We’ve arrived to the end of the regular season in the Cup series. For those uninitiated, there are playoffs in NASCAR and they start next weekend, with the top-16 drivers in the point standings making it and then progressing for the final 10 weeks of the season. So aside from it being the cutoff race in the Cup series, it’s also a Crown Jewel race in the Brickyard 400, despite the gaudy sponsorship title for the race. This race, along with the Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600, and Southern 500 make up the Crown Jewels and so there is added pressure on the teams to perform and win this race at perhaps the most famous track in the world.
Talking about the race specifically, Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a 2.5-mile flat rectangular oval and thus there are 160 laps that make up the scheduled 400-mile distance for the event. What I mean by flat is that the turns aren’t banked at more than nine degrees in all four corners, and the rectangular part comes from the fact that there are short straightaways, known as a short chutes, between the exit and entrance of Turn 1 to 2 and Turn 3 to 4. Without the banking, it forces drivers to brake on entry and it makes the turns non-passing zones, in general. That being said, as you’ll see in the table below, you can move up through the field here through pit strategy and passing on the straights, though this year being up front will still be king in this package.
Starting Spots For Winners
Starting Pos. | Races Won | Starting Pos. | Races Won |
1 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
2 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
3 | 3 | 14 | 1 |
4 | 2 | 15 | 1 |
5 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
6 | 2 | 19 | 1 |
7 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
9 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
There have been four pole-sitters to win here at the Brickyard in the 24 races that NASCAR has run at Indy since 1994 and the most recent was Kyle Busch in 2016 when he led 149 of 170 laps (they ran 10 in overtime). If you can run up front for the race, you can lead a bunch of laps, but that hasn’t been the norm over the last several races with the most being led in the other four races in the last five years totaling 87 laps and in last year’s edition no one led more than 37.
Track Data
Drivers To Watch This Week
Hot Pass Video coming soon…
Last Five Brickyard 400s
| | Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | | Top | Top | Top | Top |
Driver | # | Start | Pos | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Kyle Busch | 5 | 4.8 | 7.2 | 9.2 | -4.4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Brad Keselowski | 5 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 8.4 | 2.8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Denny Hamlin | 5 | 12.6 | 9.4 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Joey Logano | 5 | 7.4 | 9.2 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Kevin Harvick | 5 | 3.6 | 7 | 5.4 | -1.8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Kyle Larson | 5 | 12.4 | 9.8 | 12.6 | -0.2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Ryan Newman | 5 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 13.2 | 2.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Clint Bowyer | 5 | 16 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Martin Truex Jr | 5 | 11 | 16.2 | 22 | -11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Jimmie Johnson | 5 | 10.8 | 12.8 | 15 | -4.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Erik Jones | 2 | 11 | 13 | 16.5 | -5.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Paul Menard | 5 | 19.8 | 20.2 | 16.6 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | | Top | Top | Top | Top |
Driver | # | Start | Pos | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Austin Dillon | 5 | 18.4 | 17.6 | 17.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Kurt Busch | 5 | 9.6 | 14.8 | 17.4 | -7.8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Chris Buescher | 3 | 23.7 | 23 | 16 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Daniel Suarez | 2 | 17.5 | 16.5 | 12.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Matt DiBenedetto | 4 | 32 | 32.5 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Ryan Blaney | 4 | 16.5 | 14 | 20.5 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Chase Elliott | 4 | 17.5 | 20.5 | 21.8 | -4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Aric Almirola | 5 | 26.6 | 22.8 | 24 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 5 | 20.6 | 22.2 | 28 | -7.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
William Byron | 1 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ty Dillon | 2 | 29 | 22.5 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Michael McDowell | 5 | 27.4 | 26.2 | 23 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | | Top | Top | Top | Top |
Driver | # | Start | Pos | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Landon Cassill | 5 | 31.8 | 28.2 | 25.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ross Chastain | 1 | 32 | 28 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BJ McLeod | 2 | 40 | 35 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
David Ragan | 5 | 24.8 | 28 | 31 | -6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Corey LaJoie | 2 | 32.5 | 35 | 33.5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JJ Yeley | 3 | 35.3 | 35.3 | 35 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bubba Wallace | 1 | 28 | 33 | 38 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alex Bowman | 3 | 28.3 | 34.7 | 38.7 | -10.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Sieg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Tifft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Preece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Garrett Smithley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Josh Bilicki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reed Sorenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Parker Kligerman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Daniel Hemric | 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. |
Kyle Busch | 5 | 282 | 56.4 | 153 | 30.6 | 84% | 125 | 764 |
Brad Keselowski | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 18 | 3.6 | 74% | 97.8 | 821 |
Denny Hamlin | 5 | 55 | 11 | 38 | 7.6 | 82% | 103.4 | 820 |
Joey Logano | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 15 | 3 | 85% | 101.7 | 821 |
Kevin Harvick | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 70 | 14 | 89% | 113.8 | 821 |
Kyle Larson | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1.4 | 87% | 98.6 | 808 |
Ryan Newman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.6 | 55% | 79.6 | 817 |
Clint Bowyer | 5 | 40 | 8 | 17 | 3.4 | 61% | 90.1 | 801 |
Martin Truex Jr | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 33 | 6.6 | 57% | 86.4 | 645 |
Jimmie Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.8 | 63% | 85.9 | 812 |
Erik Jones | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 71% | 88.7 | 308 |
Paul Menard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.4 | 31% | 70.4 | 819 |
| | Laps | Laps Led | Fastest | Fast Laps | Top-15 | Avg. Driver | Laps |
Driver | # | Led | /Race | Laps | /Race | Rate | Rating | Comp. |
Austin Dillon | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 8 | 1.6 | 44% | 73.8 | 816 |
Kurt Busch | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 17 | 3.4 | 67% | 87.2 | 802 |
Chris Buescher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 10% | 66.6 | 495 |
Daniel Suarez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 48% | 76.3 | 327 |
Matt DiBenedetto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4% | 40.1 | 422 |
Ryan Blaney | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 8 | 2 | 58% | 81.9 | 638 |
Chase Elliott | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 39% | 68.8 | 537 |
Aric Almirola | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.2 | 20% | 64.9 | 815 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 21% | 61.3 | 733 |
William Byron | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 49% | 73.2 | 160 |
Ty Dillon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14% | 58.5 | 325 |
Michael McDowell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7% | 54.5 | 816 |
| | Laps | Laps Led | Fastest | Fast Laps | Top-15 | Avg. Driver | Laps |
Driver | # | Led | /Race | Laps | /Race | Rate | Rating | Comp. |
Landon Cassill | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5% | 46.9 | 803 |
Ross Chastain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6% | 46.7 | 158 |
BJ McLeod | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 32.4 | 292 |
David Ragan | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1.2 | 13% | 48.4 | 654 |
Corey LaJoie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 33.1 | 167 |
JJ Yeley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 33 | 387 |
Bubba Wallace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 37 | 57 |
Alex Bowman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5% | 34.3 | 376 |
Ryan Sieg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Tifft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Preece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Garrett Smithley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Josh Bilicki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reed Sorenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Parker Kligerman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Daniel Hemric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Top-20 Drivers Over Last 10 Races at Indianapolis
| | Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | | Top | Top | Top | Top |
Driver | # | Start | Pos | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Kyle Busch | 10 | 12.2 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 0.8 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Jimmie Johnson | 10 | 8.3 | 9.8 | 12 | -3.7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
Brad Keselowski | 9 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 11.1 | 0.7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
Ryan Newman | 10 | 13.5 | 15.7 | 11.7 | 1.8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 |
Paul Menard | 10 | 19.9 | 19.1 | 15.3 | 4.6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
Denny Hamlin | 10 | 11.4 | 14.2 | 13.2 | -1.8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
Kevin Harvick | 10 | 11.6 | 10.4 | 7.8 | 3.8 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
Joey Logano | 10 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 11.8 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
Clint Bowyer | 10 | 17.2 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 2.4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Kyle Larson | 5 | 12.4 | 9.8 | 12.6 | -0.2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| | Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | | Top | Top | Top | Top |
Driver | # | Start | Pos | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Martin Truex Jr | 10 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 19.6 | -3.1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Erik Jones | 2 | 11 | 13 | 16.5 | -5.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Kurt Busch | 10 | 12.5 | 16.3 | 19.5 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Austin Dillon | 6 | 18.7 | 18.8 | 18.8 | -0.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Chris Buescher | 3 | 23.7 | 23 | 16 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Daniel Suarez | 2 | 17.5 | 16.5 | 12.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Matt DiBenedetto | 4 | 32 | 32.5 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Ryan Blaney | 4 | 16.5 | 14 | 20.5 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Chase Elliott | 4 | 17.5 | 20.5 | 21.8 | -4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Aric Almirola | 7 | 22.6 | 21.4 | 22.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| | Laps | Laps Led | Fastest | Fast Laps | Top-15 | Avg. Driver |
Driver | # | Led | /Race | Laps | /Race | Rate | Rating |
Kyle Busch | 10 | 285 | 28.5 | 187 | 18.7 | 77% | 109.8 |
Jimmie Johnson | 10 | 198 | 19.8 | 126 | 12.6 | 74% | 102.2 |
Brad Keselowski | 9 | 108 | 12 | 47 | 5.22 | 62% | 91.6 |
Ryan Newman | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 30 | 3 | 51% | 84.5 |
Paul Menard | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 4 | 0.4 | 38% | 74.6 |
Denny Hamlin | 10 | 86 | 8.6 | 54 | 5.4 | 64% | 92 |
Kevin Harvick | 10 | 116 | 11.6 | 76 | 7.6 | 73% | 101.6 |
Joey Logano | 10 | 55 | 5.5 | 22 | 2.2 | 64% | 90.2 |
Clint Bowyer | 10 | 43 | 4.3 | 26 | 2.6 | 57% | 87.5 |
Kyle Larson | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1.4 | 87% | 98.6 |
| | Laps | Laps Led | Fastest | Fast Laps | Top-15 | Avg. Driver |
Driver | # | Led | /Race | Laps | /Race | Rate | Rating |
Martin Truex Jr | 10 | 8 | 0.8 | 36 | 3.6 | 50% | 82.6 |
Erik Jones | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 71% | 88.7 |
Kurt Busch | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 23 | 2.3 | 61% | 82.5 |
Austin Dillon | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 9 | 1.5 | 37% | 71.7 |
Chris Buescher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 10% | 66.6 |
Daniel Suarez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 48% | 76.3 |
Matt DiBenedetto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4% | 40.1 |
Ryan Blaney | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 8 | 2 | 58% | 81.9 |
Chase Elliott | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 39% | 68.8 |
Aric Almirola | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 20% | 67.5 |
Top-20 Drivers At Similar Races (Indianapolis, Michigan, Pocono)
| | Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | | Top | Top | Top | Top |
Driver | # | Start | Pos | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Kyle Busch | 20 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
Kyle Larson | 19 | 14.5 | 10.6 | 12.1 | 2.4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 14 |
Kevin Harvick | 20 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 0.8 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 19 |
Brad Keselowski | 20 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 9.9 | -0.4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 18 |
Denny Hamlin | 20 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 9.4 | -1.0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 19 |
Martin Truex Jr | 20 | 11.1 | 12.8 | 14.5 | -3.4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 15 |
Joey Logano | 20 | 8.3 | 11.2 | 12.9 | -4.6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 15 |
Ryan Blaney | 18 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 14.1 | -1.0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 13 |
Ryan Newman | 20 | 13.9 | 15.4 | 13.2 | 0.7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 |
Clint Bowyer | 20 | 14.4 | 14.7 | 18.4 | -4.0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| | Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | | Top | Top | Top | Top |
Driver | # | Start | Pos | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Chris Buescher | 17 | 23.8 | 23.4 | 19.5 | 4.3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
Erik Jones | 14 | 10.4 | 11.5 | 12.6 | -2.2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 |
Chase Elliott | 18 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 14.2 | -0.9 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 15 |
Kurt Busch | 20 | 10.7 | 13 | 13.2 | -2.5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 16 |
Daniel Suarez | 14 | 15 | 15.5 | 15.4 | -0.4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
Jimmie Johnson | 20 | 15.3 | 16 | 17.8 | -2.5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
Austin Dillon | 20 | 19.1 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 |
William Byron | 9 | 18.4 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 3.8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
Paul Menard | 20 | 18.8 | 19.6 | 18 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
Alex Bowman | 12 | 16.4 | 19.9 | 22.2 | -5.8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| | Laps | Laps Led | Fastest | Fast Laps | Top-15 | Avg. Driver |
Driver | # | Led | /Race | Laps | /Race | Rate | Rating |
Kyle Busch | 20 | 736 | 36.8 | 466 | 23.3 | 84% | 114.7 |
Kyle Larson | 19 | 226 | 11.9 | 154 | 8.1 | 81% | 99.9 |
Kevin Harvick | 20 | 526 | 26.3 | 400 | 20 | 87% | 116.7 |
Brad Keselowski | 20 | 302 | 15.1 | 168 | 8.4 | 81% | 100.8 |
Denny Hamlin | 20 | 156 | 7.8 | 156 | 7.8 | 83% | 99.8 |
Martin Truex Jr | 20 | 285 | 14.3 | 289 | 14.5 | 69% | 96.2 |
Joey Logano | 20 | 333 | 16.7 | 79 | 4 | 76% | 96.2 |
Ryan Blaney | 18 | 47 | 2.6 | 89 | 4.9 | 70% | 90 |
Ryan Newman | 20 | 59 | 3 | 35 | 1.8 | 50% | 78.6 |
Clint Bowyer | 20 | 57 | 2.9 | 56 | 2.8 | 61% | 85.7 |
| | Laps | Laps Led | Fastest | Fast Laps | Top-15 | Avg. Driver |
Driver | # | Led | /Race | Laps | /Race | Rate | Rating |
Chris Buescher | 17 | 12 | 0.7 | 12 | 0.7 | 13% | 60.4 |
Erik Jones | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 69 | 4.9 | 74% | 93.4 |
Chase Elliott | 18 | 48 | 2.7 | 106 | 5.9 | 71% | 89.4 |
Kurt Busch | 20 | 81 | 4.1 | 71 | 3.6 | 69% | 88.5 |
Daniel Suarez | 14 | 43 | 3.1 | 37 | 2.6 | 53% | 79.7 |
Jimmie Johnson | 20 | 128 | 6.4 | 72 | 3.6 | 51% | 79.7 |
Austin Dillon | 20 | 19 | 1 | 26 | 1.3 | 46% | 72.4 |
William Byron | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 20 | 2.2 | 65% | 81.1 |
Paul Menard | 20 | 4 | 0.2 | 21 | 1.1 | 30% | 68.5 |
Alex Bowman | 12 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.7 | 47% | 69.1 |
Team Averages at Indianapolis (since 2017)
| Avg. | | | Top | Top |
Driver | Finish | Races | Wins | 5 | 10 |
Team Penske | 6.2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Joe Gibbs Racing | 11.75 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Stewart-Haas Racing | 14.25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Richard Childress Racing | 14.4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Wood Brothers Racing | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Leavine Family Racing | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Momentum
The races shown in this week’s momentum section are the races run at Auto Club, Michigan, and Pocono this season.
Drivers
Driver Momentum |
| | Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | | Top | Top | Top | Top | Avg. Driver |
Driver | # | Start | Pos | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | Rating |
Kyle Busch | 5 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 118.7 |
Denny Hamlin | 5 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 108.7 |
Kevin Harvick | 5 | 3.8 | 7.6 | 8 | -4.2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 114.2 |
Joey Logano | 5 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 8 | -1.6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 114 |
Martin Truex Jr | 5 | 17.2 | 11.6 | 10.6 | 6.6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 98.1 |
Brad Keselowski | 5 | 7.6 | 9.8 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 104.1 |
Daniel Suarez | 5 | 11.2 | 13.8 | 10.8 | 0.4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 81.9 |
Kyle Larson | 5 | 16.8 | 11 | 12 | 4.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 92.7 |
Erik Jones | 5 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 14.6 | -3.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 92 |
William Byron | 5 | 15.6 | 12.8 | 10.8 | 4.8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 85.9 |
Ryan Blaney | 5 | 15.4 | 12.4 | 12 | 3.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 88.3 |
Kurt Busch | 5 | 13.6 | 11.8 | 13.8 | -0.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 87.8 |
| | Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | | Top | Top | Top | Top | Avg. Driver |
Driver | # | Start | Pos | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | Rating |
Chase Elliott | 5 | 12.2 | 14.8 | 16.4 | -4.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 85.4 |
Clint Bowyer | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25.2 | -18.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 79.4 |
Alex Bowman | 5 | 14.8 | 13.2 | 15.2 | -0.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 80.9 |
Aric Almirola | 5 | 6.6 | 12.8 | 16.2 | -9.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 86.4 |
Ryan Newman | 5 | 16.6 | 18.6 | 14.4 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 67.5 |
Daniel Hemric | 5 | 21.2 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 72.4 |
Austin Dillon | 5 | 18.8 | 18.4 | 21 | -2.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 67.7 |
Ryan Preece | 5 | 26.4 | 23.2 | 23 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 55 |
Chris Buescher | 5 | 25.4 | 18.4 | 15.2 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 66.2 |
Paul Menard | 5 | 14 | 16 | 16.8 | -2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 70.9 |
Jimmie Johnson | 5 | 16 | 18.8 | 20 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 69.7 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 5 | 14.4 | 20.2 | 22.8 | -8.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 59.3 |
| | Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | | Top | Top | Top | Top | Avg. Driver |
Driver | # | Start | Pos | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | Rating |
Ty Dillon | 5 | 22.4 | 25.8 | 23.2 | -0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.4 |
Matt DiBenedetto | 5 | 22.4 | 21 | 18.6 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 57.9 |
Michael McDowell | 5 | 27.6 | 24.4 | 23.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
Bayley Currey | 1 | 34 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 |
Bubba Wallace | 5 | 25.6 | 23.4 | 25.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
Matt Tifft | 5 | 25.8 | 27.2 | 26.2 | -0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.3 |
Corey LaJoie | 5 | 32.4 | 29.2 | 27.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.1 |
Ross Chastain | 4 | 32.5 | 29.5 | 27.8 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.7 |
David Ragan | 5 | 21.8 | 25.6 | 28.2 | -6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.9 |
Landon Cassill | 5 | 29.2 | 30.6 | 29.4 | -0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.3 |
Quin Houff | 4 | 32.8 | 33.3 | 30.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.2 |
Reed Sorenson | 3 | 36 | 33.7 | 31.3 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.1 |
| | Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | | Top | Top | Top | Top | Avg. Driver |
Driver | # | Start | Pos | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | Rating |
Austin Theriault | 2 | 31 | 34.5 | 33 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
Garrett Smithley | 3 | 36 | 34.7 | 33.7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.7 |
JJ Yeley | 1 | 37 | 35 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.2 |
Cody Ware | 2 | 34 | 34.5 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.8 |
Josh Bilicki | 2 | 30 | 33.5 | 34 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.4 |
Joey Gase | 1 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.5 |
BJ McLeod | 2 | 31.5 | 36.5 | 35 | -3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.9 |
Kyle Weatherman | 1 | 33 | 35 | 36 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 |
Spencer Boyd | 1 | 36 | 37 | 38 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.2 |
Team
Team Momentum |
| | Avg. | Run | Avg. | Pos. | | Top | Top | Top | Top |
Team | # | Start | Pos | Finish | Diff. | W | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 10 | 15.2 | 11.4 | 12.9 | 2.3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
Front Row Motorsports | 15 | 25.1 | 25.7 | 26.0 | -0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Hendrick Motorsports | 20 | 14.7 | 14.9 | 15.6 | -0.9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 |
Joe Gibbs Racing | 20 | 11.5 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 18 |
JTG Daugherty Racing | 10 | 25.9 | 20.8 | 19.1 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Richard Childress Racing | 10 | 20.0 | 18.3 | 19.6 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Roush Fenway Racing | 10 | 15.5 | 19.4 | 18.6 | -3.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Stewart-Haas Racing | 15 | 7.2 | 12.8 | 15.1 | -7.9 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 14 |
Team Penske | 15 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 0.6 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 14 |
DraftKings Scoring Averages
Driver | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | Last 2 Avg | Last 5 Avg | DK Seas. Avg. |
Kyle Busch | 42.25 | 18.75 | 107.25 | 76.75 | 60 | 30.50 | 61.00 | 65.88 |
Denny Hamlin | 67.25 | 15.5 | 41.5 | 51.5 | 76 | 41.38 | 50.35 | 42.87 |
Martin Truex Jr | -33 | -6 | 44.5 | 49 | 19 | -19.50 | 14.70 | 51.18 |
Kyle Larson | 23.5 | 13.5 | 45 | 31.5 | 47.25 | 18.50 | 32.15 | 39.17 |
Kevin Harvick | 56.5 | 36.5 | 43.5 | 74.75 | 35 | 46.50 | 49.25 | 46.35 |
Brad Keselowski | 54.75 | 56.75 | 21.25 | 63.75 | 23.5 | 55.75 | 44.00 | 46.32 |
Joey Logano | 23 | 43 | 47.5 | 53 | 47 | 33.00 | 42.70 | 46.22 |
Erik Jones | 55.5 | 0.5 | | | | 28.00 | 28.00 | 36.14 |
Kurt Busch | 46.75 | -2 | 23 | 42.5 | -3 | 22.38 | 21.45 | 41.07 |
Chase Elliott | 25 | -18 | 32 | 37 | | 3.50 | 19.00 | 40.2 |
Aric Almirola | 12 | 47 | 23 | -9.5 | 43.5 | 29.50 | 23.20 | 31.34 |
Ryan Blaney | 31.75 | 13 | -11 | 50 | | 22.38 | 20.94 | 36.3 |
Driver | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | Last 2 Avg | Last 5 Avg | DK Seas. Avg. |
Clint Bowyer | 58.75 | -3.5 | 33 | 39 | 28.75 | 27.63 | 31.20 | 28.4 |
Ryan Newman | 41.5 | 46.5 | -12 | 65 | 26.5 | 44.00 | 33.50 | 35.73 |
Jimmie Johnson | 26 | -6 | 52 | 29.5 | 27 | 10.00 | 25.70 | 28.98 |
William Byron | 29.75 | | | | | 29.75 | 29.75 | 29.54 |
Alex Bowman | -7 | | | -7 | -1 | -7.00 | -5.00 | 36.07 |
Daniel Suarez | 28 | 45.5 | | | | 36.75 | 36.75 | 32.86 |
Matt DiBenedetto | 3 | 55 | -6 | 20 | | 29.00 | 18.00 | 30.75 |
Chris Buescher | 17 | 52 | 38.5 | | | 34.50 | 35.83 | 31.86 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | -8 | -5 | 36 | 3.5 | 17 | -6.50 | 8.70 | 21.53 |
Paul Menard | 46 | 29 | 47 | 27 | 5 | 37.50 | 30.80 | 28.88 |
Austin Dillon | 18 | 23.5 | 39.5 | 19 | 42.25 | 20.75 | 28.45 | 21.57 |
Ty Dillon | 32 | 34 | | | | 33.00 | 33.00 | 26.94 |
Driver | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | Last 2 Avg | Last 5 Avg | DK Seas. Avg. |
Daniel Hemric | | | | | | | | 18.83 |
Bubba Wallace | -4 | | | | | -4.00 | -4.00 | 21.1 |
Ryan Preece | | | | | | | | 22.69 |
David Ragan | 21 | -2 | -2 | 9.25 | 12 | 9.50 | 7.65 | 15.81 |
Michael McDowell | 36 | 32 | 25 | 14 | 20 | 34.00 | 25.40 | 16.04 |
Ross Chastain | 24 | | | | | 24.00 | 24.00 | 21.92 |
Corey LaJoie | 23 | -4 | | | | 9.50 | 9.50 | 23.04 |
Matt Tifft | | | | | | | | 21.25 |
Parker Kligerman | | | | | | | | 23.8 |
Ryan Sieg | | | | | | | | 0 |
Landon Cassill | 16 | 31 | 37 | 16 | 21 | 23.50 | 24.20 | 17.95 |
JJ Yeley | 21 | 3 | | 4 | | 12.00 | 9.33 | 22.7 |
Driver | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | Last 2 Avg | Last 5 Avg | DK Seas. Avg. |
Reed Sorenson | 26 | | 17 | | 10 | 26.00 | 17.67 | 15.67 |
Garrett Smithley | | | | | | | | 13 |
BJ McLeod | 24 | 20 | | | | 22.00 | 22.00 | 13.9 |
Josh Bilicki | | | | | | | | 10.3 |
FanDuel Scoring Averages
Driver | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | Last 2 Avg | Last 5 Avg | FD Seas. Avg. |
Kyle Busch | 48.2 | 10.2 | 74.9 | 65.3 | 61 | 29.20 | 51.92 | 64.22 |
Denny Hamlin | 61.2 | 34.6 | 54 | 58.4 | 67.8 | 47.90 | 55.20 | 56.67 |
Martin Truex Jr | -13.4 | 6.3 | 50 | 57.9 | 32 | -3.55 | 26.56 | 58.66 |
Kyle Larson | 39.5 | 26.9 | 55.5 | 46.4 | 54.5 | 33.20 | 44.56 | 50.69 |
Kevin Harvick | 54.2 | 49.7 | 52.5 | 63.4 | 46.7 | 51.95 | 53.30 | 53.72 |
Brad Keselowski | 62.4 | 63.5 | 36.5 | 59.6 | 40.5 | 62.95 | 52.50 | 55.87 |
Joey Logano | 40 | 55.2 | 55.1 | 59.2 | 55 | 47.60 | 52.90 | 58.22 |
Erik Jones | 61.5 | 18.3 | | | | 39.90 | 39.90 | 51.26 |
Kurt Busch | 51.9 | 18.4 | 39.5 | 52.4 | 18.4 | 35.15 | 36.12 | 56.31 |
Chase Elliott | 40 | -5.2 | 43 | 44.4 | | 17.40 | 30.55 | 52.63 |
Aric Almirola | 28.4 | 52.7 | 34.8 | 11.1 | 46 | 40.55 | 34.60 | 48.99 |
Ryan Blaney | 45.1 | 28.3 | 10.7 | 54.4 | | 36.70 | 34.63 | 51.25 |
Driver | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | Last 2 Avg | Last 5 Avg | FD Seas. Avg. |
Clint Bowyer | 57.2 | 16.3 | 41.9 | 51.9 | 41.3 | 36.75 | 41.72 | 46.95 |
Ryan Newman | 50.5 | 57.2 | 14.1 | 62.4 | 42.5 | 53.85 | 45.34 | 54.19 |
Jimmie Johnson | 40 | 18.3 | 60 | 40.9 | 41.5 | 29.15 | 40.14 | 49.41 |
William Byron | 39.8 | | | | | 39.80 | 39.80 | 49.41 |
Alex Bowman | 13.2 | | | 4.8 | 14.1 | 13.20 | 10.70 | 52.36 |
Daniel Suarez | 40 | 54.7 | | | | 47.35 | 47.35 | 50.87 |
Matt DiBenedetto | 11.4 | 59.2 | -3.6 | 29.2 | | 35.30 | 24.05 | 48.26 |
Chris Buescher | 30.8 | 57.2 | 48 | | | 44.00 | 45.33 | 51.03 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 11.6 | 9.6 | 48 | 19.1 | 31.5 | 10.60 | 23.96 | 43.17 |
Paul Menard | 53 | 42.2 | 54.5 | 41.9 | 20.3 | 47.60 | 42.38 | 49.46 |
Austin Dillon | 33 | 35.7 | 50.5 | 32.4 | 50.6 | 34.35 | 40.44 | 42.22 |
Ty Dillon | 40.5 | 43 | | | | 41.75 | 41.75 | 47.06 |
Driver | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | Last 2 Avg | Last 5 Avg | FD Seas. Avg. |
Daniel Hemric | | | | | | | | 40.52 |
Bubba Wallace | 3.7 | | | | | 3.70 | 3.70 | 41.27 |
Ryan Preece | | | | | | | | 43.01 |
David Ragan | 33.4 | 4.6 | 11.2 | 27.9 | 23.3 | 19.00 | 20.08 | 38.09 |
Michael McDowell | 44.5 | 42.6 | 36.8 | 26.7 | 32 | 43.55 | 36.52 | 36.73 |
Ross Chastain | 33.8 | | | | | 33.80 | 33.80 | 38.87 |
Corey LaJoie | 32.8 | -2.1 | | | | 15.35 | 15.35 | 41.74 |
Matt Tifft | | | | | | | | 40.59 |
Parker Kligerman | | | | | | | | 38.38 |
Ryan Sieg | | | | | | | | 0.00 |
Landon Cassill | 26.5 | 39.7 | 44.4 | 30.4 | 30.3 | 33.10 | 34.26 | 36.41 |
JJ Yeley | 30.7 | 9 | | 17.5 | | 19.85 | 19.07 | 31.40 |
Driver | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | Last 2 Avg | Last 5 Avg | FD Seas. Avg. |
Reed Sorenson | 33.8 | | 27.5 | | 20.6 | 33.80 | 27.30 | 32.24 |
Garrett Smithley | | | | | | | | 27.57 |
BJ McLeod | 31.7 | 26.5 | | | | 29.10 | 29.10 | 29.02 |
Weekly Rankings (1=Best, 40=Worst)
The Race History, Momentum, Indy History, and Track Type History columns are ranked based on average finish in those spans from best to worst.
Driver | DK$ | FD $ | Race History | Momentum | DK Avg L2 | FD Avg L2 | DK Avg L5 | FD Avg L5 | Indy History | Track Type History |
Kyle Busch | $12,000 | $15,500 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Denny Hamlin | $11,400 | $14,000 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
Martin Truex Jr | $10,700 | $12,500 | 20 | 6 | 33 | 33 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 12 |
Kyle Larson | $10,300 | $11,700 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
Kevin Harvick | $10,000 | $13,600 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Brad Keselowski | $9,800 | $13,300 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Joey Logano | $9,600 | $12,200 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
Erik Jones | $9,400 | $11,300 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 6 |
Kurt Busch | $9,200 | $10,700 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 8 |
Chase Elliott | $9,000 | $10,300 | 19 | 17 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 11 |
Aric Almirola | $8,700 | $8,000 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
Ryan Blaney | $8,500 | $10,200 | 18 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 10 |
Clint Bowyer | $8,300 | $9,600 | 10 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 19 |
Ryan Newman | $8,200 | $8,300 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
Jimmie Johnson | $8,000 | $9,200 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 17 |
William Byron | $7,800 | $8,600 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
Alex Bowman | $7,600 | $8,800 | 32 | 14 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 22 |
Daniel Suarez | $7,500 | $7,900 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
Matt DiBenedetto | $7,300 | $6,800 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 29 |
Chris Buescher | $7,100 | $7,300 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 20 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | $6,900 | $7,000 | 25 | 23 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 24 |
Paul Menard | $6,800 | $6,500 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 18 |
Austin Dillon | $6,600 | $7,500 | 14 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 |
Ty Dillon | $6,400 | $6,000 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 22 |
Daniel Hemric | $6,200 | $5,500 | 40 | 19 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 12 |
Bubba Wallace | $6,100 | $5,000 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 28 |
Ryan Preece | $6,000 | $4,500 | 40 | 24 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 25 |
David Ragan | $5,900 | $4,000 | 27 | 33 | 27 | 27 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 30 |
Michael McDowell | $5,800 | $4,000 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 25 | 26 |
Ross Chastain | $5,700 | $3,000 | 24 | 32 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 31 |
Corey LaJoie | $5,600 | $3,500 | 29 | 31 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 31 | 29 | 33 |
Matt Tifft | $5,500 | $3,000 | 40 | 30 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 27 |
Parker Kligerman | $5,300 | $3,000 | 40 | | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
Ryan Sieg | $5,200 | $2,000 | 40 | | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 34 |
Landon Cassill | $5,100 | $3,000 | 23 | 34 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 32 |
JJ Yeley | $4,900 | $2,500 | 30 | 39 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 35 |
Reed Sorenson | $4,800 | $2,500 | 40 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 26 | 25 | 40 | 40 |
Garrett Smithley | $4,700 | $2,000 | 40 | 38 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 35 |
BJ McLeod | $4,600 | $2,000 | 27 | 42 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 38 |
Josh Bilicki | $4,500 | #N/A | 40 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 35 |