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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
11Denny Hamlin	9	67	6.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	9.7¹⁰	11.2%¹⁰	107.8¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	8.8¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	9.4¹⁰	-6.4¹⁰	11²¹	17.6¹²	4.8¹²	8.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	8.4³⁵	10.4³⁵	-3.5³⁵	6.3³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2006: P10 from 5	28 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 8.6
48Jimmie Johnson	18	66	7.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	9.0¹⁰	11.8%¹⁰	116.0⁴	18.1⁵	15.3³	14.0³	11.7³	-12.0¹⁰	4²¹	12.1¹²	26.5¹²	6.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	16.8³⁵	11.2³⁵	-0.1³⁵	5.1³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2002: P6 from 5	23 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.3
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	6²¹	7.4¹²	11.4¹²	4.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	9.0³⁵	9.9³⁵	-2.1³⁵	9.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2001: P14 from 3	31 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.7
78Martin Truex Jr.	2	61	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	93.6¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	6.9⁹	9.2⁹	6.1⁹	-5.1⁸	11²¹	21.6¹²	9.6¹²	13.2⁵	—	-14.7⁶	6.9³⁵	11.0³⁵	-2.5³⁵	12.2³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2006: P14 from 39	24 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
18Kyle Busch	3	60	13.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	16.0%¹⁰	106.1¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	+1.6¹⁰	11²¹	22.6¹²	23.3¹²	7.8⁵	—	-6.7⁶	7.3³⁵	10.6³⁵	-4.5³⁵	10.2³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2005: P23 from 6	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
2Brad Keselowski	6	58	12.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	10.8%¹⁰	95.5⁸	15.2¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	-5.6¹⁰	6²¹	24.1¹²	16.7¹²	13.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	8.8³⁵	12.0³⁵	-3.5³⁵	8.5³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2009: P7 from 31	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.0
22Joey Logano	8	58	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	86.6⁸	13.4¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	14.6¹⁰	+7.8¹⁰	6²¹	22.5¹²	14.3¹²	8.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	12.5³⁵	11.6³⁵	-2.5³⁵	4.5³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2009: P9 from 5 · led 19	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.0
41Kurt Busch	7	58	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	5.4%¹⁰	60.2²	12.8⁸	13.2⁶	15.5⁶	12.5⁶	+3.8¹⁰	6²¹	20.1¹²	10.4¹²	11.8⁵	—	-8.7⁶	11.9³⁵	10.9³⁵	-5.0³⁵	3.2³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2001: P30 from 27	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.8
24Chase Elliott	20	58	13.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	71.7²	16.5¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	-4.4¹⁰	4²¹	14.8¹²	11.5¹²	19.4⁵	—	+16.3⁶	10.5³⁵	10.3³⁵	-1.5³⁵	6.7³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2015: P41 from 22	19 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.0
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.	22	57	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.2¹⁰	4²¹	17.8¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	+5.3⁶	16.9³⁵	11.2³⁵	-3.1³⁵	1.2³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2000: P40 from 10	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.0
77Erik Jones	10	57	14.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	24.5¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	15.2¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	-6.9¹⁰	11²¹	18.3¹²	20.5¹²	17.6⁵	—	+12.0⁶	14.7³⁵	11.7³⁵	-2.7³⁵	4.3³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2026: P15 from 36 · 0.98% off	17 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.2
5Kasey Kahne	23	57	13.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	9.1%¹⁰	98.3⁸	25.4¹	—	—	—	-12.0¹⁰	4²¹	14.9¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	-8.7⁶	17.7³⁵	10.3³⁵	-1.6³⁵	1.1³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2004: P13 from 1 · led 24	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.7
42Kyle Larson	4	57	15.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	14.5%¹⁰	96.6³	13.3¹⁰	7.9¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	7.5¹⁰	-1.0¹⁰	4²¹	17.6¹²	8.8¹²	23.6⁵	—	+4.3⁶	11.5³⁵	13.3³⁵	-1.7³⁵	10.3³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2014: P8 from 17	17 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.5
21Ryan Blaney	12	56	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	71.7²	15.2¹⁰	8.2⁹	9.9⁹	6.2⁹	-1.0⁸	6²¹	22.9¹²	7.8¹²	19.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	10.3³⁵	10.4³⁵	-6.6³⁵	6.5³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2015: P30 from 9	19 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.5
1Jamie McMurray	5	56	15.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	4.3%¹⁰	85.6⁶	14.2¹	—	—	—	-6.0¹⁰	4²¹	20.3¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	10.3³⁵	10.1³⁵	-4.5³⁵	4.3³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2003: P22 from 19	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.5
19Daniel Suarez	19	55	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	20.5¹⁰	21.9¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	21.0¹⁰	+4.5¹⁰	11²¹	11.9¹²	20.6¹²	16.8⁵	—	+8.0⁶	13.8³⁵	9.2³⁵	-1.8³⁵	0.6³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2026: P21 from 2 · led 2 · 1.18% off	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.1
20Matt Kenseth	11	54	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	18.0⁴	15.3³	16.3³	12.3³	+4.5⁹	11²¹	16.3¹²	21.8¹²	19.2⁵	—	+9.7⁶	10.4³⁵	11.7³⁵	-4.1³⁵	7.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1999: P37 from 31	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
3Austin Dillon	13	54	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	73.3³	21.9¹⁰	24.6¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	+3.4¹⁰	4²¹	22.3¹²	22.3¹²	11.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	19.2³⁵	8.9³⁵	+0.2³⁵	0.8³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2014: P11 from 20	20 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.7
31Ryan Newman	17	54	13.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	7.2%¹⁰	97.1⁴	19.5⁹	20.0⁷	22.3⁷	18.6⁷	-6.3¹⁰	4²¹	23.5¹²	25.4¹²	20.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	17.1³⁵	10.7³⁵	+1.0³⁵	1.5³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2002: P5 from 3	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.1
14Clint Bowyer	16	53	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	78.1¹⁰	9.8⁵	7.7³	6.7³	11.7³	-1.5¹⁰	6²¹	16.8¹²	10.7¹²	27.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	13.1³⁵	10.0³⁵	-1.6³⁵	2.7³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2006: P23 from 3	16 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 19.4
43Aric Almirola	15	53	17.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	14.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	67.5⁵	16.8¹⁰	14.3⁸	16.6⁸	12.9⁸	-3.0¹⁰	6²¹	29.7¹²	19.4¹²	17.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	22.6²⁸	9.4²⁸	+3.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	2012: P19 from 13	16 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 17.2
37Chris Buescher	27	49	13.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	17.6¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	64.7¹	15.3¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	+0.6¹⁰	4²¹	28.8¹²	14.4¹²	31.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	25.2³⁵	8.5³⁵	+3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2016: P17 from 31	18 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.4
17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	14	49	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	63.2⁴	26.3¹⁰	27.2¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	+2.6⁴	6²¹	21.7¹²	25.8¹²	17.2⁵	—	-10.0⁶	16.0³⁵	10.0³⁵	-0.7³⁵	1.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2013: P18 from 14	21 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 23.6
27Paul Menard	21	49	24.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	60.9¹⁰	18.5²	—	—	—	+9.3⁹	4²¹	25.7¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-3.3⁶	21.7³⁵	7.9³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.2³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2007: P31 from 23	12 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.9
47A.J. Allmendinger	29	48	25.7⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	21.3⁹	0.0%⁹	57.9⁹	—	—	—	—	+5.3⁶	4²¹	30.1¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+11.7⁶	23.7³⁵	8.5³⁵	+2.1³⁵	0.6³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2007: P36 from 20	9 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 25.7
13Ty Dillon	25	47	24.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	27.1¹⁰	29.1¹⁰	30.2¹⁰	28.6¹⁰	+6.9⁸	4²¹	23.8¹²	31.2¹²	20.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	26.2³⁵	6.7³⁵	+5.3³⁵	0.1³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2026: P31 from 27 · 2.00% off	13 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 23.7
32Matt DiBenedetto	28	45	20.3⁹	0⁹	0⁹	2⁹	18.7⁹	0.0%⁹	47.7²	19.0⁷	21.6⁵	16.0⁵	23.6⁵	-1.3²	6²¹	33.3¹²	17.3¹²	29.4⁵	—	+8.0⁶	28.9³⁵	7.0³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2015: P25 from 25	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 20.3
6Trevor Bayne	24	44	37.5²	0²	0²	0²	18.5²	0.0%²	45.7²	—	—	—	—	+10.0²	6²¹	22.3¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	21.0³⁵	9.0³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.6³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2015: P35 from 18	2 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 37.5
10Danica Patrick	33	44	29.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	33.2⁵	0.0%⁵	46.9⁵	—	—	—	—	+15.1⁵	6²¹	28.3¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	+1.0⁶	21.7³⁵	8.6³⁵	-2.0³⁵	0.7³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29³⁵	31.4%³⁵	—	2012: P31 from 38	5 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 29.4
38David Ragan	26	43	26.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	58.1¹⁰	24.4²	—	—	—	+5.4¹⁰	6²¹	28.6¹²	35.0¹	27.8⁵	—	+8.7⁶	29.1³⁵	7.4³⁵	+4.1³⁵	0.3³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2007: P27 from 24	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 25.8
23Corey LaJoie	35	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11²¹	33.8¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	34.0³¹	5.6³¹	+3.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	16.1%³¹	—	first start here	—
55Derrike Cope	38	42	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	36.7¹	—	—	—	—	11²¹	31.4¹²	—	35.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	37.1¹⁴	3.0¹⁴	+1.9¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁴	28.6%¹⁴	—	1988: P26 from 34	26 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 24.6
95Michael McDowell	30	40	30.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	36.5⁵	20.3¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	+6.7⁷	4²¹	35.9¹²	24.7¹²	26.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	23.7³⁵	6.7³⁵	+1.4³⁵	0.3³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2008: P28 from 18	22 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 26.1
34Landon Cassill	31	39	26.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	47.5⁶	29.5⁴	32.0²	31.5²	31.0²	-3.5⁶	6²¹	38.6¹²	31.1⁷	25.6⁵	—	+6.0⁶	29.3³⁵	5.1³⁵	+2.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2011: P29 from 27	10 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 26.2
15Reed Sorenson	32	37	30.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	46.8⁸	32.0²	33.0¹	33.0¹	33.0¹	-0.5⁶	11²¹	21.7¹²	35.6⁹	37.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	34.9²⁷	3.7²⁷	+3.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	2006: P11 from 16	10 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 30.4
33Jeffrey Earnhardt	37	36	36.0²	0²	0²	0²	39.0²	0.0%²	24.7¹	32.7¹	—	—	—	—	4²¹	34.1¹²	—	34.4⁵	—	0.0⁶	36.0³³	4.5³³	+2.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³³	42.4%³³	—	2016: P38 from 38	2 st · 0 W · best P34 · avg 36.0
72Cole Whitt	34	35	39.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	38.5⁴	0.0%⁴	28.7⁴	—	—	—	—	+8.5³	4²¹	33.8¹²	—	33.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	32.0³⁵	6.5³⁵	+3.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	2012: P38 from 39	4 st · 0 W · best P37 · avg 39.0
51Cody Ware	39	34	31.8⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	33.9⁸	0.1%⁸	—	32.9⁸	35.0⁸	35.6⁸	34.4⁸	-3.0²	4²¹	31.3¹²	35.4¹²	36.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	38.3⁴	2.0⁴	+0.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	100.0%⁴	—	2026: P36 from 37 · 2.36% off	8 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 31.8
83Gray Gaulding	36	33	32.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	28.0¹	0.0%¹	—	33.1¹	33.0¹	34.0¹	33.0¹	-2.0¹	11²¹	33.7¹²	33.4⁵	36.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	34.6²⁶	6.5²⁶	+3.5²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	19.2%²⁶	—	2020: P32 from 28 · 5.08% off	1 st · 0 W · best P32 · avg 32.0
66Carl Long	40	32	42.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	21.0¹	0.0%¹	30.4¹	—	—	—	—	—	4²¹	39.5¹²	—	33.5²	—	—	39.5²	3.5²	+6.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	50.0%²	—	2005: P42 from 21	1 st · 0 W · best P42 · avg 42.0