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Start Positions at Auto Club Speedway

Explore detailed statistics of driver performance at Auto Club Speedway, featuring tables with historical and projected start positions, sparklines, and trends over the last two and four years, alongside visual charts highlighting the top and bottom performers.

Trending Drivers at Auto Club Speedway

I've split the trends at the last 2-year and 4-year marks using all start positions.

Hover the column header numbers to see the race information. Complete

The numbers in the table header (... 3, 2, 1) correspond to the races numbered here. Races are ordered chronologically from newest (1) to oldest.

  • 2023
  • 1 #2 Auto Club Speedway PALA Casino 400 on Sunday, February 26th, 2023
  • 2022
  • 2 #2 Auto Club Speedway WISE Power 400 on Sunday, February 27th, 2022
  • 2020
  • 3 #3 Auto Club Speedway Auto Club 400 on Sunday, March 1st, 2020
  • 2019
  • 4 #5 Auto Club Speedway Auto Club 400 on Sunday, March 17th, 2019
  • 2018
  • 5 #5 Auto Club Speedway Auto Club 400 on Sunday, March 18th, 2018
  • 2017
  • 6 #5 Auto Club Speedway Auto Club 400 on Sunday, March 26th, 2017
  • 2016
  • 7 #5 Auto Club Speedway Auto Club 400 on Sunday, March 20th, 2016

Last 2-yearsAll races

  • Ross Chastain: -25.00
  • Christopher Bell: -18.00
  • Bubba Wallace: -16.00
  • Erik Jones: +32.00

Last 4-YearsAll races

  • Daniel Hemric: -12.00
  • Christopher Bell: -10.50
  • Martin Truex Jr: -6.50
  • Austin Cindric: +18.00
Displaying All Drivers from the result set.
  • Driver's performance is improving. Average position has improved.
  • Driver's performance is declining. Average position has worsened.
  • Driver's performance has remained stable. Little to no change in average position.
  • No trend data available. This could be due to insufficient race data for the period.
Start positions at Auto Club Speedway
DRIVER 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 START POSITIONS PRJCT BEST 4Y AVG 2Y AVG 4Y TRND 2Y TRND
AJ Allmendinger 11 24 32 0 0 0 6 7.12 6 18.25 6.00
Aric Almirola 25 31 27 3 6 31 17 17.90 3 20.00 24.00
Brad Keselowski 15 3 11 13 15 9 16 15.09 3 11.71 12.50
Brian Vickers 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 24 24.00 0.00
Carl Edwards 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5 5.00 0.00
Casey Mears 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 23 23.00 0.00
Clint Bowyer 29 17 26 9 1 0 0 3.10 1 16.40 0.00
Dale Earnhardt Jr 27 18 0 0 0 0 0 17.75 18 22.50 0.00
David Ragan 35 27 21 19 0 0 0 17.25 19 25.50 0.00
Denny Hamlin 3 2 25 6 28 4 13 12.90 2 11.57 8.50
Derrike Cope 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 33 33.00 0.00
Greg Biffle 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 22 22.00 0.00
JJ Yeley 0 0 0 0 30 0 22 21.99 22 26.00 22.00
Jamie McMurray 10 8 15 0 0 0 0 13.57 8 11.00 0.00
Jimmie Johnson 19 37 33 11 2 0 0 7.84 2 20.40 0.00
Joey Logano 9 35 6 5 7 7 3 1.04 3 10.29 5.00
Kasey Kahne 12 12 34 0 0 0 0 30.64 12 19.33 0.00
Kevin Harvick 2 7 10 2 5 32 10 17.65 2 9.71 21.00
Kurt Busch 26 15 7 21 4 36 0 28.19 4 18.17 36.00
Kyle Busch 6 9 2 4 17 3 21 18.50 2 8.86 12.00
Martin Truex Jr 17 4 1 27 38 12 14 16.02 1 16.14 13.00
Matt Kenseth 20 6 0 0 0 0 0 5.61 6 13.00 0.00
Michael McDowell 30 25 22 29 8 23 26 23.62 8 23.29 24.50
Paul Menard 13 23 14 25 0 0 0 22.88 13 18.75 0.00
Reed Sorenson 0 29 24 35 33 0 0 33.81 24 30.25 0.00
Regan Smith 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 28 28.00 0.00
Ryan Newman 4 5 9 7 0 0 0 8.24 4 6.25 0.00
Landon Cassill 34 26 0 33 0 0 0 31.36 26 31.00 0.00
Trevor Bayne 7 36 13 0 0 0 0 21.75 7 18.67 0.00
Austin Dillon 1 11 5 1 25 16 28 29.38 1 12.43 22.00
Cole Whitt 36 28 37 0 0 0 0 34.18 28 33.67 0.00
Josh Wise 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 37 37.00 0.00
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 18 16 16 12 10 17 2 3.62 2 13.00 9.50
Danica Patrick 31 22 0 0 0 0 0 21.75 22 26.50 0.00
Timmy Hill 0 34 35 0 37 0 0 37.03 34 35.33 0.00
Brian Scott 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 21 21.00 0.00
Kyle Larson 32 1 3 15 9 13 15 13.34 1 12.57 14.00
Michael Annett 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 38 38.00 0.00
Alex Bowman 0 0 28 23 3 14 4 2.88 3 14.40 9.00
Ryan Blaney 14 19 8 10 16 6 9 7.12 6 11.71 7.50
Corey Lajoie 0 30 0 30 26 25 12 12.60 12 24.60 18.50
Joey Gase 0 0 0 38 34 0 0 33.90 34 36.00 0.00
Ty Dillon 0 21 17 16 24 18 36 33.76 16 22.00 27.00
Chase Elliott 8 13 31 8 13 8 33 28.53 8 16.29 20.50
Matt DiBenedetto 33 38 18 24 12 0 0 13.37 12 25.00 0.00
Chris Buescher 16 20 12 14 11 20 5 7.28 5 14.00 12.50
Erik Jones 0 14 4 18 29 2 34 29.18 2 16.83 18.00
BJ McLeod 0 0 0 36 0 30 30 29.11 30 32.00 30.00
Jeffrey Earnhardt 39 32 23 0 0 0 0 23.11 23 31.33 0.00
Ryan Preece 0 0 0 26 20 0 27 26.80 20 24.33 27.00
Gray Gaulding 0 39 20 0 0 0 0 19.47 20 29.50 0.00
Daniel Suarez 0 10 30 20 31 15 7 8.02 7 18.83 11.00
Cody Ware 0 0 0 34 0 27 11 11.21 11 24.00 19.00
Ross Chastain 0 0 36 31 27 33 8 10.33 8 27.00 20.50
Bubba Wallace 0 0 19 28 14 34 18 21.71 14 22.60 26.00
Daniel Hemric 0 0 0 17 0 5 0 4.95 5 11.00 5.00
William Byron 0 0 29 22 21 10 32 26.86 10 22.80 21.00
Brennan Poole 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0.00 32 32.00 0.00
Cole Custer 0 0 0 0 18 21 0 21.02 18 19.50 21.00
Garrett Smithley 0 0 0 37 36 29 0 29.01 29 34.00 29.00
Josh Bilicki 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0.00 28 28.00 28.00
Tyler Reddick 0 0 0 0 19 11 35 32.50 11 21.67 23.00
Matt Tifft 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0.00 32 32.00 0.00
Quin Houff 0 0 0 0 35 0 0 0.00 35 35.00 0.00
Justin Haley 0 0 0 0 0 35 29 28.99 29 32.00 32.00
John Hunter Nemechek 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0.00 23 23.00 0.00
Christopher Bell 0 0 0 0 22 19 1 1.64 1 14.00 10.00
Austin Cindric 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 19.04 1 10.00 10.00
Chase Briscoe 0 0 0 0 0 24 31 31.02 24 27.50 27.50
Harrison Burton 0 0 0 0 0 22 24 24.00 22 23.00 23.00
Noah Gragson 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0.00 20 20.00 20.00
Ty Gibbs 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0.00 23 23.00 23.00
Todd Gilliland 0 0 0 0 0 26 25 25.00 25 25.50 25.50

POSITIONS BY TRACK

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