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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
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	9	68	13.3¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.7¹⁰	16.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.2¹⁰	13³³	10.7¹²	—	4.4⁵	—	-6.0⁶	16.3³⁵	11.3³⁵	+3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P13 from 8	35 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.2
48Jimmie Johnson	32	67	9.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	106.2⁴	20.9¹⁰	20.2⁶	22.7⁶	17.3⁶	-10.1¹⁰	13³³	17.8¹²	5.5²	8.6⁵	—	-8.7⁶	11.4³⁵	13.7³⁵	-4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2002: P15 from 1	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	34	61	19.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	72.5¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	12.0⁹	+0.8¹⁰	15³³	10.7¹²	9.7¹¹	16.4⁵	—	-5.0⁶	21.4³⁴	9.8³⁴	-1.5³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2012: P20 from 21	28 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 20.5
24Jeff Gordon	6	60	11.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.4¹⁰	12.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.6¹⁰	13³³	15.7¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+2.0⁶	9.1³⁵	10.3³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1993: P5 from 3 · led 2	45 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
15Clint Bowyer	20	59	12.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.7¹⁰	6.5%¹⁰	86.7¹⁰	18.2⁶	28.5²	20.5²	29.0²	-2.4¹⁰	5³³	16.4¹²	17.0²	16.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	15.7³⁵	12.1³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P6 from 37	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.7
2Brad Keselowski	33	59	21.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	71.5¹⁰	14.8¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	-1.4⁹	15³³	15.1¹²	22.4¹²	7.4⁵	—	-7.0⁶	6.7³⁵	12.9³⁵	-6.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2009: P24 from 36	34 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.0
41Kurt Busch	8	58	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	25.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	80.0²	20.3⁹	15.4⁵	15.4⁵	16.6⁵	+0.2¹⁰	13³³	10.8¹²	13.4⁵	16.8⁵	—	+9.7⁶	13.7³⁵	13.2³⁵	-5.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2001: P41 from 26	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
4Kevin Harvick	38	58	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	4.7%¹⁰	75.0³	14.1¹⁰	17.3⁸	16.3⁸	16.8⁸	-9.1¹⁰	13³³	13.7¹²	17.3⁸	18.2⁵	—	+8.0⁶	8.2³⁵	13.5³⁵	-4.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2001: P25 from 10 · led 2	44 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.3
5Kasey Kahne	5	56	17.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	28.5¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	79.9⁸	20.1²	—	—	—	-7.3¹⁰	13³³	21.7¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+14.3⁶	17.6³⁵	11.6³⁵	+0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2004: P41 from 27	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.1
18Kyle Busch	37	56	18.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	13.3%¹⁰	101.0¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	+0.3¹⁰	5³³	23.3¹²	19.4¹²	12.8⁵	—	+17.7⁶	12.5³⁵	14.6³⁵	-5.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2005: P38 from 19	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.8
27Paul Menard	10	56	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	70.9¹⁰	17.3⁴	—	—	—	-8.6⁹	13³³	22.1¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	+5.0⁶	16.9³⁵	10.8³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2007: P21 from 41	24 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.7
20Matt Kenseth	3	56	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	27.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	18.8¹	6.0¹	7.0¹	7.0¹	+2.4¹⁰	5³³	17.3¹²	26.0²	17.4⁵	—	-3.7⁶	14.3³⁵	12.5³⁵	+1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P10 from 24	36 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.6
99Carl Edwards	30	54	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	83.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-0.1¹⁰	15³³	22.5¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	13.1³⁵	10.1³⁵	-1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2005: P12 from 27	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.9
22Joey Logano	35	54	20.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	79.0¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	+3.6¹⁰	15³³	19.9¹²	17.7¹²	15.4⁵	—	+4.7⁶	9.1³⁵	11.9³⁵	-2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2009: P43 from 9	35 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.5
32Terry Labonte	24	53	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	15³³	15.4¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	28.0³	11.1³	+5.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	0.0%³	—	1979: P16 from 19	62 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.6
31Ryan Newman	19	52	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	97.6⁴	19.8⁸	22.0³	14.0³	18.7³	+0.6¹⁰	13³³	18.6¹²	24.8⁴	20.0⁵	—	+11.7⁶	13.1³⁵	8.0³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2002: P7 from 23	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.6
3Austin Dillon	1	52	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	74.1⁸	23.1¹⁰	23.4¹⁰	27.7¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	-2.3¹⁰	13³³	18.1¹²	24.9¹²	24.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	20.5³⁵	6.9³⁵	+2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2013: P31 from 8	26 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
11Denny Hamlin	4	51	23.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	6.5%¹⁰	80.3¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	+0.8¹⁰	5³³	17.8¹²	27.1¹²	16.0⁵	—	-16.7⁶	14.8³⁴	10.9³⁴	+0.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2006: P30 from 17	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.5
66Michael Waltrip	42	51	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5³³	19.9¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-15.0⁶	34.3³	4.6³	+14.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	0.0%³	—	1986: P18 from 39	55 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.6
43Aric Almirola	13	51	21.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	71.8¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	21.1⁷	17.3⁷	22.3⁷	-0.3¹⁰	15³³	20.2¹²	18.8⁸	19.0⁵	—	-9.0⁶	19.3³⁵	11.3³⁵	-1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2009: P30 from 11	23 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.6
55Brian Vickers	31	51	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	80.7⁸	—	—	—	—	+1.3⁸	5³³	19.9¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	-17.3⁶	13.6³⁵	10.3³⁵	-4.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2004: P39 from 35	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.2
14Tony Stewart	21	51	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.4¹⁰	13³³	13.6¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	-3.3⁶	16.3³²	11.9³²	-3.2³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	12.5%³²	—	1999: P28 from 2	34 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 18.1
78Martin Truex Jr.	2	50	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	76.4¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	12.2¹⁰	+1.0¹⁰	13³³	25.2¹²	18.9¹⁰	19.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	20.6³⁵	9.0³⁵	+1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2005: P34 from 10	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.2
42Kyle Larson	16	50	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	74.7⁷	16.2¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	9.4¹⁰	12.9⁹	-0.7¹⁰	13³³	18.3¹²	19.3¹⁰	27.4⁵	—	+16.0⁶	15.6³⁵	10.9³⁵	+2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2014: P36 from 35	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.7
34David Ragan	43	50	15.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	80.7¹⁰	24.5⁹	28.8⁴	21.8⁴	26.3⁴	-1.4¹⁰	15³³	16.0¹²	36.0¹	29.8⁵	—	+9.7⁶	32.7³⁵	6.6³⁵	+3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2007: P5 from 35	30 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.9
23Alex Bowman	29	50	15.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	56.5²	20.8¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	20.7⁹	-4.5⁹	5³³	19.8¹²	14.1¹²	33.6⁵	—	+6.7⁶	33.1³⁵	5.9³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2014: P13 from 43	20 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.3
1Jamie McMurray	22	50	25.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	91.4⁶	22.5⁴	17.0¹	15.0¹	6.0¹	+3.8¹⁰	13³³	17.8¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	+10.3⁶	14.3³⁵	11.4³⁵	-2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P31 from 19	33 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 23.1
16Greg Biffle	25	48	21.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	74.2⁶	37.5¹	39.0¹	38.0¹	33.0¹	+2.7¹⁰	15³³	25.2¹²	31.0¹	11.4⁵	—	+4.7⁶	18.5³⁵	9.3³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2003: P21 from 27	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.4
52Bobby Labonte	26	47	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13³³	13.7¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	-7.0⁶	23.5²	7.8²	-8.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	50.0%²	—	1993: P20 from 25	47 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.2
13Casey Mears	28	47	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.0¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	64.2⁶	33.9⁴	38.3³	36.3³	31.0³	-3.9¹⁰	13³³	21.8¹²	37.0¹	20.4⁵	—	+8.7⁶	25.5³⁵	7.8³⁵	+2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2003: P27 from 29 · led 1	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.4
47A.J. Allmendinger	15	46	26.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	61.9¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+2.3⁸	13³³	23.9¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	-8.7⁶	19.8³⁵	10.2³⁵	-0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2008: P42 from 13	16 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.8
9Marcos Ambrose	7	46	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	66.2¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+2.8⁶	15³³	23.4¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	20.3³⁵	8.9³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2009: P17 from 23	11 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.4
38David Gilliland	17	44	23.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.8¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	60.6¹⁰	24.8¹	—	—	—	-9.4⁹	15³³	19.6¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	31.4³⁵	6.1³⁵	+2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P8 from 1 · led 18	16 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.3
30Parker Kligerman	41	44	23.0²	0²	0²	0²	30.5²	0.0%²	—	25.3²	—	—	—	—	5³³	21.0²	—	31.8⁵	—	-10.3⁶	36.6⁷	4.6⁷	-1.9⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	42.9%⁷	—	2019: P31 from 36	2 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 23.0
10Danica Patrick	27	43	24.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	65.7¹⁰	26.0¹	—	—	—	+6.0¹⁰	13³³	25.8¹⁰	—	26.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	22.1³⁵	8.9³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2012: P38 from 29	11 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.4
21Trevor Bayne	14	42	25.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	59.1¹⁰	13.6²	—	—	—	0.0³	15³³	26.0¹²	—	25.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	21.9¹¹	10.5¹¹	-10.3¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.36¹¹	36.4%¹¹	—	2011: P1 from 32 · led 6	15 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.7
51Justin Allgaier	40	41	25.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	25.8⁵	0.3%⁵	66.5³	23.4²	4.5²	14.0²	15.0²	+2.5²	13³³	31.0⁶	18.0²	30.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	25.5³⁴	7.6³⁴	-0.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2014: P25 from 31	5 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 25.4
26Cole Whitt	23	41	24.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	25.3⁶	0.3%⁶	49.0⁶	—	—	—	—	0.0⁴	5³³	23.1¹⁰	—	32.4⁵	—	-1.0⁶	33.7³⁵	6.7³⁵	+4.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2014: P34 from 17	6 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.8
7Michael Annett	36	41	23.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	26.4⁵	0.5%⁵	62.0⁵	—	—	—	—	-2.4⁵	13³³	30.6⁵	—	27.8⁵	—	+3.3⁶	33.6³⁵	7.2³⁵	+4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2014: P21 from 32 · led 2	5 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 23.6
40Landon Cassill	18	38	26.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	56.5¹⁰	26.8⁶	27.7³	23.0³	28.7³	-1.1⁶	13³³	24.2¹²	22.7³	34.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	35.4³³	8.3³³	+6.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	15.2%³³	—	2011: P26 from 21	17 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.2
36Reed Sorenson	39	36	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	65.0¹⁰	29.9¹	27.0¹	34.0¹	29.0¹	+3.2¹⁰	13³³	26.5¹²	—	41.4⁵	—	+2.0⁶	35.2³⁵	5.9³⁵	+5.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2006: P29 from 22	14 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.5
98Josh Wise	11	33	31.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	35.0⁵	0.6%⁵	48.2⁵	—	—	—	—	+5.6⁴	15³³	27.6⁸	—	35.2⁵	—	+3.0⁶	34.6³⁴	6.5³⁴	+1.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	2012: P38 from 31 · led 3	5 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 31.4
33Brian Scott	12	31	34.3³	0³	0³	0³	30.3³	0.2%³	59.2³	—	—	—	—	+17.0²	13³³	29.3⁴	—	33.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	23.8⁵	5.2⁵	-10.0⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20⁵	20.0%⁵	—	2015: P42 from 26	3 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 34.3