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1. Kevin Harvick: Six top 10s in 19 starts; Eighth-best average finish (13.8) in the five races with the COT; Has yet to lead a lap in the last 13 races; Finished 19th in June; 10.5 average finish in the two races on 2-mile speedways in 2010; Will return in the same car (chassis No. 288) that he finished second with at Indianapolis and Auto Club this season.
2. Jeff Gordon: 13.6 average finish in the five races with the COT; Finished second in both races in 2009 and fourth in June; Has recorded two wins and 23 top 10s in 35 starts; 12.0 average finish in the two races on 2-mile speedways in 2010.
3. Jeff Burton: Coming off first top 10 (eighth) in 12 starts with Richard Childress Racing; 15.6 average finish in the five races with the COT; Scored eight top 10s with Roush Racing from 1996-2002; Third-best average finish (5.5) in the two races on 2-mile speedways in 2010; Will return in the same car (chassis No. 317) that he finished eighth at Pocono.
5. Jimmie Johnson: Coming off seventh top 10 (sixth) in 17 starts; 16.8 average finish in the five races with the COT; Only driver to lead more than 130 laps with the COT (356); Led 133 laps in this event last year; Finished 33rd in that event; Leads all drivers with a 3.5 average finish in the two races on 2-mile speedways in 2010; Will race the same car (chassis No. 610) that he led 92 laps with at Chicago before finishing 25th.
6. Denny Hamlin: Captured first win in nine starts in June after leading 123 laps; Win was third consecutive top 10; Sixth-best average finish (13.4) in the five races with the COT; Will return in the same car (chassis No. 253) that he finished 10th with in August of 2009.
7. Kyle Busch: Tenth-best average finish (14.2) in the five races with the COT; Only top five (second) in 11 starts came with Joe Gibbs Racing in the 2008 August race; Started 39th and finished 23th in this event last year; Will debut a new car (chassis No. 280) in the CARFAX 400.
8. Tony Stewart: 9.7 average finish in three starts with Stewart-Haas; Fifth-place run in June was best finish with the team; Scored one win and 13 top 10s in previous 20 starts with Joe Gibbs Racing; Second-best average finish (9.2) in the five races with the COT; Has only led a combined five laps in last 10 starts; 7.0 average finish in the two races on 2-mile speedways in 2010; Will return in the same car (chassis No. 564) that he finished fifth with at Michigan in June.
10. Matt Kenseth: Fourth-best average finish (11.2) in the five races with the COT; Two wins and 13 tops 10s in 22 starts; Finished 14th in the last two races; Will pilot the same car (chassis No. 672) that he finished 10th with at Charlotte.
11. Greg Biffle: Two-time winner; Fifth-best average finish (11.6) in the five races with the COT; Coming off ninth top 10 in 15 starts; 9.5 average finish in the two races on 2-mile speedways in 2010; Will return in the same car (chassis No. 571) that he was running sixth with at Chicago until the engine expired.
12. Mark Martin: Leads all full-times drivers in wins (5) and top 10s (29); Won the 2008 June race on fuel mileage; 15.8 average finish in the five races with the COT; Finished 16th in June; 10.0 average finish in the two races on 2-mile speedways in 2010; Will race the same car (chassis No. 550) that most recently finished seventh at Pocono two weeks ago.
13. Clint Bowyer: Scored first top 10s in nine starts in 2009 races; Eighth-place finish last August is best-to-date; Finished 22nd in June; 17.2 average finish in the five races with the COT; Will debut a new car (chassis No. 315) in the CARFAX 400.
14. Ryan Newman: 23.3 average finish in three starts with Stewart-Haas; Last of four top 10s in 2004 was one of two wins with Penske racing; Will return in the same car (chassis No. 579) that he finished 11th with at Texas in April.
15. Jamie McMurray: Started second and finished 24th in June with Earnhardt-Ganassi; Last of four top 10s came in 2008 when he finished 10th in both races with Roush Racing; Will make 16th start in the same car (chassis No. 1006) that he won the pole with at Darlington and Chicagoland and finished second and fifth, respectively.
17. Kasey Kahne: Coming off sixth top five in 13 starts after finishing second in June; Winner of the 2006 June race; 15.2 average finish in the five races with the COT.
18. David Reutimann: Scored only top 10 (ninth) in seven starts last year in this event; Started ninth and finished 18th in June; 19.0 average finish in the five races with the COT.
19. Juan Pablo Montoya: Only top 10 (sixth) came in the 2009 June race; Finished 13th in June; Has yet to lead a lap in seven starts; 20.2 average finish in the five races with the COT; Will be back in the same car (chassis No. 1015) that finished 13th at Michigan in June.
20. Martin Truex Jr: Only top 10s in nine starts is a pair of runner-up finishes in 2007; Finished 17th in June in first track start with Michael Waltrip Racing; 21.4 average finish in the five races with the COT.
22. AJ Allmendinger: 25.0 average finish in six starts; Coming off best finish in 11th; Will pilot a car (chassis No. 288) that he finished in the top 15 with four times this season.
23. Paul Menard: Has yet to finish in the top 10 in eight starts; 24.0 average finish in the five races with the COT; Will return in the same car (chassis No. 683) that he finished 25th with at Michigan in June.
24. David Ragan: Posted two top-10 finishes in 2008, with a best third in the August event; 18.4 average finish in seven starts;
Will return in the same car (chassis No. 640) that he finished 34th with at Michigan.
25. Brad Keselowski: Finished 27th in first track start with Penske Racing in June; First start came in this event last year with Hendrick Motorsports where he finished 24th; Will pilot the same car (chassis No. 726) that he finished 21st with at Pocono in June.
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