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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
19Carl Edwards	15	68	6.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	9¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	105.0⁹	—	—	—	—	-6.3¹⁰	4¹¹	6.6¹²	—	8.2⁵	—	+2.0⁶	9.0³⁵	10.8³⁵	-5.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P6 from 19	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 8.4
24Jeff Gordon	7	66	11.4¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	16.4%¹⁰	79.5¹	—	—	—	—	-4.8¹⁰	7¹¹	4.9¹²	—	7.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	11.9³⁵	11.2³⁵	-1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1997: P1 from 3 · led 113	25 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.8
48Jimmie Johnson	14	66	6.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	6¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	8.7%¹⁰	111.3⁶	8.6³	8.0¹	3.0¹	12.0¹	-10.7¹⁰	7¹¹	14.8¹²	11.5²	12.0⁵	—	-9.3⁶	12.0³⁵	13.4³⁵	-0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2002: P1 from 4 · led 62	25 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 7.5
20Matt Kenseth	3	63	11.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	9.8%¹⁰	110.1⁴	—	—	—	—	-2.8¹⁰	4¹¹	8.5¹²	23.5²	9.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	11.8³³	13.3³³	-2.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	2000: P3 from 23 · led 120	24 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.3
11Denny Hamlin	6	62	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	88.4¹⁰	8.9⁵	9.3³	14.7³	8.7³	+1.5¹⁰	4¹¹	12.1¹²	4.3⁸	11.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	11.8³⁵	12.0³⁵	-1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2006: P12 from 5	20 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.2
2Brad Keselowski	8	60	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	75.6⁸	11.5⁵	12.0³	17.3³	8.0³	+2.5¹⁰	0¹¹	14.1¹²	11.8⁸	9.4⁵	—	-23.7⁶	10.1³⁵	9.8³⁵	-1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2010: P21 from 21	13 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.2
22Joey Logano	13	60	15.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	83.9¹⁰	5.8⁵	7.7³	10.0³	11.7³	-0.9¹⁰	0¹¹	14.9¹²	13.0⁸	15.6⁵	—	-14.7⁶	6.7³⁵	11.4³⁵	-2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2009: P26 from 34	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 12.7
42Kyle Larson	5	59	13.4⁸	2⁸	4⁸	4⁸	12.4⁸	8.6%⁸	87.8³	16.5⁵	15.3³	15.7³	15.3³	+2.4⁸	7¹¹	11.3¹²	4.8⁶	17.8⁵	—	+12.7⁶	13.6³⁴	11.3³⁴	-5.5³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2014: P2 from 11	8 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.4
1Jamie McMurray	26	57	13.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	73.7⁷	13.7¹	—	—	—	-3.3¹⁰	7¹¹	18.5¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-15.7⁶	16.0³⁵	9.6³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P5 from 25 · led 41	22 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 16.4
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	17	57	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	73.2⁴	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹⁰	7¹¹	20.8¹²	—	8.2⁵	—	-11.3⁶	13.7³⁵	11.4³⁵	+2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2000: P12 from 20	24 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.0
5Kasey Kahne	19	57	13.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.1¹⁰	10.7%¹⁰	99.2⁸	23.0¹	—	—	—	-12.4¹⁰	7¹¹	16.3¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-7.0⁶	14.7³⁵	11.3³⁵	-3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 1 · led 77	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
3Austin Dillon	21	57	12.6⁸	0⁸	1⁸	4⁸	13.4⁸	0.2%⁸	81.1³	14.8⁵	18.0³	12.3³	20.0³	-4.9⁸	7¹¹	18.3¹²	19.8⁸	14.2⁵	—	+4.0⁶	16.9³⁵	10.5³⁵	-4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2014: P11 from 20	8 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 12.6
14Tony Stewart	20	55	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	7.4%¹⁰	99.7³	—	—	—	—	+2.4¹⁰	7¹¹	14.0¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+19.3⁶	18.3³⁵	10.2³⁵	-6.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1999: P4 from 7 · led 1	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.5
41Kurt Busch	1	55	11.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	8.1%¹⁰	93.1⁵	12.5⁴	15.0²	19.5²	11.0²	-6.0¹⁰	7¹¹	19.9¹²	7.7³	24.8⁵	—	+15.7⁶	10.3³²	8.9³²	-1.0³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	0.0%³²	—	2001: P13 from 32	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
31Ryan Newman	9	54	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	75.6⁶	20.7²	—	—	—	+5.5¹⁰	7¹¹	16.7¹²	23.0³	14.4⁵	—	-6.7⁶	15.4³⁵	8.5³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2002: P14 from 1 · led 3	24 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.5
16Greg Biffle	29	54	20.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	10.4%¹⁰	95.4⁶	—	—	—	—	+8.7¹⁰	0¹¹	13.2¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-7.7⁶	19.7³⁵	8.2³⁵	+0.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2002: P13 from 29	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
15Clint Bowyer	10	54	11.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	90.6¹⁰	18.7³	23.0¹	22.0¹	24.0¹	-2.8¹⁰	4¹¹	18.3¹²	9.5²	21.8⁵	—	+12.7⁶	20.8³⁵	11.3³⁵	+2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2006: P14 from 32	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.4
17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	27	52	17.2⁹	0⁹	1⁹	2⁹	16.0⁹	0.4%⁹	72.2⁴	16.1⁵	15.7³	14.7³	16.0³	-5.4⁷	0¹¹	21.6¹²	22.1⁸	17.6⁵	—	-8.0⁶	23.5³⁵	11.1³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2013: P20 from 31	9 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 17.2
47A.J. Allmendinger	18	52	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	71.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+1.4⁸	7¹¹	20.9¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	21.7³⁵	9.1³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2007: P18 from 18	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 18.0
13Casey Mears	37	51	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	68.8⁷	—	—	—	—	+8.4¹⁰	7¹¹	19.4¹²	—	18.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	23.5³⁵	8.2³⁵	+0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P34 from 17	19 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.1
4Kevin Harvick	2	51	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	84.2⁵	15.3⁵	13.7³	10.7³	13.3³	+3.5¹⁰	7¹¹	16.8¹²	8.2⁵	26.0⁵	—	-9.0⁶	8.5³⁵	11.7³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P25 from 13 · led 2	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.0
27Paul Menard	11	50	24.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	57.8¹⁰	16.6²	—	—	—	+3.4⁹	7¹¹	23.2¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+6.0⁶	18.0³⁵	8.2³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2007: P20 from 22	16 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 21.6
78Martin Truex Jr.	12	49	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	74.4¹⁰	11.7⁵	13.0³	16.7³	15.3³	+3.9¹⁰	7¹¹	17.5¹²	9.7⁶	27.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	12.5³⁵	10.4³⁵	+0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2006: P15 from 23	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
7Alex Bowman	28	49	15.0⁶	1⁶	1⁶	2⁶	18.7⁶	10.5%⁶	46.9¹	10.9⁵	6.3³	6.7³	7.3³	-2.7⁶	7¹¹	28.7¹²	17.8⁸	31.0⁵	—	+3.7⁶	34.6³⁴	7.5³⁴	+3.0³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2014: P22 from 40	6 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.0
9Sam Hornish Jr.	16	49	22.4⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	20.7⁷	0.0%⁷	61.3⁷	—	—	—	—	+8.2⁷	0¹¹	21.4⁹	—	22.8⁵	—	-15.3⁶	25.6³⁵	8.4³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2008: P43 from 7	7 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 22.4
18David Ragan	4	49	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	71.9¹⁰	25.2²	—	—	—	+2.5¹⁰	4¹¹	18.2¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+2.7⁶	17.6³⁵	10.0³⁵	-7.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2007: P16 from 39	16 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.3
10Danica Patrick	22	46	26.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	30.0⁴	0.0%⁴	52.5⁴	—	—	—	—	+11.3⁴	7¹¹	21.5¹⁰	—	25.8⁵	—	+11.0⁶	22.5³⁵	8.4³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2013: P26 from 40	4 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 26.0
34Chris Buescher	33	46	24.0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	14.0⁷	0.0%⁷	51.9²	19.8⁵	19.0³	12.7³	21.0³	+5.6⁷	0¹¹	15.5¹²	15.3⁸	28.0⁵	—	-7.0⁶	36.6⁵	5.6⁵	+8.6⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	0.0%⁵	—	2016: P33 from 16	7 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 24.0
43Aric Almirola	23	44	29.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	53.6⁹	15.1⁵	12.7³	17.3³	8.7³	+6.8⁸	0¹¹	19.8¹²	19.6⁵	25.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	22.3³⁵	10.3³⁵	+4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2007: P31 from 40	14 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 23.6
6Trevor Bayne	36	44	27.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	20.8⁴	0.0%⁴	63.0³	26.8¹	—	—	—	+6.3³	0¹¹	22.8¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	27.7³⁵	9.0³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2011: P30 from 27	4 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 27.5
83Matt DiBenedetto	42	44	23.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	25.0⁵	0.0%⁵	43.6²	20.0³	14.0¹	27.0¹	13.0¹	+5.0¹	4¹¹	23.5¹²	12.7³	31.6⁵	—	+8.0⁶	36.3³²	5.4³²	+4.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	3.1%³²	—	2016: P27 from 33	5 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 23.6
46Michael Annett	24	43	24.0²	0²	0²	0²	30.5²	0.0%²	46.8²	—	—	—	—	+4.5²	7¹¹	31.2⁶	—	29.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	35.0³⁴	6.6³⁴	+2.5³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	8.8%³⁴	—	2014: P19 from 23	2 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 24.0
40Landon Cassill	40	43	28.4⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	33.4⁸	0.3%⁸	43.9⁷	30.4¹	—	—	—	-6.0⁴	7¹¹	29.2¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-5.7⁶	32.2³⁵	8.2³⁵	+1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2010: P40 from 36	8 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 28.4
51Justin Allgaier	31	43	28.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	28.0¹	0.0%¹	49.4¹	—	—	—	—	—	7¹¹	28.5⁴	—	26.6⁵	—	+6.7⁶	26.3³⁵	9.8³⁵	-1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2014: P28 from 28	1 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 28.0
35Cole Whitt	32	42	26.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	33.8⁴	0.0%⁴	42.3³	30.2¹	—	—	—	-24.0¹	0¹¹	29.1⁸	—	29.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	35.1³⁵	6.3³⁵	+6.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2014: P18 from 34	4 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 26.0
55Brett Moffitt	30	42	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4¹¹	33.3⁴	—	34.4⁵	—	-5.3⁶	33.9³⁰	6.1³⁰	+3.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	3.3%³⁰	—	first start here	—
33Brian Scott	25	41	23.5²	0²	0²	0²	29.0²	0.0%²	49.1²	—	—	—	—	+0.5²	7¹¹	32.0²	—	33.2⁵	—	-3.3⁶	22.6⁹	12.9⁹	-4.3⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	33.3%⁹	—	2014: P35 from 37	2 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 23.5
26Jeb Burton	34	41	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4¹¹	35.0²	—	36.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	38.2²⁷	4.4²⁷	+2.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	first start here	—
38David Gilliland	43	41	27.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	49.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-4.5⁸	0¹¹	30.6¹²	—	31.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	33.5³⁵	6.5³⁵	+4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2006: P32 from 20	13 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 28.5
62Brendan Gaughan	38	38	30.3³	0³	0³	1³	21.3³	0.2%³	27.8¹	—	—	—	—	+28.0¹	7¹¹	27.3³	—	35.4⁵	—	-3.7⁶	39.4⁷	5.2⁷	+4.4⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	28.6%⁷	—	2004: P6 from 5 · led 1	3 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 30.3
23J.J. Yeley	41	35	29.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	53.3⁹	—	—	—	—	+9.5⁶	4¹¹	36.0¹²	—	38.8⁵	—	+4.0⁶	37.0³³	5.7³³	+2.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	2004: P41 from 32	11 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 29.4
98Josh Wise	35	33	37.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	33.8⁴	0.0%⁴	35.6⁴	—	—	—	—	+10.0²	0¹¹	36.1¹⁰	—	32.2⁵	—	-6.3⁶	36.9²³	6.7²³	+3.4²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²³	17.4%²³	—	2012: P37 from 30	4 st · 0 W · best P36 · avg 37.5
32Mike Bliss	39	33	31.7⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	30.1⁷	0.0%⁷	45.8⁶	—	—	—	—	—	0¹¹	35.4⁹	—	41.0⁵	—	+4.3⁶	39.0⁹	3.0⁹	+4.7⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	0.0%⁹	—	2000: P35 from 43	7 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 31.7