We’re back baby!
After the off week for the Easter holiday, we get perhaps the most unpredictable race of the year to come back to with a 500-miler around the asphalt surface that comprises Talladega Superspeedway. The mystique and lore surrounding this track are legendary but so are the crashes it’s known for as the term “The Big One” is literally used in the advertising for this race every year.
Opened in 1969, it was purpose-built to be the biggest, fastest, meanest track ever built and it’s pretty safe to say that it accomplished its goal. At 2.66 miles per lap, it’s the longest track on the NASCAR circuit and it is also the steepest banked one too with turns that are banked from 32.4-33 degrees and a Tri-Oval that is tilted toward the infield at 16.5 degrees. All of this means that there is a ton of speed at this track even when there were restrictor plates on the cars they could still hit speeds of near 210 mph. This year the aero package will get rid of the restrictor plate but because of the reduced horsepower, 550 hp, and the added downforce, including a larger spoiler this week that is nine inches high, the effect on the cars should be similar to having a restrictor plate in the engine.
Starting Position of Winners
Starting Pos. | Races Won | Starting Pos. | Races Won |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 14 | 14 | 1 |
2 | 20 | 15 | 2 |
3 | 7 | 16 | 3 |
4 | 9 | 17 | 1 |
5 | 5 | 18 | 2 |
6 | 4 | 19 | 1 |
7 | 3 | 20 | 1 |
8 | 1 | 22 | 2 |
9 | 5 | 24 | 1 |
10 | 3 | 27 | 1 |
11 | 3 | 34 | 3 |
12 | 2 | 36 | 1 |
13 | 4 |
Nearly a quarter of the race winners here have come from the pole or the outside pole (24 of 99) with another 21 winners coming from the next three starting spots in the top-five so all told 45-of-99 winners have started in the top-five.
In the last 10 races at the track, there has been an average of 7.5 cautions per race and there has also been an average of 31 lead changes in the 188-lap race.
Track Data
Drivers To Watch
Last Five GEICO 500s
Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | Top | Top | Top | Top | |||
Driver | # | Start | Pos. | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 5 | 13.6 | 19 | 11.6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Denny Hamlin | 5 | 14.8 | 11.6 | 13.2 | 1.6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Brad Keselowski | 5 | 9.6 | 16.2 | 20.2 | -10.6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Joey Logano | 5 | 16 | 14.2 | 24.6 | -8.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Kyle Busch | 4 | 16.3 | 9.8 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Chase Elliott | 3 | 4.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 | -8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Kevin Harvick | 5 | 13.6 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Kurt Busch | 5 | 12.6 | 13.8 | 12.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Paul Menard | 5 | 8.2 | 16 | 14.8 | -6.6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Aric Almirola | 5 | 25.6 | 18.2 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Jimmie Johnson | 5 | 15.2 | 10.4 | 13.4 | 1.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Clint Bowyer | 5 | 19.2 | 23.2 | 17 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Ryan Blaney | 4 | 15.3 | 14 | 17.5 | -2.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | Top | Top | Top | Top | |||
Driver | # | Start | Pos. | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Martin Truex Jr | 5 | 21.4 | 15 | 19.2 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Austin Dillon | 5 | 12.6 | 19 | 24.8 | -12.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Ryan Newman | 5 | 15.4 | 25.4 | 17.4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
David Ragan | 5 | 25.8 | 24 | 24.6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Daniel Suarez | 2 | 10.5 | 18.5 | 14.5 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Alex Bowman | 3 | 27 | 20 | 17.3 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Kyle Larson | 5 | 21.8 | 23.8 | 26.4 | -4.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Matt DiBenedetto | 4 | 34.3 | 25.8 | 22.8 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Ty Dillon | 2 | 28.5 | 22 | 14 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Chris Buescher | 4 | 31 | 25 | 21.8 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Landon Cassill | 4 | 32 | 26.5 | 22.5 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Bubba Wallace | 1 | 15 | 14 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ross Chastain | 1 | 35 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Corey LaJoie | 1 | 36 | 38 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeffrey Earnhardt | 1 | 40 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | Top | Top | Top | Top | |||
Driver | # | Start | Pos. | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
William Byron | 1 | 17 | 13 | 29 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brendan Gaughan | 3 | 31.7 | 30.7 | 29.3 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michael McDowell | 4 | 22.3 | 21.3 | 30.8 | -8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Erik Jones | 2 | 10 | 23.5 | 36 | -26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reed Sorenson | 3 | 31 | 34 | 37 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cody Ware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Daniel Hemric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Justin Haley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Tifft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Parker Kligerman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Preece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stanton Barrett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Laps | Laps Led | Fastest | Fast Laps | Top-15 | Avg. Driver | Laps | ||
Driver | # | Led | /Race | Laps | /Race | Rate | Rating | Comp. |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 29 | 5.8 | 39% | 74.7 | 943 |
Denny Hamlin | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 11 | 2.2 | 68% | 99.6 | 925 |
Brad Keselowski | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 22 | 4.4 | 63% | 87.9 | 892 |
Joey Logano | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 13 | 2.6 | 66% | 90.5 | 896 |
Kyle Busch | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 11 | 2.8 | 82% | 105.3 | 755 |
Chase Elliott | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 7 | 2.3 | 65% | 92 | 544 |
Kevin Harvick | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 20 | 4.0 | 68% | 96.9 | 943 |
Kurt Busch | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 17 | 3.4 | 66% | 90.8 | 929 |
Paul Menard | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 25 | 5.0 | 51% | 81.4 | 912 |
Aric Almirola | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 12 | 2.4 | 42% | 73.3 | 935 |
Jimmie Johnson | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 12 | 2.4 | 77% | 96.5 | 937 |
Clint Bowyer | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 28 | 5.6 | 35% | 65.8 | 920 |
Ryan Blaney | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 4.3 | 60% | 92.6 | 724 |
Martin Truex Jr | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 2.0 | 61% | 85 | 916 |
Laps | Laps Led | Fastest | Fast Laps | Top-15 | Avg. Driver | Laps | ||
Driver | # | Led | /Race | Laps | /Race | Rate | Rating | Comp. |
Austin Dillon | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 4.6 | 37% | 70.9 | 866 |
Ryan Newman | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 22 | 4.4 | 17% | 55.1 | 927 |
David Ragan | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 25 | 5.0 | 26% | 62.3 | 827 |
Daniel Suarez | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 12 | 6.0 | 41% | 67.2 | 379 |
Alex Bowman | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 18 | 6.0 | 31% | 74.3 | 563 |
Kyle Larson | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 15 | 3.0 | 32% | 71.4 | 669 |
Matt DiBenedetto | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 12 | 3.0 | 8% | 50.6 | 665 |
Ty Dillon | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 8 | 4.0 | 27% | 65.4 | 188 |
Chris Buescher | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 11 | 2.8 | 16% | 56 | 662 |
Landon Cassill | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 4.5 | 15% | 60 | 640 |
Bubba Wallace | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 52% | 79 | 188 |
Ross Chastain | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0% | 36.7 | 186 |
Corey LaJoie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0% | 33.4 | 622 |
Jeffrey Earnhardt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 174 |
Laps | Laps Led | Fastest | Fast Laps | Top-15 | Avg. Driver | Laps | ||
Driver | # | Led | /Race | Laps | /Race | Rate | Rating | Comp. |
William Byron | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 67% | 85.8 | 165 |
Brendan Gaughan | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 17 | 5.7 | 8% | 44 | 461 |
Michael McDowell | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 14 | 3.5 | 29% | 61.7 | 695 |
Erik Jones | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 33% | 57.2 | 239 |
Reed Sorenson | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 5% | 32.8 | 325 |
Cody Ware | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Daniel Hemric | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Justin Haley | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Matt Tifft | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Parker Kligerman | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Preece | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Stanton Barrett | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Top-20 Drivers Over The Last 10 Races at Talladega
Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | Top | Top | Top | Top | |||
Driver | # | Start | Pos. | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Joey Logano | 10 | 16.9 | 12.6 | 14.5 | 2.4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Brad Keselowski | 10 | 9 | 13.7 | 17.2 | -8.2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 9 | 12 | 17.3 | 11.2 | 0.8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Denny Hamlin | 10 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 1.9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
Aric Almirola | 10 | 22.6 | 19.4 | 13.5 | 9.1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
Clint Bowyer | 10 | 20.3 | 21.1 | 15.1 | 5.2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Kurt Busch | 10 | 10.7 | 11.7 | 12.1 | -1.4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
Ryan Newman | 10 | 17.5 | 26.1 | 14.5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
Kyle Busch | 9 | 17.9 | 16.9 | 18.2 | -0.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Chase Elliott | 6 | 4.2 | 10.8 | 16.2 | -12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | Top | Top | Top | Top | |||
Driver | # | Start | Pos. | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Kevin Harvick | 10 | 16.1 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
Paul Menard | 10 | 13.4 | 15.9 | 15 | -1.6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
Jimmie Johnson | 10 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 16.3 | -5.1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Austin Dillon | 10 | 16.7 | 21 | 20.6 | -3.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Ryan Blaney | 9 | 13 | 14.1 | 21.4 | -8.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Martin Truex Jr | 10 | 19.5 | 18.4 | 21.6 | -2.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Landon Cassill | 9 | 33 | 25.7 | 22.1 | 10.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
David Ragan | 10 | 26.5 | 25.1 | 25.6 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Kyle Larson | 10 | 24.4 | 18.8 | 20.3 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Daniel Suarez | 4 | 12 | 15.3 | 15 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Laps | Laps Led | Fastest | Fast Laps | Top-15 | Avg. Driver | ||
Driver | # | Led | /Race | Laps | /Race | Rate | Rating |
Joey Logano | 10 | 235 | 23.50 | 34 | 3.40 | 72% | 97.2 |
Brad Keselowski | 10 | 229 | 22.90 | 40 | 4.00 | 69% | 92.9 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 9 | 33 | 3.67 | 48 | 5.33 | 46% | 80.6 |
Denny Hamlin | 10 | 98 | 9.80 | 36 | 3.60 | 63% | 92.2 |
Aric Almirola | 10 | 2 | 0.20 | 33 | 3.30 | 40% | 74.4 |
Clint Bowyer | 10 | 12 | 1.20 | 62 | 6.20 | 40% | 74.6 |
Kurt Busch | 10 | 118 | 11.80 | 35 | 3.50 | 74% | 96.2 |
Ryan Newman | 10 | 18 | 1.80 | 45 | 4.50 | 14% | 60.4 |
Kyle Busch | 9 | 79 | 8.78 | 33 | 3.67 | 59% | 83.9 |
Chase Elliott | 6 | 62 | 10.33 | 20 | 3.33 | 75% | 91.4 |
Laps | Laps Led | Fastest | Fast Laps | Top-15 | Avg. Driver | ||
Driver | # | Led | /Race | Laps | /Race | Rate | Rating |
Kevin Harvick | 10 | 104 | 10.40 | 37 | 3.70 | 68% | 94.3 |
Paul Menard | 10 | 21 | 2.10 | 46 | 4.60 | 55% | 81.8 |
Jimmie Johnson | 10 | 173 | 17.30 | 25 | 2.50 | 74% | 95.4 |
Austin Dillon | 10 | 1 | 0.10 | 48 | 4.80 | 29% | 69.4 |
Ryan Blaney | 9 | 36 | 4.00 | 24 | 2.67 | 65% | 86.3 |
Martin Truex Jr | 10 | 3 | 0.30 | 19 | 1.90 | 50% | 76.9 |
Landon Cassill | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | 27 | 3.00 | 14% | 60.1 |
David Ragan | 10 | 6 | 0.60 | 39 | 3.90 | 22% | 59.4 |
Kyle Larson | 10 | 9 | 0.90 | 32 | 3.20 | 48% | 79.3 |
Daniel Suarez | 4 | 12 | 3.00 | 19 | 4.75 | 56% | 73.5 |
Top-20 Drivers At Similar Races (Talladega and Daytona)
Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | Top | Top | Top | Top | |||
Driver | # | Start | Pos. | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Joey Logano | 20 | 14.7 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 0.5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Brad Keselowski | 20 | 14.8 | 15.7 | 21 | -6.2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
Denny Hamlin | 20 | 16.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 4.5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 16 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 19 | 13.6 | 17.6 | 16.2 | -2.6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 12 |
Aric Almirola | 19 | 23.3 | 18.7 | 15.1 | 8.2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 14 |
Kurt Busch | 19 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 14.7 | -0.9 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
Austin Dillon | 20 | 16.1 | 19.5 | 16.5 | -0.4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 15 |
Erik Jones | 9 | 19.3 | 21.9 | 22.7 | -3.4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Kyle Busch | 18 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 18.4 | -0.9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | Top | Top | Top | Top | |||
Driver | # | Start | Pos. | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Clint Bowyer | 20 | 17.7 | 19.9 | 15.5 | 2.2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 14 |
Kevin Harvick | 20 | 13.7 | 14.9 | 17.8 | -4.1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
Ryan Newman | 20 | 18.5 | 24.2 | 15 | 3.5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 14 |
Paul Menard | 20 | 17.7 | 16.8 | 16.6 | 1.1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 13 |
Jimmie Johnson | 20 | 12.9 | 14.2 | 19 | -6.1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
Martin Truex Jr | 20 | 19.7 | 18 | 20.5 | -0.8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
Michael McDowell | 18 | 24.1 | 20.3 | 22.2 | 1.9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
Ryan Blaney | 17 | 13.1 | 14.4 | 21.8 | -8.7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
Chris Buescher | 14 | 27.1 | 23.7 | 22.7 | 4.4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
Chase Elliott | 13 | 5.8 | 16 | 22 | -16.2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Landon Cassill | 18 | 28.6 | 25.8 | 23.5 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Laps | Laps Led | Fastest | Fast Laps | Top-15 | Avg. Driver | ||
Driver | # | Led | /Race | Laps | /Race | Rate | Rating |
Joey Logano | 20 | 302 | 15.1 | 81 | 4.1 | 67% | 92.8 |
Brad Keselowski | 20 | 391 | 19.6 | 66 | 3.3 | 60% | 85.8 |
Denny Hamlin | 20 | 282 | 14.1 | 60 | 3.0 | 65% | 91.3 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 19 | 128 | 6.7 | 84 | 4.4 | 45% | 79.6 |
Aric Almirola | 19 | 19 | 1.0 | 75 | 3.9 | 42% | 76.1 |
Kurt Busch | 19 | 171 | 9.0 | 67 | 3.5 | 66% | 90.4 |
Austin Dillon | 20 | 18 | 0.9 | 86 | 4.3 | 38% | 72.9 |
Erik Jones | 9 | 21 | 2.3 | 37 | 4.1 | 35% | 69.3 |
Kyle Busch | 18 | 170 | 9.4 | 59 | 3.3 | 54% | 81.2 |
Laps | Laps Led | Fastest | Fast Laps | Top-15 | Avg. Driver | ||
Driver | # | Led | /Race | Laps | /Race | Rate | Rating |
Clint Bowyer | 20 | 21 | 1.1 | 98 | 4.9 | 42% | 74.7 |
Kevin Harvick | 20 | 173 | 8.7 | 66 | 3.3 | 60% | 89.3 |
Ryan Newman | 20 | 21 | 1.1 | 96 | 4.8 | 21% | 62.1 |
Paul Menard | 20 | 22 | 1.1 | 86 | 4.3 | 52% | 79.8 |
Jimmie Johnson | 20 | 286 | 14.3 | 62 | 3.1 | 65% | 88.7 |
Martin Truex Jr | 20 | 33 | 1.7 | 54 | 2.7 | 49% | 77.5 |
Michael McDowell | 18 | 21 | 1.2 | 81 | 4.5 | 35% | 67.7 |
Ryan Blaney | 17 | 178 | 10.5 | 55 | 3.2 | 65% | 87.5 |
Chris Buescher | 14 | 2 | 0.1 | 33 | 2.4 | 25% | 59 |
Chase Elliott | 13 | 123 | 9.5 | 55 | 4.2 | 58% | 79.7 |
Landon Cassill | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 52 | 2.9 | 16% | 56.6 |
Team Averages At Talladega (Since Feb. 2017)
Avg. | Top | Top | |||
Team | Finish | Races | Wins | 5 | 10 |
Richard Petty Motorsports | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Germain Racing | 13.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Gibbs Racing | 15.56 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Team Penske | 15.7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Roush Fenway Racing | 15.75 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Hendrick Motorsports | 16.44 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Stewart-Haas Racing | 16.94 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Momentum
These stats are for the last five races of the 2019 season to show who is hot and who is not
Drivers
Driver Momentum | ||||||||||||||
Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | Top | Top | Top | Top | Laps | Fastest | Laps | Avg. Driver | |||
Driver | # | Start | Pos. | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | Led | Laps | Comp. | Rating |
Kyle Busch | 5 | 10.8 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 6.2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 372 | 230 | 1934 | 122.3 |
Denny Hamlin | 5 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 76 | 1934 | 100.9 |
Brad Keselowski | 5 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 13 | -3.4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 559 | 163 | 1878 | 106.1 |
Martin Truex Jr | 5 | 16.6 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 7.4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 196 | 80 | 1933 | 99.9 |
Joey Logano | 5 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 8.6 | -3.8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 214 | 141 | 1933 | 111.2 |
Ryan Blaney | 5 | 13 | 10.8 | 15 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 205 | 112 | 1823 | 101.6 |
Kevin Harvick | 5 | 8.6 | 10.8 | 7 | 1.6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 174 | 1934 | 96.7 |
Clint Bowyer | 5 | 13.2 | 11 | 11.4 | 1.8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 104 | 1864 | 28.3 |
Kurt Busch | 5 | 19.8 | 11 | 8 | 11.8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 52 | 1934 | 93.9 |
Daniel Suarez | 5 | 17.2 | 11.8 | 10.4 | 6.8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 59 | 1933 | 51.4 |
Jimmie Johnson | 5 | 13.4 | 12.8 | 13.6 | -0.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 20 | 1932 | 82.4 |
Chase Elliott | 5 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 10.4 | -0.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 122 | 129 | 1934 | 66.3 |
Erik Jones | 5 | 17.2 | 16.2 | 18.2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 41 | 1922 | 73.8 |
Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | Top | Top | Top | Top | Laps | Fastest | Laps | Avg. Driver | |||
Driver | # | Start | Pos. | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | Led | Laps | Comp. | Rating |
Aric Almirola | 5 | 12.6 | 15.8 | 17 | -4.4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 1435 | 78.3 |
Austin Dillon | 5 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 1934 | 87.6 |
Paul Menard | 5 | 14.2 | 14.4 | 14 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1933 | 77.2 |
Ryan Newman | 5 | 16 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1932 | 71.3 |
William Byron | 5 | 14.6 | 16 | 14.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 1933 | 74.7 |
Ty Dillon | 5 | 18.8 | 20 | 19.4 | -0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 1927 | 63.7 |
Alex Bowman | 5 | 17.8 | 18.4 | 18.6 | -0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1929 | 67.1 |
Matt DiBenedetto | 5 | 22.4 | 20 | 20 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1929 | 60.8 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 5 | 16.6 | 21.4 | 20.8 | -4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1826 | 58.9 |
Kyle Larson | 5 | 13.8 | 21.4 | 25 | -11.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1471 | 63.5 |
Michael McDowell | 5 | 20.6 | 25.4 | 26.8 | -6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1756 | 49 |
Chris Buescher | 5 | 15.4 | 16.6 | 20.2 | -4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1928 | 95.8 |
Ryan Preece | 5 | 22.8 | 24.2 | 21.2 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1926 | 52.2 |
Bubba Wallace | 5 | 22.2 | 24 | 23.4 | -1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1921 | 94.8 |
David Ragan | 5 | 21.8 | 25 | 25 | -3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1919 | 49.3 |
Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | Top | Top | Top | Top | Laps | Fastest | Laps | Avg. Driver | |||
Driver | # | Start | Pos. | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | Led | Laps | Comp. | Rating |
Parker Kligerman | 1 | 33 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 330 | 43.7 |
Matt Tifft | 5 | 31.4 | 27.8 | 27 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1912 | 41.7 |
Daniel Hemric | 5 | 19 | 24.6 | 28.4 | -9.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1901 | 91.5 |
Landon Cassill | 5 | 29.6 | 30.2 | 29.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1832 | 39.1 |
Ross Chastain | 5 | 32.4 | 30.8 | 30 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1774 | 39.4 |
Corey LaJoie | 5 | 29.2 | 29.6 | 30.4 | -1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1716 | 53.7 |
DJ Kennington | 1 | 35 | 32 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 489 | 29.2 |
Bayley Currey | 3 | 32 | 33 | 32.7 | -0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1200 | 32 |
Quin Houff | 2 | 32 | 34 | 33 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 862 | 27.9 |
Jeb Burton | 2 | 31.5 | 33.5 | 33 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 555 | 28.9 |
Garrett Smithley | 2 | 37.5 | 35 | 34 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 513 | 29 |
Joey Gase | 2 | 37.5 | 35 | 34 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 575 | 26.4 |
Reed Sorenson | 2 | 36 | 34.5 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 514 | 29.3 |
BJ McLeod | 2 | 35 | 35.5 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 497 | 29.8 |
Cody Ware | 2 | 33.5 | 34.5 | 34 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 39.4 |
Gray Gaulding | 1 | 33 | 34 | 36 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 32.7 |
Timmy Hill | 2 | 37 | 36 | 36.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 407 | 26.2 |
Team
Team Momentum | ||||||||||||
Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | Top | Top | Top | Top | Laps | Fastest | |||
Team | # | Start | Pos. | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | Led | Laps |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 10 | 16.8 | 16.2 | 16.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 71 |
Front Row Motorsports | 15 | 24.6 | 26.1 | 26.3 | -1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
Hendrick Motorsports | 20 | 14 | 14.5 | 14.3 | -0.3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 200 | 188 |
Joe Gibbs Racing | 20 | 13.8 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 4.6 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 668 | 427 |
JTG Daugherty Racing | 10 | 19.1 | 20.4 | 20.7 | -1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
Richard Childress Racing | 10 | 15.1 | 17.9 | 19.7 | -4.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 84 |
Roush Fenway Racing | 10 | 16.3 | 19 | 17.8 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
Stewart-Haas Racing | 20 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 76 | 378 |
Team Penske | 15 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 12.2 | -3.1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 978 | 416 |
DraftKings Scoring Averages Last Five GEICO 500s
FanDuel Scoring Averages Last Five GEICO 500s
Weekly Rankings (1=Best, 40=Worst)
Race Hist, Talladega History, Track Type History columns are ranked on average finish in those given spans. Scoring columns are ranked highest scoring to lowest scoring averages.