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2. Jimmie Johnson: Coming off third win in 17 starts; Victory extended top 10 streak to seven races; 5.1 average finish in the seven races with the COT is best among all drivers; Second in laps led with the COT with 224; Will return in the same car (chassis No. 540) that he led nine laps with en route to the win in June.
3. Kevin Harvick: 17.1 average finish in the seven races with the COT; Fifth-place finish in June was first top five with the COT and 10th top 10 in 19 overall starts; Won the 2006 September race from the pole; Will debut a new car (chassis No. 322) Sylvania 300.
4. Kyle Busch: 13.9 average finish in the seven races with the COT; 7.7 average finish in the last three races; Led 46 laps and finished 11th in June; Won the 2006 June race with Hendrick Motorsports; Will debut a new car (chassis No. 283) in the Sylvania 300.
5. Kurt Busch: 3.8 average finish in last five starts; Scored third win in the 2008 June race; Has combined to lead 68 laps in last three starts; Tested at Milwaukee in preparation for Sunday's race; Will debut a new car (chassis No. 737) in the Sylvania 300.
6. Tony Stewart: Third-best average finish (8.1) in the seven races with the COT; Started 25th and finished second in June; 7.0 average finish in three starts with Stewart-Haas; 266 laps led is best among all drivers with the COT; Scored two wins and 12 top 10s in 20 starts with Joe Gibbs Racing; Will return in the same car (chassis No. 587) that he raced in June (Finished runner-up).
7. Greg Biffle: Winner of the 2008 September race; Victory was one of six top 10s in 16 starts; 15.6 average finish in the seven races with the COT; Will debut a new car (chassis No. 700) in the Sylvania 300.
8. Jeff Gordon: Second-best average finish (7.1) in the seven races with the COT; Coming off 14th top five in 31 starts; Last of three wins came in this event in 1998; Will debut a new car (chassis No. 616) in the Sylvania 300; This chassis was tested at The Milwaukee Mile.
9. Carl Edwards: 15.1 average finish in the seven races with the COT; Led 61 laps and finished third in the 2008 September race; Best finish (second) came in the 2006 July race; Will return in the same car (chassis No. 647) that he finished 25th with at New Hampshire in June.
10. Jeff Burton: Four-time winner; Led every lap in this event in 2000; All wins came with Roush Racing; 12.7 average finish in 12 starts with Richard Childress Racing; Led 89 laps en route to a 12th-place finish in June; Will debut a new car (chassis No. 319) Sylvania 300.
11. Matt Kenseth: Has yet to finish in the top 15 in last five starts; Last top 10 came in this event in 2007; 19.4 average finish in the seven races with the COT; Will debut a new car (chassis No. 704) in the Sylvania 300.
12. Clint Bowyer: Coming off third top 10 in nine starts; Won the 2007 September event after leading 222 laps; Finished 10th in this event last year; Will debut a new car (chassis No. 320) in the Sylvania 300.
13. Ryan Newman: Coming off 11th top 10 in 17 starts; Finished 29, seventh and sixth, respectively, in three starts with Stewart-Haas; Captured two wins and nine top 10s in previous 14 track starts with Penske Racing.
14. Jamie McMurray: No top 10s in last 11 starts; Finished 18th in June in first track start in an Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet; Will return in the same car (chassis No. 1008) that he races in June at New Hampshire.
15. Mark Martin: Defending race winner; 12.0 average finish in three starts with Hendrick Motorsports; Posted 13 top 10s in previous 24 starts with Roush Racing; Will be back in the same car (chassis No. 588) that he finished 21st with in June.
16. Juan Pablo Montoya: Winner of the last two poles; Led 105 laps and finished third in this event last year; Finish is only top 10 in seven starts; Will return in the same car (chassis No. 907) that finished 34th in June after an on-track incident.
17. David Reutimann: 18.4 average finish in the seven races with the COT; Fourth-place finish in the 2009 June race is only top 10; 10.3 average finish in last three starts.
18. Kasey Kahne: Started second and led 110 laps in June before the engine expired; Last of three top 10s came in the 2009 June race; 24.3 average finish in the seven races with the COT.
19. Dale Earnhardt Jr: 17.0 average finish in five starts with Hendrick Motorsports; Eighth-place finish in June was ninth top 10 in 22 starts; Will pilot the same car (chassis No. 589) that he raced in June at New Hampshire (Finished 8th).
20. Martin Truex Jr: Finished 22nd in June in first track start with Michael Waltrip Racing; Posted four straight top 10s in 2007 and 2008 with Dale Earnhardt, Inc; 13.9 average finish in the seven races with the COT.
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