5⁶	26.2²	—	—	—	-1.1¹⁰	8³⁴	18.8¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+9.7⁶	21.4³⁵	7.7³⁵	+1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P11 from 26	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.0
47Bobby Labonte	36	52	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16³⁴	21.8¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-9.7⁶	26.4³⁵	6.7³⁵	+3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1993: P24 from 33	41 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.4
32Ken Schrader	42	50	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.3⁴	9³⁴	16.1¹²	—	29.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	39.3¹²	3.7¹²	+6.6¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹²	16.7%¹²	—	1985: P10 from 16	49 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.0
34David Ragan	31	50	23.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	62.6¹⁰	20.2⁴	—	—	—	+10.5¹⁰	9³⁴	20.4¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	+8.7⁶	29.8³⁵	7.3³⁵	+2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2007: P26 from 41	25 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 24.9
31Jeff Burton	33	49	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁶	8³⁴	25.8¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+8.0⁶	22.8³⁵	8.1³⁵	+2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P31 from 35	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
43Aric Almirola	7	48	26.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	63.4¹⁰	17.4⁹	15.8⁵	16.4⁵	16.4⁵	+8.4⁹	9³⁴	24.7¹²	12.3¹²	20.4⁵	—	+4.7⁶	16.4³⁵	7.7³⁵	-3.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2007: P36 from 35	25 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 24.0
10David Reutimann	19	47	24.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	71.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+2.4¹⁰	8³⁴	22.5¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	32.5²⁴	6.7²⁴	+3.0²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁴	33.3%²⁴	—	2008: P20 from 39	10 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 24.8
22A.J. Allmendinger	2	47	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	62.2¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+9.4⁸	1³⁴	29.2¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-6.7⁶	17.0²⁰	10.7²⁰	-5.8²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁰	15.0%²⁰	—	2007: P40 from 43	18 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 24.7
55Brian Vickers	25	46	26.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	57.2⁸	—	—	—	—	+2.6¹⁰	16³⁴	25.9¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	14.7⁷	13.6⁷	+0.3⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	14.3%⁷	—	2004: P35 from 22	19 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.5
93Travis Kvapil	34	45	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	55.2¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+1.1⁶	16³⁴	23.5¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	36.6³⁴	7.1³⁴	+11.0³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁴	8.8%³⁴	—	2005: P7 from 5	15 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.7
78Regan Smith	6	45	25.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	58.8¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-1.3³	8³⁴	27.7¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	18.5³³	9.0³³	-3.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	2007: P25 from 12	11 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 25.2
38David Gilliland	26	42	29.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	53.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-0.2⁸	9³⁴	31.8¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	-9.7⁶	34.0³⁵	6.0³⁵	+6.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P40 from 38	18 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 27.1
13Casey Mears	24	41	27.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	55.4⁶	—	—	—	—	+10.7¹⁰	9³⁴	28.8¹²	37.0²	29.0⁵	—	-3.7⁶	26.5³⁵	7.3³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	31.4%³⁵	—	2003: P32 from 39	27 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 27.7
36Dave Blaney	35	41	28.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	72.9²	—	—	—	—	+16.5⁶	8³⁴	26.3¹²	—	32.8⁵	—	+3.3⁶	35.2³³	6.6³³	+3.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	57.6%³³	—	2000: P35 from 26	25 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 30.6
33Brendan Gaughan	32	41	27.5²	0²	0²	0²	12.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	8³⁴	28.0⁴	—	33.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	33.3³	8.0³	-1.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	33.3%³	—	2004: P20 from 7	2 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 27.5
23Scott Riggs	43	40	24.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	65.2⁸	—	—	—	—	-0.1⁸	8³⁴	24.3¹²	—	42.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	36.2¹⁹	1.5¹⁹	-5.0¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁹	100.0%¹⁹	—	2004: P34 from 28	12 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 27.3
30David Stremme	28	39	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	52.4¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-1.4⁶	16³⁴	30.8¹²	—	39.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	32.7²⁷	3.9²⁷	-2.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	81.5%²⁷	—	2006: P36 from 26	12 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 24.8
87Joe Nemechek	41	39	26.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.8⁵	16³⁴	26.3¹²	—	41.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	36.9³⁰	3.3³⁰	-2.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	93.3%³⁰	—	1994: P16 from 6	35 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 31.3
49J.J. Yeley	40	38	29.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.4¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	51.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+4.5⁷	16³⁴	26.3¹²	—	40.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	37.1²³	4.4²³	-0.3²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	69.6%²³	—	2006: P33 from 24	12 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 29.8
74Reed Sorenson	38	35	26.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	54.9¹⁰	33.2⁴	35.0¹	38.0¹	35.0¹	+2.6¹⁰	8³⁴	25.4¹²	35.5²	39.4⁵	—	-1.7⁶	38.3¹⁸	5.4¹⁸	-0.7¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	77.8%¹⁸	—	2006: P22 from 22	19 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 29.7
83Landon Cassill	29	34	31.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.6¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	43.2¹⁰	27.2⁵	32.0¹	30.0¹	32.0¹	-3.2⁶	16³⁴	29.3¹²	32.3³	34.6⁵	—	+15.0⁶	29.0³⁵	6.4³⁵	+1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2010: P37 from 42	18 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 28.8
26Josh Wise	37	33	32.9⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	34.0⁹	0.0%⁹	38.9⁹	—	—	—	—	+11.3³	9³⁴	35.7¹²	—	39.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	33.0²⁹	2.7²⁹	-6.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	96.6%²⁹	—	2012: P38 from 32	9 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 32.9
98Michael McDowell	39	30	33.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	39.7¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	21.9¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	+1.0¹	9³⁴	36.7¹²	25.3¹²	40.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	28.8²⁹	4.6²⁹	-9.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	86.2%²⁹	—	2010: P43 from 35	29 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 25.9