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Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race

Track Information
Track Name:	Bristol Motor Speedway
Location:	Bristol, Tenn.
Track Type:	HIGH BANKED CONCRETE
Track Length:	0.533 miles
Track Layout:	OVAL
Banking:	36 Degrees
Seating Capacity:	135000
Home Page:	http://www.bristolmotorspeedway.com
Track Weather Info:	Bristol Motor Speedway - Weather

Race Information
Race Name:	Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race
Date, Time:	8/19/2017, 7:30 PM EST
Race Number:	#24 of 36 races in the 2017 season
Track Name:	Bristol Motor Speedway
Race Distance:	266 miles, 500 laps
* Note: This race is being run at night.

Past Race Averages
Average race finish time:	0:3:00
Average Speed:	87.72 MPH
Average # of cautions:	9 - 66 laps
Average # of lead changes:	13
Average # of drivers leading:	7

Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race - Recent Top Finishers
Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
2016	Kevin Harvick	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Denny Hamlin	Austin Dillon	Chris Buescher
2015	Joey Logano	Kevin Harvick	Denny Hamlin	Jimmie Johnson	Clint Bowyer
2014	Joey Logano	Brad Keselowski	Matt Kenseth	Jimmie Johnson	Kurt Busch
2013	Matt Kenseth	Kasey Kahne	Juan Montoya	Brian Vickers	Joey Logano
2012	Denny Hamlin	Jimmie Johnson	Jeff Gordon	Brian Vickers	Marcos Ambrose
2011	Brad Keselowski	Martin Truex	Jeff Gordon	Jimmie Johnson	Jamie McMurray
2010	Kyle Busch	David Reutimann	Jamie McMurray	Clint Bowyer	Kasey Kahne
2009	Kyle Busch	Mark Martin	Marcos Ambrose	Greg Biffle	Denny Hamlin
2008	Carl Edwards	Kyle Busch	Denny Hamlin	Kevin Harvick	Jeff Gordon
2007	Carl Edwards	Kasey Kahne	Clint Bowyer	Tony Stewart	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

The current season leaders in various stat categories are listed below.

Total Points

Martin Truex - 933

Kyle Larson - 836

Kyle Busch - 797

Kevin Harvick - 789

Brad Keselowski - 748

Denny Hamlin - 700

Chase Elliott - 675

Jamie McMurray - 666

Matt Kenseth - 647

Clint Bowyer - 614

Average finish

Michael Waltrip - 8

Martin Truex - 10.7

Kyle Larson - 11.4

Kevin Harvick - 11.5

Denny Hamlin - 12.6

Kyle Busch - 12.7

Clint Bowyer - 13.2

Brad Keselowski - 13.5

Chase Elliott - 13.6

Jamie McMurray - 13.6

Races won

Martin Truex - 4

Jimmie Johnson - 3

Kyle Larson - 3

Brad Keselowski - 2

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - 2

Joey Logano - 1

Ryan Newman - 1

Kasey Kahne - 1

Ryan Blaney - 1

Kurt Busch - 1

Top 5 finishes

Brad Keselowski - 11

Kyle Larson - 10

Martin Truex - 10

Joey Logano - 8

Denny Hamlin - 8

Kevin Harvick - 8

Kyle Busch - 8

Matt Kenseth - 6

Chase Elliott - 6

Ryan Newman - 5

Top 10 finishes

Martin Truex - 16

Brad Keselowski - 14

Kevin Harvick - 14

Chase Elliott - 13

Kyle Busch - 13

Kyle Larson - 13

Denny Hamlin - 12

Jamie McMurray - 12

Joey Logano - 11

Matt Kenseth - 10

Listed below is the projected starting order according to the StatFox race simulator. The simulator factors in recent qualifying performance, past qualifying results at this track and track type, and overall driver strength when projecting the qualifying order. Note: Once the official qualifying results are known, this section will be changed to reflect the official qualifying order. The simulator's projected finish order will also be updated.

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Projected Qualifying Order
Row	Position	Driver	Position	Driver
1	1	Kyle Busch	2	Denny Hamlin
2	3	Martin Truex	4	Matt Kenseth
3	5	Brad Keselowski	6	Kevin Harvick
4	7	Chase Elliott	8	Joey Logano
5	9	Ryan Blaney	10	Jamie McMurray
6	11	Boris Said	12	Gary Klutt
7	13	Kyle Larson	14	Kurt Busch
8	15	Jimmie Johnson	16	Daniel Suarez
9	17	Erik Jones	18	Ryan Newman
10	19	Austin Dillon	20	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
11	21	Kasey Kahne	22	Billy Johnson
12	23	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	24	Clint Bowyer
13	25	Bubba Wallace	26	Trevor Bayne
14	27	AJ Allmendinger	28	Paul Menard
15	29	Alon Day	30	Chris Buescher
16	31	Michael McDowell	32	Landon Cassill
17	33	Aric Almirola	34	Cole Whitt
18	35	Brendan Gaughan	36	Corey Lajoie
19	37	JJ Yeley	38	Ryan Sieg
20	39	Danica Patrick	40	Matt DiBenedetto
21	41	Ty Dillon	42	Brett Moffitt
22	43	David Ragan

Listed below is the projected finish order according to the StatFox race simulator. The simulator factors in recent performance, qualifying position, past results at this track and track type, and overall driver strength when simulating the race. The race simulation is run 1000 times. For each driver, the table displays the number of race simulations they won, number of top 5 finishes, number of top 10 finishes, and number of times the driver failed to finish the race. In addition, the table displays the average finishing position for each driver and the projected odds of the driver winning the race.

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Simulator - Projected Order Of Finish
Order	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Qual.	Finish	Wins	Odds	Top 5	Top 10	Trouble
1	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	ARRIS Surfboard/McAfee	16 *	10.6	68	14.7 to 1	389	717	129
2	Martin Truex	Toyota	Furniture Row/Denver Matt	3 *	10.9	135	7.4 to 1	533	771	196
3	Kevin Harvick	Ford	Busch Light	6 *	12.2	60	16.7 to 1	344	685	182
4	Brad Keselowski	Ford	Miller Lite	5 *	12.5	75	13.3 to 1	406	696	216
5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	Target	13 *	13.3	119	8.4 to 1	458	699	260
6	Kyle Busch	Toyota	Interstate Batteries	1 *	13.5	79	12.7 to 1	419	671	246
7	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	Cessna	10 *	13.6	37	27 to 1	223	531	174
8	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	NAPA	7 *	14.6	80	12.5 to 1	364	630	273
9	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Office	2 *	14.8	39	25.6 to 1	184	427	182
10	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	Velveeta Shells & Cheese	18 *	14.9	24	41.7 to 1	125	341	131
11	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	Go Bowling	23 *	15.2	58	17.2 to 1	274	571	258
12	Clint Bowyer	Ford	Nature's Bakery/Feeding A	24 *	15.3	31	32.3 to 1	182	437	205
13	Erik Jones	Toyota	5-hour ENERGY Extra Stren	17 *	16	41	24.4 to 1	223	483	264
14	Matt Kenseth	Toyota	DEWALT Flexvolt	4 *	16.2	45	22.2 to 1	230	480	267
15	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's/Jimmie Johnson Fou	15 *	17.9	24	41.7 to 1	164	388	299
16	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Chevrolet	Axalta	20 *	19.1	23	43.5 to 1	96	281	286
17	Trevor Bayne	Ford	Roush Performance	26 *	20.2	4	250 to 1	34	111	173
18	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	Liftmaster	21 *	20.4	13	76.9 to 1	42	130	206
19	Kurt Busch	Ford	Monster Energy/Haas Autom	14 *	20.7	10	100 to 1	40	100	199
20	Joey Logano	Ford	Shell Pennzoil	8 *	21.2	7	142.9 to 1	49	134	265
21	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	Dow Automotive Magna	19 *	21.5	3	333.3 to 1	34	101	221
22	Aric Almirola	Ford	Smithfield	33 *	22	5	200 to 1	31	101	268
23	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	Bush's Grillin' Beans	30 *	22.9	2	500 to 1	23	68	258
24	Ryan Blaney	Ford	Motorcraft/SKF	9 *	22.9	3	333.3 to 1	24	99	313
25	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	GEICO	41 *	23.5	2	500 to 1	16	36	168
26	Michael McDowell	Chevrolet	WRL General Contractors	31 *	24.8	0	0 chance	5	21	157
27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	Dutch Boy/Menards	28 *	25	1	1000 to 1	20	51	259
28	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	Kroger ClickList	27 *	25	4	250 to 1	13	40	244
29	Danica Patrick	Ford	Code 3 Associates	39 *	25.9	1	1000 to 1	12	37	302
30	Billy Johnson	Ford	Smithfield	22 *	27.5	2	500 to 1	4	14	326
31	Boris Said	Chevrolet	Genesee Beer/Genesee Ligh	11 *	27.6	0	0 chance	2	25	337
32	Bubba Wallace	Ford	Smithfield	25 *	27.6	0	0 chance	10	32	334
33	Gary Klutt	Chevrolet	Color Compass Corporation	12 *	28.1	0	0 chance	2	17	348
34	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	Can-Am/Kappa	40 *	28.4	1	1000 to 1	5	14	304
35	Landon Cassill	Ford	MDS Transport	32 *	28.6	0	0 chance	5	18	257
36	Brett Moffitt	Toyota	Northwestern Technologica	42 *	28.9	1	1000 to 1	2	10	204
37	JJ Yeley	Chevrolet	Access Construction Inc.	37 *	29.7	1	1000 to 1	3	9	270
38	Cole Whitt	Chevrolet	Bad Boy Mowers	34 *	29.9	0	0 chance	4	8	409
39	David Ragan	Ford	Overton's	43 *	30.1	0	0 chance	2	3	329
40	Corey Lajoie	Toyota	JAS Expedited Trucking	36 *	31.8	0	0 chance	0	2	425
41	Ryan Sieg	Toyota	BK Racing Graphics	38 *	32.1	2	500 to 1	2	5	494
42	Alon Day	Toyota	earthwater	29 *	34.4	0	0 chance	1	5	680
43	Brendan Gaughan	Chevrolet	Beard Oil Distributing	35 *	34.7	0	0 chance	1	1	682

The top past performance trends relevant to this race are listed below. The results are sorted by average finish. To view a complete list of driver trends for the current race, browse to each driver's respective page.

Top performers over the last two seasons at track type= HIGH BANKED CONCRETE.

1.) Chase Elliott's average finish at track type - HIGH BANKED CONCRETE is 6.2. In 6 races, he has 0 wins and 5 top 10 finishes.

2.) Denny Hamlin's average finish at track type - HIGH BANKED CONCRETE is 9.5. In 6 races, he has 0 wins and 5 top 10 finishes.

3.) Martin Truex's average finish at track type - HIGH BANKED CONCRETE is 9.7. In 6 races, he has 1 win and 4 top 10 finishes.

4.) Jimmie Johnson's average finish at track type - HIGH BANKED CONCRETE is 10.7. In 6 races, he has 2 wins and 4 top 10 finishes.

5.) Kevin Harvick's average finish at track type - HIGH BANKED CONCRETE is 12.0. In 6 races, he has 1 win and 4 top 10 finishes.

6.) Joey Logano's average finish at track type - HIGH BANKED CONCRETE is 13.0. In 6 races, he has 0 wins and 4 top 10 finishes.

7.) Trevor Bayne's average finish at track type - HIGH BANKED CONCRETE is 13.2. In 6 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

8.) Kasey Kahne's average finish at track type - HIGH BANKED CONCRETE is 13.8. In 6 races, he has 0 wins and 1 top 10 finish.

9.) Ryan Newman's average finish at track type - HIGH BANKED CONCRETE is 14.7. In 6 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

10.) Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s average finish at track type - HIGH BANKED CONCRETE is 15.2. In 6 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

Best career performers at Bristol Motor Speedway

1.) Chase Elliott's average finish at Bristol Motor Speedway is 8.7. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

2.) Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s average finish at Bristol Motor Speedway is 10.4. In 9 races, he has 0 wins and 5 top 10 finishes.

3.) Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s average finish at Bristol Motor Speedway is 13.3. In 34 races, he has 1 win and 16 top 10 finishes.

4.) Kevin Harvick's average finish at Bristol Motor Speedway is 13.6. In 33 races, he has 2 wins and 16 top 10 finishes.

5.) Jimmie Johnson's average finish at Bristol Motor Speedway is 13.7. In 31 races, he has 2 wins and 18 top 10 finishes.

6.) Matt Kenseth's average finish at Bristol Motor Speedway is 13.9. In 35 races, he has 4 wins and 21 top 10 finishes.

7.) Austin Dillon's average finish at Bristol Motor Speedway is 15.0. In 7 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

8.) Clint Bowyer's average finish at Bristol Motor Speedway is 15.1. In 23 races, he has 0 wins and 11 top 10 finishes.

9.) Kyle Busch's average finish at Bristol Motor Speedway is 15.1. In 24 races, he has 5 wins and 13 top 10 finishes.

10.) Kurt Busch's average finish at Bristol Motor Speedway is 15.2. In 33 races, he has 5 wins and 16 top 10 finishes.

Hot Drivers - Top performers over the last 3 races.

1.) Martin Truex's average finish over the past 3 races is 2.0. In 3 races, he has 1 win and 3 top 10 finishes.

2.) Kyle Busch's average finish over the past 3 races is 6.0. In 3 races, he has 1 win and 3 top 10 finishes.

3.) Erik Jones's average finish over the past 3 races is 7.0. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

4.) Denny Hamlin's average finish over the past 3 races is 8.0. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

5.) Kurt Busch's average finish over the past 3 races is 10.0. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 1 top 10 finish.

Hot Drivers - Top performers over the last 10 races.

1.) Denny Hamlin's average finish over the past 10 races is 9.0. In 10 races, he has 1 win and 6 top 10 finishes.

2.) Kevin Harvick's average finish over the past 10 races is 10.2. In 10 races, he has 1 win and 6 top 10 finishes.

3.) Kyle Busch's average finish over the past 10 races is 11.0. In 10 races, he has 1 win and 7 top 10 finishes.

4.) Chase Elliott's average finish over the past 10 races is 12.4. In 10 races, he has 0 wins and 6 top 10 finishes.

5.) Martin Truex's average finish over the past 10 races is 12.6. In 10 races, he has 2 wins and 7 top 10 finishes.