NASCAR Driver Hot Streaks

Hot streak. Momentum. Chemistry.

These words are used alot in NASCAR to describe drivers that are finishing good. This statistic table is helpful because information on which NASCAR drivers are HOT (and which are NOT) is vital information in picking your fantasy racing league lineup.

The Hot Streak chart is calculated from NASCAR race results for drivers over the last 5 races and based on their finish position.

2009 NASCAR Nextel Hot Streak Rankings Over Last 5 Races
Hot Streak Rankings as of Race # of 36:
Rank	Name	Starts	Best	Worst	Avg Start	Avg Finish	Change
1	Carl Edwards	5	1st	4th	8.6	2.0	+6.6
2	Jimmie Johnson	5	1st	15th	8.0	6.8	+1.2
3	Kevin Harvick	5	2nd	13th	11.8	7.2	+4.6
4	Denny Hamlin	5	3rd	17th	14.6	8.6	+6.0
5	Clint Bowyer	5	4th	20th	13.6	10.0	+3.6
6	Jamie McMurray	5	3rd	38th	10.6	10.8	(-0.2)
7	Greg Biffle	5	5th	18th	15.6	11.2	+4.4
8	Jeff Gordon	5	2nd	41st	12.0	12.0	+0.0
9	Matt Kenseth	5	4th	25th	12.8	12.2	+0.6
10	David Ragan	5	8th	24th	16.0	13.2	+2.8
11	Kyle Busch	5	5th	29th	14.4	13.4	+1.0
12	Casey Mears	5	6th	36th	17.4	15.2	+2.2
13	Mark Martin	3	12th	22nd	14.7	16.0	(-1.3)
14	Dale Earnhardt Jr	5	2nd	41st	10.2	16.0	(-5.8)
15	AJ Allmendinger	5	11th	26th	34.0	16.4	+17.6
16	Martin Truex Jr	5	8th	43rd	13.2	17.2	(-4.0)
17	Tony Stewart	5	9th	26th	13.0	18.0	(-5.0)
18	Jeff Burton	5	9th	40th	16.8	19.4	(-2.6)
19	Travis Kvapil	5	7th	32nd	30.2	20.4	+9.8
20	Brad Keselowski	2	19th	23rd	34.0	21.0	+13.0
21	David Reutimann	5	10th	28th	13.8	21.4	(-7.6)
22	Kasey Kahne	5	6th	33rd	17.2	21.8	(-4.6)
23	Ryan Newman	5	16th	34th	19.8	24.4	(-4.6)
24	Brian Vickers	5	11th	42nd	20.8	24.8	(-4.0)
25	Bill Elliott	5	12th	38th	33.4	25.2	+8.2
26	Kurt Busch	5	2nd	43rd	23.8	25.6	(-1.8)
27	Juan Pablo Montoya	5	14th	43rd	22.2	26.2	(-4.0)
28	Dave Blaney	5	20th	41st	32.6	26.8	+5.8
29	Paul Menard	5	22nd	31st	22.0	27.2	(-5.2)
30	Marcos Ambrose	4	18th	42nd	30.3	27.5	+2.8
31	Aric Almirola	2	20th	35th	27.5	27.5	+0.0
32	Scott Riggs	5	14th	43rd	25.8	28.2	(-2.4)
33	Sam Hornish Jr	4	23rd	34th	31.5	28.5	+3.0
34	Michael Waltrip	5	18th	38th	28.4	28.8	(-0.4)
35	Robby Gordon	5	19th	40th	26.4	29.8	(-3.4)
36	Ken Schrader	4	27th	35th	36.0	30.0	+6.0
37	Sterling Marlin	2	29th	32nd	29.0	30.5	(-1.5)
38	Scott Speed	5	16th	40th	28.4	30.6	(-2.2)
39	Bobby Labonte	5	19th	39th	30.6	30.8	(-0.2)
40	Elliott Sadler	5	25th	41st	24.2	31.8	(-7.6)
41	David Gilliland	5	27th	42nd	33.2	32.6	+0.6
42	Regan Smith	5	23rd	42nd	26.8	32.6	(-5.8)
43	Chad McCumbee	3	25th	39th	36.7	33.3	+3.3
44	Tony Raines	3	31st	37th	39.3	33.3	+6.0
45	Reed Sorenson	5	31st	39th	17.8	34.6	(-16.8)
46	Johnny Sauter	1	37th	37th	43.0	37.0	+6.0
47	Mike Bliss	1	39th	39th	38.0	39.0	(-1.0)
48	Kyle Petty	1	39th	39th	35.0	39.0	(-4.0)
49	Joe Nemechek	4	36th	43rd	31.8	39.8	(-8.0)
50	Joey Logano	1	40th	40th	43.0	40.0	+3.0

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