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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
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	2	68	7.3¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	26.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-13.0¹⁰	8²⁵	11.6¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	+5.3⁶	17.5³⁵	11.2³⁵	-2.5³⁵	1.2³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2000: P42 from 6	34 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 15.2
4Kevin Harvick	6	66	13.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	83.8²	11.1¹⁰	17.3⁸	18.5⁸	13.4⁸	-5.7¹⁰	13²⁵	14.9¹²	17.3⁸	4.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	8.9³⁵	9.7³⁵	-1.9³⁵	9.2³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2001: P12 from 9	45 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.2
48Jimmie Johnson	30	64	21.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	7.0¹⁰	8.9%¹⁰	85.7⁴	16.4⁶	5.5²	17.5²	5.0²	-0.9¹⁰	8²⁵	12.0¹²	20.2⁶	6.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	16.5³⁵	11.1³⁵	-0.6³⁵	5.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2002: P7 from 1 · led 8	37 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.2
17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	1	62	12.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	79.3⁸	19.5¹⁰	8.0¹⁰	9.5¹⁰	14.0¹⁰	-4.8⁸	13²⁵	16.9¹²	11.7¹²	17.2⁵	—	-10.0⁶	16.4³⁵	9.8³⁵	-1.2³⁵	0.8³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2013: P13 from 21 · led 2	24 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.6
41Kurt Busch	15	61	12.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	3.3%¹⁰	92.7²	13.7⁹	13.4⁵	19.2⁵	10.6⁵	-7.5¹⁰	13²⁵	20.3¹²	15.4⁵	11.8⁵	—	-8.7⁶	11.7³⁵	11.0³⁵	-5.1³⁵	3.2³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2001: P3 from 27 · led 2	42 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.2
24Chase Elliott	8	59	10.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	5.5%¹⁰	97.9³	15.5¹⁰	14.0¹⁰	18.0¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	-7.0¹⁰	8²⁵	20.8¹²	15.7¹²	19.4⁵	—	+16.3⁶	10.8³⁵	9.8³⁵	-0.6³⁵	6.7³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2016: P5 from 1 · led 27	19 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.7
22Joey Logano	12	57	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	80.8¹⁰	15.4¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	+0.8¹⁰	13²⁵	19.8¹²	14.5¹²	8.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	12.4³⁵	11.2³⁵	-2.3³⁵	4.4³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2009: P9 from 22 · led 4	33 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 19.8
3Austin Dillon	18	57	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	73.7⁸	19.1¹⁰	26.9¹⁰	19.9¹⁰	29.6¹⁰	+1.3¹⁰	8²⁵	17.1¹²	20.2¹²	11.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	19.1³⁵	8.7³⁵	+1.0³⁵	0.9³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2013: P26 from 16	24 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.3
19Daniel Suarez	7	57	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	78.0¹	20.2¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	-3.2⁹	4²⁵	18.3¹²	15.2¹¹	16.8⁵	—	+8.0⁶	14.1³⁵	9.9³⁵	-2.0³⁵	0.6³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2017: P15 from 14 · led 11	17 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 19.1
2Brad Keselowski	3	56	14.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	84.3¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	-6.2⁸	13²⁵	21.8¹²	15.1¹²	13.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	8.9³⁵	12.0³⁵	-3.7³⁵	8.5³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2009: P1 from 9 · led 1	33 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
77Erik Jones	14	56	17.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	24.0¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	34.7¹	18.5¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	12.9¹⁰	-11.2⁹	4²⁵	20.9¹²	14.2¹¹	17.6⁵	—	+12.0⁶	14.6³⁵	11.6³⁵	-2.0³⁵	4.4³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2017: P36 from 23	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.9
11Denny Hamlin	11	55	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.1¹⁰	10.3%¹⁰	93.0¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	26.3¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	+2.2¹⁰	4²⁵	22.1¹²	18.0¹²	8.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	8.3³⁵	10.5³⁵	-3.3³⁵	6.5³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P22 from 30 · led 1	39 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
18Kyle Busch	10	54	24.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	4.7%¹⁰	76.4¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	+8.2¹⁰	4²⁵	19.5¹²	14.7¹²	7.8⁵	—	-6.7⁶	7.1³⁵	10.6³⁵	-4.7³⁵	10.2³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2005: P41 from 35	40 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 20.5
13Ty Dillon	28	54	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	74.8¹	19.9¹⁰	15.2⁹	18.2⁹	21.9⁹	+8.7⁶	8²⁵	20.8¹²	18.2¹⁰	20.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	26.1³⁵	6.7³⁵	+5.2³⁵	0.1³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2017: P11 from 25	13 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.6
1Jamie McMurray	23	52	15.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.6¹⁰	5.5%¹⁰	100.9⁵	26.3²	—	—	—	-7.3¹⁰	8²⁵	25.8¹²	17.0¹	16.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	9.8³⁵	9.8³⁵	-5.2³⁵	4.5³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2002: P26 from 5	32 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 21.3
20Matt Kenseth	4	52	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	28.9¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	—	21.9²	26.0²	20.0²	26.0²	+1.9¹⁰	4²⁵	21.3¹²	6.0¹	19.2⁵	—	+9.7⁶	10.6³⁵	11.6³⁵	-3.4³⁵	7.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2000: P18 from 42 · led 2	37 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
5Kasey Kahne	19	51	22.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.7¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	69.6⁸	21.1¹	—	—	—	+2.6¹⁰	8²⁵	17.8¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	-8.7⁶	17.9³⁵	10.1³⁵	-2.0³⁵	1.1³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2004: P30 from 26	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.0
43Aric Almirola	22	51	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	79.2¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	18.8⁸	14.5⁸	18.5⁸	-1.4¹⁰	13²⁵	21.1¹²	21.1⁷	17.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	22.4²⁸	8.9²⁸	+3.1²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	2007: P30 from 38	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
14Clint Bowyer	17	51	19.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	70.3¹⁰	17.2⁶	17.0²	15.5²	18.0²	+0.0¹⁰	13²⁵	15.1¹²	28.5²	27.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	13.1³⁵	10.9³⁵	-2.4³⁵	2.7³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P40 from 15	29 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.3
42Kyle Larson	21	50	18.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	80.1⁷	18.4¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	-2.3¹⁰	8²⁵	22.8¹²	8.1¹²	23.6⁵	—	+4.3⁶	11.0³⁵	13.3³⁵	-2.3³⁵	10.6³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2014: P9 from 29	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.3
27Paul Menard	9	50	23.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	70.8¹⁰	18.9⁴	—	—	—	+1.6⁸	8²⁵	17.3¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-3.3⁶	22.0³⁵	7.7³⁵	+2.1³⁵	0.1³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2006: P34 from 24 · led 1	26 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.1
75Brendan Gaughan	32	50	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	30.7¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	54.6²	25.7⁵	33.0²	15.0²	34.0²	—	8²⁵	18.0¹¹	34.0²	16.0⁵	—	-15.0⁶	35.3³	6.1³	+23.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	33.3%³	—	2004: P13 from 20	10 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.1
31Ryan Newman	20	49	20.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	80.5⁴	22.6⁸	24.8⁴	26.0⁴	24.5⁴	+1.9¹⁰	8²⁵	20.2¹²	22.0³	20.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	17.0³⁵	10.7³⁵	+1.5³⁵	1.5³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P43 from 8 · led 3	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.3
37Chris Buescher	34	49	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	55.0⁴	18.1¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	14.0¹⁰	+2.4¹⁰	8²⁵	18.4¹²	16.7¹¹	31.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	25.0³⁵	8.4³⁵	+3.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2015: P24 from 38	20 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.0
78Martin Truex Jr.	13	48	28.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	75.4¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	+4.1¹⁰	4²⁵	21.2¹²	18.0¹¹	13.2⁵	—	-14.7⁶	6.6³⁵	10.1³⁵	-2.1³⁵	12.4³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2005: P21 from 32	39 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.4
21Ryan Blaney	16	48	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	86.0⁶	16.1¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	11.7¹⁰	+10.4⁵	13²⁵	21.9¹²	18.7¹¹	19.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	10.1³⁵	10.0³⁵	-6.5³⁵	6.2³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2014: P22 from 4 · led 15	22 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
83Corey LaJoie	36	47	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4²⁵	17.5²	—	33.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	34.0³¹	5.6³¹	+3.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	16.1%³¹	—	first start here	—
47A.J. Allmendinger	27	46	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	60.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+9.5⁸	8²⁵	25.8¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+11.7⁶	23.8³⁵	8.6³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.6³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2008: P30 from 4 · led 1	15 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.2
38David Ragan	29	46	18.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	87.1¹⁰	22.5⁵	36.0¹	30.0¹	38.0¹	-2.3¹⁰	13²⁵	18.4¹²	28.8⁴	27.8⁵	—	+8.7⁶	29.0³⁵	7.0³⁵	+3.6³⁵	0.3³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P17 from 10 · led 1	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.0
7Elliott Sadler	35	46	28.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.0³	8²⁵	19.4¹²	—	20.5²	—	—	36.5²	0.7²	+16.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	1999: P29 from 41	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.6
32Matt DiBenedetto	26	43	26.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.6¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	47.2⁵	19.8⁸	15.3⁴	14.8⁴	21.0⁴	+1.5⁴	13²⁵	21.1¹²	21.3³	29.4⁵	—	+8.0⁶	29.0³⁵	6.9³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2015: P18 from 43	13 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 26.9
6Trevor Bayne	5	42	28.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	14.6¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	70.4¹⁰	26.8²	—	—	—	+8.0²	13²⁵	24.3¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	21.6³⁵	8.9³⁵	+2.6³⁵	0.4³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2011: P40 from 11 · led 5	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 24.4
10Danica Patrick	31	41	24.4⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	22.8⁹	0.9%⁹	69.1⁹	—	—	—	—	+5.4⁹	13²⁵	26.6¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	+1.0⁶	21.8³⁵	8.3³⁵	-1.6³⁵	0.6³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.26³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	2013: P33 from 23	9 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 24.4
34Landon Cassill	25	41	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	34.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	57.6¹⁰	29.0⁶	22.7³	26.0³	19.7³	+0.2⁵	13²⁵	24.3¹²	27.7³	25.6⁵	—	+6.0⁶	29.5³⁵	5.2³⁵	+3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2011: P31 from 6	19 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.3
23Gray Gaulding	37	41	21.0³	0³	0³	1³	35.0³	0.0%³	61.2¹	30.3²	34.0¹	28.0¹	34.0¹	-14.5²	4²⁵	20.0¹	—	36.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	34.5²⁶	6.2²⁶	+2.9²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁶	23.1%²⁶	—	2017: P9 from 39	3 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.0
72Cole Whitt	38	40	23.9⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	34.6⁹	0.2%⁹	53.5⁸	21.9¹	—	—	—	-9.5⁵	8²⁵	25.3⁷	—	33.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	31.9³⁵	6.2³⁵	+3.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	2012: P40 from 42	9 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 23.9
55Reed Sorenson	33	38	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	32.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	62.0¹⁰	35.0³	—	—	—	+0.9¹⁰	4²⁵	23.0¹²	27.0¹	37.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	34.9²⁷	3.6²⁷	+3.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	2006: P26 from 41	14 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 25.4
95Michael McDowell	24	37	31.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	50.2¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	21.3¹⁰	+2.5¹	8²⁵	25.2¹²	18.3¹²	26.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	23.9³⁵	6.4³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.3³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	2008: P26 from 24	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 25.9
33Jeffrey Earnhardt	40	34	32.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	35.3⁴	0.0%⁴	36.8²	38.2¹	—	—	—	+8.5¹	8²⁵	23.8⁴	—	34.4⁵	—	0.0⁶	35.9³³	4.4³³	+2.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³³	39.4%³³	—	2016: P34 from 39	4 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 32.8
15Joey Gase	39	30	28.4⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	36.2⁹	0.0%⁹	47.5¹	31.8⁹	37.4⁵	31.6⁵	37.4⁵	+4.3⁴	4²⁵	26.4¹⁰	36.3⁷	35.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	34.8⁸	5.3⁸	+3.4⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50⁸	50.0%⁸	—	2017: P32 from 37	9 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 28.4