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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
20Joey Logano	16	68	5.4⁷	2⁷	6⁷	6⁷	10.0⁷	15.9%⁷	114.6⁷	—	—	—	—	-20.4⁴	4²⁶	8.2¹²	—	8.4⁵	—	+8.7⁶	7.7²¹	8.7²¹	-0.2²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²¹	9.5%²¹	—	2010: P2 from 15 · led 3	7 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 5.4
5Dale Earnhardt Jr.	12	64	11.1⁸	1⁸	3⁸	6⁸	12.9⁸	13.0%⁸	102.0⁴	—	—	—	—	-8.6⁴	19²⁶	11.7¹²	—	7.6⁵	—	+2.7⁶	11.5⁶	13.9⁶	-3.2⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	16.7%⁶	—	1998: P32 from 4	8 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 11.1
16Matt Kenseth	3	63	12.2⁵	0⁵	1⁵	3⁵	12.4⁵	7.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	2²⁶	6.8¹²	—	12.6⁵	—	-10.0⁶	8.0¹⁴	8.0¹⁴	-0.7¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁴	7.1%¹⁴	—	1997: P7 from 20	5 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 12.2
6David Ragan	14	62	8.7³	0³	2³	2³	13.7³	0.3%³	80.3³	—	—	—	—	-8.0²	2²⁶	18.9¹⁰	—	11.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	7.4¹⁸	9.5¹⁸	-3.7¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	11.1%¹⁸	—	2007: P4 from 7 · led 1	3 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 8.7
29Clint Bowyer	7	61	16.0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	2⁷	5.1⁷	1.6%⁷	82.5⁶	—	—	—	—	+3.3⁶	19²⁶	6.3¹²	—	11.4⁵	—	+5.0⁶	11.1¹¹	7.5¹¹	+3.6¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	0.0%¹¹	—	2004: P22 from 1	7 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 16.0
88Brad Keselowski	10	59	12.0⁴	1⁴	2⁴	2⁴	13.3⁴	7.0%⁴	93.5⁴	—	—	—	—	+0.5⁴	19²⁶	13.7¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+19.0⁶	13.3³⁴	6.9³⁴	+6.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁴	0.0%³⁴	—	2008: P23 from 5 · led 9	4 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.0
32Brian Vickers	2	59	12.8⁴	0⁴	1⁴	2⁴	16.0⁴	3.4%⁴	103.9³	—	—	—	—	-7.1³	4²⁶	17.1¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+4.7⁶	10.2¹⁶	9.8¹⁶	+0.8¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	12.5%¹⁶	—	2003: P23 from 13	4 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 12.8
60Carl Edwards	6	57	22.7⁶	0⁶	0⁶	2⁶	8.7⁶	2.4%⁶	89.5⁶	—	—	—	—	+1.0⁵	2²⁶	11.9¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	+2.7⁶	9.3³⁴	8.7³⁴	+2.7³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁴	2.9%³⁴	—	2005: P33 from 17	6 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.7
12Justin Allgaier	28	57	10.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	89.3⁷	12.1¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	10.3¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	-7.0¹⁰	1²⁶	14.5¹²	11.8¹²	26.8⁵	—	-5.3⁶	18.9³⁴	9.4³⁴	+2.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2010: P15 from 19	20 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.1
33Ryan Newman	1	57	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19²⁶	8.0¹	—	16.6⁵	—	-20.0⁶	7.6⁹	12.2⁹	-10.0⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	33.3%⁹	—	first start here	—
83Johnny Borneman III	32	55	5.0¹	0¹	1¹	1¹	31.0¹	0.0%¹	78.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	2²⁶	25.0¹	—	27.8⁵	—	-1.7⁶	30.0⁶	6.3⁶	+4.5⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	33.3%⁶	—	2010: P5 from 31	1 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 5.0
28Kenny Wallace	30	55	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	55.6²	—	—	—	—	-3.3³	19²⁶	14.5¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	28.6³⁴	6.9³⁴	+7.7³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁴	8.8%³⁴	—	1992: P26 from 29	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.1
18Kyle Busch	9	54	17.4⁸	1⁸	4⁸	4⁸	11.9⁸	8.7%⁸	88.8⁷	—	—	—	—	+15.3⁵	4²⁶	15.3¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-15.7⁶	7.4³⁴	9.4³⁴	+1.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2004: P4 from 13 · led 2	8 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
38Jason Leffler	4	54	20.9⁷	0⁷	2⁷	2⁷	9.9⁷	0.8%⁷	83.8⁵	—	—	—	—	+3.8⁴	4²⁶	16.6¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	+14.0⁶	16.3³⁴	9.7³⁴	+3.7³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2000: P28 from 25	7 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.9
10David Reutimann	24	53	22.0²	0²	0²	0²	21.0²	0.8%²	73.1²	—	—	—	—	—	4²⁶	23.0⁶	—	11.2⁵	—	+7.0⁶	21.9¹³	4.5¹³	+11.3¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹³	0.0%¹³	—	2007: P24 from 15 · led 2	2 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 22.0
0Mike Wallace	25	53	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.0¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	70.9²	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹	19²⁶	18.0¹²	—	14.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	30.9¹⁶	8.0¹⁶	+7.3¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	31.3%¹⁶	—	1993: P35 from 34	16 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.4
1Mike Bliss	40	53	19.8⁹	0⁹	1⁹	2⁹	17.2⁹	0.2%⁹	70.6⁷	—	—	—	—	-6.5⁶	19²⁶	26.8¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	+11.0⁶	16.1³⁴	11.9³⁴	-0.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2003: P5 from 7	9 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 19.8
99Michael Waltrip	13	52	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	9.7%¹⁰	63.5¹	—	—	—	—	+29.0¹	4²⁶	20.8¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	15.8⁶	10.3⁶	-5.0⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	16.7%⁶	—	1992: P2 from 7 · led 55	12 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.3
70Shelby Howard	26	51	19.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	5.0¹	0.0%¹	81.4¹	—	—	—	—	—	19²⁶	24.0²	—	20.4⁵	—	+12.0⁶	24.8¹⁶	8.0¹⁶	+2.7¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	12.5%¹⁶	—	2010: P19 from 5	1 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 19.0
27Jason Keller	21	50	23.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	4.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0³	2²⁶	17.8¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+7.0⁶	18.3³⁴	7.0³⁴	+1.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁴	8.8%³⁴	—	1993: P37 from 42	15 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.8
87Joe Nemechek	19	50	14.3¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	12.3%¹⁰	—	23.9²	32.0¹	31.0¹	32.0¹	—	19²⁶	18.9¹²	33.0¹	25.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	25.7²¹	7.7²¹	-4.0²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²¹	57.1%²¹	—	1992: P13 from 17	21 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
62Brendan Gaughan	18	49	27.0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	1⁵	15.4⁵	0.7%⁵	65.5⁵	—	—	—	—	+6.0⁵	19²⁶	17.3¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-14.7⁶	18.5³⁴	8.6³⁴	+1.3³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2010: P27 from 36 · led 2	5 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 27.0
31Kerry Earnhardt	20	49	13.3³	0³	1³	1³	24.7³	0.3%³	96.6¹	—	—	—	—	-29.0¹	19²⁶	29.9⁹	—	27.5²	—	—	8.0¹	—	-30.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.00¹	100.0%¹	—	2002: P18 from 23	3 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 13.3
07David Green	37	49	21.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.8⁷	4²⁶	19.7¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	34.3⁸	8.8⁸	+9.8⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁸	25.0%⁸	—	1993: P24 from 37	12 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.0
09John Wes Townley	31	49	17.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	21.5⁴	0.0%⁴	68.8⁴	—	—	—	—	+6.0¹	2²⁶	24.0⁸	—	27.6⁵	—	+4.7⁶	24.5²⁵	8.2²⁵	-3.5²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.28²⁵	40.0%²⁵	—	2012: P15 from 26	4 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 17.3
34Tony Raines	23	48	20.7⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	23.3⁶	0.1%⁶	72.0¹	—	—	—	—	-8.0²	19²⁶	23.2¹¹	—	25.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	34.4³⁴	6.2³⁴	+13.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	8.8%³⁴	—	1999: P24 from 31	6 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.7
04Mark Green	29	47	21.3⁹	0⁹	1⁹	2⁹	27.9⁹	0.0%⁹	60.8⁴	—	—	—	—	+17.0¹	19²⁶	24.6¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+12.0⁶	23.4²⁸	9.2²⁹	-13.2²⁸	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	86.2%²⁹	—	1997: P24 from 17	9 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.3
15Michael Annett	22	47	24.2⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	10.8⁹	2.5%⁹	83.7⁴	11.7⁵	6.3³	10.7³	8.7³	+4.9⁷	4²⁶	21.4¹²	14.8⁴	27.8⁵	—	+8.0⁶	26.6³⁴	9.2³⁴	+6.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³⁴	14.7%³⁴	—	2010: P43 from 29	9 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.2
47Michael McDowell	41	47	23.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	32.0¹	0.0%¹	47.7¹	—	—	—	—	—	4²⁶	22.6⁵	—	25.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	22.9³³	9.6³³	+1.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	21.2%³³	—	2010: P23 from 32	1 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 23.0
05Jeff Green	43	47	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	42.0³	23.7³	18.0¹	19.0¹	13.0¹	-5.0⁵	19²⁶	21.5¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	+10.0⁶	30.8⁵	5.1⁵	+5.0⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20⁵	20.0%⁵	—	1993: P42 from 39	17 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.5
11Scott Lagasse Jr.	8	44	27.5²	0²	0²	0²	22.0²	0.0%²	43.6²	—	—	—	—	+10.0²	4²⁶	28.1¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	22.6²⁰	10.2²⁰	+2.3²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25²⁰	25.0%²⁰	—	2010: P21 from 20	2 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 27.5
23Robert Richardson Jr.	39	44	23.4⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	33.0⁷	0.4%⁷	51.3⁷	—	—	—	—	—	19²⁶	29.1¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	-8.0⁶	33.8¹⁴	4.6¹⁴	+6.4¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁴	28.6%¹⁴	—	2007: P19 from 38	7 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 23.4
24Eric McClure	36	44	21.1⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	29.6⁸	0.3%⁸	51.8⁸	—	—	—	—	-5.4⁵	2²⁶	31.2¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	34.8³⁴	5.0³⁴	+8.6³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	2007: P18 from 39 · led 1	8 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 21.1
49Kertus Davis	27	44	18.0³	0³	0³	1³	19.3³	0.0%³	56.9³	—	—	—	—	-28.0¹	19²⁶	33.0⁷	—	32.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	27.5¹³	4.8¹³	-10.2¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	84.6%¹³	—	2005: P10 from 25	3 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 18.0
66Steve Wallace	35	43	32.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	26.0⁴	0.2%⁴	74.0⁴	—	—	—	—	+12.5²	19²⁶	22.9¹⁰	—	23.2⁵	—	+8.0⁶	18.9³⁴	8.4³⁴	+2.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	2007: P26 from 28 · led 1	4 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 32.3
75Bobby Gerhart	5	42	29.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	29.6⁵	0.0%⁵	37.8⁴	—	—	—	—	—	19²⁶	26.4⁸	—	25.0⁵	—	-9.3⁶	12.0¹	—	-8.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	2001: P22 from 43	5 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 29.4
81D.J. Kennington	11	41	26.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	17.0¹	0.0%¹	70.2¹	—	—	—	—	—	1²⁶	28.0⁴	—	31.2⁵	—	-4.7⁶	25.3⁶	6.0⁶	-0.2⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33⁶	33.3%⁶	—	2008: P26 from 17	1 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 26.0
61Brandon Whitt	42	40	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2²⁶	37.0¹	—	36.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	34.8¹⁴	4.6¹⁴	+8.7¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁴	0.0%¹⁴	—	first start here	—
26Brian Keselowski	17	39	33.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	10.0¹	0.8%¹	36.5¹	—	—	—	—	+16.0¹	1²⁶	18.0²	—	33.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	33.5¹⁷	7.6¹⁷	+4.4¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁷	41.2%¹⁷	—	2010: P33 from 10 · led 1	1 st · 0 W · best P33 · avg 33.0
01Danny O'Quinn Jr.	38	39	24.5²	0²	0²	0²	6.0²	0.0%²	73.2²	—	—	—	—	+10.0²	19²⁶	28.0⁴	—	38.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	28.3³¹	7.1³¹	-0.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	35.5%³¹	—	2006: P38 from 4	2 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.5
52Donnie Neuenberger	33	39	28.0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	34.4⁸	0.0%⁸	36.1⁶	—	—	—	—	+4.0¹	19²⁶	32.5¹⁰	—	31.2⁵	—	-10.0⁶	29.5²	4.2²	-9.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	50.0%²	—	2003: P21 from 37	8 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 28.0
89Morgan Shepherd	34	39	28.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.8¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	41.6⁸	—	—	—	—	—	19²⁶	20.1¹²	—	38.6⁵	—	+0.3⁶	31.8²⁰	7.7²⁰	+4.8²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁰	30.0%²⁰	—	1994: P17 from 6 · led 5	10 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 28.7
42Kenny Hendrick	15	37	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1²⁶	41.0¹	—	39.6⁵	—	-1.3⁶	32.8¹¹	8.3¹¹	+0.9¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27¹¹	63.6%¹¹	—	first start here	—