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Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 40

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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
4Kevin Harvick	9	66	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	4.7%¹⁰	75.0³	14.1¹⁰	17.3⁸	16.3⁸	16.8⁸	-9.1¹⁰	12²⁹	13.7¹²	17.3⁸	1.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	11.8³⁵	10.9³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2001: P25 from 10 · led 2	44 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
48Jimmie Johnson	26	65	9.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	106.2⁴	20.9¹⁰	20.2⁶	22.7⁶	17.3⁶	-10.1¹⁰	12²⁹	17.8¹²	5.5²	13.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	11.7³⁵	12.1³⁵	-2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2002: P15 from 1	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.8
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	3	64	13.3¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.7¹⁰	16.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.2¹⁰	12²⁹	10.7¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	-25.0⁶	17.1¹⁷	12.2¹⁷	+2.8¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18¹⁷	17.6%¹⁷	—	2000: P13 from 8	35 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
41Kurt Busch	8	61	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	25.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	80.0²	20.3⁹	15.4⁵	15.4⁵	16.6⁵	+0.2¹⁰	12²⁹	10.8¹²	13.4⁵	10.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	12.2³⁵	8.9³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2001: P41 from 26	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
22Joey Logano	5	58	20.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	79.0¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	+3.6¹⁰	13²⁹	19.9¹²	17.7¹²	6.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	8.2³⁵	11.3³⁵	-2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2009: P43 from 9	35 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.6
17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	19	58	17.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.3¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	73.8¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	12.0⁹	+1.1¹⁰	13²⁹	10.7¹²	9.7¹¹	24.2⁵	—	+9.0⁶	17.3³⁵	10.2³⁵	-2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2012: P20 from 21	28 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 20.0
2Brad Keselowski	25	57	20.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	77.7¹⁰	14.8¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	-2.4⁹	13²⁹	15.1¹²	22.4¹²	12.8⁵	—	+16.0⁶	9.1³⁵	11.0³⁵	-2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2009: P24 from 36	34 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.5
5Kasey Kahne	13	56	17.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	28.5¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	79.9⁸	20.1²	—	—	—	-7.3¹⁰	12²⁹	21.7¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	17.1³⁵	9.6³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P41 from 27	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.7
15Clint Bowyer	31	56	12.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.7¹⁰	6.5%¹⁰	86.7¹⁰	18.2⁶	28.5²	20.5²	29.0²	-2.4¹⁰	12²⁹	16.4¹²	17.0²	21.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	30.7³⁵	8.0³⁵	+7.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2006: P6 from 37	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.0
78Martin Truex Jr.	28	56	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	76.4¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	12.2¹⁰	+1.0¹⁰	4²⁹	25.2¹²	18.9¹⁰	6.2⁵	—	-1.7⁶	8.6³⁵	11.5³⁵	-5.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2005: P34 from 10	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.2
31Ryan Newman	38	56	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	97.6⁴	19.8⁸	22.0³	14.0³	18.7³	+0.6¹⁰	12²⁹	18.6¹²	24.8⁴	11.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	13.4³⁵	8.1³⁵	-2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P7 from 23	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.9
27Paul Menard	37	55	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	70.9¹⁰	17.3⁴	—	—	—	-8.6⁹	12²⁹	22.1¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	19.0³⁵	9.1³⁵	-3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2007: P21 from 41	24 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.3
24Chase Elliott	1	55	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	73.0³	15.7¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	-1.3¹⁰	12²⁹	11.9¹²	14.4¹²	26.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	11.6³⁵	11.0³⁵	-2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2016: P32 from 24	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.0
20Matt Kenseth	2	54	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	27.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	18.8¹	6.0¹	7.0¹	7.0¹	+2.4¹⁰	4²⁹	17.3¹²	26.0²	19.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	9.8³⁵	11.2³⁵	-4.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P10 from 24	36 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.4
23David Ragan	29	54	15.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	80.7¹⁰	24.5⁹	28.8⁴	21.8⁴	26.3⁴	-1.4¹⁰	4²⁹	16.0¹²	36.0¹	19.2⁵	—	+4.3⁶	30.7³⁵	6.1³⁵	+2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2007: P5 from 35	30 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.0
3Austin Dillon	21	52	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	74.9⁸	23.1¹⁰	23.4¹⁰	27.7¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	-3.5¹⁰	12²⁹	18.1¹²	24.9¹²	20.8⁵	—	+0.3⁶	13.8³⁵	10.4³⁵	-2.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2013: P31 from 8	26 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
18Kyle Busch	4	52	18.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	13.3%¹⁰	101.0¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	+0.3¹⁰	4²⁹	23.3¹²	19.4¹²	20.0⁵	—	-1.7⁶	9.7³⁵	12.7³⁵	-2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2005: P38 from 19	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
34Chris Buescher	17	52	17.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.7¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	64.2³	14.1¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	+3.8¹⁰	13²⁹	20.0¹²	15.7¹²	24.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	26.5³⁵	8.6³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2016: P40 from 25	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.7
95Ty Dillon	12	51	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.0¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	71.8³	21.6¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	21.0¹⁰	-2.7⁷	12²⁹	16.6¹²	15.2⁹	21.8⁵	—	+6.0⁶	28.6¹⁰	5.9¹⁰	+4.7¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	10.0%¹⁰	—	2015: P28 from 31	17 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 19.5
42Kyle Larson	14	50	24.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	65.0⁷	16.2¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	9.4¹⁰	12.9⁹	+2.7¹⁰	12²⁹	18.3¹²	19.3¹⁰	20.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	15.7³⁵	11.5³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2014: P38 from 16	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.0
83Michael Waltrip	36	50	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4²⁹	19.9¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	—	33.0¹	—	+21.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	1986: P18 from 39	55 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.8
19Carl Edwards	10	50	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	83.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-0.1¹⁰	4²⁹	22.5¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+11.3⁶	7.1³⁵	11.3³⁵	-7.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2005: P12 from 27	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.4
43Aric Almirola	34	50	23.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	69.7¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	21.1⁷	17.3⁷	22.3⁷	+3.0¹⁰	13²⁹	20.2¹²	18.8⁸	16.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	23.6³⁵	8.4³⁵	-0.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2009: P30 from 11	23 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.8
11Denny Hamlin	11	49	23.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	6.5%¹⁰	80.3¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	+0.8¹⁰	4²⁹	17.8¹²	27.1¹²	19.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	6.1³⁵	10.6³⁵	-5.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P30 from 17	41 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.5
14Brian Vickers	18	49	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	80.7⁸	—	—	—	—	+1.3⁸	12²⁹	19.9¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	+11.7⁶	14.8⁴	15.5⁴	-8.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	25.0%⁴	—	2004: P39 from 35	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.4
1Jamie McMurray	6	48	25.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	91.4⁶	22.5⁴	17.0¹	15.0¹	6.0¹	+3.8¹⁰	12²⁹	17.8¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+15.0⁶	16.9³⁵	8.7³⁵	+1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P31 from 19	33 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 23.0
47A.J. Allmendinger	30	47	24.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	64.3¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+2.3⁸	12²⁹	23.9¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-20.3⁶	16.8³⁵	9.2³⁵	-0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2008: P42 from 13	16 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.1
13Casey Mears	32	47	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.0¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	64.2⁶	33.9⁴	38.3³	36.3³	31.0³	-3.9¹⁰	12²⁹	21.8¹²	37.0¹	17.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	24.1³⁵	7.1³⁵	-1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P27 from 29 · led 1	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.6
7Regan Smith	27	46	25.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	63.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+11.3²	12²⁹	21.9¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-8.7⁶	31.2³⁴	6.9³⁴	+2.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2008: P37 from 29	13 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.3
32Bobby Labonte	33	46	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13²⁹	13.7¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+9.3⁶	32.0³	6.0³	+7.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	0.0%³	—	1993: P20 from 25	47 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.9
21Ryan Blaney	7	45	20.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	4.4%¹⁰	86.5⁴	16.3¹⁰	19.1¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	17.3¹⁰	-1.6⁶	13²⁹	23.3¹²	19.3¹²	29.2⁵	—	+10.0⁶	15.1³⁵	10.8³⁵	-3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2015: P39 from 12	22 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.3
10Danica Patrick	16	44	24.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	66.0¹⁰	26.0¹	—	—	—	+5.5¹⁰	12²⁹	25.8¹⁰	—	21.8⁵	—	+4.0⁶	25.4³⁵	5.3³⁵	+3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2012: P38 from 29	11 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.8
93Matt DiBenedetto	20	42	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	58.3⁴	19.2⁸	21.3³	19.7³	21.3³	+4.3²	4²⁹	26.5¹²	15.3⁴	32.6⁵	—	+5.3⁶	30.7³⁴	6.8³⁴	+1.0³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	23.5%³⁴	—	2015: P26 from 41 · led 1	12 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.0
16Greg Biffle	15	42	21.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	74.2⁶	37.5¹	39.0¹	38.0¹	33.0¹	+2.7¹⁰	13²⁹	25.2¹²	31.0¹	21.6⁵	—	-9.7⁶	20.3³⁵	9.9³⁵	-0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2003: P21 from 27	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.4
6Trevor Bayne	23	40	26.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	59.7¹⁰	13.6²	—	—	—	0.0²	13²⁹	26.0¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	20.4³⁵	8.3³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2011: P1 from 32 · led 6	15 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.0
26Robert Richardson Jr.	40	39	30.7³	0³	0³	0³	33.0³	0.0%³	42.6³	—	—	—	—	+5.7³	4²⁹	28.6⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2010: P31 from 37	3 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 30.7
59Michael McDowell	39	37	27.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	27.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	48.6¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	20.3¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	23.5¹⁰	+1.0¹	12²⁹	29.4¹²	20.3¹²	28.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	28.5³⁰	8.2³⁰	+3.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	2008: P25 from 21	30 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.2
38Landon Cassill	24	37	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	57.6¹⁰	26.8⁶	27.7³	23.0³	28.7³	-0.6⁶	13²⁹	24.2¹²	22.7³	33.6⁵	—	+17.7⁶	31.8³⁵	6.0³⁵	+5.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2011: P26 from 21	17 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.5
46Michael Annett	22	36	25.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	29.2⁵	0.4%⁵	60.9⁵	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁵	12²⁹	30.6⁵	—	32.2⁵	—	-12.7⁶	37.4³⁴	4.4³⁴	+5.6³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	2014: P37 from 36	5 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 25.6
44Brian Scott	35	29	34.7³	0³	0³	0³	22.7³	0.0%³	67.5³	—	—	—	—	+17.5²	13²⁹	29.3⁴	—	32.6⁵	—	-11.0⁶	28.1³⁵	7.8³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2014: P25 from 12	3 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 34.7