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Hampton, GA

Cup Series · 2012 · RACE 17 · PRE-RACE PREVIEW

Quaker State 400

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What the track usually does

Last 8 completed races here · 2011–2020 · n = races behind each number

Cautions

7.5

n=2

Caution laps

38.5

n=2

Lead changes

14.0

n=2

Leaders

9.5

n=2

Green run

24.9laps

n=1

Longest green run

67.0laps

n=1 · max 67

Margin

0.174s

n=2

Pole wins

25%

n=8

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
51Kurt Busch	14	64	9.2⁹	1⁹	3⁹	7⁹	10.0⁹	5.7%⁹	89.6⁶	7.1³	5.0¹	2.0¹	6.0¹	-3.5⁸	1⁹	17.8¹²	8.6¹²	9.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	22.4³⁴	9.7³⁴	-0.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2011: P9 from 3 · led 41	9 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 9.2
99Carl Edwards	25	64	9.8⁵	0⁵	3⁵	3⁵	11.4⁵	2.7%⁵	97.5⁵	—	—	—	—	-4.5⁵	3⁹	12.0¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	+1.7⁶	14.2³⁵	9.5³⁵	-1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2011: P5 from 7	5 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 9.8
29Kevin Harvick	4	63	10.0⁹	0⁹	2⁹	7⁹	8.9⁹	5.8%⁹	106.4⁶	9.0³	12.0¹	5.0¹	19.0¹	-6.1⁹	1⁹	8.3¹²	11.3¹²	14.0⁵	—	+18.3⁶	14.9³⁵	6.6³⁵	+2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2011: P16 from 19	9 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 10.0
56Martin Truex Jr.	10	61	10.4⁹	2⁹	3⁹	5⁹	9.6⁹	17.8%⁹	98.7⁶	7.6³	2.0¹	1.0¹	1.0¹	+0.1⁵	5⁹	20.0¹²	10.6¹¹	15.4⁵	—	-13.0⁶	12.1³⁵	8.7³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2011: P18 from 16 · led 1	9 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 10.4
48Jimmie Johnson	1	60	18.3⁹	0⁹	1⁹	4⁹	12.9⁹	7.7%⁹	93.8⁶	15.0³	4.0¹	10.0¹	4.0¹	+1.6⁹	1⁹	12.5¹²	24.4¹²	10.2⁵	—	+10.0⁶	10.8³⁵	12.6³⁵	-0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2011: P3 from 5	9 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.3
14Tony Stewart	22	60	16.2⁵	0⁵	1⁵	1⁵	18.2⁵	0.1%⁵	75.9⁵	—	—	—	—	+3.6⁵	1⁹	12.5¹²	—	10.8⁵	—	-14.7⁶	18.2³⁵	9.5³⁵	+5.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2011: P12 from 9 · led 1	5 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 16.2
24Jeff Gordon	9	59	7.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	4⁴	8.0⁴	0.0%⁴	94.8⁴	—	—	—	—	-6.2⁴	1⁹	16.1¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	13.0³⁵	12.0³⁵	-1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2011: P10 from 14	4 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 7.8
18Kyle Busch	2	59	5.9⁹	2⁹	7⁹	7⁹	6.1⁹	21.2%⁹	126.8⁶	7.5³	19.0¹	19.0¹	21.0¹	-6.6⁹	5⁹	25.4¹²	20.6¹²	10.4⁵	—	+13.7⁶	10.4³⁵	11.6³⁵	-2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2011: P1 from 1 · led 125	9 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 5.9
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	7	58	15.5⁶	0⁶	1⁶	1⁶	15.8⁶	0.8%⁶	79.6⁶	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁶	1⁹	16.7¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	+5.7⁶	15.6³³	7.8³³	+4.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	2011: P30 from 29	6 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 15.5
39Ryan Newman	5	58	12.6⁹	0⁹	3⁹	4⁹	18.8⁹	0.7%⁹	86.6⁶	18.9³	26.0¹	24.0¹	26.0¹	-5.2⁹	1⁹	17.2¹²	23.0¹²	9.4⁵	—	-1.0⁶	11.1³⁵	9.4³⁵	-3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2011: P4 from 18	9 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 12.6
17Matt Kenseth	20	57	10.6⁸	1⁸	3⁸	5⁸	13.4⁸	1.9%⁸	108.5⁶	20.7²	20.0¹	26.0¹	17.0¹	-2.6⁸	3⁹	21.5¹²	22.3¹²	13.0⁵	—	+14.3⁶	13.1³⁵	9.0³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2011: P6 from 13	8 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 10.6
5Kasey Kahne	19	57	19.4⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	19.1⁷	0.1%⁷	82.9⁶	23.6¹	—	—	—	+1.9⁶	1⁹	16.5¹²	—	12.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	8.5³⁵	11.1³⁵	-5.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2011: P13 from 4 · led 1	7 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 19.4
42Juan Pablo Montoya	31	56	15.5²	0²	0²	0²	6.0²	0.0%²	88.2²	—	—	—	—	-3.5²	1⁹	22.8¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	23.1³⁵	8.0³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2011: P15 from 2	2 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 15.5
15Clint Bowyer	6	55	16.4⁹	0⁹	1⁹	2⁹	16.3⁹	1.7%⁹	74.7⁶	10.2³	11.0¹	11.0¹	9.0¹	-1.1⁹	5⁹	18.3¹²	11.8¹²	20.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	13.0³⁵	9.3³⁵	+2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2011: P35 from 20	9 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.4
27Paul Menard	15	55	18.1⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	16.0⁸	0.0%⁸	71.9⁶	11.9²	—	—	—	+3.9⁶	1⁹	25.5¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	-7.0⁶	16.2³⁵	6.9³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2011: P24 from 10	8 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 18.1
20Joey Logano	18	55	12.0⁹	0⁹	2⁹	6⁹	8.8⁹	3.8%⁹	94.9⁶	7.8³	6.0¹	8.0¹	5.0¹	-0.5⁹	5⁹	21.8¹²	15.9¹²	25.4⁵	—	+6.0⁶	11.7³⁵	9.3³⁵	-5.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2011: P14 from 15	9 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 12.0
2Brad Keselowski	8	54	13.2⁹	2⁹	3⁹	6⁹	4.7⁹	20.3%⁹	104.9⁶	12.0³	7.0¹	4.0¹	3.0¹	+2.4⁹	0⁹	24.1¹²	15.3¹²	22.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	16.4³⁵	9.4³⁵	+6.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2011: P7 from 6 · led 79	9 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.2
11Denny Hamlin	3	54	15.9⁹	0⁹	3⁹	3⁹	13.9⁹	1.0%⁹	84.7⁶	14.9³	22.0¹	18.0¹	22.0¹	+8.2⁹	5⁹	16.3¹²	5.8¹²	22.2⁵	—	-15.0⁶	12.2³⁵	11.2³⁵	-0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2011: P11 from 26 · led 5	9 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.9
1Jamie McMurray	17	53	17.1⁷	0⁷	1⁷	3⁷	16.3⁷	0.0%⁷	84.4⁶	17.1¹	—	—	—	-2.3⁷	1⁹	15.2¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+9.7⁶	21.4³⁵	8.0³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2011: P36 from 34	7 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.1
43Aric Almirola	13	52	16.6⁷	0⁷	0⁷	2⁷	13.7⁷	6.8%⁷	74.6⁴	8.7³	3.0¹	7.0¹	7.0¹	+1.3⁷	3⁹	27.1¹²	19.8¹²	22.6⁵	—	+5.7⁶	16.3³⁵	7.7³⁵	-3.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2013: P15 from 18	7 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 16.6
9Marcos Ambrose	12	52	15.3³	0³	0³	0³	14.3³	0.0%³	75.3³	—	—	—	—	-12.0³	3⁹	27.8¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-5.0⁶	14.4³⁵	9.0³⁵	-3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2011: P20 from 11	3 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 15.3
16Greg Biffle	11	52	18.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	23.0⁵	0.0%⁵	72.4⁵	—	—	—	—	+1.4⁵	3⁹	21.5¹²	32.0²	20.4⁵	—	+14.3⁶	9.9³⁵	6.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2011: P21 from 21	5 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 18.2
55Michael Waltrip	39	51	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹	24.4¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	16.0³	8.1³	-1.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	33.3%³	—	first start here	—
22A.J. Allmendinger	16	50	25.7⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	21.0⁶	0.0%⁶	59.5⁶	—	—	—	—	+6.0²	0⁹	24.1¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-6.7⁶	16.3²⁰	10.3²⁰	-7.0²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁰	15.0%²⁰	—	2011: P28 from 23	6 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 25.7
31Jeff Burton	29	50	19.0²	0²	0²	0²	18.0²	0.0%²	76.2²	—	—	—	—	-3.5²	1⁹	24.3¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+8.0⁶	22.9³⁵	8.4³⁵	+3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2011: P19 from 22	2 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 19.0
10David Reutimann	38	49	14.5²	0²	1²	1²	26.5²	1.3%²	75.8²	—	—	—	—	-15.5²	1⁹	31.9¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	31.7²⁴	6.8²⁴	+2.3²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁴	33.3%²⁴	—	2011: P2 from 17 · led 7	2 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.5
47Bobby Labonte	28	48	26.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	24.0¹	0.0%¹	58.2¹	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹	25.8¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-9.7⁶	26.6³⁵	6.7³⁵	+4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2011: P26 from 24	1 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 26.0
34David Ragan	33	47	22.0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	1⁸	26.5⁸	0.2%⁸	59.9⁶	23.5²	—	—	—	-3.9⁸	3⁹	28.4¹²	35.0¹	22.0⁵	—	+8.7⁶	29.8³⁵	7.3³⁵	+2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2011: P8 from 8 · led 3	8 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.0
38David Gilliland	40	46	29.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	36.0⁴	0.1%⁴	44.9⁴	—	—	—	—	-2.3⁴	3⁹	25.8¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	-9.7⁶	33.6³⁵	6.0³⁵	+6.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2011: P31 from 35	4 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 29.5
13Casey Mears	21	46	23.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	26.2⁵	0.1%⁵	53.6⁵	—	—	—	—	-18.0¹	3⁹	27.6¹²	—	29.0⁵	—	-3.7⁶	26.6³⁵	7.1³⁵	-0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	31.4%³⁵	—	2011: P25 from 25	5 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 23.2
78Regan Smith	26	45	25.5²	0²	0²	0²	22.5²	0.0%²	60.6²	—	—	—	—	—	1⁹	30.1¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	17.9³³	8.7³³	-3.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	9.1%³³	—	2011: P17 from 12	2 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 25.5
32Ken Schrader	41	45	29.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	42.0¹	0.0%¹	33.9¹	—	—	—	—	—	3⁹	22.1¹²	—	29.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	39.4¹²	3.7¹²	+6.5¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹²	16.7%¹²	—	2013: P29 from 42	1 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 29.0
95Scott Speed	24	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁹	26.3¹²	—	38.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	31.1¹⁶	7.2¹⁶	-5.5¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	81.3%¹⁶	—	first start here	—
33Stephen Leicht	43	41	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁹	39.0¹	—	33.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	38.8¹⁴	4.3¹⁴	+3.6¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁴	64.3%¹⁴	—	first start here	—
36Dave Blaney	42	40	36.5²	0²	0²	0²	32.0²	0.0%²	42.0²	—	—	—	—	+8.0¹	1⁹	24.3¹²	—	32.8⁵	—	+3.3⁶	35.0³³	6.6³³	+3.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	54.5%³³	—	2011: P33 from 32	2 st · 0 W · best P33 · avg 36.5
19Mike Bliss	37	39	38.7³	0³	0³	0³	41.0³	0.0%³	32.0³	—	—	—	—	+8.7¹	5⁹	26.2¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	35.4¹⁸	4.4¹⁸	-3.9¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁸	94.4%¹⁸	—	2011: P34 from 42	3 st · 0 W · best P34 · avg 38.7
30David Stremme	32	39	30.0²	0²	0²	0²	33.0²	0.0%²	45.6²	—	—	—	—	+3.0¹	5⁹	28.2¹²	—	39.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	32.6²⁷	4.0²⁷	-3.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	81.5%²⁷	—	2013: P25 from 28	2 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 30.0
93Travis Kvapil	34	39	35.0³	0³	0³	0³	37.3³	0.1%³	39.2³	—	—	—	—	+6.5²	5⁹	30.7¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	36.6³⁴	7.0³⁴	+10.7³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁴	8.8%³⁴	—	2011: P29 from 37 · led 1	3 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 35.0
83Landon Cassill	23	37	29.9⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	32.9⁸	0.1%⁸	45.8⁶	33.8²	—	—	—	-3.0⁴	5⁹	35.5¹²	31.6⁷	34.6⁵	—	+15.0⁶	29.2³⁵	6.4³⁵	+1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2011: P23 from 30 · led 2	8 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 29.9
87Joe Nemechek	27	36	38.0³	0³	0³	0³	37.3³	0.0%³	28.9³	—	—	—	—	+13.5¹	5⁹	23.9¹²	—	41.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	37.3³⁰	3.3³⁰	-1.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	93.3%³⁰	—	2011: P39 from 31	3 st · 0 W · best P37 · avg 38.0
26Josh Wise	30	34	33.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	37.0⁴	0.0%⁴	35.7⁴	—	—	—	—	+9.5²	3⁹	38.8¹²	—	39.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	33.3²⁹	2.8²⁹	-5.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	96.6%²⁹	—	2013: P39 from 37	4 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 33.8
23Scott Riggs	36	34	42.5²	0²	0²	0²	41.5²	0.0%²	28.8²	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	1⁹	24.8¹²	—	42.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	36.6¹⁹	1.4¹⁹	-4.5¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁹	100.0%¹⁹	—	2011: P42 from 40	2 st · 0 W · best P42 · avg 42.5
98Michael McDowell	35	33	29.2⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	27.0⁶	0.0%⁶	43.0³	22.6³	24.0¹	28.0¹	24.0¹	-3.0³	3⁹	38.8¹²	24.4¹²	40.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	28.9²⁹	4.8²⁹	-8.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	82.8%²⁹	—	2011: P41 from 38	6 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 29.2