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Hampton, GA

Cup Series · 2016 · 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 · 40

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
4Kevin Harvick	1	68	10.2⁹	0⁹	2⁹	6⁹	9.2⁹	0.5%⁹	99.6⁶	9.0³	12.0¹	5.0¹	19.0¹	-6.9⁹	1⁸	8.3¹²	11.3¹²	1.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	12.0³⁵	11.0³⁵	+2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2011: P16 from 19	9 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 10.2
78Martin Truex Jr.	7	64	10.2⁹	2⁹	3⁹	5⁹	9.9⁹	15.9%⁹	95.8⁶	7.6³	2.0¹	1.0¹	1.0¹	-2.4⁶	4⁸	20.0¹²	10.6¹¹	6.2⁵	—	-1.7⁶	9.2³⁵	11.7³⁵	-4.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2011: P18 from 16 · led 1	9 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 10.2
22Joey Logano	4	63	10.1⁹	0⁹	2⁹	6⁹	10.3⁹	3.8%⁹	98.3⁶	7.8³	6.0¹	8.0¹	5.0¹	-3.0⁹	2⁸	21.8¹²	15.9¹²	6.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	8.2³⁵	10.2³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2011: P14 from 15	9 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 10.1
41Kurt Busch	3	63	10.9⁹	1⁹	2⁹	6⁹	11.2⁹	5.3%⁹	87.3⁶	7.1³	5.0¹	2.0¹	6.0¹	-3.1⁷	1⁸	17.8¹²	8.6¹²	10.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	12.3³⁵	8.8³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2011: P9 from 3 · led 41	9 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 10.9
48Jimmie Johnson	9	60	15.4⁹	0⁹	1⁹	5⁹	12.0⁹	8.5%⁹	104.8⁶	15.0³	4.0¹	10.0¹	4.0¹	+0.4⁹	1⁸	12.5¹²	24.4¹²	13.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	12.1³⁵	11.7³⁵	-1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2011: P3 from 5	9 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.4
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	13	59	14.0⁶	0⁶	2⁶	2⁶	14.8⁶	0.8%⁶	84.7⁶	—	—	—	—	+1.6⁶	1⁸	16.7¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	-25.0⁶	16.5¹⁷	13.3¹⁷	+0.8¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.24¹⁷	23.5%¹⁷	—	2011: P30 from 29	6 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 14.0
2Brad Keselowski	2	57	13.2⁹	2⁹	3⁹	6⁹	5.3⁹	20.0%⁹	106.8⁶	12.0³	7.0¹	4.0¹	3.0¹	+5.7⁹	2⁸	24.1¹²	15.3¹²	12.8⁵	—	+16.0⁶	9.8³⁵	11.0³⁵	-2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2011: P7 from 6 · led 79	9 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.2
19Carl Edwards	5	57	13.4⁵	0⁵	2⁵	2⁵	15.4⁵	2.7%⁵	92.2⁵	—	—	—	—	-1.3⁵	4⁸	12.0¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+11.3⁶	7.2³⁵	11.2³⁵	-7.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2011: P5 from 7	5 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 13.4
5Kasey Kahne	18	56	17.7⁷	0⁷	1⁷	2⁷	19.3⁷	0.1%⁷	86.7⁶	23.6¹	—	—	—	+3.3⁶	1⁸	16.5¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	16.9³⁵	9.6³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2011: P13 from 4 · led 1	7 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.7
18Kyle Busch	6	55	5.7⁹	2⁹	7⁹	8⁹	5.7⁹	26.1%⁹	128.9⁶	7.5³	19.0¹	19.0¹	21.0¹	-7.3⁹	4⁸	25.4¹²	20.6¹²	20.0⁵	—	-1.7⁶	9.7³⁵	12.8³⁵	-1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2011: P1 from 1 · led 125	9 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 5.7
31Ryan Newman	14	55	16.0⁹	0⁹	2⁹	3⁹	17.8⁹	0.7%⁹	82.3⁶	18.9³	26.0¹	24.0¹	26.0¹	-3.4⁹	1⁸	17.2¹²	23.0¹²	11.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	14.1³⁵	7.8³⁵	-2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2011: P4 from 18	9 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.0
42Kyle Larson	20	55	18.0⁵	0⁵	2⁵	3⁵	16.8⁵	0.0%⁵	82.8³	11.3²	—	—	—	+2.8⁵	1⁸	13.0¹²	8.3¹²	20.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	15.5³⁵	11.5³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2014: P40 from 6	5 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.0
21Ryan Blaney	15	55	7.8⁴	0⁴	1⁴	3⁴	9.8⁴	1.8%⁴	88.0¹	8.3³	1.0¹	3.0¹	2.0¹	-3.7³	2⁸	25.1¹²	8.3¹²	29.2⁵	—	+10.0⁶	14.9³⁵	10.5³⁵	-3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2017: P10 from 6	4 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 7.8
11Denny Hamlin	10	54	14.6⁹	0⁹	4⁹	4⁹	13.1⁹	3.4%⁹	92.7⁶	14.9³	22.0¹	18.0¹	22.0¹	+5.9⁹	4⁸	16.3¹²	5.8¹²	19.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	6.2³⁵	10.7³⁵	-5.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2011: P11 from 26 · led 5	9 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 14.6
20Matt Kenseth	11	54	10.5⁸	1⁸	3⁸	5⁸	14.5⁸	1.8%⁸	105.2⁶	20.7²	20.0¹	26.0¹	17.0¹	-4.1⁸	4⁸	21.5¹²	22.3¹²	19.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	9.5³⁵	11.1³⁵	-4.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2011: P6 from 13	8 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 10.5
15Clint Bowyer	25	54	15.7⁹	0⁹	1⁹	2⁹	14.2⁹	1.7%⁹	81.4⁶	10.2³	11.0¹	11.0¹	9.0¹	-1.1⁹	1⁸	18.3¹²	11.8¹²	21.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	30.9³⁵	8.2³⁵	+7.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2011: P35 from 20	9 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.7
24Chase Elliott	8	54	13.5⁴	0⁴	1⁴	1⁴	14.0⁴	0.0%⁴	104.4¹	13.2³	10.0¹	9.0¹	12.0¹	-9.5⁴	1⁸	17.3¹²	9.4¹²	26.2⁵	—	-8.0⁶	11.4³⁵	11.3³⁵	-2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2017: P3 from 12	4 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.5
27Paul Menard	24	53	17.4⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	14.9⁸	0.0%⁸	71.8⁶	11.9²	—	—	—	+1.5⁶	1⁸	25.5¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	19.4³⁵	9.1³⁵	-2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2011: P24 from 10	8 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 17.4
1Jamie McMurray	16	53	18.3⁷	0⁷	1⁷	2⁷	16.4⁷	0.0%⁷	82.2⁶	17.1¹	—	—	—	-0.4⁷	1⁸	15.2¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+15.0⁶	16.6³⁵	8.6³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2011: P36 from 34	7 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.3
43Aric Almirola	26	53	17.4⁷	0⁷	0⁷	2⁷	11.9⁷	6.8%⁷	72.7⁴	8.7³	3.0¹	7.0¹	7.0¹	+5.0⁷	2⁸	27.1¹²	19.8¹²	16.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	23.8³⁵	8.6³⁵	+0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2012: P26 from 13	7 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 17.4
47A.J. Allmendinger	19	50	21.2⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	20.5⁶	0.0%⁶	70.3⁶	—	—	—	—	+6.7³	1⁸	24.1¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-20.3⁶	17.1³⁵	8.6³⁵	-0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2011: P28 from 23	6 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.2
13Casey Mears	28	49	20.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	24.8⁵	0.2%⁵	59.5⁵	—	—	—	—	-18.0¹	1⁸	27.6¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	24.2³⁵	7.2³⁵	-1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2011: P25 from 25	5 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 20.8
3Austin Dillon	12	49	22.0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	17.0⁷	0.0%⁷	69.0⁴	18.3³	14.0¹	16.0¹	13.0¹	+4.5⁶	1⁸	20.3¹²	22.9¹²	20.8⁵	—	+0.3⁶	14.1³⁵	10.4³⁵	-1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2013: P24 from 26	7 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 22.0
34Chris Buescher	34	48	17.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	20.0⁴	0.0%⁴	62.9¹	18.9³	16.0¹	15.0¹	18.0¹	-4.8⁴	2⁸	25.0¹²	14.5¹²	24.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	26.0³⁵	8.7³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2017: P16 from 22	4 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 17.3
16Greg Biffle	23	48	21.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	20.6⁵	0.0%⁵	70.9⁵	—	—	—	—	+6.8⁵	2⁸	21.5¹²	32.0²	21.6⁵	—	-9.7⁶	20.1³⁵	9.7³⁵	-1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2011: P21 from 21	5 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 21.2
7Regan Smith	33	47	25.0²	0²	0²	0²	19.0²	0.0%²	73.0²	—	—	—	—	—	1⁸	30.1¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	31.0³⁴	7.7³⁴	+2.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2011: P17 from 12	2 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 25.0
14Tony Stewart	22	47	21.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	18.2⁵	0.1%⁵	69.2⁵	—	—	—	—	+4.2⁵	1⁸	12.5¹²	—	31.6⁵	—	+10.7⁶	14.5²⁷	10.9²⁷	-4.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	2011: P12 from 9 · led 1	5 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 21.6
10Danica Patrick	27	46	23.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	20.5⁴	0.0%⁴	62.6⁴	—	—	—	—	+7.9⁴	1⁸	27.9¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+4.0⁶	25.1³⁵	5.7³⁵	+2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2013: P23 from 29	4 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 23.3
23David Ragan	31	46	22.9⁸	0⁸	0⁸	1⁸	26.8⁸	0.1%⁸	59.0⁶	23.5²	—	—	—	-2.3⁸	4⁸	28.4¹²	35.0¹	19.2⁵	—	+4.3⁶	30.7³⁵	6.0³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2011: P8 from 8 · led 3	8 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.9
17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	21	46	19.1⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	16.1⁷	1.1%⁷	68.5⁴	21.9³	29.0¹	20.0¹	30.0¹	-3.8⁷	2⁸	21.1¹²	26.5¹²	24.2⁵	—	+9.0⁶	17.3³⁵	9.5³⁵	-1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2013: P17 from 13	7 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 19.1
6Trevor Bayne	17	45	25.0²	0²	0²	0²	23.5²	0.0%²	63.7²	—	—	—	—	+11.3²	2⁸	20.6¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	20.5³⁵	8.2³⁵	+0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2015: P13 from 28	2 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 25.0
44Brian Scott	32	45	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁸	23.7¹²	—	32.6⁵	—	-11.0⁶	28.2³⁵	7.8³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	first start here	—
95Ty Dillon	30	43	26.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	28.5⁴	0.0%⁴	36.0¹	24.6³	23.0¹	29.0¹	23.0¹	—	1⁸	22.8¹²	31.7¹²	21.8⁵	—	+3.3⁶	26.8¹⁰	5.9¹⁰	+2.9¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	10.0%¹⁰	—	2017: P33 from 27	4 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 26.0
46Michael Annett	37	40	24.0²	0²	0²	0²	30.5²	0.0%²	56.5²	—	—	—	—	-1.5²	1⁸	29.8¹²	—	32.2⁵	—	-12.7⁶	37.0³⁴	4.3³⁴	+5.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	2014: P18 from 32	2 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 24.0
83Matt DiBenedetto	35	40	24.6⁵	0⁵	1⁵	1⁵	27.8⁵	0.1%⁵	39.4²	20.1³	8.0¹	6.0¹	8.0¹	+2.0¹	4⁸	31.8¹²	19.4¹²	32.6⁵	—	+5.3⁶	30.3³⁴	6.8³⁴	+0.5³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	23.5%³⁴	—	2015: P42 from 39	5 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 24.6
55Reed Sorenson	39	36	30.3³	0³	0³	0³	35.3³	0.1%³	40.4³	—	—	—	—	-1.7³	1⁸	23.8¹²	35.7⁷	35.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	37.4²⁷	4.8²⁷	+3.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	2014: P27 from 31	3 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 30.3
98Cole Whitt	36	36	33.0³	0³	0³	0³	31.7³	0.0%³	42.0³	—	—	—	—	-1.1²	1⁸	34.8¹²	—	28.0⁵	—	+6.7⁶	35.3²⁵	6.4²⁵	+4.4²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁵	20.0%²⁵	—	2014: P28 from 30	3 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 33.0
32Jeffrey Earnhardt	38	35	29.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	36.0¹	0.0%¹	38.5¹	—	—	—	—	—	2⁸	34.3¹²	—	36.0⁵	—	+3.7⁶	38.0²¹	3.6²¹	+4.0²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²¹	9.5%²¹	—	2017: P29 from 36	1 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 29.0
38Landon Cassill	29	34	29.4⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	32.1⁸	0.1%⁸	47.6⁶	33.8²	—	—	—	+1.0⁴	2⁸	35.5¹²	31.6⁷	33.6⁵	—	+17.7⁶	31.7³⁵	6.0³⁵	+5.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2011: P23 from 30 · led 2	8 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 29.4
30Josh Wise	40	30	37.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	34.5⁴	0.0%⁴	33.4⁴	—	—	—	—	+9.2³	1⁸	38.8¹²	—	33.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	38.1²⁷	4.3²⁷	+2.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	2012: P37 from 30	4 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 37.0

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