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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	2	64	7.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	9.0¹⁰	11.8%¹⁰	116.0⁴	18.1⁵	15.3³	14.0³	11.7³	-12.0¹⁰	6²⁶	12.1¹²	26.5¹²	10.2⁵	—	+10.0⁶	10.8³⁵	12.5³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2002: P6 from 5	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
14Tony Stewart	17	63	11.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹⁰	6²⁶	9.3¹²	—	10.8⁵	—	-14.7⁶	18.4³⁵	9.8³⁵	+4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P6 from 10	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.3
99Carl Edwards	7	62	13.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	17.3¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	89.5⁹	—	—	—	—	-2.7¹⁰	6²⁶	14.5¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	+1.7⁶	14.7³⁵	9.5³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P7 from 24	12 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
11Denny Hamlin	8	61	6.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	10.1%¹⁰	107.0¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	8.8¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	9.4¹⁰	-6.7¹⁰	14²⁶	17.6¹²	4.8¹²	22.2⁵	—	-15.0⁶	12.1³⁵	11.2³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P10 from 5	28 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 8.6
29Kevin Harvick	23	61	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	75.5²	9.5¹⁰	7.0⁹	7.6⁹	7.1⁹	-2.9¹⁰	6²⁶	7.4¹²	11.4¹²	14.0⁵	—	+18.3⁶	14.4³⁵	6.5³⁵	+2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2001: P14 from 3	31 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.5
56Martin Truex Jr.	6	60	12.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	94.4¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	6.9⁹	9.2⁹	6.1⁹	-4.4⁷	14²⁶	21.6¹²	9.6¹²	15.4⁵	—	-13.0⁶	12.2³⁵	8.6³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2006: P14 from 39	24 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.2
5Kasey Kahne	3	60	14.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	8.2%¹⁰	97.8⁸	25.4¹	—	—	—	-9.8¹⁰	6²⁶	14.9¹²	—	12.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	8.9³⁵	11.2³⁵	-4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 1 · led 24	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.8
55Mark Martin	18	60	8.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14²⁶	21.7¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	8.7²³	10.5²³	-6.3²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²³	21.7%²³	—	1982: P7 from 20	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.5
18Kyle Busch	5	59	13.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	14.9%¹⁰	103.7¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	+1.7¹⁰	14²⁶	22.6¹²	23.3¹²	10.4⁵	—	+13.7⁶	10.3³⁵	11.5³⁵	-3.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2005: P23 from 6	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.7
51Kurt Busch	25	58	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	5.4%¹⁰	60.2²	12.8⁸	13.2⁶	15.5⁶	12.5⁶	+3.8¹⁰	6²⁶	20.1¹²	10.4¹²	9.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	22.1³⁴	9.7³⁴	-1.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2001: P30 from 27	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.2
24Jeff Gordon	12	58	12.2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.7¹⁰	17.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.9¹⁰	6²⁶	14.3¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	12.9³⁵	11.5³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1993: P24 from 5 · led 1	35 st · 7 W · best P1 · avg 10.9
39Ryan Newman	4	58	13.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	7.2%¹⁰	97.1⁴	19.5⁹	20.0⁷	22.3⁷	18.6⁷	-6.3¹⁰	6²⁶	23.5¹²	25.4¹²	9.4⁵	—	-1.0⁶	11.1³⁵	9.8³⁵	-3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P5 from 3	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 13.5
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	24	57	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.2¹⁰	6²⁶	17.8¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	+5.7⁶	15.1³³	7.8³³	+4.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	2000: P40 from 10	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.2
42Juan Pablo Montoya	27	57	17.0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	2⁶	21.3⁶	0.0%⁶	68.0⁶	—	—	—	—	-0.2⁶	6²⁶	21.3¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	23.2³⁵	8.1³⁵	+1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2007: P23 from 41	6 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 17.0
17Matt Kenseth	19	56	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	18.0⁴	15.3³	16.3³	12.3³	+4.5⁹	6²⁶	16.3¹²	21.8¹²	13.0⁵	—	+14.3⁶	13.1³⁵	8.9³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1999: P37 from 31	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
15Clint Bowyer	26	55	20.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	74.5¹⁰	9.8⁵	7.7³	6.7³	11.7³	-1.9¹⁰	14²⁶	16.8¹²	10.7¹²	20.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	12.4³⁵	9.3³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P23 from 3	16 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.3
47Bobby Labonte	22	55	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14²⁶	18.4¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-9.7⁶	26.8³⁵	6.6³⁵	+4.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1993: P18 from 36	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
2Brad Keselowski	15	55	12.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	10.9%¹⁰	98.1⁸	15.2¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	-4.1¹⁰	0²⁶	24.1¹²	16.7¹²	22.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	16.2³⁵	9.5³⁵	+6.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2009: P7 from 31	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.0
1Jamie McMurray	11	53	15.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	4.3%¹⁰	85.6⁶	14.2¹	—	—	—	-6.0¹⁰	6²⁶	20.3¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+9.7⁶	21.6³⁵	7.7³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P22 from 19	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.1
16Greg Biffle	1	53	14.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	18.1%¹⁰	113.8⁶	—	—	—	—	-0.8¹⁰	6²⁶	24.0¹²	32.0²	20.4⁵	—	+14.3⁶	10.2³⁵	7.0³⁵	+0.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2003: P12 from 17	15 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.2
31Jeff Burton	10	52	11.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	16.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.3⁶	6²⁶	29.9¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+8.0⁶	23.5³⁵	8.5³⁵	+3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P20 from 22	30 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
27Paul Menard	14	51	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	60.2¹⁰	18.5²	—	—	—	+10.9⁹	6²⁶	25.7¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	-7.0⁶	16.3³⁵	6.9³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2007: P31 from 23	12 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.2
20Joey Logano	21	51	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	85.6⁸	13.4¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	14.6¹⁰	+7.3¹⁰	14²⁶	22.5¹²	14.3¹²	25.4⁵	—	+6.0⁶	11.7³⁵	9.2³⁵	-6.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2009: P9 from 5 · led 19	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.3
43Aric Almirola	13	50	18.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	14.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	66.4⁵	16.8¹⁰	14.3⁸	16.6⁸	12.9⁸	-4.4⁹	6²⁶	29.7¹²	19.4¹²	22.6⁵	—	+5.7⁶	16.3³⁵	7.7³⁵	-3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2013: P20 from 18	16 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 17.3
9Marcos Ambrose	28	48	23.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	10.2⁵	0.0%⁵	59.0⁵	—	—	—	—	-1.0³	6²⁶	28.1¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-5.0⁶	13.9³⁵	8.9³⁵	-4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2009: P33 from 10	5 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 23.8
22A.J. Allmendinger	16	48	25.8⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	22.8⁹	0.0%⁹	53.4⁹	—	—	—	—	+5.1⁶	0²⁶	30.1¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-6.7⁶	16.3²⁰	10.5²⁰	-5.8²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁰	15.0%²⁰	—	2007: P36 from 20	9 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 25.8
78Regan Smith	9	48	18.7⁶	1⁶	1⁶	1⁶	26.7⁶	0.5%⁶	65.4⁶	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	6²⁶	30.9¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	18.5³³	8.8³³	-3.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	2008: P29 from 16	6 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
93David Reutimann	41	45	24.0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	23.0⁶	0.1%⁶	67.2⁶	—	—	—	—	-1.4⁵	14²⁶	32.0¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	31.5²⁴	6.8²⁴	+2.8²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁴	33.3%²⁴	—	2007: P33 from 14	6 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.0
34David Ragan	37	45	26.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	60.2¹⁰	24.4²	—	—	—	+6.4¹⁰	6²⁶	28.6¹²	35.0¹	22.0⁵	—	+8.7⁶	29.7³⁵	7.3³⁵	+2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2007: P27 from 24	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 25.5
38David Gilliland	36	44	30.5⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	33.3⁸	0.1%⁸	43.0⁸	—	—	—	—	+0.2⁷	6²⁶	25.7¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	-9.7⁶	33.7³⁵	6.0³⁵	+6.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P30 from 38	8 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 30.5
36Dave Blaney	34	43	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	49.1²	—	—	—	—	+15.7⁵	6²⁶	29.7¹²	—	32.8⁵	—	+3.3⁶	35.3³³	6.5³³	+3.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	57.6%³³	—	2000: P26 from 15	17 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 26.6
10Danica Patrick	38	42	28.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	32.2⁵	0.0%⁵	48.9⁵	—	—	—	—	+13.2⁵	6²⁶	28.3¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	35.9⁹	5.8⁹	+7.9⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	22.2%⁹	—	2013: P28 from 40	5 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 28.4
73Travis Kvapil	33	41	25.9⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	27.0⁷	0.1%⁷	53.2⁷	—	—	—	—	-9.8⁴	14²⁶	32.5¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	36.7³⁴	7.1³⁴	+11.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁴	8.8%³⁴	—	2005: P35 from 17	7 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.9
13Casey Mears	31	41	30.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	20.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	56.8⁶	—	—	—	—	+10.7¹⁰	6²⁶	28.1¹²	38.0¹	29.0⁵	—	-3.7⁶	26.3³⁵	7.2³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	31.4%³⁵	—	2003: P34 from 24	14 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 29.4
87Joe Nemechek	40	41	27.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	34.7¹	—	—	—	+1.3⁵	14²⁶	23.0¹²	—	41.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	36.9³⁰	3.3³⁰	-2.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	93.3%³⁰	—	1994: P19 from 29	28 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 25.8
52Mike Skinner	35	40	31.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+15.0¹⁰	14²⁶	23.7¹²	—	35.8⁵	—	-9.7⁶	41.7³	1.5³	+1.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	100.0%³	—	1993: P35 from 36	16 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 29.9
49J.J. Yeley	43	39	31.3⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	31.1⁷	0.0%⁷	43.6⁷	—	—	—	—	+10.8⁴	14²⁶	22.8¹²	—	40.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	37.0²³	4.6²³	-0.2²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	65.2%²³	—	2006: P26 from 26	7 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 31.3
30David Stremme	32	37	32.0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	30.4⁷	0.0%⁷	46.9⁷	—	—	—	—	+6.4⁴	14²⁶	27.8¹²	—	39.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	32.6²⁷	3.9²⁷	-2.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	81.5%²⁷	—	2006: P25 from 4	7 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 32.0
79Scott Speed	29	37	31.7³	0³	0³	0³	28.0³	0.2%³	40.1³	—	—	—	—	+18.0¹	6²⁶	30.3¹²	—	38.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	30.8¹⁶	7.0¹⁶	-5.6¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	81.3%¹⁶	—	2009: P26 from 32	3 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 31.7
32Reed Sorenson	42	35	31.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	46.0⁸	32.0²	33.0¹	33.0¹	33.0¹	+0.6⁷	6²⁶	21.7¹²	35.6⁹	39.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	38.1¹⁸	4.9¹⁸	-1.6¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	83.3%¹⁸	—	2006: P11 from 16	10 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 31.3
26Josh Wise	30	35	29.3³	0³	0³	0³	34.3³	0.0%³	43.2³	—	—	—	—	+4.0¹	6²⁶	39.1¹²	—	39.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	33.3²⁹	2.7²⁹	-5.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	96.6%²⁹	—	2013: P38 from 34	3 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 29.3
74Cole Whitt	39	35	35.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	37.3⁴	0.0%⁴	33.3⁴	—	—	—	—	+8.5³	6²⁶	33.8¹²	—	36.2⁵	—	-5.7⁶	37.0⁴	2.1⁴	-2.8⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	100.0%⁴	—	2014: P38 from 42	4 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 35.3
83Landon Cassill	20	35	25.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.4¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	47.5⁶	29.5⁴	32.0²	31.5²	31.0²	-2.8⁶	14²⁶	38.6¹²	31.1⁷	34.6⁵	—	+15.0⁶	29.3³⁵	6.4³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2011: P29 from 27	10 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 25.7