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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	1	63	9.5¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	6¹⁰	7.6¹⁰	17.1%¹⁰	115.4⁶	—	—	—	—	-6.3⁷	17³²	12.2¹²	—	6.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	14.9²⁵	5.9²⁵	+7.8²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁵	0.0%²⁵	—	2000: P13 from 12	10 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 9.5
16Greg Biffle	11	63	5.3⁸	1⁸	5⁸	8⁸	9.3⁸	9.2%⁸	114.4⁵	—	—	—	—	-4.7⁸	9³²	10.6¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+1.0⁶	12.1³⁰	12.1³⁰	-5.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	2001: P2 from 3 · led 39	8 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 5.3
22David Stremme	2	61	3.7³	0³	3³	3³	18.7³	1.0%³	108.4²	—	—	—	—	-12.0²	1³²	12.8¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	+2.7⁶	17.1¹²	7.3¹²	+1.1¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹²	0.0%¹²	—	2004: P3 from 14	3 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 3.7
60Carl Edwards	19	61	6.2⁶	0⁶	3⁶	5⁶	4.5⁶	21.2%⁶	119.9⁶	—	—	—	—	-4.2⁶	9³²	11.3¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	10.7³⁴	11.6³⁴	-1.3³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2005: P7 from 1 · led 125	6 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 6.2
20Denny Hamlin	16	61	8.7⁶	0⁶	2⁶	4⁶	8.0⁶	5.4%⁶	106.1⁶	—	—	—	—	-11.8⁶	17³²	13.7¹²	1.3³	13.8⁵	—	-7.7⁶	6.4²¹	11.3²¹	-2.9²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²¹	0.0%²¹	—	2005: P12 from 18	6 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 8.7
12Kurt Busch	4	60	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1³²	14.0⁹	—	3.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	8.0³	20.6³	-9.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	33.3%³	—	first start here	—
17Matt Kenseth	7	60	21.3⁹	0⁹	2⁹	4⁹	16.1⁹	9.2%⁹	122.2²	—	—	—	—	-5.8³	9³²	11.4¹²	—	4.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	10.2²³	11.5²³	+1.3²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13²³	13.0%²³	—	1998: P24 from 15	9 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.3
2Clint Bowyer	5	59	7.0³	0³	1³	3³	7.0³	0.0%³	103.6³	—	—	—	—	-4.3³	17³²	20.3¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	0.0⁶	12.0²¹	6.7²¹	+5.4²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²¹	0.0%²¹	—	2005: P9 from 5	3 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 7.0
29Jeff Burton	6	59	10.5⁸	2⁸	4⁸	6⁸	11.1⁸	20.2%⁸	92.3²	—	—	—	—	+3.9⁷	17³²	19.8¹²	—	8.6⁵	—	+7.0⁶	10.9¹⁸	9.4¹⁸	+3.8¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	0.0%¹⁸	—	1998: P4 from 3 · led 50	8 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 10.5
41Reed Sorenson	3	58	10.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	2⁴	12.8⁴	0.0%⁴	92.1⁴	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	1³²	8.3¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-7.7⁶	17.3¹⁸	13.3¹⁸	-4.6¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.28¹⁸	33.3%¹⁸	—	2005: P6 from 7	4 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 10.8
1J.J. Yeley	36	55	22.3⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	20.3⁹	0.2%⁹	70.4⁸	—	—	—	—	-0.6⁶	17³²	19.2¹²	—	6.4⁵	—	-7.7⁶	25.6²⁹	9.8²⁹	+3.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	2004: P23 from 7	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.3
9Kasey Kahne	10	55	8.8⁵	1⁵	2⁵	3⁵	10.0⁵	10.2%⁵	107.9³	—	—	—	—	-6.5²	1³²	23.8¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	-8.7⁶	15.1¹⁷	11.2¹⁷	+0.1¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁷	5.9%¹⁷	—	2003: P11 from 27	5 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 8.8
5Kyle Busch	20	55	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	9.6%¹⁰	95.3⁹	7.7³	5.0¹	4.0¹	5.0¹	+7.7⁶	17³²	11.4¹²	2.4⁸	22.8⁵	—	-1.7⁶	8.7¹⁸	13.4¹⁸	-0.2¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	16.7%¹⁸	—	2004: P15 from 10	15 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.0
38Jason Leffler	28	55	17.9⁷	0⁷	1⁷	2⁷	21.6⁷	0.0%⁷	78.5⁵	—	—	—	—	-0.2⁵	5³²	19.8¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	17.3³⁴	12.1³⁴	+0.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	8.8%³⁴	—	2000: P28 from 9	7 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 17.9
47Jon Wood	32	54	15.5²	0²	0²	0²	16.5²	0.0%²	84.8²	—	—	—	—	-20.0²	9³²	20.6¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	23.1¹²	10.8¹²	-2.8¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33¹²	33.3%¹²	—	2005: P17 from 22	2 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 15.5
77Bobby Labonte	30	54	20.7³	0³	0³	0³	26.3³	1.7%³	79.3¹	—	—	—	—	+1.8²	17³²	17.9¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	-9.7⁶	22.2¹⁸	11.3¹⁸	+0.9¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	16.7%¹⁸	—	1997: P12 from 25	3 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 20.7
37Jamie McMurray	15	54	22.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	13.5⁴	0.1%⁴	104.2¹	—	—	—	—	+3.5²	9³²	21.2¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	0.0⁶	15.7²¹	11.1²¹	-3.2²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²¹	19.0%²¹	—	2001: P20 from 6	4 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.3
24Casey Mears	8	52	18.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	3.0¹	2.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	-8.0¹	17³²	25.2¹²	—	14.2⁵	—	+15.3⁶	12.6¹⁸	5.7¹⁸	+4.3¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	0.0%¹⁸	—	2002: P18 from 3 · led 4	1 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 18.0
15Paul Menard	13	51	21.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	13.8⁴	0.0%⁴	81.1³	—	—	—	—	+4.3²	17³²	20.2¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	17.0¹⁰	12.9¹⁰	+0.3¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	20.0%¹⁰	—	2004: P21 from 23	4 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 21.5
87Joe Nemechek	24	51	9.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	13.1%¹⁰	75.8²	30.5²	33.0¹	30.0¹	31.0¹	-34.5²	17³²	22.5¹²	31.0³	24.6⁵	—	+12.0⁶	21.0²	14.8²	-2.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	1997: P33 from 3 · led 49	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.3
18Brad Coleman	27	50	9.0¹	0¹	0¹	1¹	22.0¹	0.0%¹	74.0¹	—	—	—	—	-26.0¹	17³²	23.5¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	+22.7⁶	14.2¹⁶	12.5¹⁶	-4.9¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	18.8%¹⁶	—	2008: P9 from 22	1 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 9.0
10Dave Blaney	9	50	24.0³	0³	0³	0³	32.3³	0.0%³	56.1¹	—	—	—	—	—	5³²	17.6¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	-6.7⁶	12.6²²	11.0²²	-6.2²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²²	18.2%²²	—	1999: P20 from 32	3 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 24.0
42Juan Pablo Montoya	35	49	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1³²	20.9⁹	—	22.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	17.5¹⁶	12.9¹⁶	-4.9¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.31¹⁶	37.5%¹⁶	—	first start here	—
7Mike Wallace	33	49	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	67.5⁶	—	—	—	—	-0.3³	17³²	18.5¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	-15.3⁶	28.7³⁴	7.6³⁴	+5.8³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	1997: P35 from 30	10 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.4
4Regan Smith	18	48	16.6⁵	0⁵	1⁵	3⁵	15.4⁵	0.4%⁵	89.7⁴	—	—	—	—	+0.8⁴	17³²	25.8¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	15.6¹⁶	10.5¹⁶	-3.3¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19¹⁶	18.8%¹⁶	—	2003: P41 from 32	5 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.6
27Ward Burton	29	48	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9³²	20.3¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	+6.3⁶	17.5¹⁵	7.2¹⁵	-5.0¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	6.7%¹⁵	—	first start here	—
99David Reutimann	25	47	25.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	5.0¹	0.0%¹	82.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	5³²	24.3¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+20.3⁶	16.0³⁴	10.2³⁴	+0.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	8.8%³⁴	—	2008: P25 from 5	1 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 25.0
33Tony Stewart	17	47	24.3³	0³	0³	0³	18.0³	10.0%³	95.7²	—	—	—	—	-9.0²	17³²	19.9¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-10.3⁶	18.5¹¹	7.5¹¹	+9.2¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	0.0%¹¹	—	1998: P34 from 24	3 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 24.3
66Steve Wallace	12	46	21.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	12.5⁴	0.0%⁴	76.3⁴	—	—	—	—	+7.7³	1³²	24.7¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	+3.0⁶	22.6³³	7.7³³	-5.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³³	24.2%³³	—	2008: P30 from 12	4 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 21.5
28Jeff Green	34	46	22.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	3.6%¹⁰	31.9⁵	34.3³	—	—	—	+4.2⁹	17³²	19.6¹²	—	28.6⁵	—	-8.0⁶	24.0²	12.0²	-3.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	1997: P1 from 1 · led 71	15 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 27.4
88Shane Huffman	37	46	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	17³²	25.4¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	-5.3⁶	22.8¹⁷	11.5¹⁷	-0.7¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.24¹⁷	23.5%¹⁷	—	first start here	—
6David Ragan	41	46	17.7³	0³	0³	1³	19.3³	0.7%³	80.6³	—	—	—	—	+13.3²	9³²	22.6¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	+6.7⁶	15.4³⁴	11.4³⁴	-3.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2008: P10 from 27 · led 3	3 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 17.7
35Bobby Hamilton Jr.	22	45	23.3⁶	0⁶	1⁶	1⁶	12.0⁶	4.9%⁶	77.4¹	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	9³²	28.2¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	24.6³⁴	8.1³⁴	+4.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2000: P41 from 16	6 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.3
90Stephen Leicht	23	45	28.2⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	28.3⁶	0.0%⁶	50.4²	30.0⁴	36.0¹	35.0¹	34.0¹	+5.9⁴	9³²	20.7¹²	34.3⁴	20.8⁵	—	+7.0⁶	17.5³⁴	9.3³⁴	-3.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2006: P18 from 7	6 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 28.2
59Marcos Ambrose	14	44	28.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	7.0¹	0.0%¹	66.8¹	—	—	—	—	+13.0¹	9³²	27.2¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-8.0⁶	18.8³⁴	10.3³⁴	-3.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2008: P28 from 7	1 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 28.0
34Jay Sauter	38	44	22.0²	0²	0²	1²	29.5²	0.0%²	38.2¹	—	—	—	—	—	17³²	23.7¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	28.3³	7.5³	+4.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	0.0%³	—	2001: P10 from 29	2 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.0
23Brad Keselowski	31	41	15.9⁹	1⁹	3⁹	4⁹	7.2⁹	12.4%⁹	96.4⁹	—	—	—	—	+16.7⁶	17³²	32.3¹²	—	35.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	27.4²⁶	12.9²⁶	+1.4²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19²⁶	34.6%²⁶	—	2008: P23 from 15 · led 12	9 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.9
70Justin Diercks	43	41	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	17³²	30.9⁸	—	33.4⁵	—	+5.7⁶	37.7⁶	8.1⁶	+6.0⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	33.3%⁶	—	first start here	—
36Brent Sherman	21	40	32.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	34.0¹	0.0%¹	36.1¹	—	—	—	—	+12.0¹	17³²	28.4¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	31.8³¹	7.4³¹	+2.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16³¹	19.4%³¹	—	2005: P32 from 34	1 st · 0 W · best P32 · avg 32.0
25David Gilliland	26	39	39.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	43.0¹	0.0%¹	53.9¹	—	—	—	—	—	9³²	22.3¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	+14.7⁶	21.2¹⁸	8.6¹⁸	-4.9¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22¹⁸	27.8%¹⁸	—	2006: P39 from 43	1 st · 0 W · best P39 · avg 39.0
0Eric McClure	42	35	24.9⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	28.2⁹	0.0%⁹	45.4⁸	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁵	17³²	35.4¹²	—	39.2⁵	—	+6.0⁶	38.4²⁵	6.5²⁵	+4.7²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16²⁵	48.0%²⁵	—	2004: P30 from 30	9 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 24.9
85Brett Rowe	40	35	28.5²	0²	0²	0²	33.5²	0.0%²	41.6²	—	—	—	—	+18.0¹	17³²	35.6⁹	—	36.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	37.9⁸	9.0⁸	+5.4⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	62.5%⁸	—	2008: P21 from 40	2 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 28.5
14Kyle Krisiloff	39	33	43.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	25.0¹	0.0%¹	35.2¹	—	—	—	—	+37.0¹	9³²	29.0¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	-7.3⁶	32.7³⁴	8.6³⁴	+4.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	2008: P43 from 25	1 st · 0 W · best P43 · avg 43.0