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Preview · Kroger 300 Presented by Oreo 2002 · Pitwall

Kentucky Speedway

Intermediate1.5 mipaved

Banking · Banking in Corners 14 degrees° · Banking on Straights Front - 8 degrees° · Back - 4 degrees

Hampton, GA

Xfinity Series · 2002 · RACE 16 · PRE-RACE PREVIEW

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Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 43

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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
60Greg Biffle	9	66	10.2⁵	0⁵	2⁵	4⁵	21.2⁵	12.8%⁵	98.8³	—	—	—	—	-2.0³	10²⁶	10.6¹²	—	8.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	10.7³³	11.8³³	+0.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	15.2%³³	—	2001: P2 from 37	5 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 10.2
26Ron Hornaday Jr.	15	64	3.5²	0²	2²	2²	11.0²	8.3%²	—	—	—	—	—	-10.0²	9²⁶	15.6¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	17.9²⁹	11.5²⁹	-0.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	2003: P3 from 4 · led 33	2 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 3.5
23Scott Wimmer	8	61	8.3⁶	0⁶	3⁶	4⁶	21.2⁶	1.0%⁶	95.1⁴	—	—	—	—	-10.0³	0²⁶	16.3¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	22.6³³	10.3³³	+10.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	12.1%³³	—	2001: P17 from 34	6 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 8.3
57Jason Keller	4	61	16.0⁸	0⁸	2⁸	3⁸	15.1⁸	3.1%⁸	73.0⁵	—	—	—	—	-7.3⁴	10²⁶	22.8¹²	—	6.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	6.9³³	10.6³³	-3.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	2001: P14 from 6	8 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.0
59Stacy Compton	27	60	13.8⁴	0⁴	1⁴	2⁴	14.5⁴	0.0%⁴	69.7²	—	—	—	—	+1.0³	9²⁶	16.0¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	12.1³³	9.6³³	-3.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	2003: P4 from 1	4 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 13.8
48Kenny Wallace	37	57	23.0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	22.6⁹	0.0%⁹	63.8⁷	—	—	—	—	-5.7⁵	9²⁶	15.1¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+2.7⁶	16.1³³	8.0³³	+1.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	3.0%³³	—	2001: P35 from 39	9 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 23.0
27Jamie McMurray	12	57	10.0¹	0¹	0¹	1¹	26.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	9²⁶	22.0¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-2.0⁶	16.5³³	10.9³³	+1.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	15.2%³³	—	2001: P10 from 26	1 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 10.0
18Mike McLaughlin	19	55	25.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	7.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹	0²⁶	22.3¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	13.0³³	9.4³³	-0.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	2001: P25 from 7	1 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 25.0
24Jack Sprague	3	55	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9²⁶	27.7¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	-3.7⁶	14.5³³	11.2³³	-0.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	first start here	—
33Tony Raines	30	54	14.2⁵	0⁵	1⁵	1⁵	30.6⁵	0.0%⁵	62.1³	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	9²⁶	20.9¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	+12.7⁶	19.9³³	10.4³³	+1.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	2001: P3 from 24	5 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 14.2
36Hank Parker Jr.	23	54	11.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	15.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	-21.0¹	1²⁶	24.6¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-10.3⁶	19.1³³	12.2³³	-0.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21³³	24.2%³³	—	2001: P11 from 15	1 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 11.0
40Brian Vickers	22	53	5.7³	0³	1³	3³	13.3³	0.0%³	102.7²	—	—	—	—	-2.6²	1²⁶	25.8¹²	—	29.6⁵	—	+9.3⁶	24.2²⁰	10.1²⁰	+0.5²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25²⁰	35.0%²⁰	—	2003: P6 from 19	3 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 5.7
10Scott Riggs	1	53	28.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	16.8⁴	6.8%⁴	52.7³	—	—	—	—	+15.5²	10²⁶	17.9¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	10.8³³	12.2³³	-6.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	18.2%³³	—	2003: P30 from 5 · led 54	4 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 28.0
75Butch Miller	21	53	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9²⁶	19.3¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	32.0⁹	7.7⁹	+7.2⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	33.3%⁹	—	first start here	—
87Joe Nemechek	11	52	23.0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	27.7⁶	0.2%⁶	58.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	9²⁶	22.5¹²	31.5⁴	16.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	11.6¹³	15.3¹³	-2.2¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	23.1%¹³	—	2010: P25 from 41	6 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 23.0
92Todd Bodine	6	52	29.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	14.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	9²⁶	16.4¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	-6.0⁶	17.3²⁷	12.8²⁷	-2.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	2003: P29 from 14	1 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 29.0
7Randy LaJoie	10	52	22.0³	0³	0³	1³	23.3³	0.0%³	65.7¹	—	—	—	—	—	9²⁶	16.0¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+7.0⁶	15.3³³	10.3³³	-0.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	12.1%³³	—	2001: P7 from 18	3 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.0
54Kevin Grubb	38	52	16.5²	0²	0²	1²	25.5²	0.0%²	79.0¹	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹	9²⁶	24.2¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	23.4²⁹	12.2²⁹	+1.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	2001: P8 from 27	2 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 16.5
47Shane Hmiel	25	51	19.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	6.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	9²⁶	22.3¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	17.2³³	10.7³³	-4.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	15.2%³³	—	2003: P19 from 6	1 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 19.0
2Johnny Sauter	32	51	28.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	18.3⁴	0.1%⁴	46.4²	—	—	—	—	+13.0²	9²⁶	16.2¹²	—	18.8⁵	—	-17.7⁶	16.8³²	11.3³²	-2.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16³²	15.6%³²	—	2003: P17 from 12 · led 1	4 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 28.0
4Mike Wallace	33	51	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	68.0⁸	—	—	—	—	-1.2⁵	9²⁶	18.5¹²	—	26.2⁵	—	+11.3⁶	28.8¹⁶	9.3¹⁶	+4.1¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	25.0%¹⁶	—	2003: P13 from 25	12 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.3
5Ricky Hendrick	14	50	15.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	21.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	9²⁶	27.5¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-3.7⁶	20.1²¹	7.8²¹	-2.9²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²¹	14.3%²¹	—	2001: P15 from 21	1 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 15.0
66Casey Mears	13	50	15.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	25.0¹	0.0%¹	76.7¹	—	—	—	—	—	1²⁶	25.0¹²	—	26.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	18.6³³	9.0³³	-5.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	9.1%³³	—	2017: P15 from 25	1 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 15.0
31David Green	26	50	17.2⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	15.7⁶	0.2%⁶	73.9³	—	—	—	—	-5.4⁵	9²⁶	21.3¹²	—	28.0⁵	—	+9.0⁶	14.4¹¹	13.6¹¹	-3.9¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09¹¹	27.3%¹¹	—	2001: P23 from 25	6 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 17.2
46Ashton Lewis	20	49	10.0⁵	0⁵	2⁵	4⁵	22.6⁵	0.0%⁵	72.2²	—	—	—	—	-8.5²	9²⁶	28.5¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+3.0⁶	20.4³³	11.8³³	-2.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.24³³	36.4%³³	—	2001: P5 from 10	5 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 10.0
21Jay Sauter	2	49	29.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	21.8⁴	0.0%⁴	52.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	9²⁶	21.3¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-8.3⁶	14.9¹³	11.4¹³	-3.8¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15¹³	23.1%¹³	—	2001: P9 from 1	4 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 29.5
20Coy Gibbs	28	49	15.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	35.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	-16.0¹	0²⁶	22.7¹²	—	31.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	30.5⁴	8.4⁴	+0.8⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50⁴	50.0%⁴	—	2003: P15 from 35	1 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 15.0
25Bobby Hamilton Jr.	7	48	20.8⁶	1⁶	1⁶	1⁶	11.2⁶	16.3%⁶	66.5³	—	—	—	—	+8.5²	10²⁶	28.0¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	14.5³³	11.3³³	-1.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	18.2%³³	—	2001: P12 from 8	6 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.8
14Larry Foyt	5	48	19.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	22.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	-18.0¹	9²⁶	27.8¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	25.7³³	7.2³³	+2.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	2001: P19 from 22	1 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 19.0
02Hermie Sadler	34	47	21.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	20.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	9²⁶	20.6¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	23.6⁵	6.9⁵	-6.8⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.40⁵	60.0%⁵	—	2004: P21 from 20	1 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 21.0
37Kevin Lepage	18	46	30.0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	32.3⁶	0.2%⁶	50.2⁶	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	9²⁶	22.0¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	+19.7⁶	15.0²³	12.4²³	-3.7²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	17.4%²³	—	2008: P24 from 31	6 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 30.0
19Tim Sauter	16	46	32.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	24.5⁴	0.0%⁴	58.5²	—	—	—	—	—	9²⁶	23.0¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-9.3⁶	22.6³³	8.8³³	+3.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	2001: P43 from 14	4 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 32.5
95Steadman Marlin	31	45	25.0²	0²	0²	0²	24.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	10²⁶	28.7¹²	—	25.4⁵	—	+7.0⁶	31.2⁵	2.8⁵	+4.4⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	0.0%⁵	—	2001: P26 from 19	2 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 25.0
38Christian Elder	42	45	24.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	16.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+20.0¹	10²⁶	32.4¹⁰	—	23.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	29.1⁷	5.4⁷	-7.6⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.57⁷	85.7%⁷	—	2001: P24 from 16	1 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 24.0
12Kerry Earnhardt	35	44	27.0²	0²	0²	0²	28.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	+25.0¹	9²⁶	25.4¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	-6.0⁶	25.8³³	10.5³³	+1.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	21.2%³³	—	2001: P20 from 30	2 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 27.0
63Shane Hall	39	44	29.3³	0³	0³	0³	36.7³	0.0%³	33.5¹	—	—	—	—	—	9²⁶	29.2¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-7.0⁶	32.8²³	7.6²³	+5.0²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13²³	47.8%²³	—	2001: P22 from 33	3 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 29.3
49Andy Kirby	40	42	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10²⁶	34.6⁸	—	32.2⁵	—	-11.7⁶	35.1¹¹	9.9¹¹	+2.5¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.36¹¹	63.6%¹¹	—	first start here	—
32Dan Pardus	24	41	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9²⁶	33.4¹¹	—	33.4⁵	—	+2.0⁶	32.0¹¹	6.2¹¹	-1.2¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27¹¹	54.5%¹¹	—	first start here	—
91Stanton Barrett	29	41	30.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	30.3⁴	0.1%⁴	48.4³	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	9²⁶	26.1¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	-6.3⁶	30.6¹¹	6.9¹¹	+3.8¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09¹¹	9.1%¹¹	—	2004: P37 from 31	4 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 30.5
34Stuart Kirby	17	41	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9²⁶	37.4⁵	—	31.8⁵	—	+13.0⁶	26.0⁷	9.4⁷	-5.6⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29⁷	42.9%⁷	—	first start here	—
77Brad Teague	41	41	33.3³	0³	0³	0³	39.7³	0.0%³	44.1¹	—	—	—	—	—	10²⁶	12.8¹²	—	37.8⁵	—	+2.0⁶	38.2¹⁸	7.7¹⁸	+2.1¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	61.1%¹⁸	—	2001: P40 from 42	3 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 33.3
94Larry Gunselman	43	39	32.0²	0²	0²	0²	31.0²	0.0%²	35.9¹	—	—	—	—	—	9²⁶	33.2¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	38.9¹⁶	7.3¹⁶	+6.7¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19¹⁶	50.0%¹⁶	—	2003: P23 from 40	2 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 32.0
44Mike Harmon	36	32	33.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	37.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	36.2⁹	31.6²	—	—	—	+10.0¹	9²⁶	38.0¹²	—	37.4⁵	—	+2.0⁶	39.0²⁴	5.2²⁴	+2.4²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13²⁴	83.3%²⁴	—	2003: P35 from 20	14 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 32.9