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Drivers · 24

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Driver	St	Form index▼	This trackAvg finish	·Wins	·Top 5	·Top 10	·Avg start	·Laps led %	·Rating	·Avg running pos	·Pace rank	·Fire-off rank	·Long-run rank	·vs teammates	·Make wins	SimilarAvg finish	·Pace rank	FormLast 5 avg	·% off best (5)	·Trend	·Avg start	·Consistency	·Comeback	·Stage pts/race	·Closing	·Passes/race	·Quality pass %	·Top-10 laps %	Pit & restartsRestart gain	·Pit avg	·Pit rank	ErrorsPenalties/race	·Errors/race	·DNF %	PlayoffsPoints	·Last visit	·Career here
92Herb Thomas	14	60	10.0⁶	3⁶	5⁶	5⁶	9.3⁶	24.7%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	-34.7³	2¹³⁰	—	—	10.4⁵	—	-6.3⁶	3.9³⁰	9.7³¹	-4.0³⁰	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	25.8%³¹	—	1951: P1 from 2 · led 311	6 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 10.0
21Speedy Thompson	18	58	16.2⁹	1⁹	2⁹	4⁹	17.3⁹	6.9%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	-30.0¹	34¹³⁰	15.1⁹	—	13.6⁵	—	+10.0⁶	47.0¹	—	+33.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	1952: P14 from 47	9 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.2
14Fonty Flock	2	57	28.0⁷	1⁷	2⁷	3⁷	7.7⁷	17.8%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	+1.9⁶	6¹³⁰	—	—	6.0⁵	—	+6.3⁶	5.5²⁷	10.3²⁸	-5.0²⁷	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	39.3%²⁸	—	1950: P28 from 10	7 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 28.0
91Tim Flock	3	56	14.9⁸	0⁸	1⁸	3⁸	18.5⁸	2.3%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	-17.0³	2¹³⁰	27.3³	—	8.6⁵	—	+9.0⁶	5.3³⁰	11.2³²	-0.5³⁰	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	21.9%³²	—	1950: P11 from 16	8 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 14.9
41Jim Paschal	8	54	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	27.4¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.4⁷	2¹³⁰	15.5¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	+15.0⁶	16.5¹¹	15.4¹⁴	-0.6¹¹	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁴	50.0%¹⁴	—	1950: P53 from 40	24 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.5
2Jimmie Lewallen	9	54	29.1⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	27.6⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	-1.7³	6¹³⁰	—	—	10.8⁵	—	+11.7⁶	14.6¹⁷	12.0¹⁹	-3.2¹⁷	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05¹⁹	47.4%¹⁹	—	1950: P43 from 24	7 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 29.1
42Lee Petty	13	53	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.3³	4¹³⁰	26.5⁴	—	15.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	11.6²⁸	7.3³¹	+5.6²⁸	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1950: P6 from 35	12 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 17.6
99Leonard Tippett	21	53	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹³⁰	—	—	12.8⁵	—	+6.0⁶	10.0²	3.2⁴	-3.0²	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	50.0%⁴	—	first start here	—
22Perk Brown	7	52	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹³⁰	—	—	13.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	10.8¹⁶	7.4¹⁸	-2.6¹⁶	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁸	66.7%¹⁸	—	first start here	—
89Buck Baker	3	52	22.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.7³	2¹³⁰	20.2¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-8.7⁶	7.8¹³	12.2¹³	-8.0¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹³	46.2%¹³	—	1950: P69 from 28	29 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.0
128Charles Gattalia	15	51	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0¹³⁰	—	—	15.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	10.8⁵	4.3⁷	-0.8⁵	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	42.9%⁷	—	first start here	—
17Bill Widenhouse	23	51	26.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	33.8⁶	0.1%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	34¹³⁰	18.0¹	—	19.6⁵	—	+0.3⁶	—	—	—	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1950: P26 from 53	6 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 26.8
51Gober Sosebee	11	51	18.7³	0³	0³	0³	33.7³	0.3%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	0¹³⁰	—	—	22.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	11.0⁶	8.5⁸	+4.5⁶	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	25.0%⁸	—	1950: P17 from 3 · led 4	3 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 18.7
72Donald Thomas	24	50	34.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	15.3³	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+34.7³	34¹³⁰	—	—	15.6⁵	—	0.0⁶	15.2¹⁷	9.7²⁰	+2.5¹⁷	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁰	20.0%²⁰	—	1951: P43 from —	4 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 34.8
8Jack Smith	17	49	24.7⁹	0⁹	1⁹	2⁹	19.9⁹	0.3%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	-20.0¹	0¹³⁰	16.6¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	+8.7⁶	9.2⁵	8.4⁷	-5.2⁵	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	42.9%⁷	—	1950: P29 from 13	9 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 24.7
11Fireball Roberts	1	49	26.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	9.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.6²	34¹³⁰	16.7¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	18.5⁴	16.1⁶	-15.3⁴	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	83.3%⁶	—	1950: P2 from 67	19 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.7
9Ed Samples	16	49	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹³⁰	—	—	20.8⁵	—	+14.3⁶	12.0⁵	10.4⁷	+1.8⁵	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	28.6%⁷	—	first start here	—
94J.O. Staton	20	48	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0¹³⁰	—	—	21.6⁵	—	+4.3⁶	18.8⁶	9.8⁶	-3.7⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	83.3%⁶	—	first start here	—
82Joe Eubanks	6	47	33.1⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	17.4⁹	0.8%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+27.0¹	2¹³⁰	22.0⁴	—	21.4⁵	—	-24.7⁶	11.4¹⁶	8.1¹⁸	-2.4¹⁶	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁸	50.0%¹⁸	—	1950: P19 from 21	9 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 33.1
120Dick Rathman	4	46	46.3³	0³	0³	0³	14.7³	3.1%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹³⁰	—	—	15.4⁵	—	+3.0⁶	9.0²⁴	14.2²⁶	-4.1²⁴	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁶	42.3%²⁶	—	1952: P35 from 29 · led 35	3 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 46.3
77Weldon Adams	10	45	45.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	56.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+10.0¹	0¹³⁰	—	—	18.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	24.8⁵	20.4⁵	+4.6⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20⁵	40.0%⁵	—	1950: P15 from 72	4 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 45.8
7Frank Mundy	12	42	60.0²	0²	0²	0²	4.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	+24.0¹	6¹³⁰	—	—	15.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	22.8⁴	10.3⁴	+7.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	25.0%⁴	—	1951: P82 from 1	2 st · 0 W · best P38 · avg 60.0
81Roscoe Thompson	2	42	40.7³	0³	0³	1³	35.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹³⁰	31.2⁶	—	19.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	9.0⁵	6.1⁶	-11.0⁵	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	66.7%⁶	—	1950: P75 from 63	3 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 40.7
96J.E. Hardie	19	33	45.0²	0²	0²	0²	57.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	0¹³⁰	—	—	43.5²	—	—	29.0¹	—	-16.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1950: P48 from 42	2 st · 0 W · best P42 · avg 45.0