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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
7Greg Biffle	20	63	17.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.7¹⁰	7.3%¹⁰	101.6⁴	—	—	—	—	+0.8⁴	27⁵¹	13.3¹²	—	8.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	7.8¹³	11.7¹³	-7.7¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15¹³	23.1%¹³	—	2001: P30 from 5	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.2
23Scott Wimmer	17	62	11.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	93.7⁵	—	—	—	—	-4.0⁵	27⁵¹	9.5¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	17.9³³	9.6³³	+3.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	12.1%³³	—	2001: P29 from 34	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.2
21Kevin Harvick	2	62	9.7¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.1¹⁰	27.6%¹⁰	100.4¹	—	—	—	—	-10.6¹⁰	27⁵¹	6.9¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	4.8¹⁸	4.0¹⁸	-0.2¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	0.0%¹⁸	—	2000: P26 from 3	28 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 7.6
57Jason Keller	1	60	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁵¹	14.5¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	-6.3⁶	12.0³³	8.3³³	+0.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	9.1%³³	—	1993: P20 from 15	33 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.0
17Matt Kenseth	15	59	15.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.0¹⁰	12.3%¹⁰	100.1¹	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	7⁵¹	7.1¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	+10.7⁶	16.7¹³	14.1¹³	+5.5¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹³	15.4%¹³	—	1997: P20 from 20	17 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
99Michael Waltrip	4	58	17.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.7¹⁰	8.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁵¹	16.0¹²	—	14.8⁵	—	-18.7⁶	10.3¹⁹	13.1¹⁹	-3.5¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁹	26.3%¹⁹	—	1988: P23 from 16	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.4
43Johnny Sauter	21	58	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	83.3⁵	—	—	—	—	+18.5⁴	27⁵¹	13.1¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	-9.3⁶	16.8³³	9.9³³	+1.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	18.2%³³	—	2002: P35 from 13	13 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.2
20Mike Bliss	19	57	17.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	77.7⁷	—	—	—	—	-7.3³	27⁵¹	19.0¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	-5.7⁶	12.4³³	11.2³³	-4.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	21.2%³³	—	2003: P5 from 18	21 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 17.1
33Tony Raines	5	56	15.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.3³	27⁵¹	17.8¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+13.7⁶	16.5¹¹	14.6¹¹	-5.7¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18¹¹	54.5%¹¹	—	1999: P39 from 26	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.4
48Shane Hmiel	18	56	13.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	2⁴	21.8⁴	0.0%⁴	87.1¹	—	—	—	—	+11.0²	27⁵¹	16.8⁵	—	22.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	14.4²⁵	9.5²⁵	-0.8²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁵	16.0%²⁵	—	2002: P10 from 20	4 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 13.3
5Brian Vickers	3	55	21.1⁷	0⁷	1⁷	2⁷	17.9⁷	0.0%⁷	82.8⁴	—	—	—	—	-0.9⁴	27⁵¹	10.4⁷	—	20.6⁵	—	+11.7⁶	9.5³³	10.6³³	-2.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	9.1%³³	—	2002: P14 from 14	7 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.1
37David Green	8	54	11.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.0¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.7⁶	0⁵¹	13.8¹²	—	29.0⁵	—	-11.3⁶	9.6³³	9.6³³	-1.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1991: P2 from 10	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.7
10Scott Riggs	7	54	21.6⁷	0⁷	0⁷	2⁷	12.7⁷	3.0%⁷	63.5⁴	—	—	—	—	+4.3⁴	7⁵¹	24.5⁸	—	14.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	9.2³³	11.2³³	-3.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	2002: P9 from 1 · led 5	7 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.6
81Martin Truex Jr.	13	54	17.2⁵	1⁵	1⁵	3⁵	5.8⁵	14.9%⁵	81.3³	—	—	—	—	+9.3³	27⁵¹	18.7⁶	—	21.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	13.8⁹	9.2⁹	-1.8⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	11.1%⁹	—	2004: P1 from 2 · led 134	5 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.2
25Bobby Hamilton Jr.	6	53	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	69.2²	—	—	—	—	-23.0²	7⁵¹	19.9¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	+8.0⁶	10.6³³	11.2³³	-0.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	12.1%³³	—	2000: P36 from 26	12 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.4
2Ron Hornaday Jr.	14	53	16.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	109.9²	—	—	—	—	+3.1⁷	27⁵¹	20.5¹¹	—	23.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	9.9³³	6.5³³	-1.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	2000: P18 from 24	10 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.1
12Tim Fedewa	22	53	16.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.5²	27⁵¹	17.4¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-12.0⁶	22.1¹⁴	7.6¹⁴	+1.1¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁴	7.1%¹⁴	—	1993: P16 from 34	22 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.7
59Stacy Compton	23	53	19.6⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	22.3⁹	0.0%⁹	67.9⁴	—	—	—	—	-3.8⁶	27⁵¹	22.1¹¹	—	19.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	13.8³³	9.5³³	-2.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	15.2%³³	—	2002: P36 from 5	9 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 19.6
1Jamie McMurray	12	53	21.2⁹	0⁹	0⁹	2⁹	17.7⁹	0.0%⁹	88.6³	—	—	—	—	+1.4⁵	3⁵¹	19.8¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	16.4¹⁸	11.4¹⁸	+3.5¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁸	16.7%¹⁸	—	2001: P25 from 30	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 21.2
56Tim Sauter	36	51	19.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	29.8⁵	0.0%⁵	41.8²	—	—	—	—	—	27⁵¹	24.7⁹	—	22.0⁵	—	+4.0⁶	31.9¹¹	6.6¹¹	+5.5¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09¹¹	27.3%¹¹	—	2001: P9 from 26	5 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 19.4
14Casey Atwood	11	50	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	36.6³	—	—	—	—	-1.1⁶	27⁵¹	18.5¹¹	—	21.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	28.0¹³	11.4¹³	+7.1¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	15.4%¹³	—	1998: P40 from 20	10 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 25.0
0Jay Sommers	33	50	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁵¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
38Kasey Kahne	27	50	18.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	4.4%¹⁰	95.7⁶	—	—	—	—	+28.5¹	7⁵¹	15.5¹¹	—	29.4⁵	—	+7.3⁶	9.9³³	10.3³³	-5.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	12.1%³³	—	2002: P32 from 28	17 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
75Jay Sauter	10	49	28.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	30.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	37.8³	—	—	—	—	—	27⁵¹	23.3¹⁰	—	18.2⁵	—	+18.3⁶	29.1⁹	11.4⁹	+3.2⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	44.4%⁹	—	2000: P31 from 35	11 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 26.9
27Joey Clanton	28	49	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁵¹	29.5²	—	21.6⁵	—	-8.3⁶	22.8¹⁷	9.0¹⁷	+0.5¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29¹⁷	29.4%¹⁷	—	first start here	—
26Kevin Grubb	16	49	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.1⁷	3⁵¹	21.1¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	+11.3⁶	17.8²⁴	9.1²⁴	-3.7²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁴	33.3%²⁴	—	1998: P24 from 4	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.0
46Ashton Lewis	26	49	25.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	77.5²	—	—	—	—	+4.0²	27⁵¹	25.5¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-8.7⁶	18.2³³	10.5³³	+0.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	18.2%³³	—	1998: P42 from 26	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.6
4Mike Wallace	25	49	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁵¹	18.5¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	21.5³¹	6.8³¹	+3.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1992: P17 from 7	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.7
61Steve Grissom	34	49	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁵¹	21.1¹²	—	31.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	37.6⁵	9.3⁵	+9.4⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20⁵	40.0%⁵	—	1988: P16 from 26	24 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.9
77Brad Teague	37	48	13.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	9.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁵¹	17.4¹²	—	37.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	33.0²⁵	6.2²⁵	+0.0²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁵	64.0%²⁵	—	1982: P5 from 4	33 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 24.3
96Mark Green	24	47	24.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁵¹	21.9¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	-7.0⁶	27.8⁴	5.2⁴	+5.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	0.0%⁴	—	1997: P40 from 14	21 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 27.7
49Tammy Jo Kirk	38	47	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁵¹	22.0¹	—	29.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	34.8¹⁴	5.6¹⁴	+4.5¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁴	35.7%¹⁴	—	first start here	—
18Coy Gibbs	32	46	27.0²	0²	0²	0²	32.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	+22.5²	27⁵¹	22.0²	—	26.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	27.7³³	7.6³³	+4.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	15.2%³³	—	2002: P27 from 35	2 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 27.0
19Casey Mears	31	45	29.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	21.3⁴	0.0%⁴	61.6¹	—	—	—	—	+10.0³	3⁵¹	22.3⁷	—	25.2⁵	—	-12.0⁶	12.2¹³	8.8¹³	-4.6¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15¹³	23.1%¹³	—	2002: P23 from 27	4 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 29.3
87Jeff Fuller	29	44	17.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	6.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+26.0¹	27⁵¹	32.5¹²	—	33.4⁵	—	+0.7⁶	27.3¹²	8.4¹²	-11.2¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹²	83.3%¹²	—	1995: P14 from 29 · led 6	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.2
28Brad Baker	30	43	28.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	30.6⁵	0.0%⁵	55.1¹	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	3⁵¹	34.0²	—	24.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	26.9⁸	9.5⁸	-2.4⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.38⁸	50.0%⁸	—	2001: P28 from 40	5 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 28.4
39Jamie Mosley	42	42	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁵¹	39.0¹	—	29.2⁵	—	-13.0⁶	34.4⁷	7.3⁷	+4.3⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29⁷	71.4%⁷	—	first start here	—
22Dana White	40	40	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁵¹	40.0¹	—	32.6⁵	—	+8.3⁶	31.0⁶	8.5⁶	-0.7⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	50.0%⁶	—	first start here	—
16Larry Gunselman	39	39	35.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	34.3⁴	0.0%⁴	30.2²	—	—	—	—	+4.5²	0⁵¹	24.5²	—	30.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	34.5³³	6.6³³	+3.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21³³	48.5%³³	—	2002: P35 from 41	4 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 35.0
6Ted Musgrave	9	39	37.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	11.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+14.0¹	3⁵¹	27.3³	—	26.8⁵	—	-2.7⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2000: P37 from 11	1 st · 0 W · best P37 · avg 37.0
91Jimmy Kitchens	43	36	33.0²	0²	0²	0²	30.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁵¹	41.0¹	—	29.0⁵	—	-15.0⁶	38.7⁶	7.3⁶	+2.0⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	83.3%⁶	—	1999: P29 from 18	2 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 33.0
73Jason Schuler	35	34	40.0²	0²	0²	0²	40.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁵¹	—	—	38.0⁵	—	-3.0⁶	33.4²⁶	8.6²⁶	+0.8²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	65.4%²⁶	—	2003: P42 from 40	2 st · 0 W · best P38 · avg 40.0
44Mike Harmon	41	30	37.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	39.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	31.1⁶	30.9¹	—	—	—	—	27⁵¹	35.1¹²	40.0¹	39.8⁵	—	+3.7⁶	34.8³¹	6.6³¹	+3.2³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23³¹	48.4%³¹	—	2002: P42 from 41	12 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 36.3