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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
11Denny Hamlin	6	66	6.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	10.1%¹⁰	107.2¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	8.8¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	9.4¹⁰	-6.5¹⁰	11²³	17.6¹²	4.8¹²	11.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	11.8³⁵	12.1³⁵	-2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2006: P10 from 5	28 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 8.5
48Jimmie Johnson	19	64	7.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	9.0¹⁰	11.8%¹⁰	116.0⁴	18.1⁵	15.3³	14.0³	11.7³	-12.0¹⁰	6²³	12.1¹²	26.5¹²	12.0⁵	—	-9.3⁶	11.9³⁵	13.4³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2002: P6 from 5	23 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.0
24Jeff Gordon	5	63	12.2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.7¹⁰	17.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.9¹⁰	6²³	14.3¹²	—	7.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	12.0³⁵	11.2³⁵	-1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1993: P24 from 5 · led 1	35 st · 7 W · best P1 · avg 11.5
19Carl Edwards	13	63	12.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	93.4⁹	—	—	—	—	-2.9¹⁰	11²³	14.5¹²	—	8.2⁵	—	+2.0⁶	9.0³⁵	10.6³⁵	-5.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P7 from 24	12 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 13.1
14Tony Stewart	17	60	11.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹⁰	6²³	9.3¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+19.3⁶	18.4³⁵	10.2³⁵	-6.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1999: P6 from 10	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 12.8
2Brad Keselowski	1	60	13.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	5.4%¹⁰	90.4⁸	15.2¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	-5.7¹⁰	6²³	24.1¹²	16.7¹²	9.4⁵	—	-23.7⁶	10.3³⁵	9.8³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2009: P7 from 31	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	26	59	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.2¹⁰	6²³	17.8¹²	—	8.2⁵	—	-11.3⁶	13.4³⁵	11.5³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2000: P40 from 10	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.7
42Kyle Larson	16	59	15.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	18.0%¹⁰	100.5³	13.3¹⁰	7.9¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	7.5¹⁰	-0.2¹⁰	6²³	17.6¹²	8.8¹²	17.8⁵	—	+12.7⁶	13.3³⁴	11.3³⁴	-6.3³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2014: P8 from 17	17 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
18Kyle Busch	10	58	13.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	16.0%¹⁰	106.1¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	+1.6¹⁰	11²³	22.6¹²	23.3¹²	13.8⁵	—	-1.7⁶	8.1²⁴	12.3²⁴	-2.8²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁴	8.3%²⁴	—	2005: P23 from 6	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.6
20Matt Kenseth	14	58	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	18.0⁴	15.3³	16.3³	12.3³	+4.5⁹	11²³	16.3¹²	21.8¹²	9.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	11.5³³	13.6³³	-2.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1999: P37 from 31	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.8
5Kasey Kahne	15	57	13.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	9.1%¹⁰	98.3⁸	25.4¹	—	—	—	-12.0¹⁰	6²³	14.9¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-7.0⁶	14.9³⁵	11.3³⁵	-3.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 1 · led 24	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.5
25Chase Elliott	22	57	10.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	90.4²	16.5¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	-7.9¹⁰	6²³	14.8¹²	11.5¹²	25.4⁵	—	+3.0⁶	24.8⁴	10.4⁴	+2.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	0.0%⁴	—	2016: P10 from 11	19 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 14.4
4Kevin Harvick	3	56	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	75.5²	9.5¹⁰	7.0⁹	7.6⁹	7.1⁹	-2.9¹⁰	6²³	7.4¹²	11.4¹²	26.0⁵	—	-9.0⁶	8.5³⁵	11.8³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P14 from 3	31 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.9
1Jamie McMurray	20	56	15.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	4.3%¹⁰	85.6⁶	14.2¹	—	—	—	-6.0¹⁰	6²³	20.3¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-15.7⁶	16.2³⁵	9.6³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P22 from 19	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.2
31Ryan Newman	23	56	13.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	7.2%¹⁰	97.1⁴	19.5⁹	20.0⁷	22.3⁷	18.6⁷	-6.3¹⁰	6²³	23.5¹²	25.4¹²	14.4⁵	—	-6.7⁶	15.0³⁵	8.6³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2002: P5 from 3	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 13.8
78Martin Truex Jr.	7	55	11.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	95.5¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	6.9⁹	9.2⁹	6.1⁹	-5.1⁸	6²³	21.6¹²	9.6¹²	27.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	12.7³⁵	10.4³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2006: P14 from 39	24 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.0
15Clint Bowyer	28	55	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	76.0¹⁰	9.8⁵	7.7³	6.7³	11.7³	+0.2¹⁰	11²³	16.8¹²	10.7¹²	21.8⁵	—	+12.7⁶	20.3³⁵	11.5³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2006: P23 from 3	16 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.9
22Joey Logano	4	55	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	82.1⁸	13.4¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	14.6¹⁰	+7.8¹⁰	6²³	22.5¹²	14.3¹²	15.6⁵	—	-14.7⁶	7.0³⁵	11.4³⁵	-2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2009: P9 from 5 · led 19	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.6
3Austin Dillon	29	53	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	84.5³	21.9¹⁰	24.6¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	+2.4¹⁰	6²³	22.3¹²	22.3¹²	14.2⁵	—	+4.0⁶	16.6³⁵	10.5³⁵	-4.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2014: P11 from 20	20 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.8
16Greg Biffle	24	53	14.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	18.1%¹⁰	113.8⁶	—	—	—	—	-0.8¹⁰	6²³	24.0¹²	32.0²	19.8⁵	—	-7.7⁶	19.8³⁵	8.4³⁵	-0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2003: P12 from 17	15 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.8
41Kurt Busch	2	52	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	5.4%¹⁰	60.2²	12.8⁸	13.2⁶	15.5⁶	12.5⁶	+3.8¹⁰	6²³	20.1¹²	10.4¹²	24.8⁵	—	+15.7⁶	10.3³²	9.0³²	-1.0³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	0.0%³²	—	2001: P30 from 27	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.7
21Ryan Blaney	9	52	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	61.8²	15.2¹⁰	8.2⁹	9.9⁹	6.2⁹	-1.0⁸	6²³	22.9¹²	7.8¹²	29.8⁵	—	+7.7⁶	14.9¹⁵	13.6¹⁵	-10.1¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	33.3%¹⁵	—	2016: P13 from 20	19 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.5
27Paul Menard	12	50	23.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	62.0¹⁰	18.5²	—	—	—	+9.5⁹	6²³	25.7¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+6.0⁶	17.9³⁵	8.4³⁵	+1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2007: P31 from 23	12 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.1
43Aric Almirola	11	48	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	62.8⁵	16.8¹⁰	14.3⁸	16.6⁸	12.9⁸	-1.4⁹	6²³	29.7¹²	19.4¹²	25.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	22.7³⁵	10.3³⁵	+4.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2012: P19 from 13	16 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 17.8
17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	8	48	24.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	62.1⁴	26.3¹⁰	27.2¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	-1.8⁴	6²³	21.7¹²	25.8¹²	17.6⁵	—	-8.0⁶	24.0³⁵	11.0³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2013: P18 from 14	21 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 23.2
47A.J. Allmendinger	34	46	26.9⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	20.8⁹	0.0%⁹	55.3⁹	—	—	—	—	+7.0⁷	6²³	30.1¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	21.2³⁵	9.3³⁵	-1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2007: P36 from 20	9 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 26.9
10Danica Patrick	30	45	26.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	33.8⁵	0.0%⁵	50.0⁵	—	—	—	—	+10.2⁵	6²³	28.3¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	+11.0⁶	22.2³⁵	7.8³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2012: P31 from 38	5 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 26.2
13Casey Mears	32	45	30.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	20.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	56.8⁶	—	—	—	—	+10.7¹⁰	6²³	28.1¹²	38.0¹	18.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	23.7³⁵	8.1³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P34 from 24	14 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 28.9
34Brett Moffitt	40	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6²³	30.9¹²	—	34.4⁵	—	-5.3⁶	33.6³⁰	6.2³⁰	+3.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	3.3%³⁰	—	first start here	—
9Sam Hornish Jr.	33	42	33.0³	0³	0³	0³	17.3³	0.0%³	52.7³	—	—	—	—	+15.7³	6²³	30.3¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	-19.0⁶	25.1³⁵	9.0³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2008: P38 from 23	3 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 33.0
55David Ragan	21	42	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	56.7¹⁰	24.4²	—	—	—	+3.5¹⁰	11²³	28.6¹²	35.0¹	30.4⁵	—	+2.7⁶	17.1³⁵	9.7³⁵	-7.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2007: P27 from 24	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.5
51Justin Allgaier	27	42	23.5²	0²	0²	0²	19.5²	0.0%²	61.0¹	26.0¹	29.0¹	32.0¹	29.0¹	+5.7¹	6²³	30.7¹²	22.5²	26.6⁵	—	+6.7⁶	26.4³⁵	10.1³⁵	-1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2014: P23 from 24	2 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 23.5
83Matt DiBenedetto	25	42	20.6⁹	0⁹	0⁹	2⁹	19.0⁹	0.0%⁹	46.8²	19.0⁷	21.6⁵	16.0⁵	23.6⁵	+5.0¹	11²³	33.3¹²	17.3¹²	32.6⁵	—	+5.3⁶	36.8³²	5.6³²	+4.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	3.1%³²	—	2016: P26 from 35	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 20.6
38David Gilliland	38	41	30.3⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	33.0⁸	0.0%⁸	44.5⁸	—	—	—	—	+0.5⁷	6²³	25.7¹²	—	31.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	33.6³⁵	6.6³⁵	+4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2007: P30 from 38	8 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 30.3
7Alex Bowman	35	41	23.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	39.6¹	20.0¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	20.7¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	+4.3¹⁰	6²³	34.8¹²	19.1¹²	31.0⁵	—	+3.7⁶	34.4³⁴	7.4³⁴	+2.5³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2014: P29 from 34	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.8
6Trevor Bayne	18	41	37.5²	0²	0²	0²	21.5²	0.0%²	34.9²	—	—	—	—	+9.5²	6²³	22.3¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	28.2³⁵	8.8³⁵	+2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2016: P40 from 19	2 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 37.5
98T.J. Bell	43	40	38.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	33.0¹	0.0%¹	37.9¹	—	—	—	—	—	6²³	30.6⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2011: P38 from 33	1 st · 0 W · best P38 · avg 38.0
46Michael Annett	39	39	35.0²	0²	0²	0²	33.5²	0.0%²	40.4²	—	—	—	—	+4.5²	6²³	30.1¹²	—	29.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	34.6³⁴	6.6³⁴	+2.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	8.8%³⁴	—	2014: P42 from 30	2 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 35.0
23Jeb Burton	41	39	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11²³	37.9¹²	39.0¹	35.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	37.9²⁷	4.3²⁷	+1.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	first start here	—
26J.J. Yeley	36	38	31.7⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	32.1⁷	0.0%⁷	43.4⁷	—	—	—	—	+12.3³	11²³	22.8¹²	—	38.8⁵	—	+4.0⁶	37.2³³	5.7³³	+2.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	2006: P26 from 26	7 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 31.7
35Cole Whitt	37	38	34.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	37.8⁴	0.0%⁴	35.2⁴	—	—	—	—	+7.0²	6²³	33.8¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	34.9³⁵	5.9³⁵	+6.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2012: P38 from 39	4 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 34.0
40Landon Cassill	31	38	26.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	46.9⁶	29.5⁴	32.0²	31.5²	31.0²	-3.6⁷	6²³	38.6¹²	31.1⁷	25.2⁵	—	-5.7⁶	32.4³⁵	8.1³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2011: P29 from 27	10 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 26.3
33Mike Bliss	42	37	25.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	29.3⁴	0.0%⁴	48.6²	—	—	—	—	—	6²³	33.7¹²	—	41.0⁵	—	+4.3⁶	38.7⁹	3.4⁹	+3.4⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	0.0%⁹	—	2000: P28 from 20	4 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 25.0