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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
21Kevin Harvick	11	66	10.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.6¹⁰	17.4%¹⁰	112.7⁷	—	—	—	—	-4.7⁷	18³⁵	12.2¹²	—	3.8⁵	—	+3.3⁶	6.7²¹	10.4²¹	-3.6²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²¹	4.8%²¹	—	2000: P13 from 12	10 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 10.1
32David Stremme	14	63	4.3³	0³	3³	3³	14.7³	1.0%³	108.1³	—	—	—	—	-12.0²	1³⁵	12.8¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	-1.7⁶	15.1³³	12.7³³	-3.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	27.3%³³	—	2005: P3 from 21 · led 6	3 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 4.3
2Ron Hornaday Jr.	12	62	8.5²	0²	0²	2²	25.5²	2.5%²	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	18³⁵	16.9¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	14.5³³	9.6³³	+0.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	2000: P8 from 35	2 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 8.5
1Johnny Benson Jr.	8	60	11.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	21.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	1³⁵	14.8¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+10.7⁶	19.5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.30¹⁰	40.0%¹⁰	—	1999: P11 from 21	1 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 11.0
5Kyle Busch	10	59	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	13.6%¹⁰	99.5¹⁰	7.7³	5.0¹	4.0¹	5.0¹	+0.9⁷	18³⁵	11.4¹²	2.4⁸	13.6⁵	—	-12.3⁶	6.6³³	8.7³³	-2.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	3.0%³³	—	2005: P11 from 3 · led 2	15 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
55Robby Gordon	6	58	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18³⁵	11.5¹²	—	10.0⁵	—	-2.3⁶	13.0²⁴	11.1²⁴	-1.5²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁴	16.7%²⁴	—	first start here	—
60Greg Biffle	9	57	8.8⁸	1⁸	5⁸	7⁸	9.5⁸	9.2%⁸	108.8⁶	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁸	11³⁵	10.6¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-13.0⁶	14.2³³	13.3³³	+1.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	21.2%³³	—	2001: P2 from 3 · led 39	8 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 8.8
23Kenny Wallace	27	57	18.8⁹	0⁹	0⁹	2⁹	22.4⁹	0.0%⁹	61.8⁷	—	—	—	—	-17.5⁶	18³⁵	15.1¹²	—	13.2⁵	—	-9.0⁶	14.3³³	9.3³³	-2.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	12.1%³³	—	2001: P24 from 10	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 18.8
38Kasey Kahne	3	56	14.0⁵	1⁵	1⁵	2⁵	11.4⁵	9.2%⁵	101.5⁴	—	—	—	—	-6.5²	1³⁵	23.8¹²	—	13.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	8.1²⁹	12.1²⁹	-7.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	2003: P11 from 27	5 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.0
27Johnny Sauter	16	56	18.6⁵	0⁵	1⁵	1⁵	24.4⁵	0.0%⁵	64.9³	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹	0³⁵	17.9¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-1.0⁶	15.6³³	11.8³³	-6.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	27.3%³³	—	2002: P3 from 11	5 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.6
9Matt Kenseth	19	56	25.1⁹	0⁹	2⁹	3⁹	14.8⁹	5.5%⁹	96.4³	—	—	—	—	+1.4³	11³⁵	11.4¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	+15.0⁶	21.4¹⁵	13.8¹⁵	+9.9¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁵	20.0%¹⁵	—	1998: P24 from 15	9 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 25.1
8Martin Truex Jr.	4	56	16.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	20.0¹	0.0%¹	72.5¹	—	—	—	—	-21.0¹	18³⁵	11.5¹²	1.0¹	21.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	6.0³³	7.5³³	-1.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	2005: P16 from 20	1 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 16.0
87Joe Nemechek	18	55	10.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	14.7¹⁰	11.5%¹⁰	80.0³	30.5²	33.0¹	30.0¹	31.0¹	-35.0¹	18³⁵	22.5¹²	31.0³	16.2⁵	—	-15.0⁶	14.0¹⁷	14.2¹⁷	-9.6¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.24¹⁷	41.2%¹⁷	—	1997: P33 from 3 · led 49	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.7
82Randy LaJoie	29	55	19.5⁸	0⁸	0⁸	3⁸	30.6⁸	0.2%⁸	66.9¹	—	—	—	—	+6.5²	18³⁵	16.0¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	30.3⁶	6.6⁶	+6.5⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	16.7%⁶	—	1997: P29 from 32	8 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.5
22Jason Keller	20	54	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	70.5³	—	—	—	—	+4.0⁵	11³⁵	22.8¹²	—	10.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	16.5³³	10.2³³	+1.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1997: P32 from 13	11 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.9
20Mike Bliss	1	54	20.0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	1⁹	16.7⁹	0.9%⁹	68.1⁸	—	—	—	—	-6.9⁷	18³⁵	18.2¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	-5.7⁶	11.7³³	10.3³³	-3.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	2003: P3 from 5	9 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.0
37David Green	17	54	22.4⁷	0⁷	0⁷	2⁷	16.7⁷	0.0%⁷	70.0³	—	—	—	—	+1.8⁵	0³⁵	21.3¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-12.7⁶	11.6³³	10.9³³	-3.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	9.1%³³	—	1999: P22 from 25	7 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.4
00Jason Leffler	5	53	20.0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	2⁷	24.9⁷	0.0%⁷	76.0⁶	—	—	—	—	-0.2⁵	18³⁵	19.8¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	+4.0⁶	9.5²⁶	9.1²⁶	-1.1²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	7.7%²⁶	—	2000: P28 from 9	7 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.0
4Mike Wallace	25	53	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	68.1⁷	—	—	—	—	-1.8⁴	11³⁵	18.5¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	26.2³³	9.5³³	+5.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	21.2%³³	—	1997: P35 from 30	10 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.7
99Michael Waltrip	13	52	18.8⁸	0⁸	2⁸	3⁸	25.1⁸	1.4%⁸	55.6¹	—	—	—	—	-15.0¹	18³⁵	13.4¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	-7.0⁶	18.5³⁰	9.1³⁰	+1.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1997: P4 from 35 · led 4	8 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.8
31Dave Blaney	32	51	21.3³	0³	0³	0³	24.7³	0.0%³	73.3²	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹	11³⁵	17.6¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	+14.0⁶	21.4⁵	9.3⁵	-4.4⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20⁵	20.0%⁵	—	1999: P20 from 32	3 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 21.3
59Stacy Compton	22	51	24.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	17.0⁴	0.2%⁴	49.3²	—	—	—	—	+20.0²	11³⁵	16.6¹²	—	18.8⁵	—	+13.3⁶	22.2³³	8.6³³	+2.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	2002: P10 from 6	4 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 24.0
12Tim Fedewa	21	51	21.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	17.0⁶	0.0%⁶	77.1¹	—	—	—	—	-0.3⁶	18³⁵	23.3¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	-10.0⁶	19.7³³	10.1³³	-1.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21³³	24.2%³³	—	1997: P15 from 8	6 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 21.8
02Hermie Sadler	33	50	17.0³	0³	0³	1³	9.3³	0.5%³	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3²	18³⁵	20.6¹²	—	26.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	29.1²⁹	8.4²⁹	+1.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1997: P21 from 4	3 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 17.0
33Paul Menard	23	50	25.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	11.3⁴	0.0%⁴	77.5⁴	—	—	—	—	+4.3²	18³⁵	20.2¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	19.2²⁶	7.4²⁶	-1.3²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁶	15.4%²⁶	—	2005: P37 from 11	4 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.3
25Bobby Hamilton Jr.	2	49	24.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	15.3⁶	0.1%⁶	73.5²	—	—	—	—	-5.5²	11³⁵	28.2¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	8.9²²	10.9²²	-5.8²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²²	13.6%²²	—	2000: P41 from 16	6 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.8
18J.J. Yeley	7	49	21.9⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	23.6⁹	0.5%⁹	70.3⁹	—	—	—	—	-1.4⁶	18³⁵	19.2¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	+10.0⁶	22.8¹⁶	9.9¹⁶	+4.8¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	12.5%¹⁶	—	2005: P18 from 9	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 21.9
14Casey Atwood	28	49	23.0²	0²	0²	0²	16.0²	0.0%²	50.9¹	—	—	—	—	-1.0¹	18³⁵	22.8¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	19.3²⁸	8.4²⁸	+0.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	3.6%²⁸	—	2000: P11 from 15	2 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.0
46Ashton Lewis	24	48	21.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	21.0⁵	1.0%⁵	72.3²	—	—	—	—	-15.0²	18³⁵	26.4¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	19.5³³	7.9³³	+3.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	2001: P30 from 5	5 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 21.4
6Paul Wolfe	37	46	30.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	15.0¹	0.0%¹	46.9¹	—	—	—	—	—	1³⁵	19.3³	—	21.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	23.0²	17.0²	-1.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	50.0%²	—	2005: P30 from 15	1 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 30.0
96Gus Wasson	38	45	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18³⁵	29.4¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	-15.3⁶	36.2³⁰	5.4³⁰	+6.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	33.3%³⁰	—	first start here	—
49Derrike Cope	34	45	30.6⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	36.0⁸	0.0%⁸	36.3⁶	—	—	—	—	-7.0¹	11³⁵	23.6¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	-17.0⁶	36.2²⁹	5.7²⁹	+4.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1999: P23 from 34	8 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 30.6
47Robert Pressley	26	43	38.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	38.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	11³⁵	18.7¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	23.2³³	6.7³³	+4.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	6.1%³³	—	1998: P38 from 38	1 st · 0 W · best P38 · avg 38.0
16Justin Ashburn	41	41	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18³⁵	34.4⁷	—	32.4⁵	—	+1.7⁶	37.6⁷	4.8⁷	+1.7⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29⁷	71.4%⁷	—	first start here	—
66Billy Parker	15	40	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1³⁵	34.6⁵	—	35.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	23.3⁷	9.5⁷	-10.6⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.57⁷	57.1%⁷	—	first start here	—
88Jeff Fuller	31	40	31.5²	0²	0²	0²	20.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	18³⁵	19.4¹²	—	34.2⁵	—	-14.7⁶	29.2²⁹	2.5²⁹	-11.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	100.0%²⁹	—	1997: P36 from 16	2 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 31.5
10Jason Schuler	39	40	25.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	21.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	18³⁵	30.4¹²	—	34.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	39.0⁶	6.4⁶	+4.2⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	50.0%⁶	—	2003: P25 from 21	1 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 25.0
0Jimmy Kitchens	40	40	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18³⁵	36.0¹²	—	35.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	38.2¹⁵	5.9¹⁵	+2.9¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	66.7%¹⁵	—	first start here	—
77Donnie Neuenberger	35	40	26.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	41.0¹	0.0%¹	41.1¹	—	—	—	—	—	11³⁵	35.8⁴	—	30.8⁵	—	-8.7⁶	38.6⁵	4.2⁵	+1.6⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.40⁵	60.0%⁵	—	2011: P26 from 41	1 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 26.0
04Eric McClure	30	39	24.4⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	29.6⁹	0.0%⁹	44.0⁹	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁵	18³⁵	35.4¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	36.3³	10.5³	+3.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	33.3%³	—	2007: P26 from 42	9 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 24.4
51Shane Sieg	36	39	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1³⁵	37.0¹	—	37.0¹	—	—	43.0¹	—	+6.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.00¹	100.0%¹	—	first start here	—
36Steve Grissom	43	37	41.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	41.0¹	0.0%¹	29.9¹	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	18³⁵	23.8¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+7.7⁶	37.1²⁵	8.8²⁵	+8.6²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁵	32.0%²⁵	—	2005: P41 from 41	1 st · 0 W · best P41 · avg 41.0
24Mike Harmon	42	33	34.6⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	36.1⁷	0.0%⁷	34.1³	32.6³	—	—	—	—	18³⁵	38.1¹²	—	34.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	38.7⁶	4.6⁶	+4.3⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	66.7%⁶	—	2003: P43 from 34	7 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 34.6