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NASCAR SPRINT CUP AND NATIONWIDE SERIES NEWS, VIEWS AND COMMENTARY |
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| Driver | Avg Start | Mid Race | Avg Finish | Avg Position | Green Passes | Green Passed | Quality Passes | %Quality Passes | Fastest Laps | Laps in Top 15 | %Laps Top 15 | Laps Led | %Laps Led | Total Laps | Driver Rating | Points |
| Jimmie Johnson | 9.4 | 8.3 | 12.2 | 9.5 | 2983 | 2669 | 2184 | 73.2 | 866 | 8803 | 81.7 | 1315 | 12.2 | 10418 | 107.7 | 6622 |
| Denny Hamlin | 17.2 | 13.8 | 12.9 | 14.0 | 3176 | 2772 | 1811 | 57.0 | 653 | 6644 | 61.6 | 1184 | 11.0 | 10530 | 96.2 | 6583 |
| Kevin Harvick | 21.0 | 12.3 | 8.7 | 12.5 | 3268 | 2768 | 1969 | 60.3 | 368 | 6931 | 64.3 | 357 | 3.3 | 10645 | 98.0 | 6581 |
| Carl Edwards | 15.2 | 12.9 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 2866 | 2784 | 1818 | 63.4 | 321 | 7671 | 71.2 | 427 | 4.0 | 10575 | 91.8 | 6393 |
| Matt Kenseth | 19.4 | 13.8 | 12.8 | 14.8 | 3183 | 3122 | 1670 | 52.5 | 205 | 6453 | 59.9 | 108 | 1.0 | 10770 | 86.0 | 6294 |
| Greg Biffle | 15.9 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 14.7 | 3043 | 3055 | 1681 | 55.2 | 381 | 5673 | 52.6 | 543 | 5.0 | 10410 | 88.4 | 6247 |
| Tony Stewart | 13.2 | 12.6 | 13.9 | 13.0 | 2773 | 2693 | 1515 | 54.6 | 387 | 6866 | 63.7 | 537 | 5.0 | 10738 | 91.2 | 6221 |
| Kyle Busch | 15.8 | 10.4 | 14.0 | 11.9 | 3190 | 2855 | 2039 | 63.9 | 648 | 8015 | 74.4 | 1271 | 11.8 | 10607 | 98.2 | 6182 |
| Jeff Gordon | 12.7 | 9.9 | 13.4 | 10.8 | 2811 | 2866 | 1993 | 70.9 | 602 | 8302 | 77.0 | 919 | 8.5 | 10545 | 98.5 | 6176 |
| Clint Bowyer | 14.9 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 2947 | 2792 | 1801 | 61.1 | 358 | 6807 | 63.2 | 400 | 3.7 | 10133 | 91.7 | 6155 |
| Kurt Busch | 11.1 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 3062 | 3025 | 1964 | 64.1 | 363 | 6991 | 64.9 | 842 | 7.8 | 10540 | 91.0 | 6142 |
| Jeff Burton | 16.6 | 11.0 | 15.1 | 12.1 | 3508 | 3128 | 2382 | 67.9 | 530 | 7921 | 73.5 | 539 | 5.0 | 10556 | 96.2 | 6033 |
| Mark Martin | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 15.9 | 2984 | 2964 | 1292 | 43.3 | 247 | 5367 | 49.8 | 148 | 1.4 | 10646 | 82.8 | 4364 |
| Jamie McMurray | 13.4 | 14.3 | 16.4 | 15.3 | 3054 | 2975 | 1550 | 50.8 | 321 | 5919 | 54.9 | 346 | 3.2 | 10603 | 86.5 | 4325 |
| Ryan Newman | 11.9 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 2815 | 3020 | 1379 | 49.0 | 111 | 6449 | 59.8 | 63 | 0.6 | 10522 | 82.2 | 4302 |
| Joey Logano | 16.2 | 16.9 | 16.8 | 16.9 | 3434 | 3458 | 1829 | 53.3 | 177 | 5496 | 51.0 | 53 | 0.5 | 10564 | 80.3 | 4185 |
| Juan Pablo Montoya | 11.6 | 13.2 | 18.0 | 13.7 | 2826 | 2812 | 1928 | 68.2 | 407 | 7148 | 66.3 | 411 | 3.8 | 10217 | 90.9 | 4118 |
| David Reutimann | 15.6 | 18.3 | 18.1 | 17.3 | 3226 | 3273 | 1901 | 58.9 | 239 | 5805 | 53.9 | 104 | 1.0 | 10055 | 82.7 | 4024 |
| A J Allmendinger | 16.1 | 18.6 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 3317 | 3204 | 1359 | 41.0 | 190 | 4714 | 43.7 | 181 | 1.7 | 10196 | 79.1 | 3998 |
| Kasey Kahne | 13.5 | 16.5 | 18.9 | 16.7 | 3443 | 3291 | 1902 | 55.2 | 370 | 5000 | 46.4 | 350 | 3.2 | 10309 | 82.8 | 3961 |
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 19.0 | 18.8 | 18.6 | 18.9 | 3655 | 3622 | 1599 | 43.7 | 198 | 4121 | 38.2 | 185 | 1.7 | 10710 | 75.7 | 3953 |
| Martin Truex Jr. | 17.1 | 15.1 | 18.8 | 16.6 | 3290 | 3345 | 1727 | 52.5 | 260 | 5454 | 50.6 | 88 | 0.8 | 10327 | 82.2 | 3916 |
| Paul Menard | 19.6 | 20.5 | 19.8 | 19.3 | 3455 | 3702 | 1280 | 37.0 | 81 | 3717 | 34.5 | 17 | 0.2 | 10669 | 70.9 | 3776 |
| David Ragan | 22.5 | 22.1 | 21.3 | 21.9 | 3565 | 3587 | 1287 | 36.1 | 19 | 1986 | 18.4 | 13 | 0.1 | 10541 | 66.2 | 3599 |
| Brad Keselowski | 23.0 | 22.1 | 22.4 | 22.1 | 3277 | 3347 | 1007 | 30.7 | 90 | 2293 | 21.3 | 41 | 0.4 | 10410 | 65.1 | 3485 |
| Marcos Ambrose | 21.8 | 22.1 | 22.6 | 21.5 | 3245 | 3053 | 992 | 30.6 | 139 | 2740 | 25.4 | 84 | 0.8 | 10027 | 68.9 | 3422 |
| Elliott Sadler | 24.8 | 25.7 | 24.8 | 24.9 | 3443 | 3552 | 1246 | 36.2 | 53 | 1178 | 10.9 | 32 | 0.3 | 10363 | 58.9 | 3234 |
| Regan Smith | 24.6 | 24.7 | 24.5 | 25.4 | 2755 | 2970 | 568 | 20.6 | 50 | 793 | 7.4 | 4 | 0.0 | 10208 | 58.4 | 3229 |
| Sam Hornish Jr. | 20.8 | 25.6 | 24.9 | 24.4 | 3112 | 3388 | 968 | 31.1 | 96 | 1436 | 13.3 | 50 | 0.5 | 10260 | 61.5 | 3214 |
| Scott Speed | 24.1 | 26.1 | 25.1 | 25.7 | 3535 | 3821 | 727 | 20.6 | 54 | 693 | 6.4 | 21 | 0.2 | 10472 | 57.3 | 3178 |
| Bobby Labonte | 31.7 | 31.3 | 30.6 | 31.3 | 2456 | 2627 | 442 | 18.0 | 20 | 206 | 1.9 | 8 | 0.1 | 8584 | 45.9 | 2583 |
| David Gilliland | 36.0 | 31.4 | 29.3 | 31.1 | 1848 | 1761 | 268 | 14.5 | 46 | 176 | 1.8 | 8 | 0.1 | 9696 | 43.2 | 2445 |
| Travis Kvapil | 37.2 | 31.6 | 29.5 | 31.9 | 1807 | 1782 | 235 | 13.0 | 37 | 117 | 1.1 | 9 | 0.1 | 9694 | 41.8 | 2426 |
| Robby Gordon | 33.8 | 30.6 | 29.1 | 30.9 | 2028 | 1887 | 391 | 19.3 | 71 | 335 | 4.1 | 10 | 0.1 | 6669 | 47.3 | 2028 |
| Kevin Conway | 40.3 | 36.0 | 32.6 | 36.0 | 576 | 645 | 9 | 1.6 | 3 | 26 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 6896 | 32.5 | 1830 |
| Casey Mears | 27.1 | 30.4 | 29.5 | 29.7 | 1340 | 1433 | 210 | 15.7 | 22 | 131 | 1.9 | 2 | 0.0 | 5507 | 49.6 | 1573 |
| Dave Blaney | 32.0 | 38.5 | 38.2 | 38.2 | 615 | 843 | 39 | 6.3 | 6 | 21 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.0 | 3707 | 34.2 | 1416 |
| Joe Nemechek | 29.3 | 39.9 | 40.0 | 39.4 | 438 | 808 | 13 | 3.0 | 7 | 21 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.1 | 2326 | 33.2 | 1361 |
| Reed Sorenson | 28.4 | 28.5 | 26.4 | 28.1 | 1089 | 1083 | 230 | 21.1 | 22 | 370 | 7.8 | 5 | 0.1 | 3733 | 52.9 | 1355 |
| Brian Vickers | 21.6 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 19.5 | 1320 | 1223 | 787 | 59.6 | 38 | 1679 | 44.7 | 27 | 0.7 | 3510 | 74.8 | 1158 |
| Bill Elliott | 29.8 | 28.7 | 26.1 | 29.4 | 949 | 989 | 119 | 12.5 | 15 | 85 | 2.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 3315 | 50.8 | 1107 |
| Mike Bliss | 33.6 | 36.1 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 790 | 901 | 291 | 36.8 | 12 | 123 | 2.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 2394 | 38.9 | 1050 |
| Max Papis | 32.4 | 37.9 | 36.6 | 37.1 | 358 | 432 | 19 | 5.3 | 2 | 17 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2433 | 34.4 | 907 |
| J.J. Yeley | 35.2 | 38.5 | 37.1 | 38.1 | 274 | 383 | 9 | 3.3 | 3 | 7 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 2021 | 33.8 | 891 |
| Michael McDowell | 31.6 | 40.8 | 40.7 | 40.2 | 281 | 529 | 47 | 16.7 | 15 | 26 | 0.4 | 8 | 0.1 | 1503 | 31.8 | 879 |
| David Stremme | 36.4 | 32.9 | 29.6 | 32.0 | 563 | 574 | 22 | 3.9 | 8 | 23 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.1 | 3176 | 43.3 | 825 |
| Landon Cassill | 33.4 | 39.4 | 39.5 | 38.7 | 197 | 299 | 16 | 8.1 | 0 | 17 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 1578 | 33.3 | 717 |
| Aric Almirola | 27.7 | 28.9 | 28.8 | 29.3 | 917 | 942 | 326 | 35.6 | 36 | 395 | 12.6 | 2 | 0.1 | 1756 | 54.5 | 704 |
| Tony Raines | 40.8 | 34.3 | 34.6 | 35.2 | 242 | 240 | 8 | 3.3 | 5 | 3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2671 | 35.2 | 534 |
| Patrick Carpentier | 30.8 | 33.3 | 28.8 | 30.7 | 344 | 378 | 70 | 20.3 | 3 | 50 | 3.2 | 12 | 0.8 | 1428 | 43.1 | 474 |
| Andy Lally | 38.6 | 35.1 | 32.1 | 33.8 | 320 | 270 | 53 | 16.6 | 1 | 29 | 1.6 | 4 | 0.2 | 1358 | 36.8 | 471 |
| Boris Said | 32.2 | 26.7 | 30.2 | 29.6 | 218 | 194 | 67 | 30.7 | 2 | 142 | 11.2 | 9 | 0.7 | 917 | 51.6 | 448 |
| Todd Bodine | 38.3 | 39.1 | 39.4 | 39.2 | 61 | 58 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 294 | 32.3 | 313 |
| Robert Richardson Jr. | 36.8 | 34.5 | 29.3 | 34.9 | 223 | 245 | 6 | 2.7 | 8 | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 739 | 40.1 | 301 |
| Michael Waltrip | 36.3 | 35.5 | 31.5 | 30.9 | 654 | 608 | 268 | 41.0 | 21 | 82 | 7.5 | 7 | 0.6 | 526 | 56.1 | 284 |
| P.J. Jones | 39.3 | 39.3 | 38.5 | 38.8 | 41 | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 231 | 29.2 | 190 |
| Jeff Green | 30.0 | 34.7 | 33.7 | 34.6 | 58 | 93 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 981 | 41.3 | 186 |
| Mattias Ekstrom | 40.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 25.1 | 111 | 85 | 26 | 23.4 | 3 | 47 | 9.2 | 7 | 1.4 | 506 | 60.6 | 175 |
| Terry Cook | 41.3 | 37.0 | 36.7 | 37.4 | 28 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 744 | 30.0 | 164 |
| Johnny Sauter | 35.3 | 41.3 | 41.5 | 39.2 | 225 | 257 | 59 | 26.2 | 1 | 18 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 310 | 33.2 | 154 |
| Chad McCumbee | 30.5 | 39.5 | 32.0 | 38.2 | 107 | 130 | 10 | 9.3 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 210 | 35.0 | 134 |
| Steve Park | 39.0 | 33.0 | 13.0 | 29.5 | 72 | 92 | 4 | 5.6 | 1 | 20 | 12.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 166 | 58.6 | 129 |
| Jan Magnussen | 32.0 | 21.0 | 12.0 | 22.2 | 103 | 79 | 32 | 31.1 | 1 | 20 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 110 | 70.9 | 127 |
| Scott Riggs | 33.5 | 32.0 | 35.0 | 33.8 | 78 | 60 | 12 | 15.4 | 0 | 6 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 409 | 41.5 | 116 |
| Ken Schrader | 38.0 | 25.0 | 18.0 | 26.4 | 44 | 63 | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 18 | 3.6 | 7 | 1.4 | 499 | 53.5 | 114 |
| Trevor Bayne | 28.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 22.6 | 140 | 104 | 22 | 15.7 | 0 | 14 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 334 | 65.9 | 112 |
| Hermie Sadler | 42.0 | 27.0 | 26.0 | 31.2 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 496 | 38.3 | 85 |
| Terry Labonte | 40.0 | 40.0 | 40.5 | 40.2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 333 | 26.8 | 83 |
| Jacques Villeneuve | 43.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 28.2 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 157 | 44.9 | 76 |
| Jason Leffler | 34.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 42.3 | 27 | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 53 | 29.3 | 68 |
| John Andretti | 33.0 | 33.0 | 38.0 | 33.4 | 54 | 61 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 117 | 44.6 | 49 |
| Ron Fellows | 21.0 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 32.0 | 17 | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 45.4 | 43 |
| Geoff Bodine | 40.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 40.5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 31.5 | 40 |
| Jeff Fuller | 13.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25.3 | 34 |
| Brendan Gaughan | 41.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.3 | 34 |