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Preview · Quaker State 400 Presented by Advance Auto Parts 2015 · Pitwall

Kentucky Speedway

Intermediate1.5 mipaved

Banking · Banking in Corners 14 degrees° · Banking on Straights Front - 8 degrees° · Back - 4 degrees

Hampton, GA

Cup Series · 2015 · RACE 18 · PRE-RACE PREVIEW

Quaker State 400 Presented by Advance Auto Parts

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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

field from the results

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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
24Jeff Gordon	3	65	7.3⁴	0⁴	1⁴	4⁴	9.5⁴	0.0%⁴	95.4⁴	—	—	—	—	-2.9⁴	1⁹	16.1¹²	—	7.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	12.1³⁵	11.1³⁵	-1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2011: P10 from 14	4 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 7.3
19Carl Edwards	20	63	13.0⁵	0⁵	2⁵	2⁵	12.4⁵	2.6%⁵	91.1⁵	—	—	—	—	-3.5⁵	4⁹	12.0¹²	—	8.2⁵	—	+2.0⁶	8.8³⁵	10.7³⁵	-5.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2011: P5 from 7	5 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 13.0
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	10	62	12.7⁶	0⁶	2⁶	2⁶	15.3⁶	0.8%⁶	87.8⁶	—	—	—	—	-1.7⁶	1⁹	16.7¹²	—	8.2⁵	—	-11.3⁶	13.9³⁵	11.4³⁵	+2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2011: P30 from 29	6 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 12.7
2Brad Keselowski	2	60	12.7⁹	3⁹	4⁹	6⁹	5.3⁹	20.6%⁹	107.1⁶	12.0³	7.0¹	4.0¹	3.0¹	+1.1⁹	3⁹	24.1¹²	15.3¹²	9.4⁵	—	-23.7⁶	10.2³⁵	9.9³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2011: P7 from 6 · led 79	9 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.7
48Jimmie Johnson	6	59	18.0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	4⁹	12.3⁹	8.5%⁹	98.2⁶	15.0³	4.0¹	10.0¹	4.0¹	+2.9⁹	1⁹	12.5¹²	24.4¹²	12.0⁵	—	-9.3⁶	12.3³⁵	13.4³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2011: P3 from 5	9 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.0
20Matt Kenseth	16	59	10.9⁸	1⁸	2⁸	5⁸	13.9⁸	1.9%⁸	106.6⁶	20.7²	20.0¹	26.0¹	17.0¹	-4.6⁸	4⁹	21.5¹²	22.3¹²	9.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	11.4³³	13.5³³	-3.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	2011: P6 from 13	8 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 10.9
18Kyle Busch	9	59	6.9⁹	1⁹	6⁹	7⁹	5.3⁹	19.4%⁹	122.2⁶	7.5³	19.0¹	19.0¹	21.0¹	-6.6⁹	4⁹	25.4¹²	20.6¹²	13.8⁵	—	-1.7⁶	8.1²⁴	12.1²⁴	-3.0²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁴	8.3%²⁴	—	2011: P1 from 1 · led 125	9 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 6.9
42Kyle Larson	1	58	14.8⁵	0⁵	2⁵	3⁵	20.6⁵	0.0%⁵	84.7³	11.3²	—	—	—	+1.0⁵	1⁹	13.0¹²	8.3¹²	17.8⁵	—	+12.7⁶	13.7³⁴	11.0³⁴	-5.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2014: P40 from 6	5 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.8
4Kevin Harvick	15	58	10.3⁹	0⁹	2⁹	6⁹	7.7⁹	5.8%⁹	104.0⁶	9.0³	12.0¹	5.0¹	19.0¹	-4.9⁹	1⁹	8.3¹²	11.3¹²	26.0⁵	—	-9.0⁶	8.2³⁵	11.8³⁵	-0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2011: P16 from 19	9 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 10.3
11Denny Hamlin	8	58	15.9⁹	0⁹	3⁹	3⁹	13.3⁹	2.8%⁹	86.0⁶	14.9³	22.0¹	18.0¹	22.0¹	+6.8⁹	4⁹	16.3¹²	5.8¹²	11.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	11.8³⁵	12.1³⁵	-2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2011: P11 from 26 · led 5	9 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.9
41Kurt Busch	13	58	10.2⁹	1⁹	3⁹	6⁹	10.1⁹	5.7%⁹	85.3⁶	7.1³	5.0¹	2.0¹	6.0¹	-1.9⁷	1⁹	17.8¹²	8.6¹²	24.8⁵	—	+15.7⁶	10.0³²	9.1³²	-1.2³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	0.0%³²	—	2011: P9 from 3 · led 41	9 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 10.2
22Joey Logano	4	58	14.2⁹	0⁹	1⁹	5⁹	10.3⁹	2.8%⁹	85.6⁶	7.8³	6.0¹	8.0¹	5.0¹	+1.7⁹	3⁹	21.8¹²	15.9¹²	15.6⁵	—	-14.7⁶	7.0³⁵	11.4³⁵	-2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2011: P14 from 15	9 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 14.2
78Martin Truex Jr.	5	57	9.4⁹	2⁹	3⁹	6⁹	10.1⁹	17.8%⁹	101.1⁶	7.6³	2.0¹	1.0¹	1.0¹	-2.4⁶	1⁹	20.0¹²	10.6¹¹	27.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	12.7³⁵	10.4³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2011: P18 from 16 · led 1	9 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 9.4
14Tony Stewart	22	57	16.0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	1⁵	18.2⁵	0.1%⁵	75.2⁵	—	—	—	—	+0.0⁵	1⁹	12.5¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+19.3⁶	18.2³⁵	10.3³⁵	-6.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2011: P12 from 9 · led 1	5 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 16.0
1Jamie McMurray	7	56	17.3⁷	0⁷	1⁷	3⁷	17.7⁷	0.0%⁷	83.6⁶	17.1¹	—	—	—	+0.9⁷	1⁹	15.2¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-15.7⁶	16.5³⁵	9.6³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2011: P36 from 34	7 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.3
31Ryan Newman	26	55	14.1⁹	0⁹	3⁹	4⁹	16.4⁹	0.6%⁹	86.4⁶	18.9³	26.0¹	24.0¹	26.0¹	-5.0⁹	1⁹	17.2¹²	23.0¹²	14.4⁵	—	-6.7⁶	14.9³⁵	8.5³⁵	+1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2011: P4 from 18	9 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 14.1
5Kasey Kahne	19	55	15.9⁷	0⁷	1⁷	2⁷	19.1⁷	0.1%⁷	86.9⁶	23.6¹	—	—	—	-1.1⁶	1⁹	16.5¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-7.0⁶	14.7³⁵	11.2³⁵	-3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2011: P13 from 4 · led 1	7 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.9
15Clint Bowyer	30	54	16.1⁹	0⁹	1⁹	2⁹	13.7⁹	1.7%⁹	78.3⁶	10.2³	11.0¹	11.0¹	9.0¹	-1.6⁹	4⁹	18.3¹²	11.8¹²	21.8⁵	—	+12.7⁶	20.3³⁵	11.5³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2011: P35 from 20	9 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.1
3Austin Dillon	11	53	20.7⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	17.1⁷	0.1%⁷	73.1⁴	18.3³	14.0¹	16.0¹	13.0¹	+4.2⁶	1⁹	20.3¹²	22.9¹²	14.2⁵	—	+4.0⁶	17.1³⁵	10.5³⁵	-3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2013: P24 from 26	7 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 20.7
27Paul Menard	14	52	17.8⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	16.1⁸	0.0%⁸	73.4⁶	11.9²	—	—	—	+4.2⁶	1⁹	25.5¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+6.0⁶	17.9³⁵	8.5³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2011: P24 from 10	8 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 17.8
16Greg Biffle	27	51	19.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	19.8⁵	0.0%⁵	75.5⁵	—	—	—	—	+2.1⁵	3⁹	21.5¹²	32.0²	19.8⁵	—	-7.7⁶	19.7³⁵	8.4³⁵	-0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2011: P21 from 21	5 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 19.2
43Aric Almirola	12	50	18.6⁷	0⁷	0⁷	2⁷	13.9⁷	6.8%⁷	67.9⁴	8.7³	3.0¹	7.0¹	7.0¹	+4.6⁷	3⁹	27.1¹²	19.8¹²	25.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	22.7³⁵	10.3³⁵	+4.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2012: P26 from 13	7 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 18.6
13Casey Mears	21	49	22.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	26.2⁵	0.2%⁵	56.8⁵	—	—	—	—	-18.0¹	1⁹	27.6¹²	—	18.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	24.0³⁵	8.2³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2011: P25 from 25	5 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 22.2
47A.J. Allmendinger	24	49	22.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	19.7⁶	0.0%⁶	66.5⁶	—	—	—	—	+6.7³	1⁹	24.1¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	21.5³⁵	9.3³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2011: P28 from 23	6 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.8
9Sam Hornish Jr.	18	49	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁹	28.4¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	-19.0⁶	25.5³⁵	9.0³⁵	+1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	first start here	—
10Danica Patrick	23	48	19.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	21.5⁴	0.2%⁴	65.1⁴	—	—	—	—	+6.4⁴	1⁹	27.9¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	+11.0⁶	22.4³⁵	8.2³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2013: P23 from 29	4 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 19.0
17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	47	23.3⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	16.7⁷	1.1%⁷	56.0⁴	21.9³	29.0¹	20.0¹	30.0¹	+1.2⁷	3⁹	21.1¹²	26.5¹²	17.6⁵	—	-8.0⁶	23.8³⁵	11.0³⁵	-0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2013: P17 from 13	7 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 23.3
6Trevor Bayne	28	47	24.0²	0²	0²	0²	18.0²	0.0%²	58.8²	—	—	—	—	+5.5²	3⁹	20.6¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	27.9³⁵	8.7³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2016: P11 from 17	2 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.0
46Michael Annett	29	44	22.0²	0²	0²	0²	34.5²	0.0%²	56.1²	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	1⁹	29.8¹²	—	29.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	34.9³⁴	6.7³⁴	+2.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	8.8%³⁴	—	2014: P18 from 32	2 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 22.0
51Justin Allgaier	32	44	24.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	28.0¹	0.0%¹	51.4¹	—	—	—	—	—	1⁹	28.8¹²	24.7³	26.6⁵	—	+6.7⁶	26.2³⁵	10.2³⁵	-1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2014: P24 from 28	1 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 24.0
62Reed Sorenson	42	43	27.3³	0³	0³	0³	34.3³	0.0%³	40.5³	—	—	—	—	+2.7³	1⁹	23.8¹²	35.7⁷	26.0⁵	—	-0.7⁶	38.0⁸	3.4⁸	+2.1⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	0.0%⁸	—	2014: P27 from 31	3 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 27.3
34Brett Moffitt	38	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁹	32.2¹²	—	34.4⁵	—	-5.3⁶	33.7³⁰	6.3³⁰	+3.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	3.3%³⁰	—	first start here	—
83Matt DiBenedetto	39	42	23.8⁵	0⁵	1⁵	1⁵	27.0⁵	0.1%⁵	39.0²	20.1³	8.0¹	6.0¹	8.0¹	+16.0¹	4⁹	31.8¹²	19.4¹²	32.6⁵	—	+5.3⁶	36.4³²	5.4³²	+4.7³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	0.0%³²	—	2016: P38 from 35	5 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.8
55David Ragan	25	42	23.4⁸	0⁸	0⁸	1⁸	27.5⁸	0.2%⁸	54.1⁶	23.5²	—	—	—	-4.2⁸	4⁹	28.4¹²	35.0¹	30.4⁵	—	+2.7⁶	17.0³⁵	10.0³⁵	-7.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2011: P8 from 8 · led 3	8 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 23.4
33Alex Kennedy	43	42	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁹	35.7³	—	34.6⁵	—	+0.3⁶	40.8¹²	4.3¹²	+6.5¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹²	0.0%¹²	—	first start here	—
26Jeb Burton	35	41	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁹	37.0⁸	—	35.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	38.1²⁷	4.3²⁷	+2.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	11.1%²⁷	—	first start here	—
38David Gilliland	34	41	29.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	37.5⁴	0.1%⁴	46.1⁴	—	—	—	—	-2.1⁴	3⁹	25.8¹²	—	31.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	33.7³⁵	6.6³⁵	+4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2011: P31 from 35	4 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 29.3
7Alex Bowman	31	40	27.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	18.8⁴	0.1%⁴	27.5¹	18.4³	9.0¹	12.0¹	10.0¹	+5.8⁴	1⁹	33.0¹²	18.3¹²	31.0⁵	—	+3.7⁶	34.5³⁴	7.5³⁴	+2.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2014: P36 from 33	4 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 27.8
35Cole Whitt	33	39	27.7³	0³	0³	0³	32.7³	0.0%³	44.6³	—	—	—	—	-7.3²	3⁹	34.8¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	35.1³⁵	6.2³⁵	+6.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2014: P28 from 30	3 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 27.7
40Landon Cassill	36	39	29.5⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	31.3⁸	0.1%⁸	47.8⁶	33.8²	—	—	—	-0.8⁵	1⁹	35.5¹²	31.6⁷	25.2⁵	—	-5.7⁶	32.3³⁵	8.3³⁵	+1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2011: P23 from 30 · led 2	8 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 29.5
32Will Kimmel III	40	39	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁹	39.0¹	—	39.0¹	—	—	43.0¹	—	+4.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	first start here	—
98Josh Wise	37	35	32.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	35.3⁴	0.0%⁴	37.4⁴	—	—	—	—	+10.3²	3⁹	38.8¹²	—	32.2⁵	—	-6.3⁶	36.8²³	6.4²³	+3.7²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	13.0%²³	—	2012: P37 from 30	4 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 32.3
23J.J. Yeley	41	34	36.0²	0²	0²	0²	35.5²	0.2%²	36.3²	—	—	—	—	-5.0²	4⁹	23.8¹²	—	38.8⁵	—	+4.0⁶	37.0³³	5.6³³	+2.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	2011: P40 from 36 · led 1	2 st · 0 W · best P32 · avg 36.0