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Drivers · 27

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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	7	68	2.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	9¹⁰	10¹⁰	11.4⁵	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹⁵¹	6.9¹²	—	3.8⁵	—	-3.3⁶	9.2⁴⁰	7.4⁴¹	+0.5⁴⁰	0.0⁴¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05⁴¹	24.4%⁴¹	—	1949: P2 from 8	23 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 5.7
87Buck Baker	11	65	9.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	4.8⁵	12.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.4⁴	6¹⁵¹	8.9¹²	—	2.6⁵	—	-3.3⁶	7.9⁴⁰	5.8⁴¹	+1.6⁴⁰	0.0⁴¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴¹	14.6%⁴¹	—	1950: P8 from 1 · led 10	31 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.4
97-ABill Blair	10	58	9.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.7⁶	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.0¹	6¹⁵¹	14.3¹²	—	9.6⁵	—	-3.7⁶	19.3¹¹	10.6¹¹	-3.2¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09¹¹	63.6%¹¹	—	1949: P5 from 11	12 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 10.2
14Speedy Thompson	9	56	9.0⁸	1⁸	5⁸	5⁸	8.4⁸	11.7%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	-4.1⁴	63¹⁵¹	9.3¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	7.6¹⁴	11.8¹⁴	-6.9¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁴	50.0%¹⁴	—	1955: P1 from 17 · led 64	8 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 9.0
460Gene Simpson	25	55	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11¹⁵¹	7.5²	—	13.4⁵	—	+7.3⁶	18.4²⁰	10.9²¹	+2.5²⁰	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	38.1%²¹	—	first start here	—
301Fonty Flock	5	55	12.0⁸	0⁸	4⁸	4⁸	2.9⁷	10.1%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	+4.3²	2¹⁵¹	5.5¹¹	—	17.4⁵	—	+16.7⁶	5.8²⁹	12.9³⁰	-8.0²⁹	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	53.3%³⁰	—	1949: P12 from 4 · led 85	8 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 12.0
44Bob Welborn	14	54	7.9¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	16.9⁷	23.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.5⁶	63¹⁵¹	11.0¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	+1.0⁶	10.9³¹	6.7³¹	+2.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1952: P20 from 24	14 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
121Harvey Henderson	17	52	11.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	33.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹⁵¹	19.8⁴	—	12.8⁵	—	-7.0⁶	17.2¹⁶	6.4¹⁶	+3.1¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁶	37.5%¹⁶	—	1956: P11 from 33	1 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 11.0
78Jim Paschal	1	52	12.6¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.0⁴	13.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.0²	6¹⁵¹	12.9¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+6.7⁶	7.8³⁴	10.5³⁵	-5.4³⁴	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	40.0%³⁵	—	1950: P2 from —	26 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.3
2Gwyn Staley	6	52	7.8⁴	0⁴	1⁴	4⁴	9.5⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	-1.5²	63¹⁵¹	18.5⁴	—	15.8⁵	—	+11.0⁶	9.0²³	8.6²³	-2.6²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	34.8%²³	—	1955: P7 from 1	4 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 7.8
71-AJohn Dodd Jr.	13	52	8.0¹	0¹	0¹	1¹	—	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	10¹⁵¹	18.0²	—	16.2⁵	—	-7.0⁶	14.2¹¹	8.3¹²	+2.6¹¹	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹²	33.3%¹²	—	1954: P8 from —	1 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 8.0
19Gordon Smith	20	52	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	63¹⁵¹	—	—	14.2⁵	—	-6.7⁶	20.4¹⁴	14.4¹⁴	+0.6¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29¹⁴	57.1%¹⁴	—	first start here	—
27Johnny Gouveia	27	50	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	63¹⁵¹	—	—	16.3³	—	—	19.0²	6.4³	-1.0²	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	66.7%³	—	first start here	—
5Perk Brown	18	50	17.3⁴	0⁴	1⁴	1⁴	11.3³	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	2¹⁵¹	17.7³	—	13.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	22.0¹	—	+14.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	1952: P3 from 10	4 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.3
1-ACarl Krueger	12	49	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹⁵¹	22.0¹	—	12.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	13.0⁵	5.9⁶	+0.6⁵	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	33.3%⁶	—	first start here	—
300Tim Flock	4	49	15.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	6.1⁸	8.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0²	2¹⁵¹	10.8¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+14.0⁶	2.9³⁸	6.5³⁸	-1.8³⁸	0.0³⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁸	13.2%³⁸	—	1950: P20 from —	10 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.2
0Ed Cole	26	48	20.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	26.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	32¹⁵¹	14.0²	—	16.0⁵	—	+2.7⁶	25.3¹²	15.8¹²	+3.0¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹²	41.7%¹²	—	1955: P20 from 26	1 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 20.0
71Fred Dove	16	48	19.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	15.0¹	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0¹	6¹⁵¹	17.9⁷	—	14.8⁵	—	-1.7⁶	16.3⁶	8.1⁶	+1.0⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	33.3%⁶	—	1952: P23 from 15	5 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 19.8
88Jimmie Lewallen	8	47	23.9⁸	0⁸	1⁸	1⁸	20.2⁵	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	+14.0²	6¹⁵¹	13.1¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	+2.7⁶	12.6³¹	9.9³²	-1.4³¹	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	50.0%³²	—	1951: P5 from 15	8 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.9
7Jim Reed	3	46	12.0⁸	0⁸	4⁸	5⁸	16.9⁷	4.1%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	63¹⁵¹	20.0¹	—	20.2⁵	—	+20.0⁶	13.5¹²	12.4¹³	-5.1¹²	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	61.5%¹³	—	1951: P15 from 8	8 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 12.0
55Junior Johnson	2	45	14.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	15.9⁹	12.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁵¹	13.8¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	7.6³⁴	9.6³⁵	-5.2³⁴	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	51.4%³⁵	—	1954: P33 from —	18 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
18Arden Mounts	19	45	21.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	28.0¹	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	+12.0¹	2¹⁵¹	16.0⁴	—	18.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	20.0¹¹	14.4¹¹	+1.5¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18¹¹	27.3%¹¹	—	1953: P35 from —	5 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 21.8
4Ken Fisher	21	44	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹⁵¹	23.0¹	—	19.8⁵	—	-7.0⁶	18.0⁸	11.1⁸	-5.4⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	87.5%⁸	—	first start here	—
73Jim Cramblitt	22	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹⁵¹	—	—	26.0¹	—	—	32.0¹	—	+6.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	first start here	—
28Eddie Skinner	15	42	21.0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	19.0⁴	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁵¹	16.4⁵	—	22.8⁵	—	+7.3⁶	17.3³⁶	8.2³⁷	+3.6³⁶	0.0³⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁷	10.8%³⁷	—	1953: P27 from —	6 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 21.0
1Ken Pace	24	39	28.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	—	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+7.5¹	63¹⁵¹	20.0¹	—	19.7³	—	—	20.0¹	—	+9.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1954: P28 from —	1 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 28.0
11George Parrish	23	35	37.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	—	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	0¹⁵¹	17.5²	—	21.2⁵	—	+10.3⁶	24.5¹¹	16.7¹¹	+1.4¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	63.6%¹¹	—	1954: P37 from —	1 st · 0 W · best P37 · avg 37.0