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Form favourites · top 8

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
42Lee Petty	—	68	2.6¹⁰	2¹⁰	9¹⁰	10¹⁰	9.7⁶	8.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3¹⁵³	6.9¹²	—	4.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	6.5¹⁰	8.0³³	-3.5¹⁰	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	9.1%³³	—	1949: P2 from 8	23 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 5.7
92Herb Thomas	—	63	9.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.0⁶	18.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-11.0⁵	2¹⁵³	7.5¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	3.5¹⁵	11.3³³	-3.6¹⁵	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	30.3%³³	—	1950: P14 from —	11 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 10.4
88Buck Baker	—	62	8.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	8¹⁰	5.8⁶	12.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.1³	6¹⁵³	8.9¹²	—	8.8⁵	—	+7.0⁶	2.2¹³	8.3³³	-4.8¹³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	12.1%³³	—	1950: P8 from 1 · led 10	31 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
3Dick Rathman	—	62	6.0⁴	1⁴	3⁴	3⁴	8.0²	15.9%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹⁵³	9.8⁹	—	10.2⁵	—	+6.3⁶	6.4¹¹	5.7³¹	-0.5¹¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1952: P1 from 9 · led 20	4 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 6.0
2Bill Blair	2	55	9.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	10.0⁵	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.0¹	2¹⁵³	14.3¹²	—	14.8⁵	—	+4.0⁶	26.0¹	8.3¹⁸	+21.0¹	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	33.3%¹⁸	—	1949: P5 from 11	12 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 10.8
45Paul Pettit	—	52	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹⁵³	—	—	13.3³	—	—	—	—	—	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	first start here	—
51Gober Sosebee	—	52	23.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	—	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁵³	16.0⁴	—	9.4⁵	—	-3.7⁶	6.0⁴	8.2¹⁷	-9.8⁴	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁷	52.9%¹⁷	—	1954: P23 from —	1 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 23.0
31Donald Thomas	—	51	19.0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	18.4⁵	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	+11.0⁵	2¹⁵³	11.8⁸	—	19.0⁵	—	-11.3⁶	—	9.5⁸	—	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	37.5%⁸	—	1950: P7 from —	7 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.0
6Ralph Liguori	1	50	21.3⁴	0⁴	1⁴	2⁴	12.5²	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	10¹⁵³	17.0⁹	—	12.0⁵	—	-7.3⁶	22.7³	13.6²²	-7.3³	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²²	27.3%²²	—	1952: P10 from 8	4 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.3
111Joe Bill O'Dell	—	50	20.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	35.0¹	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	32¹⁵³	14.0¹	—	15.6⁵	—	-3.7⁶	—	3.0³	—	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	0.0%³	—	1953: P16 from —	4 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 20.8
21Curtis Turner	—	50	12.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	5.0⁷	13.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.2³	6¹⁵³	15.1¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	16.5⁴	6.7⁹	+6.5⁴	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	11.1%⁹	—	1949: P9 from 1 · led 18	13 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
13Joel Million	—	48	30.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	—	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+24.0¹	6¹⁵³	12.5²	—	15.6⁵	—	-6.0⁶	40.0¹	8.3⁸	+31.0¹	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	25.0%⁸	—	1954: P30 from —	1 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 30.0
87Jim Paschal	—	48	13.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.8⁵	3.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0³	6¹⁵³	12.9¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	+2.7⁶	14.5⁶	10.4²⁶	-0.7⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁶	38.5%²⁶	—	1950: P2 from —	26 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.7
82Joe Eubanks	—	47	24.3⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	7.5⁶	9.1%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	+24.0¹	2¹⁵³	11.7¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+16.7⁶	13.2⁵	8.1³²	+3.0⁵	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	15.6%³²	—	1952: P18 from 8	8 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 24.3
126Dave Terrell	—	47	26.5²	0²	0²	0²	22.0¹	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	10¹⁵³	13.3⁷	—	18.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	21.0⁴	10.8²⁹	-3.8⁴	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1952: P21 from 22	2 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 26.5
19Clyde Minter	—	47	9.0⁹	0⁹	2⁹	6⁹	16.3⁴	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	-12.3²	2¹⁵³	17.7⁶	—	26.0⁵	—	-22.0⁶	—	7.8¹¹	—	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09¹¹	36.4%¹¹	—	1949: P4 from 7	9 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 9.0
28Laird Bruner	—	46	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁵³	—	—	24.6⁵	—	+15.3⁶	21.5⁴	8.9²³	+2.8⁴	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	47.8%²³	—	first start here	—
71Fred Dove	—	46	20.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	15.5²	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0¹	63¹⁵³	17.9⁷	—	20.2⁵	—	+17.3⁶	—	6.5¹¹	—	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	45.5%¹¹	—	1952: P23 from 15	5 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 20.2
108Arden Mounts	—	45	21.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	23.5²	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	+12.0¹	2¹⁵³	16.0⁴	—	22.4⁵	—	+3.7⁶	21.0¹	12.2¹¹	+10.0¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09¹¹	45.5%¹¹	—	1953: P35 from —	5 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 21.2
23Al Keller	—	44	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹⁵³	16.5²	—	26.0⁵	—	-2.3⁶	13.0⁶	9.2¹²	+0.5⁶	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹²	8.3%¹²	—	first start here	—
100Blackie Pitt	—	43	32.5²	0²	0²	0²	31.0¹	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	12¹⁵³	17.5⁴	—	16.4⁵	—	+6.0⁶	17.0²	9.7²⁶	-14.5²	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	50.0%²⁶	—	1954: P39 from —	2 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 32.5
30Perk Brown	—	43	19.8⁴	0⁴	1⁴	1⁴	13.0⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	2¹⁵³	17.7³	—	25.8⁵	—	+15.0⁶	—	3.5²	—	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	1952: P3 from 10	4 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.8
52Walt Flinchum	—	43	44.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	—	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	12¹⁵³	—	—	14.0⁵	—	+4.0⁶	—	12.3⁷	—	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	14.3%⁷	—	1954: P44 from —	1 st · 0 W · best P44 · avg 44.0
1Elton Hildreth	—	39	24.0²	0²	0²	0²	18.0¹	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	0¹⁵³	21.0⁶	—	27.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	37.0³	13.6¹³	+13.0³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15¹³	38.5%¹³	—	1952: P26 from 18	2 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 24.0