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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	1	66	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	75.5²	9.5¹⁰	7.0⁹	7.6⁹	7.1⁹	-2.9¹⁰	5²²	7.4¹²	11.4¹²	1.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	12.0³⁵	10.9³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2001: P14 from 3	31 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.0
78Martin Truex Jr.	8	63	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	93.6¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	6.9⁹	9.2⁹	6.1⁹	-5.1⁸	11²²	21.6¹²	9.6¹²	6.2⁵	—	-1.7⁶	9.1³⁵	11.5³⁵	-5.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P14 from 39	24 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.4
48Jimmie Johnson	9	62	7.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	9.0¹⁰	11.8%¹⁰	116.0⁴	18.1⁵	15.3³	14.0³	11.7³	-12.0¹⁰	5²²	12.1¹²	26.5¹²	13.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	12.1³⁵	11.6³⁵	-1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2002: P6 from 5	23 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
11Denny Hamlin	7	62	6.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	9.7¹⁰	11.2%¹⁰	107.8¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	8.8¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	9.4¹⁰	-6.4¹⁰	11²²	17.6¹²	4.8¹²	19.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	6.3³⁵	10.6³⁵	-5.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P10 from 5	28 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 8.5
5Kasey Kahne	18	60	13.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	9.1%¹⁰	98.3⁸	25.4¹	—	—	—	-12.0¹⁰	5²²	14.9¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	16.9³⁵	9.5³⁵	+1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 1 · led 24	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.9
22Joey Logano	5	58	20.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.2¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	83.5⁸	13.4¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	14.6¹⁰	+8.4¹⁰	6²²	22.5¹²	14.3¹²	6.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	8.2³⁵	11.3³⁵	-2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2009: P9 from 5 · led 19	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.5
41Kurt Busch	4	58	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	5.4%¹⁰	60.2²	12.8⁸	13.2⁶	15.5⁶	12.5⁶	+3.8¹⁰	5²²	20.1¹²	10.4¹²	10.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	12.3³⁵	8.0³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2001: P30 from 27	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.7
2Brad Keselowski	2	58	12.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	9.6%¹⁰	92.8⁸	15.2¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	-6.3¹⁰	6²²	24.1¹²	16.7¹²	12.8⁵	—	+16.0⁶	9.8³⁵	11.1³⁵	-1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2009: P7 from 31	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
19Carl Edwards	3	57	12.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	93.4⁹	—	—	—	—	-2.9¹⁰	11²²	14.5¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+11.3⁶	7.3³⁵	11.4³⁵	-6.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2004: P7 from 24	12 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 11.6
42Kyle Larson	16	56	16.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	16.8%¹⁰	97.5³	13.3¹⁰	7.9¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	7.5¹⁰	+0.6¹⁰	5²²	17.6¹²	8.8¹²	20.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	15.6³⁵	11.4³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2014: P8 from 17	17 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
31Ryan Newman	14	56	13.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	7.2%¹⁰	97.1⁴	19.5⁹	20.0⁷	22.3⁷	18.6⁷	-6.3¹⁰	5²²	23.5¹²	25.4¹²	11.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	14.1³⁵	8.0³⁵	-1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P5 from 3	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.0
88Jeff Gordon	15	56	12.2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.7¹⁰	17.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.9¹⁰	5²²	14.3¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	+21.3⁶	16.6⁷	6.6⁷	+2.7⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	0.0%⁷	—	1993: P24 from 5 · led 1	35 st · 7 W · best P1 · avg 11.5
15Clint Bowyer	27	55	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	78.1¹⁰	9.8⁵	7.7³	6.7³	11.7³	-1.5¹⁰	5²²	16.8¹²	10.7¹²	21.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	30.8³⁵	8.2³⁵	+7.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2006: P23 from 3	16 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.6
18Kyle Busch	6	55	13.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	16.0%¹⁰	106.1¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	+1.6¹⁰	11²²	22.6¹²	23.3¹²	20.0⁵	—	-1.7⁶	9.7³⁵	12.8³⁵	-1.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2005: P23 from 6	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.5
24Chase Elliott	11	54	14.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.4¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	64.1²	16.5¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	-4.4¹⁰	5²²	14.8¹²	11.5¹²	26.2⁵	—	-8.0⁶	11.3³⁵	11.6³⁵	-3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2015: P41 from 22	19 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.1
1Jamie McMurray	13	54	15.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	4.3%¹⁰	85.6⁶	14.2¹	—	—	—	-6.0¹⁰	5²²	20.3¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+15.0⁶	16.7³⁵	8.7³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2003: P22 from 19	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.2
14Tony Stewart	17	54	11.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹⁰	5²²	9.3¹²	—	31.6⁵	—	+10.7⁶	14.7²⁷	10.7²⁷	-3.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	11.1%²⁷	—	1999: P6 from 10	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 12.0
20Matt Kenseth	10	53	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	18.0⁴	15.3³	16.3³	12.3³	+4.5⁹	11²²	16.3¹²	21.8¹²	19.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	9.5³⁵	11.1³⁵	-4.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1999: P37 from 31	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
43Aric Almirola	26	53	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	12.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	69.2⁵	16.8¹⁰	14.3⁸	16.6⁸	12.9⁸	-2.6⁹	6²²	29.7¹²	19.4¹²	16.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	23.8³⁵	8.5³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2012: P19 from 13	16 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 16.4
7Regan Smith	33	52	17.7⁶	1⁶	1⁶	1⁶	22.7⁶	0.5%⁶	70.1⁶	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	5²²	30.9¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	31.0³⁴	7.6³⁴	+2.5³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2008: P29 from 16	6 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.7
16Greg Biffle	23	52	14.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	18.1%¹⁰	113.8⁶	—	—	—	—	-0.8¹⁰	6²²	24.0¹²	32.0²	21.6⁵	—	-9.7⁶	20.1³⁵	9.8³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2003: P12 from 17	15 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.6
27Paul Menard	24	51	24.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	60.9¹⁰	18.5²	—	—	—	+9.8⁹	5²²	25.7¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	19.4³⁵	9.0³⁵	-2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2007: P31 from 23	12 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.9
34Chris Buescher	31	51	13.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	65.9¹	15.3¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	+0.2¹⁰	6²²	28.8¹²	14.4¹²	24.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	26.1³⁵	8.8³⁵	-0.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2017: P17 from 27	18 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.4
21Ryan Blaney	20	50	18.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	56.7²	15.2¹⁰	8.2⁹	9.9⁹	6.2⁹	-1.0⁸	6²²	22.9¹²	7.8¹²	29.2⁵	—	+10.0⁶	14.7³⁵	10.8³⁵	-3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2015: P30 from 9	19 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.4
3Austin Dillon	12	49	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	78.9³	21.9¹⁰	24.6¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	+2.6¹⁰	5²²	22.3¹²	22.3¹²	20.8⁵	—	+0.3⁶	14.1³⁵	10.4³⁵	-1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2014: P11 from 20	20 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.3
47A.J. Allmendinger	21	47	26.9⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	22.2⁹	0.0%⁹	55.0⁹	—	—	—	—	+7.0⁷	5²²	30.1¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-20.3⁶	17.1³⁵	9.2³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P36 from 20	9 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 26.9
23David Ragan	32	46	26.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	59.8¹⁰	24.4²	—	—	—	+6.3¹⁰	11²²	28.6¹²	35.0¹	19.2⁵	—	+4.3⁶	30.6³⁵	6.0³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2007: P27 from 24	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 26.1
13Casey Mears	28	45	30.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	20.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	56.8⁶	—	—	—	—	+10.7¹⁰	5²²	28.1¹²	38.0¹	17.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	24.2³⁵	7.2³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2003: P34 from 24	14 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 29.1
44Brian Scott	34	45	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6²²	25.3¹²	—	32.6⁵	—	-11.0⁶	28.1³⁵	7.6³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	first start here	—
10Danica Patrick	25	45	29.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	34.8⁵	0.0%⁵	47.3⁵	—	—	—	—	+16.8⁵	5²²	28.3¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+4.0⁶	25.1³⁵	5.8³⁵	+3.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2012: P31 from 38	5 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 29.8
17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	22	44	26.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	57.6⁴	26.3¹⁰	27.2¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	+6.1⁴	6²²	21.7¹²	25.8¹²	24.2⁵	—	+9.0⁶	17.2³⁵	10.2³⁵	-2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2013: P18 from 14	21 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.1
6Trevor Bayne	19	42	35.0²	0²	0²	0²	21.0²	0.0%²	41.3²	—	—	—	—	+6.5²	6²²	22.3¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	20.5³⁵	7.6³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2015: P35 from 18	2 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 35.0
83Matt DiBenedetto	35	42	20.4⁹	0⁹	0⁹	2⁹	17.9⁹	0.0%⁹	49.3²	19.0⁷	21.6⁵	16.0⁵	23.6⁵	-7.5¹	11²²	33.3¹²	17.3¹²	32.6⁵	—	+5.3⁶	30.3³⁴	7.0³⁴	+0.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21³⁴	26.5%³⁴	—	2015: P25 from 25	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 20.4
95Michael McDowell	30	38	29.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	41.4⁵	20.3¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	+6.7⁷	5²²	35.9¹²	24.7¹²	28.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	28.8³⁰	8.4³⁰	+4.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	2008: P28 from 18	22 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 25.7
98Cole Whitt	36	38	35.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	38.0⁴	0.0%⁴	33.8⁴	—	—	—	—	+9.8²	5²²	33.8¹²	—	28.0⁵	—	+6.7⁶	35.3²⁵	6.5²⁵	+5.1²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁵	16.0%²⁵	—	2012: P38 from 39	4 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 35.5
32Jeffrey Earnhardt	38	36	32.0²	0²	0²	0²	38.5²	0.0%²	39.9¹	32.7¹	—	—	—	—	6²²	34.1¹²	—	36.0⁵	—	+3.7⁶	38.0²¹	3.7²¹	+4.4²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	4.8%²¹	—	2017: P30 from 37	2 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 32.0
55Reed Sorenson	39	35	31.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	47.2⁸	32.0²	33.0¹	33.0¹	33.0¹	+1.7⁶	5²²	21.7¹²	35.6⁹	35.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	37.4²⁷	4.9²⁷	+3.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	2006: P11 from 16	10 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 31.2
46Michael Annett	37	35	40.5²	0²	0²	0²	34.5²	0.0%²	39.7²	—	—	—	—	+4.5²	5²²	30.1¹²	—	32.2⁵	—	-12.7⁶	37.0³⁴	4.4³⁴	+5.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	2014: P42 from 30	2 st · 0 W · best P39 · avg 40.5
38Landon Cassill	29	35	25.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	50.3⁶	29.5⁴	32.0²	31.5²	31.0²	-6.3⁶	6²²	38.6¹²	31.1⁷	33.6⁵	—	+17.7⁶	31.7³⁵	6.0³⁵	+5.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2011: P29 from 27	10 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 25.3
30Josh Wise	40	34	34.0³	0³	0³	0³	31.0³	0.0%³	41.2³	—	—	—	—	+10.3²	5²²	39.1¹²	—	33.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	38.1²⁷	4.6²⁷	+2.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	2012: P43 from 30	3 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 34.0