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Crown Royal Presents The Curtiss Shaver 400 At The Brickyard Powered By Big Machine Records

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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
99Carl Edwards	2	63	11.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	90.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-3.2¹⁰	3¹⁵	12.4¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	+1.7⁶	14.9³⁵	9.3³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2005: P12 from 38	11 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 13.9
14Tony Stewart	28	62	9.1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	13.4%¹⁰	111.2⁴	—	—	—	—	-7.2¹⁰	8¹⁵	13.8¹²	—	10.8⁵	—	-14.7⁶	18.1³⁵	10.0³⁵	+4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P7 from 11	17 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 9.7
29Kevin Harvick	27	62	9.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	5.7%¹⁰	95.1⁶	5.7³	2.0¹	1.0¹	2.0¹	-6.3¹⁰	8¹⁵	16.8¹²	13.9⁹	14.0⁵	—	+18.3⁶	14.3³⁵	6.6³⁵	+2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2001: P11 from 11 · led 18	19 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 8.3
24Jeff Gordon	9	60	9.6¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	8¹⁰	12.9¹⁰	19.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.9¹⁰	8¹⁵	9.3¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	13.0³⁵	12.0³⁵	-1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1994: P1 from 3 · led 93	22 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 10.3
18Kyle Busch	7	60	10.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	8¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	3.6%¹⁰	99.4¹⁰	15.8⁵	19.7³	16.3³	19.0³	-5.1¹⁰	4¹⁵	19.9¹²	13.1¹¹	10.4⁵	—	+13.7⁶	10.3³⁵	11.5³⁵	-3.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2005: P10 from 16	17 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
55Mark Martin	19	60	15.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.4¹⁰	4¹⁵	8.2¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	8.7²³	10.6²³	-6.7²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²³	21.7%²³	—	1994: P35 from 10	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 13.5
17Matt Kenseth	10	59	15.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	22.4¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	93.6⁵	11.0²	4.0¹	3.0¹	5.0¹	-2.5¹⁰	3¹⁵	16.3¹²	14.5²	13.0⁵	—	+14.3⁶	13.4³⁵	8.0³⁵	+2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2000: P26 from 37	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 10.9
11Denny Hamlin	1	59	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	90.4¹⁰	8.3⁶	6.3⁴	3.3⁴	8.5⁴	+0.1¹⁰	4¹⁵	9.7¹²	6.9¹²	22.2⁵	—	-15.0⁶	12.3³⁵	11.3³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P10 from 14	17 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.8
5Kasey Kahne	15	59	13.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.0¹⁰	9.9%¹⁰	101.1⁹	—	—	—	—	-4.3¹⁰	8¹⁵	15.5¹²	—	12.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	8.6³⁵	11.2³⁵	-4.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2004: P4 from 12	13 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
51Kurt Busch	13	58	18.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	71.0⁶	14.5³	19.0¹	21.0¹	24.0¹	-2.9¹⁰	8¹⁵	15.7¹²	11.2⁵	9.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	22.4³⁴	9.5³⁴	-0.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2001: P5 from 34 · led 1	19 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 18.2
48Jimmie Johnson	6	57	18.4¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	8.1%¹⁰	100.0⁷	20.8³	25.0¹	29.0¹	26.0¹	+2.8¹⁰	8¹⁵	10.7¹²	19.5²	10.2⁵	—	+10.0⁶	10.7³⁵	12.5³⁵	-0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2002: P9 from 37	18 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.3
2Brad Keselowski	22	57	12.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	6.8%¹⁰	88.3⁷	14.8⁶	14.0⁴	12.5⁴	12.8⁴	+0.6¹⁰	0¹⁵	12.8¹²	13.2¹²	22.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	16.0³⁵	9.5³⁵	+5.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2010: P19 from 11	13 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.7
15Clint Bowyer	33	56	13.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	83.6¹⁰	7.9³	12.0¹	12.0¹	18.0¹	-3.5¹⁰	4¹⁵	16.5¹²	15.5²	20.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	12.2³⁵	9.3³⁵	+1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P4 from 2	14 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 13.6
20Joey Logano	3	56	10.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	93.3⁸	12.4⁶	7.3⁴	11.8⁴	5.0⁴	-5.8¹⁰	4¹⁵	16.6¹²	16.0¹²	25.4⁵	—	+6.0⁶	12.2³⁵	8.9³⁵	-4.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2009: P12 from 18	14 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 11.9
47Bobby Labonte	29	55	10.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4⁵	4¹⁵	22.8¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-9.7⁶	26.6³⁵	6.7³⁵	+4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P16 from 5	20 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.9
39Ryan Newman	11	55	21.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	6.1¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	67.1⁶	18.5³	24.0¹	31.0¹	10.0¹	+8.8¹⁰	8¹⁵	13.6¹²	25.0⁵	9.4⁵	—	-1.0⁶	10.9³⁵	9.8³⁵	-4.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2001: P31 from 5 · led 3	19 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
27Paul Menard	8	55	19.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	65.5¹⁰	13.3²	—	—	—	-1.2⁹	8¹⁵	20.8¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	-7.0⁶	16.4³⁵	6.9³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2007: P20 from 28	12 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
16Greg Biffle	5	55	14.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	91.7⁸	—	—	—	—	-0.4¹⁰	3¹⁵	18.3¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+14.3⁶	10.1³⁵	6.9³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2003: P21 from 18	13 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.4
42Juan Pablo Montoya	12	55	20.6⁷	0⁷	1⁷	2⁷	5.9⁷	18.1%⁷	96.0⁷	—	—	—	—	+9.4⁷	8¹⁵	18.7¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	23.7³⁵	8.1³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2007: P2 from 2	7 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.6
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	20	54	21.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	75.1⁵	—	—	—	—	+5.2¹⁰	8¹⁵	17.2¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	+5.7⁶	15.2³³	7.8³³	+4.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	2000: P13 from 6	16 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.8
56Martin Truex Jr.	17	54	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	73.5¹⁰	32.7⁴	24.5²	24.5²	12.0¹	-0.6⁸	4¹⁵	15.3¹²	8.5¹⁰	15.4⁵	—	-13.0⁶	11.9³⁵	8.7³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2005: P42 from 17	16 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.6
1Jamie McMurray	16	53	13.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	81.8⁸	11.5¹	—	—	—	-6.0¹⁰	8¹⁵	21.3¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+9.7⁶	21.5³⁵	8.1³⁵	+1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P3 from 22 · led 22	15 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.0
32Ken Schrader	42	52	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.6⁵	3¹⁵	12.9¹²	—	29.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	39.3¹²	3.6¹²	+6.3¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹²	16.7%¹²	—	1994: P7 from 23	13 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 17.2
31Jeff Burton	21	51	20.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.2¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.2⁸	8¹⁵	18.1¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+8.0⁶	23.1³⁵	8.2³⁵	+3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1994: P19 from 38	19 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 19.7
9Marcos Ambrose	23	50	22.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	21.5⁶	0.0%⁶	65.0⁶	—	—	—	—	+4.0³	3¹⁵	21.1¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-5.0⁶	14.1³⁵	9.0³⁵	-3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2008: P22 from 24	6 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 22.8
43Aric Almirola	4	49	19.3⁸	0⁸	1⁸	1⁸	21.1⁸	0.0%⁸	62.7⁵	12.6³	5.0¹	8.0¹	12.0¹	+5.9⁷	3¹⁵	28.4¹²	19.8⁹	22.6⁵	—	+5.7⁶	16.5³⁵	7.7³⁵	-3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2013: P17 from 21	8 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.3
78Regan Smith	14	47	25.3⁶	0⁶	1⁶	1⁶	31.8⁶	0.1%⁶	48.5⁵	23.7¹	—	—	—	+5.7¹	8¹⁵	19.2¹¹	—	25.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	18.3³³	8.9³³	-3.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	2008: P31 from 42 · led 1	6 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 25.3
34David Ragan	36	46	26.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	60.9¹⁰	23.3²	—	—	—	+6.5¹⁰	3¹⁵	23.5¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	+8.7⁶	29.7³⁵	7.3³⁵	+2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2007: P16 from 30	12 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 25.5
22Sam Hornish Jr.	24	45	26.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	24.0⁴	0.0%⁴	55.6⁴	—	—	—	—	+1.1⁴	0¹⁵	23.8¹⁰	—	25.6⁵	—	+13.7⁶	16.4¹⁹	8.1¹⁹	-3.1¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16¹⁹	15.8%¹⁹	—	2008: P21 from 38	4 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 26.3
36Dave Blaney	32	43	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	31.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	59.1⁴	—	—	—	—	+13.5⁵	8¹⁵	20.7¹²	—	32.8⁵	—	+3.3⁶	35.3³³	6.4³³	+3.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	57.6%³³	—	1999: P28 from 20	14 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 29.2
21Trevor Bayne	18	43	31.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	24.7⁶	0.0%⁶	51.0⁶	—	—	—	—	+0.8³	3¹⁵	22.8⁶	—	25.0⁵	—	-12.7⁶	17.7¹⁵	8.8¹⁵	-5.2¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	13.3%¹⁵	—	2011: P30 from 25	6 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 31.8
38David Gilliland	31	42	28.6⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	35.0⁷	0.1%⁷	47.5⁷	—	—	—	—	-5.5⁵	3¹⁵	30.4¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	-9.7⁶	33.9³⁵	6.0³⁵	+6.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P17 from 38	7 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 28.6
33Stephen Leicht	37	42	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8¹⁵	32.7³	—	33.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	39.2¹⁴	4.4¹⁴	+3.3¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁴	71.4%¹⁴	—	first start here	—
79Mike Skinner	39	42	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	34.0⁴	—	—	—	—	-0.7⁶	3¹⁵	22.2¹²	—	35.8⁵	—	-9.7⁶	40.3³	1.2³	0.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	100.0%³	—	1997: P9 from 6 · led 8	10 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.2
19Mike Bliss	43	42	24.7³	0³	0³	0³	29.3³	0.0%³	68.2²	—	—	—	—	-9.0¹	4¹⁵	29.9⁷	—	30.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	35.1¹⁸	4.4¹⁸	-4.2¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁸	94.4%¹⁸	—	2000: P31 from 34	3 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.7
13Casey Mears	25	40	25.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.2¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	60.8⁸	36.1¹	39.0¹	38.0¹	39.0¹	+5.0⁸	3¹⁵	20.9¹²	37.0¹	29.0⁵	—	-3.7⁶	26.5³⁵	7.2³⁵	-0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	31.4%³⁵	—	2003: P29 from 28	13 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 25.5
93Travis Kvapil	30	39	32.0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	33.8⁶	0.3%⁶	40.9⁶	—	—	—	—	+2.7³	4¹⁵	24.4¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	36.8³⁴	6.9³⁴	+11.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2005: P37 from 39	6 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 32.0
30David Stremme	26	39	25.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	23.5⁴	0.0%⁴	62.9⁴	—	—	—	—	-0.7³	4¹⁵	29.4¹¹	—	39.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	32.8²⁷	3.2²⁷	-3.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	85.2%²⁷	—	2006: P18 from 24	4 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 25.0
83Landon Cassill	38	38	29.0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	30.1⁹	0.1%⁹	48.6⁷	33.4²	—	—	—	-1.0³	4¹⁵	31.4¹²	—	34.6⁵	—	+15.0⁶	28.8³⁵	6.4³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2010: P39 from 20 · led 1	9 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 29.0
23Scott Riggs	40	36	29.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	22.2⁵	0.1%⁵	56.4⁴	—	—	—	—	+3.4⁴	8¹⁵	26.1¹²	—	42.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	36.4¹⁹	1.5¹⁹	-4.8¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁹	100.0%¹⁹	—	2004: P37 from 27	5 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 29.4
95Scott Speed	34	36	31.7³	0³	0³	0³	30.0³	0.0%³	45.0³	—	—	—	—	+8.0²	3¹⁵	28.2⁵	—	38.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	30.4¹⁶	7.2¹⁶	-6.2¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	81.3%¹⁶	—	2009: P31 from 26	3 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 31.7
26Josh Wise	35	33	33.5²	0²	0²	0²	31.0²	0.0%²	39.9²	—	—	—	—	+3.5¹	3¹⁵	33.7⁹	—	39.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	33.1²⁹	2.8²⁹	-6.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	96.6%²⁹	—	2013: P38 from 32	2 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 33.5
10J.J. Yeley	41	32	35.5⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	29.7⁶	0.0%⁶	46.3⁶	—	—	—	—	+14.6⁴	8¹⁵	32.7¹²	—	40.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	37.0²³	4.6²³	0.0²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	65.2%²³	—	2006: P34 from 6	6 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 35.5