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Long Pond, PA

Cup Series · 2017 · RACE 14 · PRE-RACE PREVIEW

Axalta Presents the Pocono 400

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Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 39

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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	18	67	8.2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	6.1¹⁰	26.1%¹⁰	119.2¹⁰	6.4¹⁰	2.8⁹	4.0⁹	3.1⁹	-10.1¹⁰	11²²	13.7¹²	11.9⁷	8.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	8.1³⁵	10.5³⁵	-3.5³⁵	6.8³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P1 from 1 · led 83	36 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 10.7
4Kevin Harvick	12	63	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	103.2²	9.3¹⁰	9.2⁶	9.5⁶	9.0⁶	-4.8¹⁰	3²²	10.3¹²	18.0⁴	4.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	8.7³⁵	9.8³⁵	-2.6³⁵	9.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2001: P15 from 19	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.1
48Jimmie Johnson	19	63	8.1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	13.9%¹⁰	93.3⁴	14.5⁶	19.5²	18.0²	18.5²	-7.8¹⁰	8²²	15.6¹²	25.0¹	6.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	16.8³⁵	10.7³⁵	+0.5³⁵	5.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2002: P3 from 2	37 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.1
2Brad Keselowski	6	61	13.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	8.2%¹⁰	90.8¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	10.8⁹	11.8⁹	9.2⁹	-1.1¹⁰	3²²	12.6¹²	16.7⁷	13.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	8.8³⁵	12.0³⁵	-3.8³⁵	8.4³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2010: P21 from 11	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
22Joey Logano	9	61	15.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	5.2%¹⁰	86.3¹⁰	16.1¹⁰	14.4⁹	13.9⁹	16.9⁸	+1.2¹⁰	3²²	14.5¹²	13.0⁷	8.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	12.5³⁵	11.5³⁵	-2.4³⁵	4.6³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2009: P23 from 23	30 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
18Kyle Busch	1	60	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	14.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	78.9¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	11.4⁸	13.5⁸	10.3⁷	+6.5¹⁰	11²²	9.0¹²	18.7⁶	7.8⁵	—	-6.7⁶	7.3³⁵	10.7³⁵	-4.3³⁵	9.9³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2005: P4 from 38	37 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
24Chase Elliott	25	59	12.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	3.9%¹⁰	99.0³	14.1¹⁰	9.1⁹	8.0⁹	11.3⁹	-0.4¹⁰	8²²	15.8¹²	10.4⁷	19.4⁵	—	+16.3⁶	10.3³⁵	10.3³⁵	-1.7³⁵	6.4³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2016: P4 from 13 · led 51	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.1
20Matt Kenseth	3	59	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	19.4⁴	14.5²	13.0²	14.5²	-4.4¹⁰	11²²	14.3¹²	4.0¹	19.2⁵	—	+9.7⁶	10.6³⁵	11.7³⁵	-3.8³⁵	6.9³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2000: P14 from 29	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.7
42Kyle Larson	7	58	11.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	5.1%¹⁰	92.6⁷	10.9¹⁰	8.9⁷	8.4⁷	11.7⁷	-2.4¹⁰	8²²	15.3¹²	8.5⁶	23.6⁵	—	+4.3⁶	11.4³⁵	13.3³⁵	-2.0³⁵	10.3³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2014: P5 from 14 · led 7	18 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 11.3
78Martin Truex Jr.	2	58	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	82.7¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	7.7⁷	8.1⁷	7.3⁷	-1.5¹⁰	11²²	18.3¹²	16.0⁵	13.2⁵	—	-14.7⁶	6.9³⁵	11.0³⁵	-2.6³⁵	12.6³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2006: P24 from 15	34 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
21Ryan Blaney	4	58	13.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	3.9%¹⁰	81.9³	13.3¹⁰	8.3⁹	9.1⁹	10.1⁸	-4.3⁷	3²²	16.5¹²	15.3⁷	19.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	10.5³⁵	10.3³⁵	-7.2³⁵	6.5³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2016: P10 from 14	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.3
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	28	57	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	4.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.4¹⁰	8²²	21.7¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	+5.3⁶	16.7³⁵	10.7³⁵	-2.8³⁵	1.2³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2000: P19 from 15	34 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.3
41Kurt Busch	5	57	18.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	6.9%¹⁰	110.0²	13.9⁸	10.5⁴	9.0⁴	15.0³	+3.2¹⁰	3²²	19.8¹²	16.5²	11.8⁵	—	-8.7⁶	12.0³⁵	10.9³⁵	-4.9³⁵	3.1³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2001: P13 from 41	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.7
5Kasey Kahne	26	55	16.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	6.0%¹⁰	88.6⁸	23.3²	—	—	—	-4.7¹⁰	8²²	14.3¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	-8.7⁶	17.7³⁵	10.0³⁵	-1.3³⁵	1.1³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2004: P14 from 1 · led 4	29 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.8
19Daniel Suarez	14	54	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	94.8¹	18.6¹⁰	20.3⁹	19.7⁹	19.6⁹	-7.1⁶	11²²	17.6¹⁰	18.0⁷	16.8⁵	—	+8.0⁶	13.9³⁵	9.9³⁵	-2.3³⁵	0.6³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2017: P7 from 8	14 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.4
1Jamie McMurray	8	53	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	71.4⁶	14.0²	—	—	—	+3.3¹⁰	8²²	14.6¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	10.2³⁵	9.3³⁵	-3.8³⁵	4.5³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P32 from 28	31 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.2
43Bubba Wallace	16	53	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3²²	—	—	15.0³	—	—	24.7³	4.0³	+9.7³	0.7³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	0.0%³	—	first start here	—
14Clint Bowyer	20	52	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	78.7¹⁰	11.5⁶	15.5²	16.0²	13.5²	+5.2¹⁰	3²²	14.9¹²	12.0¹	27.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	13.0³⁵	10.9³⁵	-2.4³⁵	2.7³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P21 from 42 · led 8	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.7
77Erik Jones	15	52	15.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	100.2¹	15.0¹⁰	15.0⁹	16.4⁹	14.4⁹	-0.7⁸	11²²	25.3¹⁰	26.0⁷	17.6⁵	—	+12.0⁶	14.6³⁵	11.7³⁵	-2.9³⁵	4.3³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2017: P8 from 9 · led 4	14 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 13.7
3Austin Dillon	17	52	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	15.4¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	76.0⁷	20.4¹⁰	21.1⁹	21.8⁹	20.0⁸	-1.4¹⁰	8²²	22.2¹²	21.4⁷	11.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	19.1³⁵	9.2³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.9³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2014: P17 from 11	20 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 19.9
31Ryan Newman	10	51	15.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	7.1%¹⁰	93.6⁴	18.4⁸	23.0⁴	19.5⁴	20.7³	+1.2¹⁰	8²²	19.1¹²	28.5²	20.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	17.3³⁵	10.8³⁵	+1.4³⁵	1.5³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2002: P32 from 15 · led 19	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
47A.J. Allmendinger	21	51	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	67.4¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+0.1¹⁰	8²²	19.9⁹	—	17.4⁵	—	+11.7⁶	23.9³⁵	8.8³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.6³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2007: P39 from 28	19 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.4
37Chris Buescher	29	51	16.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	59.2³	16.6¹⁰	14.0⁹	14.0⁹	10.5⁸	-6.5¹⁰	8²²	15.8¹¹	15.9⁷	31.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	25.2³⁵	8.5³⁵	+3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2016: P25 from 18	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.3
27Paul Menard	13	50	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	59.3¹⁰	18.6⁴	—	—	—	+5.4⁸	8²²	17.9¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-3.3⁶	21.9³⁵	7.9³⁵	+2.3³⁵	0.2³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2007: P28 from 21	25 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.7
17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	23	47	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	57.6⁹	18.7¹⁰	21.0⁹	17.8⁹	19.7⁹	+6.3⁹	3²²	23.5¹²	26.4⁷	17.2⁵	—	-10.0⁶	15.7³⁵	10.1³⁵	-1.5³⁵	1.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2013: P26 from 16	22 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.8
6Trevor Bayne	22	45	23.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	26.0⁵	0.0%⁵	58.1⁵	—	—	—	—	+1.6⁵	3²²	29.7⁷	—	22.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	21.1³⁵	9.4³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.6³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2015: P24 from 33	5 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 23.2
38David Ragan	31	45	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	60.0¹⁰	25.2⁴	—	—	—	+7.4¹⁰	3²²	25.8¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	+8.7⁶	28.9³⁵	7.4³⁵	+4.0³⁵	0.3³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P26 from 36	25 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.8
32Matt DiBenedetto	30	44	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	34.3⁵	20.0⁸	15.0⁴	14.0⁴	15.3⁴	+1.8⁴	3²²	22.6⁷	17.0²	29.4⁵	—	+8.0⁶	28.9³⁵	7.0³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2015: P32 from 41	13 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 25.6
13Ty Dillon	27	43	24.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	59.5³	26.7¹⁰	30.5⁶	30.0⁶	29.7⁶	+9.0⁴	8²²	22.8⁹	31.5⁶	20.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	26.2³⁵	6.8³⁵	+5.4³⁵	0.1³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2015: P18 from 29	13 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 24.9
10Danica Patrick	24	42	28.1⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	23.7⁹	0.4%⁹	58.2⁹	—	—	—	—	+16.5⁹	3²²	26.4⁵	—	26.6⁵	—	+1.0⁶	22.0³⁵	8.5³⁵	-2.1³⁵	0.7³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29³⁵	31.4%³⁵	—	2013: P29 from 30	9 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 28.1
72Cole Whitt	32	39	27.6⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	35.6⁸	0.0%⁸	42.0⁷	32.6¹	—	—	—	-4.1⁶	8²²	26.5⁴	—	33.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	32.1³⁵	6.6³⁵	+3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2014: P30 from 40	8 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 27.6
34Landon Cassill	34	39	32.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	41.3¹⁰	32.4⁴	—	—	—	+3.2⁵	3²²	28.6¹⁰	—	25.6⁵	—	+6.0⁶	29.2³⁵	5.2³⁵	+2.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2010: P41 from 35	18 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 31.1
95Michael McDowell	11	39	32.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	41.4¹⁰	20.8¹⁰	22.4⁸	18.8⁸	23.1⁸	-3.4⁴	8²²	25.7¹²	14.7⁷	26.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	24.3³⁵	6.7³⁵	+2.1³⁵	0.3³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2008: P27 from 39	23 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 25.9
55Derrike Cope	39	37	26.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	37.2¹	—	—	—	—	8²²	32.9⁷	—	35.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	37.1¹⁴	3.1¹⁴	+1.9¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁴	28.6%¹⁴	—	1987: P38 from 32	28 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.3
15Reed Sorenson	36	37	31.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	48.7¹⁰	33.7³	—	—	—	+2.5⁹	11²²	24.7⁹	—	37.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	34.7²⁷	3.9²⁷	+2.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	2006: P36 from 35	19 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 31.9
23Gray Gaulding	33	37	32.0²	0²	0²	0²	35.5²	0.0%²	35.8¹	34.9¹	—	—	—	-3.0¹	11²²	24.0¹	—	36.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	34.7²⁶	6.6²⁶	+3.4²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁶	23.1%²⁶	—	2017: P31 from 35	2 st · 0 W · best P31 · avg 32.0
83Corey LaJoie	35	37	25.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	34.0¹	0.0%¹	43.7¹	—	—	—	—	-7.0¹	11²²	40.0¹	—	33.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	34.0³¹	5.6³¹	+3.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	16.1%³¹	—	2017: P25 from 34	1 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 25.0
33Jeffrey Earnhardt	37	36	32.5²	0²	0²	0²	28.5²	0.0%²	27.3¹	32.2¹	—	—	—	—	8²²	29.0²	—	34.4⁵	—	0.0⁶	36.0³³	4.5³³	+2.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³³	39.4%³³	—	2017: P36 from 38	2 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 32.5
51Cody Ware	38	32	27.3⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	33.3⁶	0.0%⁶	—	28.1⁶	32.7⁶	31.8⁶	31.0⁶	+1.0²	8²²	30.0⁵	35.2⁵	36.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	38.5⁴	1.9⁴	+1.0⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	100.0%⁴	—	2026: P30 from 33 · 2.60% off	6 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 27.3