2009 Sprint Cup Series Average Starting Position

Driver Total Wins Points Leader Top 5 Top 10 DNF Poles Starts Avg Start Avg Finish Laps Led
Jimmie Johnson 7 6652 16 24 1 4 36 8.3 11.1 2238
Boris Said 0 152 0 0 1 0 2 9.0 29.0 0
Mark Martin 5 6511 14 21 4 7 36 9.8 13.7 805
Jeff Gordon 1 6473 16 25 1 1 36 10.9 10.2 827
Kasey Kahne 2 6128 7 14 2 0 36 11.8 15.3 248
Kyle Busch 4 4457 9 13 2 1 36 12.3 15.4 1157
Tony Stewart 4 6309 15 23 1 0 36 12.3 10.4 414
Juan Pablo Montoya 0 6252 7 18 0 2 36 12.8 14.3 388
Kurt Busch 2 6446 10 21 3 0 36 13.4 12.8 738
Greg Biffle 0 6292 10 16 2 0 36 13.9 14.0 551
Ryan Newman 0 6175 5 15 1 2 36 14.3 14.7 214
Denny Hamlin 4 6335 15 20 4 1 36 14.4 13.2 1380
Brian Vickers 1 5929 4 13 5 6 36 14.8 17.3 101
Andy Lally 0 82 0 0 0 0 1 15.0 27.0 0
David Reutimann 1 4221 5 10 0 2 36 15.9 16.4 101
Martin Truex Jr. 0 3503 1 6 5 3 36 16.4 21.9 184
Clint Bowyer 0 4359 4 16 1 0 36 16.6 14.9 41
Marcos Ambrose 0 3830 4 7 2 0 36 19.3 19.6 19
Carl Edwards 0 6118 7 14 3 0 36 19.7 15.1 164
Joey Logano 1 3791 3 7 3 0 36 20.5 20.0 36
Kevin Harvick 0 3796 5 9 2 0 36 20.9 19.9 159
Matt Kenseth 2 4389 7 12 2 1 36 21.4 15.4 245
Bill Elliott 0 1095 0 0 2 0 12 21.8 23.9 0
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 0 3422 2 5 5 0 36 22.2 23.3 146
Jamie McMurray 1 3604 1 5 2 0 36 22.6 21.4 33
AJ Allmendinger 0 3476 1 6 1 0 36 22.8 22.4 0
Brad Keselowski 1 1528 1 4 1 0 15 23.3 21.5 9
Sam Hornish Jr. 0 3203 2 7 8 0 36 23.4 25.0 3
Scott Speed 0 2690 1 1 8 0 35 23.7 29.0 19
David Stremme 0 2919 0 0 6 0 33 24.7 25.0 14
Jeff Burton 0 4022 5 10 3 0 36 24.8 18.0 96
Mike Bliss 0 577 0 0 11 0 13 25.2 39.5 0
Scott Wimmer 0 76 0 0 0 0 1 26.0 29.0 0
Casey Mears 0 3759 0 4 0 0 36 26.1 19.8 24
Reed Sorenson 0 3147 0 1 2 0 36 26.3 25.3 5
Bobby Labonte 0 3128 1 2 7 0 36 26.4 25.7 15
David Ragan 0 3252 0 2 4 0 36 26.9 24.4 4
Travis Kvapil 0 378 0 0 2 0 6 28.3 33.3 0
Elliott Sadler 0 3350 1 5 2 0 36 28.7 23.9 49
David Gilliland 0 1928 0 0 14 0 31 29.0 33.9 5
Aric Almirola 0 527 0 0 2 0 8 30.1 32.4 0
Robby Gordon 0 2699 1 1 9 0 35 30.1 28.5 10
Regan Smith 0 1440 0 0 3 0 18 30.4 27.7 0
Joe Nemechek 0 1342 0 0 27 0 30 30.5 39.5 2
Michael Waltrip 0 2839 0 2 6 0 34 30.5 27.1 23
Paul Menard 0 2979 0 0 4 0 36 31.0 26.9 7
Dave Blaney 0 1204 0 0 29 0 30 31.6 41.1 3
Jeremy Mayfield 0 288 0 0 1 0 5 32.8 35.8 2
Ron Fellows 0 158 0 0 0 0 2 33.0 28.0 0
Max Papis 0 1047 0 1 2 0 15 33.3 31.1 0
Scott Riggs 0 448 0 0 3 0 8 33.8 35.9 3
Todd Bodine 0 123 0 0 3 0 3 34.0 40.7 0
Mike Skinner 0 200 0 0 5 0 5 35.6 41.0 0
Mike Wallace 0 80 0 0 2 0 2 36.0 41.0 0
Patrick Carpentier 0 351 0 0 4 0 6 36.3 34.8 0
John Andretti 0 2597 0 0 2 0 34 36.5 29.3 9
Erik Darnell 0 472 0 0 0 0 7 37.0 31.9 0
P.J. Jones 0 40 0 0 2 0 2 38.0 42.0 0
Michael McDowell 0 326 0 0 8 0 8 38.1 40.8 0
Terry Labonte 0 338 0 0 3 0 6 39.5 35.8 1
Sterling Marlin 0 316 0 0 7 0 7 39.6 39.3 0
Robert Richardson Jr. 0 109 0 0 0 0 1 41.0 18.0 0
Tony Raines 0 528 0 0 10 0 13 41.0 39.8 0
Brandon Ash 0 40 0 0 1 0 1 43.0 41.0 0
Derrike Cope 0 37 0 0 1 0 1 43.0 42.0 0
Dexter Bean 0 55 0 0 0 0 1 43.0 36.0 0
Tony Ave 0 34 0 0 1 0 1 43.0 43.0 0