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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
42Kyle Larson	7	68	5.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	8¹⁰	9¹⁰	3.9¹⁰	43.7%¹⁰	126.2⁸	1.5²	1.0¹	1.0¹	1.0¹	-10.0⁸	11²⁷	8.0⁵	—	4.0⁵	—	+3.7⁶	9.5¹³	11.4¹³	-4.3¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	7.7%¹³	—	2013: P2 from 12	10 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 5.2
22Ryan Blaney	6	65	3.5⁴	1⁴	3⁴	4⁴	7.0⁴	5.9%⁴	110.9⁴	—	—	—	—	—	4²⁷	6.8⁵	—	8.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	7.8¹²	12.4¹²	-0.8¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹²	8.3%¹²	—	2012: P7 from 12	4 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 3.5
9Chase Elliott	10	65	6.5⁴	0⁴	1⁴	4⁴	11.8⁴	5.0%⁴	106.5³	5.4¹	—	—	—	-4.3³	11²⁷	2.5⁴	—	8.8⁵	—	+4.3⁶	10.8³²	7.7³²	+1.9³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	3.1%³²	—	2014: P9 from 15	4 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 6.5
54Kyle Busch	2	64	11.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	13.3%¹⁰	104.3⁸	19.6²	—	—	—	+2.3⁴	12²⁷	8.7¹²	7.0¹	2.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	7.8¹⁴	11.6¹⁴	-0.8¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁴	21.4%¹⁴	—	2004: P3 from 12	26 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 10.2
88Kevin Harvick	3	64	10.1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	4.5¹⁰	29.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.6¹⁰	11²⁷	6.9¹²	—	3.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	8.0¹¹	6.0¹¹	+1.0¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	0.0%¹¹	—	2000: P26 from 3	28 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 7.5
3Ty Dillon	11	61	9.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	103.3⁸	13.0²	20.0¹	19.0¹	20.0¹	-5.4¹⁰	11²⁷	9.5¹¹	24.0¹	8.4⁵	—	+1.7⁶	10.1³²	6.0³²	+1.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	0.0%³²	—	2013: P7 from 3	10 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 9.4
60Chris Buescher	5	58	9.0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	3⁴	15.3⁴	0.0%⁴	90.2⁴	—	—	—	—	-6.3⁴	4²⁷	12.8⁵	—	16.2⁵	—	-11.7⁶	10.0³²	4.7³²	+1.7³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	0.0%³²	—	2013: P7 from 11	4 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 9.0
18Daniel Suarez	9	57	8.6⁵	0⁵	3⁵	4⁵	7.4⁵	3.0%⁵	110.6⁵	—	—	—	—	-4.4⁵	12²⁷	11.7⁶	—	19.4⁵	—	+12.7⁶	8.1³²	8.7³²	-3.8³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	3.1%³²	—	2015: P2 from 9	5 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 8.6
33Brandon Jones	13	57	15.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	85.0⁶	9.2¹⁰	7.4⁸	8.8⁸	6.9⁸	+1.9¹⁰	11²⁷	20.4¹²	7.4¹²	13.8⁵	—	+11.3⁶	12.5⁴	11.1⁴	-3.0⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	0.0%⁴	—	2016: P11 from 9	18 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 12.7
1Elliott Sadler	8	56	16.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	100.4⁴	9.2²	—	—	—	+2.3⁶	4²⁷	18.9¹²	—	9.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	12.4³²	4.9³²	+1.4³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	0.0%³²	—	1996: P13 from 24	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.3
62Brendan Gaughan	15	55	15.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	85.8¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+0.5¹⁰	11²⁷	18.3¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	9.3³²	8.3³²	-4.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	9.4%³²	—	2009: P21 from 1 · led 6	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 18.1
6Bubba Wallace	14	55	19.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	10.0⁴	0.4%⁴	81.1⁴	—	—	—	—	-4.3⁴	4²⁷	11.7⁶	—	13.6⁵	—	+5.7⁶	12.7³²	6.1³²	+0.8³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	3.1%³²	—	2015: P12 from 7	4 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.3
7Regan Smith	12	54	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	78.2⁸	—	—	—	—	+1.7⁶	11²⁷	16.8¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	-2.7⁶	8.6³²	7.5³²	-0.4³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	3.1%³²	—	2003: P38 from 20	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.3
4Ross Chastain	21	54	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	66.5⁵	17.7⁵	13.5²	14.5²	10.5²	-2.0¹⁰	11²⁷	14.5¹²	3.0³	17.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	23.4³²	7.2³²	+3.0³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	15.6%³²	—	2015: P27 from 18	10 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.1
13Brad Teague	40	53	13.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	9.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12²⁷	17.4¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1982: P5 from 4	33 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 24.1
2Brian Scott	4	53	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	83.1¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+12.2⁹	11²⁷	18.8¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	6.8³²	10.0³²	-6.5³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	15.6%³²	—	2009: P30 from 16	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 18.9
20Denny Hamlin	1	53	20.1⁷	0⁷	1⁷	2⁷	12.6⁷	5.8%⁷	94.0⁷	—	—	—	—	+2.3⁶	12²⁷	11.9¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	+5.0⁶	5.7¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	-2.0¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	2005: P9 from 10	7 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.1
39Ryan Sieg	19	51	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	67.9⁹	11.6¹⁰	10.6⁸	10.3⁸	10.6⁸	-5.9⁷	11²⁷	19.3¹²	15.6¹²	17.4⁵	—	-4.7⁶	19.0³²	6.8³²	-0.2³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	9.4%³²	—	2014: P20 from 19	21 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 18.1
97Dylan Kwasniewski	28	51	20.0²	0²	0²	0²	12.5²	0.0%²	73.0²	—	—	—	—	+6.0²	11²⁷	22.7³	—	14.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	24.2⁵	7.5⁵	-4.4⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20⁵	20.0%⁵	—	2014: P15 from 11	2 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 20.0
14Cale Conley	20	51	15.0³	0³	0³	0³	18.3³	0.0%³	76.0³	—	—	—	—	+1.4³	12²⁷	19.8⁴	—	23.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	26.0²⁹	6.1²⁹	+0.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	2014: P11 from 12	3 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 15.0
89Morgan Shepherd	39	51	11.0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	6¹⁰	5.5¹⁰	30.2%¹⁰	—	36.4²	—	—	—	—	11²⁷	9.8¹²	—	36.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	35.1¹⁹	2.0¹⁹	-1.8¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁹	100.0%¹⁹	—	1982: P3 from 1 · led 120	31 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 26.1
16Ryan Reed	17	49	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	57.5⁸	14.0²	—	—	—	+4.9⁹	4²⁷	13.6¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	16.2³²	6.1³²	-0.4³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	3.1%³²	—	2013: P26 from 27	10 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 25.8
43Dakoda Armstrong	22	48	23.7⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	25.4⁷	0.0%⁷	53.3⁷	—	—	—	—	+0.8⁴	4²⁷	17.0⁸	—	21.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	18.0³²	6.3³²	-1.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	6.3%³²	—	2014: P24 from 29	7 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 23.7
01Landon Cassill	16	48	23.9⁸	0⁸	0⁸	1⁸	24.5⁸	0.0%⁸	65.7⁵	26.4³	19.0²	23.0²	9.0²	+3.0⁸	11²⁷	18.4¹²	20.5⁶	21.2⁵	—	-7.0⁶	23.4²⁸	8.0²⁸	+1.1²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	2008: P22 from 27	8 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 23.9
26Hermie Sadler	25	47	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.5²	12²⁷	19.5¹²	—	29.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	23.0¹	—	-9.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1993: P6 from 32	18 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.1
28J.J. Yeley	18	46	28.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	52.7⁹	—	—	—	—	+5.8⁸	12²⁷	23.5¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+5.7⁶	20.1³²	6.3³²	+0.4³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	9.4%³²	—	2004: P15 from 28 · led 17	19 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 28.5
25John Wes Townley	24	46	21.8⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	22.4⁸	0.0%⁸	62.0⁸	—	—	—	—	+4.5²	11²⁷	30.0¹	—	21.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	21.3¹⁷	8.0¹⁷	-1.4¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁷	11.8%¹⁷	—	2009: P16 from 12	8 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 21.8
19Jeff Green	31	45	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	32.2⁴	—	—	—	-5.5¹	12²⁷	22.3¹²	—	39.4⁵	—	+1.7⁶	31.1²⁷	0.6²⁷	-8.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	100.0%²⁷	—	1991: P17 from 4	38 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.2
66Benny Gordon	26	45	18.4⁵	0⁵	1⁵	1⁵	32.0⁴	0.0%⁵	46.2⁵	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹	12²⁷	35.0³	—	25.4⁵	—	-9.7⁶	23.3⁴	16.5⁴	+0.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	50.0%⁴	—	2009: P0 from —	5 st · 0 W · best P0 · avg 18.4
51Jeremy Clements	27	45	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	59.5¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	15.0⁸	15.4⁸	15.0⁸	-11.5¹	11²⁷	25.3¹²	24.2¹²	27.2⁵	—	+3.3⁶	21.5³²	5.8³²	+1.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	6.3%³²	—	2010: P23 from 20	28 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.5
90Mario Gosselin	30	43	20.5²	0²	0²	0²	23.5²	0.0%²	58.4²	—	—	—	—	—	11²⁷	33.0¹	—	28.0⁵	—	+3.7⁶	32.8¹¹	7.9¹¹	+4.5¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09¹¹	36.4%¹¹	—	2016: P24 from 22	2 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 20.5
44David Starr	32	41	29.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	47.7⁹	26.6⁶	29.5²	29.0²	30.0²	-1.5⁸	12²⁷	26.1¹²	29.8⁵	21.6⁵	—	-1.3⁶	26.7³²	6.6³²	+4.1³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	12.5%³²	—	2011: P33 from 24	15 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 27.9
70Derrike Cope	36	41	23.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5²	11²⁷	30.9¹²	—	32.4⁵	—	+4.0⁶	35.4²⁵	3.9²⁵	+3.2²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁵	32.0%²⁵	—	1994: P8 from 14	23 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 28.5
8Blake Koch	29	40	28.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	49.7¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+3.2⁵	12²⁷	24.3¹²	—	32.0⁵	—	-12.7⁶	24.4³²	6.0³²	-0.2³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	15.6%³²	—	2011: P30 from 42	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 26.0
24Eric McClure	34	39	31.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	35.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	39.3⁹	—	—	—	—	-7.0¹	12²⁷	31.4¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+3.0⁶	30.3³²	4.3³²	+3.7³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	12.5%³²	—	2004: P43 from 36	17 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 28.6
0Harrison Rhodes	23	38	29.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	30.6⁵	0.0%⁵	45.4⁵	—	—	—	—	-0.6⁴	11²⁷	25.2⁵	—	36.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	30.7²⁷	6.7²⁷	+2.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	2015: P29 from 31	5 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 29.4
52Joey Gase	33	38	29.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	34.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	39.9¹⁰	26.3⁵	32.0¹	23.0¹	32.0¹	-3.0¹	11²⁷	28.4¹²	27.0⁶	29.4⁵	—	+3.7⁶	32.9³²	5.0³²	+5.4³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	18.8%³²	—	2012: P36 from 38	15 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 27.2
15Ryan Ellis	37	38	27.3⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	28.6⁸	0.0%⁸	36.5³	27.0⁵	31.2⁵	31.6⁵	28.8⁴	+1.8⁷	11²⁷	25.6¹²	30.3⁹	33.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	35.2⁹	6.9⁹	+2.9⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	66.7%⁹	—	2016: P35 from 32	8 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 27.3
74Jordan Anderson	38	36	40.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	33.0¹	0.0%¹	23.3¹	—	—	—	—	+19.0¹	0²⁷	—	—	33.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2017: P40 from 33	1 st · 0 W · best P40 · avg 40.0
40Carl Long	35	33	32.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	33.8⁵	0.0%⁵	38.2⁴	32.5¹	—	—	—	+4.1⁵	0²⁷	36.8¹²	37.0¹	35.6⁵	—	+4.7⁶	35.4¹⁴	3.7¹⁴	-1.3¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁴	85.7%¹⁴	—	2011: P28 from 22	5 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 32.6