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Preview · Drive for the Cure 300 Presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina 2015 · Pitwall

Charlotte Motor Speedway

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Concord, NC

Xfinity Series · 2015 · RACE 29 · PRE-RACE PREVIEW

Drive for the Cure 300 Presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

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Form favourites · top 8

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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
54Kyle Busch	5	69	9.6¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	12.7¹⁰	15.5%¹⁰	107.4⁷	3.9³	1.5²	1.5²	2.0²	-13.1⁹	6²²	12.6¹²	3.0⁷	2.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	7.6¹⁴	9.8¹⁴	+1.1¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14¹⁴	14.3%¹⁴	—	2003: P2 from 5 · led 33	26 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 5.5
33Austin Dillon	1	66	7.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	5.8¹⁰	9.3%¹⁰	109.3⁹	17.4³	17.0²	24.0²	15.0²	-3.5¹⁰	9²²	4.3¹²	10.5²	10.8⁵	—	-11.7⁶	4.5¹⁹	8.9¹⁹	-2.9¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁹	5.3%¹⁹	—	2012: P11 from 2	12 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 10.8
3Ty Dillon	8	63	12.2⁹	0⁹	1⁹	5⁹	10.9⁹	0.2%⁹	90.3⁷	12.7²	17.0¹	25.0¹	17.0¹	-0.7⁹	9²²	9.3¹²	16.1⁸	8.4⁵	—	+1.7⁶	10.2³²	6.1³²	+1.5³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	0.0%³²	—	2014: P10 from 11	9 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 12.2
9Chase Elliott	17	63	18.2⁵	1⁵	1⁵	3⁵	12.4⁵	8.4%⁵	98.9³	14.8²	7.0¹	7.0¹	8.0¹	+9.7³	9²²	6.3¹²	7.5²	8.8⁵	—	+4.3⁶	10.6³²	7.7³²	+1.8³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	3.1%³²	—	2014: P37 from 9	5 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.2
18Daniel Suarez	7	61	7.3⁴	0⁴	1⁴	3⁴	6.5⁴	14.1%⁴	105.4⁴	—	—	—	—	-5.4⁴	6²²	10.1¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+12.7⁶	8.2³²	8.6³²	-3.8³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	3.1%³²	—	2015: P6 from 19 · led 1	4 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 7.3
22Brad Keselowski	13	60	11.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	6.9%¹⁰	90.5¹⁰	6.2¹	—	—	—	-9.9⁷	6²²	32.2¹²	—	2.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	4.5⁸	2.4⁸	+1.5⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	0.0%⁸	—	2006: P34 from 32	18 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 8.9
20Erik Jones	3	59	20.3⁴	0⁴	1⁴	1⁴	3.3⁴	5.2%⁴	94.8⁴	—	—	—	—	+14.1⁴	6²²	6.3¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	-13.0⁶	5.0²²	9.8²²	-4.5²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²²	9.1%²²	—	2015: P15 from 7	4 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.3
4Ross Chastain	19	59	15.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	5.1%¹⁰	72.5⁸	13.8³	3.0¹	2.0¹	4.0¹	-8.2⁸	9²²	16.8¹²	12.3¹²	17.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	23.4³²	7.2³²	+3.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	15.6%³²	—	2014: P18 from 19	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
62Brendan Gaughan	15	58	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	76.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-2.8¹⁰	9²²	19.9¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	9.3³²	8.3³²	-4.1³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	9.4%³²	—	2009: P2 from 15 · led 4	11 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.0
1Elliott Sadler	10	57	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	87.6⁵	12.2¹	—	—	—	+1.0⁶	6²²	14.3¹²	—	9.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	12.3³²	6.0³²	+0.7³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	3.1%³²	—	1997: P21 from 8	22 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.6
2Brian Scott	6	57	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	86.4¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+3.3⁹	9²²	20.1¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	6.8³²	10.1³²	-6.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	15.6%³²	—	2010: P33 from 8	11 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 15.9
7Regan Smith	12	57	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.2¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	88.0⁹	—	—	—	—	-1.1⁷	9²²	26.6¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	-2.7⁶	8.6³²	7.5³²	-0.5³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	3.1%³²	—	2003: P31 from 25	10 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 16.2
6Bubba Wallace	9	57	20.0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	1⁴	10.0⁴	1.1%⁴	88.0⁴	—	—	—	—	+6.1⁴	6²²	10.4¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	+5.7⁶	12.8³²	6.1³²	+0.8³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	3.1%³²	—	2015: P5 from 2 · led 1	4 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.0
60Chris Buescher	4	56	16.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	2⁴	13.0⁴	0.0%⁴	74.2⁴	—	—	—	—	+3.5⁴	6²²	16.3¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-11.7⁶	10.0³²	4.7³²	+1.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	0.0%³²	—	2013: P38 from 12	4 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 16.0
39Ryan Sieg	14	55	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	70.7⁸	17.0⁸	14.0⁶	15.3⁶	14.7⁶	-19.7⁷	9²²	22.1¹²	14.0¹²	17.4⁵	—	-4.7⁶	19.2³²	6.7³²	-0.1³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	9.4%³²	—	2014: P27 from 28	16 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 18.5
16Ryan Reed	11	54	15.7⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	16.1⁹	0.0%⁹	79.0⁸	21.8¹	—	—	—	-0.9⁸	6²²	16.8¹²	27.0¹	20.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	16.3³²	6.2³²	-0.7³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	3.1%³²	—	2013: P14 from 16	9 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 15.7
42Brennan Poole	22	53	20.6⁹	0⁹	1⁹	3⁹	17.4⁹	0.0%⁹	90.9⁵	27.1⁴	27.5⁴	30.0⁴	21.0³	+2.0⁸	9²²	14.6¹²	21.6¹²	14.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	16.3¹⁶	10.0¹⁶	-2.2¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	18.8%¹⁶	—	2016: P9 from 14	9 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.6
88Kasey Kahne	2	52	24.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	59.5⁴	—	—	—	—	—	9²²	21.8¹²	—	12.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	13.8⁶	11.3⁶	+2.7⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	16.7%⁶	—	2002: P29 from 20	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.0
43Dakoda Armstrong	18	51	20.7⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	24.4⁷	0.0%⁷	61.2⁷	—	—	—	—	+3.6³	6²²	21.2¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	18.1³²	6.3³²	-1.7³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	6.3%³²	—	2013: P31 from 19	7 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 20.7
28J.J. Yeley	21	50	26.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	66.6⁹	—	—	—	—	+3.8⁹	6²²	19.5¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+5.7⁶	20.0³²	6.3³²	+0.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	9.4%³²	—	2004: P15 from 43	16 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 25.4
98Ryan Truex	16	49	25.7³	0³	0³	1³	16.0³	0.0%³	61.5²	15.6¹	—	—	—	+35.0¹	6²²	17.8¹²	9.2¹⁰	22.8⁵	—	+7.7⁶	20.3³	5.7³	-6.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.67³	66.7%³	—	2010: P37 from 17	3 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 25.7
01Landon Cassill	20	49	24.1⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	19.0⁸	0.3%⁸	60.7⁵	27.4³	18.0²	23.0²	17.0²	-2.9⁷	9²²	22.0¹²	11.0¹²	21.2⁵	—	-7.0⁶	23.3²⁸	8.1²⁸	+1.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	2013: P21 from 24	8 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 24.1
19Jeff Green	29	47	14.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	37.0³	—	—	—	-7.0³	6²²	20.3¹²	—	39.4⁵	—	+1.7⁶	31.2²⁷	0.6²⁷	-8.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	100.0%²⁷	—	1994: P10 from 40	33 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 24.1
44David Starr	27	46	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	52.1⁹	23.6²	—	—	—	-4.0⁸	6²²	28.1¹²	32.2¹²	21.6⁵	—	-1.3⁶	26.8³²	6.5³²	+4.4³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	12.5%³²	—	2010: P24 from 27	11 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 23.9
25John Wes Townley	26	45	28.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	26.2⁶	0.0%⁶	52.0⁶	—	—	—	—	-1.5¹	9²²	27.5¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	21.2¹⁷	8.0¹⁷	-1.6¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁷	11.8%¹⁷	—	2008: P27 from 43	6 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 28.8
8Blake Koch	24	45	22.9⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	21.8⁸	0.0%⁸	60.6⁸	—	—	—	—	-7.8³	6²²	24.8¹²	—	32.0⁵	—	-12.7⁶	24.5³²	5.9³²	+0.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	15.6%³²	—	2011: P34 from 27	8 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 22.9
51Jeremy Clements	23	43	23.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	60.4¹⁰	20.6⁸	22.2⁶	23.2⁶	23.3⁶	-6.0³	9²²	30.6¹²	24.7¹²	27.2⁵	—	+3.3⁶	21.7³²	5.9³²	+1.9³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	6.3%³²	—	2007: P23 from 34	27 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 21.6
24Eric McClure	32	43	25.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	34.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	44.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-0.7⁵	6²²	33.6¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+3.0⁶	30.4³²	4.5³²	+3.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	12.5%³²	—	2008: P29 from 39	14 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 26.8
14Cale Conley	40	43	33.0³	0³	0³	0³	23.3³	0.0%³	41.5³	—	—	—	—	+10.5³	6²²	24.3¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	25.3²⁹	6.3²⁹	+0.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	2014: P33 from 12	3 st · 0 W · best P32 · avg 33.0
89Morgan Shepherd	33	43	24.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	10.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9²²	22.0¹²	—	36.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	35.4¹⁹	2.0¹⁹	-1.5¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁹	100.0%¹⁹	—	1982: P3 from 8 · led 24	35 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 29.7
0Josh Reaume	37	42	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9²²	35.0¹²	34.0¹	31.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	36.0¹⁴	5.1¹⁴	+2.1¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁴	57.1%¹⁴	—	first start here	—
90Jimmy Weller III	25	42	26.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	35.0¹	0.0%¹	43.5¹	—	—	—	—	—	9²²	29.3³	—	32.4⁵	—	+7.0⁶	32.8⁸	4.3⁸	+1.6⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	25.0%⁸	—	2015: P26 from 35	1 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 26.0
97Ryan Ellis	28	40	19.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	27.6⁵	0.0%⁵	51.2¹	24.2⁴	28.0⁴	25.0⁴	26.8⁴	-8.6⁵	9²²	36.6¹²	27.9¹²	33.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	36.2⁹	6.2⁹	+3.3⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	66.7%⁹	—	2026: P21 from 27	5 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 19.2
70Derrike Cope	34	40	30.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	30.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	32.9⁴	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	9²²	27.2¹²	—	32.4⁵	—	+4.0⁶	35.4²⁵	3.9²⁵	+3.3²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁵	32.0%²⁵	—	1994: P37 from 25	16 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 30.3
15B.J. McLeod	35	40	29.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	30.8⁵	0.1%⁵	42.3⁵	—	—	—	—	-3.5⁴	9²²	28.8¹²	—	31.8⁵	—	+3.0⁶	30.8¹⁰	4.4¹⁰	-2.2¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁰	60.0%¹⁰	—	2015: P37 from 33	5 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 29.8
52Joey Gase	31	40	28.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	34.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	40.4¹⁰	23.9²	—	—	—	-7.8²	9²²	31.5¹²	34.3¹²	29.4⁵	—	+3.7⁶	32.9³²	5.0³²	+5.4³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	18.8%³²	—	2011: P26 from 33	12 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 27.2
26T.J. Bell	30	40	28.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	36.3⁴	0.0%⁴	40.6⁴	—	—	—	—	—	6²²	34.9¹²	—	30.0⁵	—	-11.0⁶	30.9⁹	4.8⁹	-4.3⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	88.9%⁹	—	2005: P34 from 40	4 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 28.8
40Timmy Hill	36	39	31.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	42.9¹⁰	31.7⁵	25.7³	24.3³	28.0²	-1.9⁸	9²²	26.1¹²	32.6¹¹	27.6⁵	—	-6.3⁶	30.7¹¹	8.2¹¹	0.0¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	54.5%¹¹	—	2011: P23 from 33	15 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 32.4
13Harrison Rhodes	39	38	30.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	34.2⁵	0.1%⁵	42.5⁵	—	—	—	—	+11.5⁴	1²²	31.1¹²	—	36.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	30.1²⁷	6.7²⁷	+1.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	2014: P38 from 37	5 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 30.6
74Mike Harmon	38	34	38.1⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	39.3⁷	0.0%⁷	32.1⁵	—	—	—	—	—	1²²	37.8¹²	—	32.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	37.1²⁶	3.9²⁶	+4.7²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁶	46.2%²⁶	—	2001: P43 from 42	7 st · 0 W · best P32 · avg 38.1