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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
60Carl Edwards	3	67	6.7⁶	0⁶	2⁶	5⁶	7.2⁶	19.3%⁶	117.7⁶	—	—	—	—	-5.7⁶	8²⁹	11.3¹²	—	5.6⁵	—	-5.7⁶	5.7³⁴	8.9³⁴	-2.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁴	2.9%³⁴	—	2005: P7 from 1 · led 125	6 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 6.7
27Greg Biffle	9	64	8.9⁸	1⁸	5⁸	7⁸	9.5⁸	9.2%⁸	110.4⁵	—	—	—	—	-1.8⁸	8²⁹	10.6¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	13.9⁹	11.5⁹	+2.3⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	22.2%⁹	—	2001: P2 from 3 · led 39	8 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 8.9
33Kevin Harvick	2	63	10.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	7.5¹⁰	14.0%¹⁰	107.4⁶	—	—	—	—	-7.3⁸	15²⁹	12.2¹²	—	9.6⁵	—	+10.3⁶	7.3²⁷	7.1²⁷	+0.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	3.7%²⁷	—	2000: P13 from 12	10 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 10.1
12Justin Allgaier	13	61	8.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	8.1¹⁰	9.1%¹⁰	100.5⁸	5.2¹⁰	3.3¹⁰	4.7¹⁰	3.5¹⁰	-2.5⁹	1²⁹	16.4¹²	3.3¹²	15.4⁵	—	+6.0⁶	11.8³⁴	8.7³⁴	+0.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	2009: P8 from 11 · led 5	24 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 7.8
18Kyle Busch	5	61	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.6¹⁰	11.5%¹⁰	98.0⁹	7.7³	5.0¹	4.0¹	5.0¹	-1.3⁶	5²⁹	11.4¹²	2.4⁸	10.2⁵	—	+11.7⁶	4.2²⁸	7.2²⁸	-0.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	3.6%²⁸	—	2004: P15 from 10	15 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
99Trevor Bayne	18	59	8.0⁶	0⁶	4⁶	5⁶	11.3⁶	1.7%⁶	101.0⁴	16.3²	13.5²	17.5²	11.5²	-2.8⁶	5²⁹	17.5¹²	6.6⁵	17.4⁵	—	+4.0⁶	13.3³⁴	10.5³⁴	-3.0³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	2011: P5 from 7	6 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 8.0
6Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	7	56	4.5²	1²	1²	2²	4.5²	13.8%²	127.1²	—	—	—	—	-0.3²	8²⁹	25.8¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	14.5³¹	10.9³¹	-4.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16³¹	16.1%³¹	—	2011: P8 from 3	2 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 4.5
32Brian Vickers	10	56	15.0⁵	0⁵	2⁵	2⁵	8.0⁵	4.6%⁵	110.8³	—	—	—	—	-7.0³	5²⁹	26.4¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	-5.7⁶	14.0⁴	1.9⁴	+6.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	0.0%⁴	—	2002: P20 from 22	5 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.0
20Denny Hamlin	4	56	10.3⁶	0⁶	1⁶	3⁶	10.0⁶	3.0%⁶	100.8⁶	—	—	—	—	-13.3⁶	5²⁹	13.7¹²	1.3³	26.2⁵	—	+10.3⁶	2.7³	5.5³	-3.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	0.0%³	—	2005: P12 from 18	6 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 10.3
62Brendan Gaughan	26	56	13.2⁶	0⁶	1⁶	4⁶	11.3⁶	0.5%⁶	90.1⁶	—	—	—	—	-0.3⁶	5²⁹	19.8¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-14.7⁶	20.5³⁴	9.8³⁴	+1.3³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	2009: P7 from 13 · led 3	6 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 13.2
81Michael McDowell	33	55	6.0¹	0¹	0¹	1¹	16.0¹	0.0%¹	100.9¹	—	—	—	—	—	1²⁹	25.4¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	27.6³²	7.2³²	+1.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	21.9%³²	—	2009: P6 from 16	1 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 6.0
28Kenny Wallace	38	55	17.8⁹	0⁹	0⁹	2⁹	21.2⁹	0.0%⁹	66.8⁶	—	—	—	—	-19.6⁵	15²⁹	15.1¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	34.8³⁴	5.6³⁴	+11.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁴	5.9%³⁴	—	2001: P24 from 10	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 17.8
1James Buescher	16	55	16.0²	0²	0²	0²	12.5²	0.0%²	78.6²	—	—	—	—	+5.0¹	15²⁹	20.9¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-17.0⁶	19.1¹⁴	10.6¹⁴	-5.4¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29¹⁴	28.6%¹⁴	—	2012: P14 from 11	2 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 16.0
43Scott Lagasse Jr.	32	54	14.5²	0²	0²	1²	41.0²	0.0%²	74.2²	—	—	—	—	—	8²⁹	21.0¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+8.3⁶	19.2¹³	9.0¹³	-4.0¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	7.7%¹³	—	2009: P9 from 42	2 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 14.5
42Parker Kligerman	21	54	14.0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	1⁵	8.6⁵	0.1%⁵	72.7¹	12.5⁴	11.3⁴	10.5⁴	9.8⁴	—	1²⁹	18.9¹²	10.6¹²	21.4⁵	—	+2.0⁶	17.8¹¹	11.4¹¹	-2.6¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27¹¹	27.3%¹¹	—	2013: P30 from 8	5 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 14.0
09Scott Riggs	20	54	25.0³	0³	0³	0³	15.3³	0.5%³	65.2¹	—	—	—	—	+13.5²	8²⁹	15.4¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	+6.3⁶	25.4⁵	4.5⁵	+11.8⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	0.0%⁵	—	2002: P34 from 5 · led 3	3 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 25.0
38Jason Leffler	31	54	21.4⁷	0⁷	1⁷	2⁷	21.1⁷	0.0%⁷	74.6⁵	—	—	—	—	+3.1⁴	5²⁹	19.8¹²	—	14.2⁵	—	+6.3⁶	15.6³⁴	12.4³⁴	-2.0³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³⁴	29.4%³⁴	—	2000: P28 from 9	7 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.4
7Danica Patrick	37	54	8.0²	0²	1²	1²	17.0²	0.0%²	90.3²	—	—	—	—	-2.5²	15²⁹	17.4¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	26.1¹²	5.6¹²	-1.3¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17¹²	16.7%¹²	—	2011: P4 from 22	2 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 8.0
40Mike Bliss	28	53	18.3⁹	0⁹	1⁹	1⁹	13.7⁹	0.9%⁹	69.7⁷	—	—	—	—	-7.4⁸	15²⁹	18.2¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	+4.3⁶	26.6³³	9.8³³	+5.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	18.2%³³	—	2003: P3 from 5	9 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.3
15Michael Annett	23	52	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	76.2⁴	13.5⁷	8.3³	8.3³	9.0³	+2.6⁸	5²⁹	20.8¹²	10.6¹²	22.8⁵	—	+11.0⁶	26.7³⁴	7.9³⁴	+7.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	2009: P32 from 34	11 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 15.4
98Paul Menard	6	52	28.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	15.5⁴	0.0%⁴	71.7³	—	—	—	—	+21.0¹	8²⁹	20.2¹²	—	11.4⁵	—	-10.7⁶	12.8³⁴	7.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	8.8%³⁴	—	2004: P21 from 23	4 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 28.5
11Brian Scott	8	49	20.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	2⁵	5.4⁵	0.5%⁵	82.6⁵	—	—	—	—	+11.0⁵	5²⁹	20.3¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+2.7⁶	19.5³⁴	9.5³⁴	-1.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	2011: P14 from 13	5 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.4
87Joe Nemechek	22	49	9.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	13.2%¹⁰	92.7²	30.5²	33.0¹	30.0¹	31.0¹	-34.5²	15²⁹	22.5¹²	31.0³	25.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	27.9³²	6.6³²	+3.0³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	25.0%³²	—	1997: P33 from 3 · led 49	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
66Steve Wallace	15	48	23.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	11.8⁴	0.0%⁴	71.8⁴	—	—	—	—	+13.0²	5²⁹	24.7¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+17.3⁶	15.7³⁴	11.0³⁴	-1.7³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	2007: P17 from 12	4 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 23.3
22Brad Keselowski	1	48	19.2⁹	1⁹	2⁹	3⁹	10.6⁹	12.4%⁹	88.2⁹	—	—	—	—	+20.6⁵	1²⁹	32.3¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+19.3⁶	8.6³⁴	5.1³⁴	+3.3³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁴	0.0%³⁴	—	2007: P34 from 31	9 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.2
16Colin Braun	11	48	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8²⁹	18.1⁹	—	31.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	15.5²³	10.0²³	-4.4²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.26²³	26.1%²³	—	first start here	—
34Tony Raines	40	47	24.3⁷	0⁷	1⁷	1⁷	29.0⁷	1.3%⁷	59.4²	—	—	—	—	-3.1⁴	15²⁹	21.7¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	-4.7⁶	32.6³⁴	6.2³⁴	+10.5³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	1999: P28 from 37	7 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 24.3
70Shelby Howard	19	47	29.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	29.0¹	0.0%¹	47.5¹	—	—	—	—	—	15²⁹	22.2¹²	—	19.6⁵	—	+7.3⁶	19.5²⁰	7.6²⁰	-3.9²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁰	15.0%²⁰	—	2011: P29 from 29	1 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 29.0
01Mike Wallace	34	47	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	66.6⁶	—	—	—	—	-1.8⁴	15²⁹	18.5¹²	—	31.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	32.5³⁴	8.0³⁴	+8.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	1997: P35 from 30	10 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.6
90Danny O'Quinn Jr.	30	47	21.5²	0²	0²	0²	24.0²	0.0%²	60.6²	—	—	—	—	+17.0¹	15²⁹	22.7¹²	—	28.0⁵	—	-8.0⁶	26.9²⁰	5.6²⁰	-10.9²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁰	95.0%²⁰	—	2006: P25 from 17	2 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 21.5
88Kelly Bires	12	46	29.0³	0³	0³	0³	18.3³	0.2%³	58.0³	—	—	—	—	+6.2³	15²⁹	18.0¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	23.2⁹	8.1⁹	+5.1⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	11.1%⁹	—	2008: P15 from 16	3 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 29.0
31Stanton Barrett	29	45	19.7⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	28.2⁶	0.0%⁶	48.9⁴	—	—	—	—	-16.0²	15²⁹	27.2¹²	—	29.6⁵	—	-7.7⁶	27.5⁴	11.4⁴	+2.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	50.0%⁴	—	1998: P15 from 27	6 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 19.7
56Kevin Lepage	24	44	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	46.4⁵	—	—	—	—	-1.0²	15²⁹	22.0¹²	—	34.6⁵	—	-1.3⁶	26.8²⁴	2.1²⁴	-12.6²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	95.8%²⁴	—	1997: P13 from 20	10 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.7
49Mark Green	43	43	27.2⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	20.7⁶	0.0%⁶	42.7¹	—	—	—	—	—	15²⁹	17.3¹²	—	35.6⁵	—	-7.0⁶	30.1²⁸	7.3²⁸	-3.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	53.6%²⁸	—	1997: P25 from 7	6 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 27.2
21John Wes Townley	14	42	28.5²	0²	0²	0²	31.0²	0.0%²	53.8²	—	—	—	—	+24.0¹	15²⁹	27.7¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	21.1⁸	4.4⁸	-2.3⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	12.5%⁸	—	2009: P38 from 41	2 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 28.5
07Danny Efland	27	42	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	15²⁹	34.8¹²	—	31.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	34.8⁹	7.3⁹	+0.2⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	55.6%⁹	—	first start here	—
23Robert Richardson Jr.	41	42	26.5⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	35.5⁶	0.1%⁶	42.9⁶	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	15²⁹	31.5¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+8.0⁶	39.7²²	5.3²²	+12.5²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²²	13.6%²²	—	2008: P19 from 42 · led 1	6 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 26.5
24Eric McClure	36	41	25.4⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	28.9⁹	0.0%⁹	43.5⁸	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁵	8²⁹	35.4¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	-4.7⁶	35.4²⁸	4.2²⁸	+7.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	7.1%²⁸	—	2004: P30 from 30	9 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 25.4
05Willie Allen	25	39	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	15²⁹	29.5¹¹	—	41.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	23.9¹⁷	8.5¹⁷	-0.7¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁷	17.6%¹⁷	—	first start here	—
26Brian Keselowski	42	39	30.5²	0²	0²	0²	35.5²	0.0%²	53.5²	—	—	—	—	—	1²⁹	30.7¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	-11.0⁶	31.2²⁵	7.9²⁵	-3.2²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁵	68.0%²⁵	—	2008: P42 from 39	2 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 30.5
61Josh Wise	39	38	35.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	29.0⁴	0.0%⁴	40.9⁴	—	—	—	—	-4.2³	8²⁹	23.6¹²	—	34.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	26.6²⁴	12.7²⁴	+0.6²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁴	41.7%²⁴	—	2011: P38 from 28	4 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 35.3
10Chad Blount	35	37	29.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	38.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	5²⁹	27.6¹²	—	38.5⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2003: P29 from 38	1 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 29.0
96Dennis Setzer	17	34	43.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	21.0¹	0.0%¹	29.8¹	—	—	—	—	—	1²⁹	21.5¹²	—	36.2⁵	—	+7.7⁶	29.3²⁰	5.7²⁰	-11.8²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	100.0%²⁰	—	2009: P43 from 21	1 st · 0 W · best P43 · avg 43.0