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Newton, IA

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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
9Chase Elliott	6	61	5.0³	0³	2³	3³	8.0³	15.2%³	119.0³	—	—	—	—	-6.3³	5²¹	—	—	8.8⁵	—	+4.3⁶	8.4³²	7.4³²	+0.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	0.0%³²	—	2014: P4 from 6	3 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 5.0
54Sam Hornish Jr.	7	60	12.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	4.7¹⁰	17.6%¹⁰	113.8⁹	—	—	—	—	-4.3⁷	7²¹	—	—	3.2⁵	—	-10.0⁶	4.1⁷	15.0⁷	-12.4⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	42.9%⁷	—	2011: P24 from 3 · led 39	10 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
7Regan Smith	3	60	6.8⁵	0⁵	2⁵	3⁵	5.4⁵	5.0%⁵	107.2⁴	—	—	—	—	-9.7⁵	5²¹	—	—	8.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	10.9³²	5.6³²	+1.9³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	0.0%³²	—	2013: P7 from 5	5 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 6.8
11Elliott Sadler	8	59	5.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	10¹⁰	6.4¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	106.8⁹	15.7²	—	—	—	-4.7¹⁰	7²¹	—	—	13.6⁵	—	-10.3⁶	9.1³²	5.7³²	-0.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	3.1%³²	—	2011: P5 from 6	15 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 7.1
22Brad Keselowski	2	58	3.3⁶	2⁶	5⁶	6⁶	7.0⁶	12.4%⁶	120.2⁵	—	—	—	—	-11.7³	9²¹	—	—	17.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	3.8¹⁰	2.2¹⁰	+1.3¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	2009: P1 from 11 · led 121	6 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 3.3
2Brian Scott	4	58	13.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	95.0⁹	—	—	—	—	+1.8¹⁰	5²¹	—	—	8.6⁵	—	-1.3⁶	6.5³²	5.7³²	-2.9³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	3.1%³²	—	2010: P30 from 3	11 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 12.3
6Trevor Bayne	1	57	12.7⁶	1⁶	2⁶	4⁶	7.3⁶	3.9%⁶	105.7⁵	—	—	—	—	-7.5⁴	9²¹	—	—	12.0⁵	—	-2.7⁶	11.9³²	7.6³²	+0.4³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	9.4%³²	—	2009: P26 from 4	6 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.7
99James Buescher	18	57	14.0²	0²	0²	1²	13.5²	0.0%²	83.1²	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	7²¹	—	—	11.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	16.7³²	5.4³²	-0.9³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	3.1%³²	—	2011: P9 from 13	2 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 14.0
42Dylan Kwasniewski	14	57	11.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	5.0¹	0.0%¹	96.9¹	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	5²¹	—	—	14.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	12.4³²	7.3³²	-5.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	12.5%³²	—	2014: P11 from 5	1 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 11.0
5Josh Berry	10	56	9.0¹	0¹	0¹	1¹	6.0¹	0.0%¹	96.3¹	—	—	—	—	+4.0¹	5²¹	—	—	16.2⁵	—	-11.0⁶	12.0¹	—	-13.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	2016: P9 from 6	1 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 9.0
60Chris Buescher	9	56	9.0³	1³	1³	1³	7.0³	12.2%³	111.1³	—	—	—	—	-2.4³	9²¹	—	—	16.2⁵	—	-7.3⁶	11.5³¹	7.9³¹	-1.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	3.2%³¹	—	2014: P13 from 11	3 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 9.0
3Ty Dillon	15	56	6.0⁵	0⁵	3⁵	4⁵	11.0⁵	6.5%⁵	107.5⁵	—	—	—	—	-5.2⁵	5²¹	—	—	19.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	9.3³²	5.6³²	-0.4³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	3.1%³²	—	2014: P8 from 13	5 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 6.0
62Brendan Gaughan	13	55	15.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	85.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+5.3¹⁰	5²¹	—	—	12.4⁵	—	+0.7⁶	12.4³²	8.1³²	-3.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	6.3%³²	—	2009: P25 from 21	11 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 15.6
39Ryan Sieg	20	55	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	79.3⁸	19.5⁶	15.5²	8.5²	18.5²	-12.3⁷	5²¹	—	—	18.6⁵	—	+6.3⁶	21.7³²	7.4³²	+1.7³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	15.6%³²	—	2014: P17 from 18	14 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.5
16Ryan Reed	11	55	14.7⁹	0⁹	0⁹	2⁹	19.0⁹	0.1%⁹	79.7⁷	12.8²	—	—	—	+0.2⁹	9²¹	—	—	16.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	16.5³²	5.8³²	-0.7³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	6.3%³²	—	2014: P16 from 15	9 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 14.7
31Chase Pistone	12	54	14.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	12.0¹	0.0%¹	76.4¹	—	—	—	—	+3.0¹	5²¹	—	—	17.0²	—	—	14.5²	4.2²	-2.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	2014: P14 from 12	1 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 14.0
43Dakoda Armstrong	17	54	14.6⁷	0⁷	2⁷	2⁷	14.9⁷	0.0%⁷	74.5⁷	—	—	—	—	-10.1⁴	9²¹	—	—	18.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	20.5³²	5.3³²	+0.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	3.1%³²	—	2014: P21 from 22	7 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 14.6
20Michael McDowell	5	53	7.6⁷	0⁷	1⁷	6⁷	8.7⁷	2.2%⁷	100.8⁷	—	—	—	—	-5.1⁵	7²¹	—	—	26.8⁵	—	+7.3⁶	5.5²	0.7²	-2.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	2009: P8 from 9	7 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 7.6
19Mike Bliss	21	52	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	71.2⁹	—	—	—	—	-7.7⁸	7²¹	—	—	17.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	19.2³²	7.0³²	-1.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	12.5%³²	—	2009: P14 from 10 · led 3	10 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 20.0
01Landon Cassill	16	52	15.0²	0²	0²	1²	17.0²	0.0%²	77.9²	—	—	—	—	-16.5²	5²¹	—	—	23.2⁵	—	+2.0⁶	20.5³²	8.6³²	+0.5³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	21.9%³²	—	2014: P10 from 9	2 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 15.0
29Kenny Wallace	19	52	14.3⁸	0⁸	0⁸	3⁸	19.1⁸	0.0%⁸	74.8⁷	—	—	—	—	-5.0⁵	7²¹	—	—	23.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2009: P7 from 24	8 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 14.3
93Kevin Swindell	22	49	28.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	20.0¹	0.0%¹	33.6¹	—	—	—	—	—	0²¹	—	—	18.0⁵	—	-4.3⁶	29.3⁹	6.1⁹	+1.1⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	33.3%⁹	—	2013: P28 from 20	1 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 28.0
4Jeffrey Earnhardt	27	48	23.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	25.0¹	0.0%¹	56.4¹	—	—	—	—	+1.0¹	5²¹	—	—	24.4⁵	—	-1.0⁶	28.4³²	6.7³²	+2.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	25.0%³²	—	2014: P23 from 25	1 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 23.0
14Eric McClure	29	47	24.9⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	31.4⁹	0.0%⁹	48.6⁸	—	—	—	—	-1.1⁸	7²¹	—	—	25.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	28.4²⁷	4.5²⁷	+2.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	2009: P20 from 39	9 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 24.9
44Hal Martin	24	46	26.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	27.0¹	0.0%¹	42.7¹	—	—	—	—	-5.3¹	7²¹	—	—	26.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	27.0¹	—	+1.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	2014: P26 from 27	1 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 26.0
10Blake Koch	32	46	25.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	57.9⁹	—	—	—	—	+2.9⁵	7²¹	—	—	26.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	28.5²⁷	8.4²⁷	-4.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	63.0%²⁷	—	2010: P22 from 32	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.2
51Jeremy Clements	28	46	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	66.4⁹	19.7⁶	24.5²	22.5²	24.5²	-8.0¹	5²¹	—	—	31.8⁵	—	+2.0⁶	25.3³²	6.9³²	+4.2³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	6.3%³²	—	2010: P20 from 33	21 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.7
84Chad Boat	23	45	29.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	20.0¹	0.0%¹	57.9¹	—	—	—	—	—	5²¹	—	—	27.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	24.3¹³	3.8¹³	-4.0¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.39¹³	46.2%¹³	—	2014: P29 from 20	1 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 29.0
55Jamie Dick	31	45	26.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	27.5⁴	0.0%⁴	47.5⁴	—	—	—	—	—	5²¹	—	—	29.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	28.3²⁰	4.7²⁰	-0.9²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20²⁰	35.0%²⁰	—	2011: P34 from 32	4 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 26.8
28J.J. Yeley	26	45	17.6⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	22.4⁷	0.2%⁷	70.7⁷	—	—	—	—	-14.7⁶	0²¹	—	—	38.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	23.3²⁹	7.9²⁹	+1.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	2014: P18 from 24	7 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 17.6
40Matt DiBenedetto	25	44	23.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	2⁵	21.2⁵	0.0%⁵	60.8³	20.0²	21.0²	21.5²	18.0²	-4.3⁴	5²¹	—	—	37.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	27.9²⁸	8.7²⁸	-3.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	57.1%²⁸	—	2010: P9 from 9	5 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.4
74Mike Harmon	40	43	34.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	39.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	35.8¹⁰	32.8⁴	—	—	—	—	0²¹	—	—	27.0⁵	—	-7.3⁶	35.1¹⁵	4.0¹⁵	+0.9¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	80.0%¹⁵	—	2009: P43 from 42	16 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 33.6
52Joey Gase	33	41	27.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	48.5⁹	25.1⁶	32.0²	32.0²	29.0²	-4.0¹	5²¹	—	—	33.4⁵	—	+4.0⁶	34.5³²	5.3³²	+4.9³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	34.4%³²	—	2011: P20 from 34	19 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 24.8
89Morgan Shepherd	35	40	31.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	44.0⁹	36.0⁴	—	—	—	-23.0¹	5²¹	—	—	36.2⁵	—	-1.3⁶	36.9⁷	1.4⁷	+0.4⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	100.0%⁷	—	2009: P19 from 43	16 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 33.9
46Matt Frahm	39	40	34.5²	0²	0²	0²	38.5²	0.0%²	37.3²	—	—	—	—	+3.7¹	5²¹	—	—	33.8⁵	—	—	38.0²	9.9²	+6.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	2012: P38 from 40	2 st · 0 W · best P31 · avg 34.5
17Tanner Berryhill	30	40	35.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	31.0¹	0.0%¹	49.3¹	—	—	—	—	—	0²¹	—	—	33.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	30.1²⁸	5.1²⁸	-1.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	46.4%²⁸	—	2014: P35 from 31	1 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 35.0
70Derrike Cope	36	40	32.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	34.2⁵	0.0%⁵	37.9⁵	—	—	—	—	-7.0¹	5²¹	—	—	36.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	34.8²⁷	5.9²⁷	+3.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	2011: P30 from 29	5 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 32.6
23Carl Long	38	40	36.8⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	36.4⁹	0.0%⁹	35.0⁸	—	—	—	—	+8.5⁹	5²¹	—	—	33.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	35.3¹⁵	2.9¹⁵	-0.3¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁵	100.0%¹⁵	—	2011: P35 from 33	9 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 36.8
87Josh Reaume	34	39	39.5²	0²	0²	0²	37.0²	0.0%²	26.3²	—	—	—	—	+11.0²	5²¹	—	—	31.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	37.1¹⁰	3.8¹⁰	+3.6¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁰	70.0%¹⁰	—	2015: P39 from 38	2 st · 0 W · best P39 · avg 39.5
72Johnny Jackson	37	39	35.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	39.5⁴	0.0%⁴	30.4⁴	—	—	—	—	-3.0³	5²¹	—	—	35.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	37.7³	2.1³	+2.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	100.0%³	—	2012: P36 from 41	4 st · 0 W · best P31 · avg 35.8