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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
48Jimmie Johnson	19	63	6.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	6¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	8.7%¹⁰	111.3⁶	8.6³	8.0¹	3.0¹	12.0¹	-10.7¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.8¹²	11.5²	13.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	11.9³⁵	11.9³⁵	-2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2002: P1 from 4 · led 62	25 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 7.8
22Joey Logano	9	62	15.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	82.8¹⁰	5.8⁵	7.7³	10.0³	11.7³	+0.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	14.9¹²	13.0⁸	6.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	8.1³⁵	11.3³⁵	-2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2009: P26 from 34	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 12.9
19Carl Edwards	5	60	6.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	9¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	105.0⁹	—	—	—	—	-6.3¹⁰	4¹⁰	6.6¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+11.3⁶	7.2³⁵	11.4³⁵	-6.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2004: P6 from 19	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 8.8
4Kevin Harvick	2	60	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	84.2⁵	15.3⁵	13.7³	10.7³	13.3³	+3.5¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.8¹²	8.2⁵	1.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	12.0³⁵	10.9³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2001: P25 from 13 · led 2	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.0
41Kurt Busch	26	59	11.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	8.1%¹⁰	93.1⁵	12.5⁴	15.0²	19.5²	11.0²	-6.0¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.9¹²	7.7³	10.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	11.7³⁵	8.3³⁵	+0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2001: P13 from 32	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 11.4
18Kyle Busch	6	58	9.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	8¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	9.1%¹⁰	107.9⁹	9.8⁵	9.0³	11.0³	8.3³	-7.7¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.8¹²	8.0⁷	20.0⁵	—	-1.7⁶	9.7³⁵	12.5³⁵	-1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2004: P24 from 18	23 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 8.7
5Kasey Kahne	12	58	13.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.1¹⁰	10.7%¹⁰	99.2⁸	23.0¹	—	—	—	-12.4¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.3¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	17.1³⁵	9.3³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 1 · led 77	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
78Martin Truex Jr.	17	58	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	74.4¹⁰	11.7⁵	13.0³	16.7³	15.3³	+3.9¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.5¹²	9.7⁶	6.2⁵	—	-1.7⁶	8.9³⁵	11.3³⁵	-4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P15 from 23	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.2
2Brad Keselowski	15	57	17.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	78.8⁸	11.5⁵	12.0³	17.3³	8.0³	+1.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	14.1¹²	11.8⁸	12.8⁵	—	+16.0⁶	9.4³⁵	11.1³⁵	-2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2010: P21 from 21	13 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.5
42Kyle Larson	32	57	11.8⁸	2⁸	4⁸	4⁸	9.0⁸	8.5%⁸	105.5³	16.5⁵	15.3³	15.7³	15.3³	-0.6⁸	5¹⁰	11.3¹²	4.8⁶	20.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	15.1³⁵	10.7³⁵	+1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2014: P2 from 11	8 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 11.8
20Matt Kenseth	20	57	11.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	9.8%¹⁰	110.1⁴	—	—	—	—	-2.8¹⁰	4¹⁰	8.5¹²	23.5²	19.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	9.3³⁵	11.1³⁵	-4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P3 from 23 · led 120	24 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.8
11Denny Hamlin	3	57	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	88.4¹⁰	8.9⁵	9.3³	14.7³	8.7³	+1.5¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.1¹²	4.3⁸	19.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	6.4³⁵	10.6³⁵	-5.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P12 from 5	20 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.4
24Chase Elliott	8	54	11.5⁶	0⁶	2⁶	3⁶	17.7⁶	1.4%⁶	112.8¹	13.3⁵	14.3³	18.0³	8.0³	-4.7⁶	5¹⁰	12.3¹²	8.6⁸	26.2⁵	—	-8.0⁶	11.4³⁵	11.5³⁵	-3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2017: P10 from 13 · led 4	6 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 11.5
31Ryan Newman	4	54	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	75.6⁶	20.7²	—	—	—	+5.5¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.7¹²	23.0³	11.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	14.3³⁵	8.1³⁵	-1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P14 from 1 · led 3	24 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.1
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	27	54	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	73.2⁴	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹⁰	5¹⁰	20.8¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	-25.0⁶	15.7¹⁷	13.2¹⁷	-0.1¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.24¹⁷	23.5%¹⁷	—	2000: P12 from 20	24 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.8
1Jamie McMurray	10	54	13.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	73.7⁷	13.7¹	—	—	—	-3.3¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.5¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+15.0⁶	16.7³⁵	8.6³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P5 from 25 · led 41	22 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 16.9
3Austin Dillon	1	53	11.6⁸	0⁸	1⁸	4⁸	15.9⁸	0.2%⁸	75.9³	14.8⁵	18.0³	12.3³	20.0³	-4.7⁸	5¹⁰	18.3¹²	19.8⁸	20.8⁵	—	+0.3⁶	14.4³⁵	10.3³⁵	-1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2014: P11 from 20	8 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 11.6
15Clint Bowyer	29	52	11.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	90.6¹⁰	18.7³	23.0¹	22.0¹	24.0¹	-2.8¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.3¹²	9.5²	21.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	30.7³⁵	8.1³⁵	+7.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2006: P14 from 32	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.1
47A.J. Allmendinger	11	52	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	71.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+1.4⁸	5¹⁰	20.9¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-20.3⁶	17.3³⁵	9.1³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P18 from 18	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 20.2
23David Ragan	35	52	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	71.9¹⁰	25.2²	—	—	—	+2.5¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.2¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	+4.3⁶	30.5³⁵	6.0³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2007: P16 from 39	16 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.1
16Greg Biffle	22	52	20.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	10.4%¹⁰	95.4⁶	—	—	—	—	+8.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.2¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-9.7⁶	20.1³⁵	9.7³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2002: P13 from 29	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.5
21Ryan Blaney	14	51	14.2⁶	0⁶	1⁶	3⁶	11.3⁶	6.1%⁶	92.2¹	10.4⁵	12.7³	13.3³	12.3³	+6.6⁵	1¹⁰	15.2¹²	10.9⁸	29.2⁵	—	+10.0⁶	14.9³⁵	10.5³⁵	-3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2017: P9 from 19	6 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 14.2
14Brian Vickers	24	51	16.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	85.9⁸	—	—	—	—	+3.3⁸	5¹⁰	15.3¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	13.3⁴	13.9⁴	-13.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	25.0%⁴	—	2004: P29 from 6 · led 1	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.5
27Paul Menard	13	50	24.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	57.8¹⁰	16.6²	—	—	—	+3.4⁹	5¹⁰	23.2¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	19.7³⁵	9.0³⁵	-2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2007: P20 from 22	16 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.9
13Casey Mears	23	50	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	68.8⁷	—	—	—	—	+8.4¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.4¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	24.3³⁵	7.1³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P34 from 17	19 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.4
7Regan Smith	28	48	24.7⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	19.3⁷	0.1%⁷	53.5⁷	—	—	—	—	+11.0²	5¹⁰	26.9¹⁰	—	14.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	31.2³⁴	7.7³⁴	+2.8³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2008: P31 from 17	7 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 24.7
10Danica Patrick	31	48	21.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	27.8⁴	0.0%⁴	57.3⁴	—	—	—	—	+8.7⁴	5¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	—	21.8⁵	—	+4.0⁶	25.0³⁵	5.1³⁵	+3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2013: P26 from 40	4 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 21.3
43Aric Almirola	25	48	28.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	55.0⁹	15.1⁵	12.7³	17.3³	8.7³	+1.7⁸	1¹⁰	19.8¹²	19.6⁵	16.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	23.9³⁵	8.6³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2007: P31 from 40	14 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.9
17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	18	47	18.3⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	17.0⁹	0.4%⁹	66.1⁴	16.1⁵	15.7³	14.7³	16.0³	-4.2⁷	1¹⁰	21.6¹²	22.1⁸	24.2⁵	—	+9.0⁶	17.3³⁵	9.9³⁵	-2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2013: P20 from 31	9 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 18.3
34Chris Buescher	16	47	22.1⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	16.4⁷	0.0%⁷	57.1²	19.8⁵	19.0³	12.7³	21.0³	+1.8⁷	1¹⁰	15.5¹²	15.3⁸	24.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	26.5³⁵	8.8³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2015: P20 from 33	7 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 22.1
6Trevor Bayne	7	42	29.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	28.0⁴	0.0%⁴	58.8³	26.8¹	—	—	—	+8.5³	1¹⁰	22.8¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	20.8³⁵	8.4³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2011: P30 from 27	4 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 29.8
98Cole Whitt	36	41	25.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	32.8⁴	0.0%⁴	48.1³	30.2¹	—	—	—	-13.8²	5¹⁰	29.1⁸	—	28.0⁵	—	+6.7⁶	35.3²⁵	6.6²⁵	+4.6²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁵	20.0%²⁵	—	2014: P18 from 34	4 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 25.5
83Matt DiBenedetto	33	41	26.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	26.8⁵	0.0%⁵	33.6²	20.0³	14.0¹	27.0¹	13.0¹	+4.0¹	4¹⁰	23.5¹²	12.7³	32.6⁵	—	+5.3⁶	30.4³⁴	7.0³⁴	+0.3³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21³⁴	26.5%³⁴	—	2015: P42 from 42	5 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 26.6
46Michael Annett	38	37	28.5²	0²	0²	0²	23.5²	0.0%²	46.7²	—	—	—	—	+12.0²	5¹⁰	31.2⁶	—	32.2⁵	—	-12.7⁶	36.9³⁴	4.4³⁴	+5.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	2014: P19 from 23	2 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 28.5
38Landon Cassill	34	37	29.5⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	34.1⁸	0.3%⁸	43.6⁷	30.4¹	—	—	—	-2.3³	1¹⁰	29.2¹²	—	33.6⁵	—	+17.7⁶	31.5³⁵	5.8³⁵	+4.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2010: P40 from 36	8 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 29.5
44Brian Scott	21	36	31.0²	0²	0²	0²	31.0²	0.0%²	55.7²	—	—	—	—	+10.0¹	1¹⁰	32.0²	—	32.6⁵	—	-11.0⁶	28.5³⁵	7.4³⁵	+0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2014: P35 from 37	2 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 31.0
95Michael McDowell	30	31	34.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	35.4⁷	21.6⁵	24.0³	21.0³	25.0³	+2.5⁴	5¹⁰	31.8¹²	28.9⁸	28.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	28.8³⁰	8.3³⁰	+4.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	2009: P40 from 43	12 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 33.2
30Josh Wise	37	31	37.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	33.3⁴	0.0%⁴	38.1⁴	—	—	—	—	+10.0²	5¹⁰	36.1¹⁰	—	33.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	38.3²⁷	4.8²⁷	+3.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	2012: P37 from 30	4 st · 0 W · best P36 · avg 37.5
32Jeffrey Earnhardt	39	30	37.5²	0²	0²	0²	27.5²	0.0%²	25.3¹	36.0¹	—	—	—	—	1¹⁰	36.6⁵	—	36.2⁵	—	+4.3⁶	38.0²¹	3.8²¹	+4.2²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²¹	9.5%²¹	—	2017: P39 from 32	2 st · 0 W · best P36 · avg 37.5