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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
33Kevin Harvick	6	65	10.1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	4.5¹⁰	29.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.6¹⁰	20⁴³	6.9¹²	—	6.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	14.7²⁵	5.6²⁵	+8.0²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁵	0.0%²⁵	—	2000: P26 from 3	28 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 7.2
17Matt Kenseth	15	62	17.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	11.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁴³	7.1¹²	—	4.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	9.8²³	12.2²³	+0.7²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²³	17.4%²³	—	1997: P20 from 20	17 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
2Clint Bowyer	16	62	7.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	5.9¹⁰	9.8%¹⁰	110.2¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-1.1⁷	20⁴³	12.8¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	0.0⁶	11.5²¹	10.1²¹	+3.3²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	4.8%²¹	—	2005: P13 from 3	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 7.3
77Bobby Labonte	22	60	8.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	89.6²	—	—	—	—	-0.5³	20⁴³	13.3¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	-9.7⁶	22.7¹⁸	11.6¹⁸	+2.4¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	16.7%¹⁸	—	1990: P8 from 1	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 10.3
60Carl Edwards	21	60	12.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.3¹⁰	13.7%¹⁰	108.7⁹	—	—	—	—	-2.6⁸	7⁴³	6.8¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	10.6³⁴	11.6³⁴	-1.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2004: P19 from 14	14 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 10.3
10Brian Vickers	28	58	17.0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	3⁷	14.3⁷	1.9%⁷	88.5³	—	—	—	—	-4.6³	14⁴³	10.4⁷	—	12.8⁵	—	+10.0⁶	11.2⁶	9.9⁶	-3.5⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	16.7%⁶	—	2002: P14 from 14	7 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.0
21Scott Wimmer	25	57	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.8¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	93.9⁴	—	—	—	—	-0.3⁴	20⁴³	9.5¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	-9.0⁶	15.2²²	10.0²²	+3.3²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²²	0.0%²²	—	2001: P29 from 34	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.0
37Greg Biffle	14	56	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	7.3%¹⁰	110.3³	—	—	—	—	-5.1³	7⁴³	13.3¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+1.0⁶	12.0³⁰	12.7³⁰	-6.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁰	33.3%³⁰	—	2001: P30 from 5	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.8
12Ryan Newman	11	56	10.4⁷	1⁷	2⁷	5⁷	6.1⁷	13.1%⁷	116.1⁵	—	—	—	—	+10.0¹	2⁴³	10.0⁵	—	23.4⁵	—	-10.3⁶	9.9⁷	16.6⁷	-9.7⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29⁷	42.9%⁷	—	2001: P6 from 3	7 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 10.4
29Jeff Burton	3	56	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.5²	20⁴³	18.9¹²	—	8.6⁵	—	+7.0⁶	11.1¹⁸	4.7¹⁸	+6.1¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	0.0%¹⁸	—	1989: P26 from 17	14 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
5Kyle Busch	20	56	13.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.2¹⁰	12.4%¹⁰	98.6⁸	19.6²	—	—	—	+5.8⁴	20⁴³	8.7¹²	7.0¹	22.8⁵	—	-1.7⁶	8.7¹⁸	13.4¹⁸	-0.1¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	16.7%¹⁸	—	2004: P3 from 12	26 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 10.1
42David Stremme	9	56	17.0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	3⁷	13.1⁷	2.1%⁷	81.4⁵	—	—	—	—	-0.4⁴	2⁴³	16.9¹⁰	—	13.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	16.5¹²	8.0¹²	+1.3¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹²	0.0%¹²	—	2004: P18 from 6	7 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 17.0
27Johnny Sauter	29	55	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	87.5⁴	—	—	—	—	+18.5⁴	7⁴³	13.1¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+5.7⁶	30.6⁷	6.1⁷	-0.4⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29⁷	28.6%⁷	—	2002: P35 from 13	13 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.0
11Jason Keller	13	54	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁴³	14.5¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	22.6²⁰	10.3²⁰	+3.0²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20²⁰	20.0%²⁰	—	1993: P20 from 15	33 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.6
26Jamie McMurray	30	54	21.6⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	15.7⁹	0.0%⁹	88.3²	—	—	—	—	+4.0⁴	7⁴³	19.8¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	0.0⁶	15.0²¹	11.1²¹	-4.9²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19²¹	23.8%²¹	—	2001: P25 from 30	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 21.6
44Dale Jarrett	38	54	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.2⁹	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁴³	14.3¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1982: P25 from 15	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.3
38Jason Leffler	1	53	22.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	82.8⁶	—	—	—	—	-0.9⁴	14⁴³	17.3¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	18.1³⁴	12.3³⁴	+0.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	2000: P25 from 43	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.5
99David Reutimann	10	53	14.0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	3⁶	21.0⁶	0.0%⁶	82.0⁶	—	—	—	—	-0.3²	14⁴³	20.6⁷	—	19.8⁵	—	+20.3⁶	16.5³⁴	10.3³⁴	+0.5³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	8.8%³⁴	—	2006: P9 from 33	6 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 14.0
9Kasey Kahne	23	53	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	93.3⁵	—	—	—	—	+28.5¹	2⁴³	15.5¹¹	—	17.4⁵	—	-8.7⁶	14.3¹⁷	11.0¹⁷	-2.2¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12¹⁷	11.8%¹⁷	—	2002: P32 from 28	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.5
20Aric Almirola	27	52	16.6⁷	1⁷	2⁷	4⁷	13.4⁷	1.8%⁷	79.3⁶	4.1¹	4.0¹	3.0¹	4.0¹	-4.5⁵	20⁴³	11.8¹⁰	2.2⁵	25.6⁵	—	+5.3⁶	15.3¹⁷	13.2¹⁷	-4.5¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18¹⁷	17.6%¹⁷	—	2006: P20 from 15	7 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
41Reed Sorenson	8	52	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	83.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-1.0⁵	2⁴³	13.4¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-7.7⁶	17.1¹⁸	13.2¹⁸	-4.7¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33¹⁸	38.9%¹⁸	—	2005: P3 from 6	12 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.1
1J.J. Yeley	17	51	28.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.6¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	50.0⁹	—	—	—	—	+5.8⁸	20⁴³	23.5¹²	—	6.4⁵	—	-7.7⁶	26.2²⁹	9.2²⁹	+4.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	2004: P15 from 28 · led 17	19 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 27.4
7Mike Wallace	31	51	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁴³	18.5¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	-15.3⁶	28.8³⁴	7.5³⁴	+6.5³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	1992: P17 from 7	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.1
6David Ragan	19	50	13.2⁵	1⁵	1⁵	2⁵	12.8⁵	4.4%⁵	94.6⁵	—	—	—	—	+4.2⁵	7⁴³	15.5⁴	—	31.2⁵	—	+6.7⁶	16.1³⁴	11.2³⁴	-3.8³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2007: P13 from 20	5 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.2
88Brad Keselowski	18	48	12.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	7.5%¹⁰	100.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-10.6⁷	20⁴³	16.2¹²	—	35.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	27.9²⁶	12.4²⁶	+0.9²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19²⁶	34.6%²⁶	—	2007: P41 from 12	13 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 11.5
66Steve Wallace	5	48	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	73.6¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-2.3⁶	2⁴³	17.9¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	+3.0⁶	22.8³³	7.8³³	-4.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³³	24.2%³³	—	2006: P33 from 3 · led 3	10 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.7
59Marcos Ambrose	12	48	27.0³	0³	0³	0³	26.3³	0.0%³	53.6³	—	—	—	—	+0.3³	7⁴³	19.8⁴	—	17.4⁵	—	-5.7⁶	18.9³⁴	10.2³⁴	-2.3³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2007: P28 from 36	3 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 27.0
89Morgan Shepherd	40	48	11.0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	6¹⁰	5.5¹⁰	30.2%¹⁰	—	36.4²	—	—	—	—	2⁴³	9.8¹²	—	41.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	36.2²⁰	1.7²⁰	-4.3²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	100.0%²⁰	—	1982: P3 from 1 · led 120	31 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 25.9
22Mike Bliss	4	47	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	74.3⁶	—	—	—	—	-3.5⁴	2⁴³	19.0¹²	—	28.6⁵	—	-10.3⁶	18.8²³	11.9²³	-0.3²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²³	21.7%²³	—	2003: P5 from 18	21 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 17.9
47Kelly Bires	34	47	26.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	15.8⁵	0.0%⁵	59.4⁵	—	—	—	—	+3.9⁴	7⁴³	22.3⁶	—	18.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	22.7¹⁸	8.9¹⁸	+0.4¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁸	11.1%¹⁸	—	2008: P20 from 24	5 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 26.8
35Bobby Hamilton Jr.	39	47	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	63.7¹	—	—	—	—	-17.0¹	7⁴³	19.9¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	+4.7⁶	24.1³⁴	8.0³⁴	+4.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2000: P36 from 26	12 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 24.3
16Travis Kvapil	35	47	20.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	27.0¹	0.0%¹	50.3¹	—	—	—	—	+1.0¹	7⁴³	22.5²	—	26.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	20.0¹	—	-11.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.00¹	100.0%¹	—	2016: P20 from 27	1 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 20.0
24Casey Mears	24	45	34.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	23.0⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+7.5²	20⁴³	22.3⁷	—	14.2⁵	—	+15.3⁶	11.7¹⁸	9.5¹⁸	+2.1¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁸	5.6%¹⁸	—	2002: P23 from 27	4 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 34.8
56Danny O'Quinn Jr.	36	45	26.3⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	23.0⁷	0.0%⁷	56.5⁷	—	—	—	—	-2.2⁴	20⁴³	21.2⁶	—	25.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	28.1⁹	7.8⁹	+5.0⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	11.1%⁹	—	2006: P11 from 26	7 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 26.3
70Mark Green	7	45	24.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁴³	21.9¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	+0.3⁶	34.3¹⁰	7.2¹⁰	+4.4¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁰	30.0%¹⁰	—	1997: P40 from 14	21 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 27.8
90Stephen Leicht	26	43	29.4⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	36.1⁸	0.0%⁸	49.1²	30.2⁶	—	—	—	+6.5⁵	7⁴³	27.1⁹	30.5⁴	20.8⁵	—	+7.0⁶	17.4³⁴	9.3³⁴	-3.3³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2006: P35 from 35	8 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 29.4
28Robert Richardson Jr.	42	40	29.6⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	35.7⁷	0.0%⁷	38.6⁷	—	—	—	—	—	20⁴³	28.3⁸	—	28.8⁵	—	-7.3⁶	39.3¹⁵	5.4¹⁵	+9.2¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	13.3%¹⁵	—	2008: P32 from 19	7 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 29.6
18Brad Coleman	2	38	31.0²	0²	0²	0²	13.5²	0.0%²	63.0²	—	—	—	—	+3.5²	20⁴³	26.5²	—	31.6⁵	—	+14.0⁶	15.8¹⁶	13.1¹⁶	-4.4¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	18.8%¹⁶	—	2008: P33 from 20	2 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 31.0
72D.J. Kennington	43	38	31.5²	0²	0²	0²	34.0²	0.0%²	43.3²	—	—	—	—	—	2⁴³	30.6⁵	—	28.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	33.5¹⁰	7.6¹⁰	+0.7¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁰	40.0%¹⁰	—	2008: P34 from 34	2 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 31.5
36Brent Sherman	41	37	36.5²	0²	0²	0²	34.5²	0.0%²	28.2²	—	—	—	—	+1.0¹	20⁴³	32.5²	—	25.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	31.1³¹	7.6³¹	+1.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19³¹	22.6%³¹	—	2005: P36 from 34	2 st · 0 W · best P36 · avg 36.5
25David Gilliland	37	35	39.3³	0³	0³	0³	22.7³	0.0%³	44.9³	—	—	—	—	+6.3³	7⁴³	31.0⁵	—	26.4⁵	—	+14.7⁶	20.6¹⁸	7.9¹⁸	-5.0¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17¹⁸	22.2%¹⁸	—	2007: P35 from 13	3 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 39.3
0Eric McClure	32	35	29.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	36.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	41.1⁹	—	—	—	—	-5.3²	20⁴³	31.4¹²	—	37.0⁵	—	+5.3⁶	38.8²⁵	6.5²⁵	+5.8²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁵	44.0%²⁵	—	2004: P43 from 36	17 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 28.1
14Kyle Krisiloff	33	35	39.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	42.0¹	0.0%¹	32.1¹	—	—	—	—	+9.0¹	7⁴³	31.5²	—	28.2⁵	—	-9.3⁶	32.9³⁴	8.6³⁴	+5.0³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	2007: P39 from 42	1 st · 0 W · best P39 · avg 39.0