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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
11Denny Hamlin	16	66	14.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	5.6%¹⁰	91.8¹⁰	8.3¹⁰	7.4¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	-3.2¹⁰	11²⁴	9.2¹²	3.7¹²	8.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	8.2³⁵	10.5³⁵	-3.5³⁵	6.6³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P14 from 33	38 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 13.3
18Kyle Busch	7	66	10.2¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	18.7%¹⁰	105.6¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	-6.2¹⁰	11²⁴	9.7¹²	18.2¹²	7.8⁵	—	-6.7⁶	7.2³⁵	9.9³⁵	-3.7³⁵	10.4³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2005: P28 from 39	38 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
4Kevin Harvick	10	65	11.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	17.3¹⁰	6.8%¹⁰	97.3²	13.2⁹	9.8⁵	6.0⁵	8.6⁵	-10.9¹⁰	8²⁴	19.0¹²	11.4¹²	4.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	8.8³⁵	9.8³⁵	-2.5³⁵	9.3³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2001: P24 from 3 · led 137	42 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.7
48Jimmie Johnson	11	64	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	72.1⁴	12.1⁶	9.0²	11.5²	7.0²	-3.7¹⁰	5²⁴	14.1¹²	13.3³	6.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	17.0³⁵	10.9³⁵	-0.3³⁵	4.7³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2002: P7 from 33	37 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.4
2Brad Keselowski	4	61	13.1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.9¹⁰	9.9%¹⁰	98.5¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	12.2¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	-2.1¹⁰	8²⁴	16.5¹²	14.7¹²	13.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	8.9³⁵	11.4³⁵	-2.9³⁵	8.8³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2010: P13 from 36 · led 26	30 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.0
22Joey Logano	5	60	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	79.1¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	16.3¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	+7.3¹⁰	8²⁴	15.2¹²	5.5¹²	8.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	12.6³⁵	11.4³⁵	-2.8³⁵	4.1³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2009: P38 from 23	32 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.2
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	20	59	14.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.7¹⁰	14.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.9¹⁰	5²⁴	14.9¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	+5.3⁶	16.9³⁵	10.7³⁵	-2.5³⁵	1.2³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2000: P38 from 12	34 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.8
41Kurt Busch	15	59	13.0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	9.8%¹⁰	88.0²	14.0⁷	17.3³	18.0³	16.7³	-5.9¹⁰	8²⁴	22.0¹²	15.0¹¹	11.8⁵	—	-8.7⁶	11.7³⁵	11.0³⁵	-4.6³⁵	3.3³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2001: P42 from 39	40 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 13.9
21Ryan Blaney	6	58	14.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	9.7%¹⁰	83.4⁴	10.9¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	11.3¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	-6.1⁶	8²⁴	18.7¹²	7.3¹²	19.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	10.4³⁵	10.3³⁵	-6.4³⁵	6.5³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2015: P22 from 15	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.3
24Chase Elliott	2	57	15.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	94.4³	13.6¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	+0.6¹⁰	5²⁴	16.9¹²	9.6¹²	19.4⁵	—	+16.3⁶	11.0³⁵	10.3³⁵	-1.1³⁵	6.6³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2016: P4 from 19	18 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.2
20Matt Kenseth	22	56	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	15.7²	20.0²	18.5²	18.0²	-6.5¹⁰	11²⁴	17.9¹²	23.3³	19.2⁵	—	+9.7⁶	10.1³⁵	11.6³⁵	-4.5³⁵	7.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2000: P12 from 22	37 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 13.9
42Kyle Larson	1	56	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	9.7%¹⁰	91.4⁷	6.7¹⁰	5.1⁹	6.0⁹	4.4⁹	-0.0¹⁰	5²⁴	16.9¹²	10.5¹²	23.6⁵	—	+4.3⁶	11.6³⁵	13.3³⁵	-1.9³⁵	10.4³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2014: P10 from 20	20 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 10.9
3Austin Dillon	21	55	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	65.9⁷	20.6¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	22.4¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	+1.2¹⁰	5²⁴	20.1¹²	17.1¹²	11.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	19.0³⁵	9.2³⁵	+0.2³⁵	0.9³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2014: P11 from 26	22 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.4
1Jamie McMurray	8	55	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	67.5⁶	26.2²	—	—	—	-1.1¹⁰	5²⁴	18.8¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	10.2³⁵	10.1³⁵	-4.5³⁵	4.3³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2003: P11 from 26	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.9
14Clint Bowyer	9	55	16.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.9¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	82.8¹⁰	9.4⁶	10.5²	9.5²	11.5²	+2.7¹⁰	8²⁴	11.7¹²	13.3³	27.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	13.3³⁵	10.7³⁵	-2.5³⁵	2.7³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P29 from 27	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 13.8
78Martin Truex Jr.	3	54	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	73.5¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	12.3⁷	13.4⁷	12.1⁷	+6.3¹⁰	11²⁴	23.3¹²	14.4¹²	13.2⁵	—	-14.7⁶	6.9³⁵	11.0³⁵	-2.6³⁵	12.3³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2006: P38 from 25	34 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.6
17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	19	53	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	78.4⁹	23.6¹⁰	22.4¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	-3.7⁹	8²⁴	27.0¹²	28.9¹²	17.2⁵	—	-10.0⁶	15.9³⁵	10.1³⁵	-1.5³⁵	1.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2013: P16 from 28	24 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.0
5Kasey Kahne	17	53	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	6.1%¹⁰	89.5⁸	21.2²	—	—	—	-2.5¹⁰	5²⁴	16.1¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	-8.7⁶	17.9³⁵	10.4³⁵	-1.5³⁵	1.1³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2004: P40 from 5	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.9
6Trevor Bayne	12	52	17.0⁸	0⁸	1⁸	2⁸	22.5⁸	0.0%⁸	67.8⁶	18.1²	—	—	—	-0.4⁷	8²⁴	21.9¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	21.4³⁵	9.3³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.5³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2011: P34 from 19	8 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 17.0
31Ryan Newman	13	52	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7.4¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	82.9⁴	20.5⁸	26.3⁴	23.8⁴	25.8⁴	+4.4¹⁰	5²⁴	15.0¹²	23.3¹⁰	20.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	17.2³⁵	10.8³⁵	+1.3³⁵	1.5³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2002: P37 from 8	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.7
19Daniel Suarez	23	52	22.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	77.9¹	25.1¹⁰	27.2¹⁰	26.3¹⁰	26.7¹⁰	+7.7⁹	11²⁴	16.2¹²	19.2¹²	16.8⁵	—	+8.0⁶	13.7³⁵	9.9³⁵	-2.5³⁵	0.6³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2017: P15 from 12	16 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 19.4
43Aric Almirola	18	51	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	66.8¹⁰	17.4⁹	15.8⁵	16.4⁵	16.4⁵	+5.8⁹	8²⁴	24.7¹²	12.3¹²	17.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	22.5²⁸	9.3²⁸	+3.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	2007: P36 from 35	25 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.9
77Erik Jones	14	50	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	5.2%¹⁰	139.3¹	21.9¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	21.0¹⁰	+0.7⁹	11²⁴	24.8¹²	24.2¹²	17.6⁵	—	+12.0⁶	14.6³⁵	11.9³⁵	-2.5³⁵	4.1³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2017: P2 from 1 · led 260	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.2
27Paul Menard	26	50	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.3¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	68.2¹⁰	19.9⁴	—	—	—	+1.1⁹	5²⁴	24.5¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-3.3⁶	21.5³⁵	7.9³⁵	+1.8³⁵	0.2³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2007: P24 from 41	24 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 18.2
37Chris Buescher	27	49	16.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	61.5⁴	14.8¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	14.0¹⁰	-0.8¹⁰	5²⁴	23.6¹²	20.5¹²	31.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	25.2³⁵	7.9³⁵	+4.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2015: P25 from 38	19 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
38David Ragan	33	47	23.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	62.6¹⁰	20.2⁴	—	—	—	+10.5¹⁰	8²⁴	20.4¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	+8.7⁶	28.9³⁵	7.4³⁵	+3.9³⁵	0.3³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P26 from 41	25 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 24.9
47A.J. Allmendinger	25	46	27.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	64.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+10.1⁹	5²⁴	29.2¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+11.7⁶	23.8³⁵	8.7³⁵	+2.1³⁵	0.5³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2007: P40 from 43	18 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 24.0
10Danica Patrick	29	46	23.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	31.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	49.7¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+5.4¹⁰	8²⁴	24.6¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	+1.0⁶	21.9³⁵	8.4³⁵	-1.6³⁵	0.7³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.26³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	2012: P29 from 43	10 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.8
32Matt DiBenedetto	32	46	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	55.2⁵	17.2⁷	18.0³	20.0³	17.3³	-13.5⁴	8²⁴	32.9¹²	16.5⁸	29.4⁵	—	+8.0⁶	28.8³⁵	6.9³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2015: P21 from 22	12 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.3
55Derrike Cope	39	42	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	11²⁴	23.6¹²	—	35.8⁵	—	-3.3⁶	37.1¹⁴	3.0¹⁴	+1.7¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁴	28.6%¹⁴	—	1987: P16 from 28	27 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 25.9
13Ty Dillon	24	42	30.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	54.7²	25.9¹⁰	31.1⁸	30.4⁸	29.9⁸	+9.7⁷	5²⁴	25.1¹²	28.9¹²	20.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	26.3³⁵	6.7³⁵	+5.4³⁵	0.1³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2016: P25 from 34	14 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 27.5
83Corey LaJoie	35	39	28.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	35.0¹	0.0%¹	40.3¹	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	11²⁴	30.5⁴	—	33.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	34.0³¹	5.5³¹	+3.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	16.1%³¹	—	2017: P28 from 35	1 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 28.0
72Cole Whitt	31	37	31.6⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	33.3⁷	0.0%⁷	38.5⁷	—	—	—	—	-0.3⁶	5²⁴	30.0¹²	—	33.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	32.1³⁵	6.5³⁵	+3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	2014: P40 from 18	7 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 31.6
34Landon Cassill	30	37	32.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	42.1¹⁰	27.2⁵	32.0¹	30.0¹	32.0¹	-3.0⁶	8²⁴	29.3¹²	32.3³	25.6⁵	—	+6.0⁶	29.3³⁵	5.1³⁵	+3.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2010: P37 from 42	18 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 28.7
95Michael McDowell	28	35	33.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	39.5¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	21.9¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	+1.0¹	5²⁴	36.7¹²	25.3¹²	26.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	23.8³⁵	6.7³⁵	+1.6³⁵	0.3³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2010: P43 from 35	29 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 26.1
15Reed Sorenson	34	35	28.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	53.2¹⁰	33.2⁴	35.0¹	38.0¹	35.0¹	+2.7⁹	5²⁴	25.4¹²	35.5²	37.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	34.8²⁷	3.8²⁷	+2.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	2006: P22 from 22	19 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 30.4
33Jeffrey Earnhardt	37	34	33.7³	0³	0³	0³	37.7³	0.0%³	29.7³	—	—	—	—	—	5²⁴	35.3⁹	—	34.4⁵	—	0.0⁶	36.0³³	4.3³³	+2.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³³	42.4%³³	—	2016: P32 from 37	3 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 33.7
23Gray Gaulding	36	32	32.5⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	33.8⁶	0.0%⁶	34.2¹	31.8⁵	32.0²	29.0²	32.0²	-2.0⁴	11²⁴	34.5⁸	—	36.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	34.6²⁶	6.6²⁶	+3.3²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁶	23.1%²⁶	—	2017: P31 from 37	6 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 32.5
51Timmy Hill	38	30	33.5⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	38.7⁶	0.0%⁶	26.2²	31.4⁴	34.5²	33.0²	35.0²	+13.0¹	5²⁴	36.1¹²	33.8⁴	34.2⁵	—	-1.3⁶	37.3¹⁴	6.6¹⁴	+5.0¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁴	21.4%¹⁴	—	2014: P43 from 43	6 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 33.5