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Preview · Axalta 'We Paint Winners' 400 Pocono Raceway 2016 · Pitwall

Pocono Raceway

Intermediate2.5 mipaved

Banking · Turns 14° · Turns 8° · Turns 6° · Back 0° · Front 0° · Short Stretch 0°

Long Pond, PA

Cup Series · 2016 · RACE 14 · PRE-RACE PREVIEW

Axalta 'We Paint Winners' 400 Pocono Raceway

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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	4	64	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	103.2²	9.3¹⁰	9.2⁶	9.5⁶	9.0⁶	-4.8¹⁰	8²⁴	10.3¹²	18.0⁴	1.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	11.9³⁵	11.0³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2001: P15 from 19	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.0
11Denny Hamlin	10	62	8.2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	6.1¹⁰	26.1%¹⁰	119.2¹⁰	6.4¹⁰	2.8⁹	4.0⁹	3.1⁹	-10.1¹⁰	12²⁴	13.7¹²	11.9⁷	19.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	6.2³⁵	10.7³⁵	-5.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P1 from 1 · led 83	36 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 10.6
22Joey Logano	2	61	15.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	5.2%¹⁰	86.3¹⁰	16.1¹⁰	14.4⁹	13.9⁹	16.9⁸	+1.2¹⁰	4²⁴	14.5¹²	13.0⁷	6.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	8.3³⁵	11.3³⁵	-2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2009: P23 from 23	30 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
78Martin Truex Jr.	17	61	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	82.7¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	7.7⁷	8.1⁷	7.3⁷	-1.5¹⁰	12²⁴	18.3¹²	16.0⁵	6.2⁵	—	-1.7⁶	8.9³⁵	11.7³⁵	-4.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P24 from 15	34 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
2Brad Keselowski	1	61	13.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	8.2%¹⁰	90.8¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	10.8⁹	11.8⁹	9.2⁹	-1.1¹⁰	4²⁴	12.6¹²	16.7⁷	12.8⁵	—	+16.0⁶	9.8³⁵	11.0³⁵	-1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2010: P21 from 11	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.0
48Jimmie Johnson	7	60	8.1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	13.9%¹⁰	93.3⁴	14.5⁶	19.5²	18.0²	18.5²	-7.8¹⁰	8²⁴	15.6¹²	25.0¹	13.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	12.2³⁵	11.5³⁵	-1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P3 from 2	37 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.1
42Kyle Larson	21	59	10.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.9¹⁰	5.2%¹⁰	97.2⁷	10.9¹⁰	8.9⁷	8.4⁷	11.7⁷	-4.8¹⁰	8²⁴	15.3¹²	8.5⁶	20.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	15.5³⁵	11.5³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2014: P5 from 14 · led 7	18 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 11.1
20Matt Kenseth	3	58	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	19.4⁴	14.5²	13.0²	14.5²	-4.4¹⁰	12²⁴	14.3¹²	4.0¹	19.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	9.7³⁵	11.1³⁵	-4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P14 from 29	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.8
5Kasey Kahne	11	58	16.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	6.0%¹⁰	88.6⁸	23.3²	—	—	—	-4.7¹⁰	8²⁴	14.3¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	17.1³⁵	9.4³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P14 from 1 · led 4	29 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.8
41Kurt Busch	9	57	18.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	6.9%¹⁰	110.0²	13.9⁸	10.5⁴	9.0⁴	15.0³	+3.2¹⁰	8²⁴	19.8¹²	16.5²	10.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	12.2³⁵	8.7³⁵	-0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2001: P13 from 41	40 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.7
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	8	57	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	4.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.4¹⁰	8²⁴	21.7¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	-25.0⁶	16.8¹⁷	12.8¹⁷	+0.5¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.24¹⁷	23.5%¹⁷	—	2000: P19 from 15	34 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.4
19Carl Edwards	5	55	13.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	22.4¹⁰	10.9%¹⁰	100.3¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-4.4¹⁰	12²⁴	15.2¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+11.3⁶	7.2³⁵	11.4³⁵	-6.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2005: P1 from 29 · led 46	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.9
24Chase Elliott	13	55	12.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	17.4¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	88.8³	14.1¹⁰	9.1⁹	8.0⁹	11.3⁹	-2.2¹⁰	8²⁴	15.8¹²	10.4⁷	26.2⁵	—	-8.0⁶	11.3³⁵	11.5³⁵	-3.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2016: P33 from 8	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.4
14Tony Stewart	6	55	10.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	8¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.9¹⁰	8²⁴	8.3¹²	—	31.6⁵	—	+10.7⁶	15.1²⁷	10.8²⁷	-2.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1999: P6 from 12 · led 1	35 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 11.8
31Ryan Newman	22	54	15.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	7.1%¹⁰	93.6⁴	18.4⁸	23.0⁴	19.5⁴	20.7³	+1.2¹⁰	8²⁴	19.1¹²	28.5²	11.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	13.8³⁵	8.1³⁵	-1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P32 from 15 · led 19	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
18Kyle Busch	12	54	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	14.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	78.9¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	11.4⁸	13.5⁸	10.3⁷	+6.5¹⁰	12²⁴	9.0¹²	18.7⁶	20.0⁵	—	-1.7⁶	9.5³⁵	12.3³⁵	-1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2005: P4 from 38	37 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.0
15Clint Bowyer	23	54	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	78.7¹⁰	11.5⁶	15.5²	16.0²	13.5²	+5.2¹⁰	8²⁴	14.9¹²	12.0¹	21.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	30.9³⁵	8.1³⁵	+7.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2006: P21 from 42 · led 8	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.7
21Ryan Blaney	14	53	13.0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	4.5%¹⁰	87.9³	13.3¹⁰	8.3⁹	9.1⁹	10.1⁸	-4.3⁷	4²⁴	16.5¹²	15.3⁷	29.2⁵	—	+10.0⁶	14.9³⁵	10.7³⁵	-3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2016: P11 from 18	16 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.8
34Chris Buescher	18	53	15.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	60.3³	16.6¹⁰	14.0⁹	14.0⁹	10.5⁸	-5.7¹⁰	4²⁴	15.8¹¹	15.9⁷	24.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	26.5³⁵	8.9³⁵	+0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2016: P1 from 22 · led 12	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
16Greg Biffle	15	52	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	77.8⁶	—	—	—	—	+1.1¹⁰	4²⁴	13.2¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-9.7⁶	20.3³⁵	10.1³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2003: P20 from 26	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.7
27Paul Menard	20	52	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	59.3¹⁰	18.6⁴	—	—	—	+5.4⁸	8²⁴	17.9¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	19.5³⁵	8.9³⁵	-2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2007: P28 from 21	25 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.2
7Regan Smith	35	52	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	63.8¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+7.0²	8²⁴	24.3⁷	—	14.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	31.0³⁴	7.7³⁴	+2.5³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2008: P28 from 4	10 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.9
1Jamie McMurray	26	51	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	71.4⁶	14.0²	—	—	—	+3.3¹⁰	8²⁴	14.6¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+15.0⁶	16.3³⁵	8.7³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P32 from 28	31 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.8
47A.J. Allmendinger	32	50	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	67.4¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+0.1¹⁰	8²⁴	19.9⁹	—	16.8⁵	—	-20.3⁶	16.7³⁵	9.2³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P39 from 28	19 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.7
3Austin Dillon	19	49	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	80.6⁷	20.4¹⁰	21.1⁹	21.8⁹	20.0⁸	-3.3¹⁰	8²⁴	22.2¹²	21.4⁷	20.8⁵	—	+0.3⁶	13.9³⁵	9.8³⁵	-1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2014: P17 from 11	20 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 18.8
23David Ragan	34	47	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	60.0¹⁰	25.2⁴	—	—	—	+7.4¹⁰	12²⁴	25.8¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	+4.3⁶	30.6³⁵	6.0³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2007: P26 from 36	25 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.9
43Aric Almirola	16	46	28.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	57.5¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	13.7⁶	13.5⁶	10.5⁶	+5.6⁹	4²⁴	22.4¹²	25.3⁴	16.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	24.1³⁵	8.6³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2012: P28 from 29	20 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.1
10Danica Patrick	33	44	26.3⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	22.7⁹	0.4%⁹	60.8⁹	—	—	—	—	+15.5⁹	8²⁴	26.4⁵	—	21.8⁵	—	+4.0⁶	24.9³⁵	5.5³⁵	+3.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2013: P29 from 30	9 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 26.3
17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	25	44	23.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	59.4⁹	18.7¹⁰	21.0⁹	17.8⁹	19.7⁹	+5.7⁹	4²⁴	23.5¹²	26.4⁷	24.2⁵	—	+9.0⁶	17.1³⁵	10.2³⁵	-2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2013: P26 from 16	22 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.6
13Casey Mears	29	43	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	69.0⁶	33.6¹	37.0¹	38.0¹	37.0¹	+0.8¹⁰	8²⁴	25.6¹²	39.0¹	17.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	24.1³⁵	7.2³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P21 from 19	28 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.8
95Ty Dillon	28	42	24.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	63.4³	26.7¹⁰	30.5⁶	30.0⁶	29.7⁶	+9.0⁴	8²⁴	22.8⁹	31.5⁶	21.8⁵	—	+3.3⁶	27.0¹⁰	5.8¹⁰	+2.7¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	10.0%¹⁰	—	2015: P18 from 29	13 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 24.6
83Matt DiBenedetto	27	42	24.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	37.4⁵	20.0⁸	15.0⁴	14.0⁴	15.3⁴	-3.3³	12²⁴	22.6⁷	17.0²	32.6⁵	—	+5.3⁶	30.5³⁴	6.8³⁴	+0.8³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	23.5%³⁴	—	2015: P32 from 41	13 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 25.0
6Trevor Bayne	24	42	24.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	25.6⁵	0.0%⁵	58.1⁵	—	—	—	—	+5.1⁵	4²⁴	29.7⁷	—	26.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	20.3³⁵	8.3³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2015: P24 from 33	5 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 24.8
55Cole Whitt	37	41	27.6⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	35.0⁸	0.0%⁸	42.8⁷	32.6¹	—	—	—	-5.3⁵	8²⁴	26.5⁴	—	28.0⁵	—	+6.7⁶	35.2²⁵	6.7²⁵	+4.8²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁵	16.0%²⁵	—	2014: P30 from 40	8 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 27.6
44Brian Scott	30	39	24.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	35.0¹	0.0%¹	48.2¹	—	—	—	—	-15.0¹	4²⁴	31.5²	—	32.6⁵	—	-11.0⁶	28.3³⁵	7.6³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2016: P24 from 35	1 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 24.0
46Michael Annett	36	38	26.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	35.4⁵	0.0%⁵	48.8⁵	—	—	—	—	+0.1⁵	8²⁴	29.7³	—	32.2⁵	—	-12.7⁶	37.0³⁴	4.3³⁴	+5.5³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	8.8%³⁴	—	2014: P20 from 30	5 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 26.2
98Reed Sorenson	40	36	31.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	48.7¹⁰	33.7³	—	—	—	+2.5⁹	8²⁴	24.7⁹	—	35.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	37.4²⁷	4.8²⁷	+3.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	2006: P36 from 35	19 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 32.1
32Jeb Burton	39	36	34.7³	0³	0³	0³	38.3³	0.0%³	32.4³	—	—	—	—	+2.3²	4²⁴	—	—	35.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	37.0¹	—	+1.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	2015: P33 from 40	3 st · 0 W · best P33 · avg 34.7
38Landon Cassill	31	35	32.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	41.3¹⁰	32.4⁴	—	—	—	+3.2⁵	4²⁴	28.6¹⁰	—	33.6⁵	—	+17.7⁶	31.6³⁵	5.8³⁵	+5.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2010: P41 from 35	18 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 30.6
30Josh Wise	38	31	34.5⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	36.1⁸	0.0%⁸	36.2⁸	—	—	—	—	+6.6⁵	8²⁴	35.7³	—	33.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	38.2²⁷	4.5²⁷	+2.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	2012: P42 from 35	8 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 34.5