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Drivers · 35

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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
28Fred Lorenzen	1	64	12.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	5.1¹⁰	26.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0³	31¹³³	10.9¹²	—	6.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	4.7¹⁵	13.1¹⁶	-5.9¹⁵	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	37.5%¹⁶	—	1956: P24 from 14	16 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 12.1
21Marvin Panch	2	63	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.3⁹	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.8²	31¹³³	11.3¹²	—	4.4⁵	—	0.0⁶	6.7³⁰	9.6³⁰	-2.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	36.7%³⁰	—	1954: P19 from —	14 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 13.0
43Richard Petty	6	61	9.7¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	6.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.7⁸	11¹³³	9.3¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	-15.0⁶	4.2⁶⁰	7.4⁶⁰	-3.1⁶⁰	0.0⁶⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07⁶⁰	33.3%⁶⁰	—	1959: P7 from 25	66 st · 15 W · best P1 · avg 11.3
11Ned Jarrett	4	60	11.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.3³	31¹³³	10.4¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	+13.7⁶	5.9⁵⁹	8.3⁵⁹	-1.5⁵⁹	0.0⁵⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09⁵⁹	39.0%⁵⁹	—	1959: P12 from 39	14 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 10.9
22Fireball Roberts	20	59	13.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	4.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.8⁶	31¹³³	13.3¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	7.8⁸	15.4⁹	-5.6⁸	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	44.4%⁹	—	1950: P6 from 5	15 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.5
5Jim Paschal	13	58	12.6¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.0⁴	13.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.0²	6¹³³	12.9¹²	—	12.6⁵	—	-30.3⁶	8.6²¹	8.4²¹	-0.9²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	33.3%²¹	—	1950: P2 from —	26 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.9
7Bobby Johns	8	58	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	7.6¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+24.5¹	8¹³³	16.3¹²	—	5.4⁵	—	-5.7⁶	15.9¹¹	10.4¹¹	-5.0¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27¹¹	81.8%¹¹	—	1956: P13 from 6	12 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 19.8
00Junior Johnson	3	57	12.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	13.2⁹	15.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31¹³³	13.8¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	5.4²⁸	10.2²⁸	-7.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	57.1%²⁸	—	1954: P33 from —	18 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
1Billy Wade	33	57	7.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	4⁴	11.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0³	2¹³³	9.5¹¹	—	20.0⁵	—	+13.7⁶	6.5³⁵	8.0³⁵	-2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	34.3%³⁵	—	1962: P8 from 10	4 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 7.5
54Jimmy Pardue	10	56	18.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.0¹	11¹³³	14.9¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	-15.0⁶	7.4⁴⁹	7.1⁴⁹	-3.6⁴⁹	0.0⁴⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04⁴⁹	55.1%⁴⁹	—	1955: P28 from 16	10 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 18.0
16Darel Dieringer	5	55	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	2¹³³	12.2¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	8.4²⁶	8.9²⁶	-4.8²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁶	50.0%²⁶	—	1962: P10 from 19	11 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.3
83Worth McMillion	31	52	19.0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	30.8⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	8¹³³	16.3¹²	—	13.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	22.3¹⁷	4.0¹⁷	+9.6¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁷	23.5%¹⁷	—	1963: P16 from 27	5 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 19.0
2Ken Rush	11	52	15.8⁴	0⁴	1⁴	1⁴	15.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	-8.0¹	8¹³³	19.5⁴	—	13.8⁵	—	-11.0⁶	10.1⁷	9.6⁷	-5.6⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	57.1%⁷	—	1957: P29 from 14	4 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 15.8
09Roy Mayne	28	52	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	58¹³³	17.8¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	+3.0⁶	22.8¹³	10.6¹³	+1.0¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹³	76.9%¹³	—	1963: P15 from 25	10 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 20.1
19Cale Yarborough	9	51	13.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	7.9¹⁰	6.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.5¹	31¹³³	16.8¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+3.3⁶	13.4²⁵	6.8²⁵	-1.7²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20²⁵	56.0%²⁵	—	1963: P12 from 19	30 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 8.8
72Doug Yates	14	50	24.1⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	18.4⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	11¹³³	17.9¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	+4.3⁶	10.7¹⁵	11.3¹⁵	-3.6¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁵	40.0%¹⁵	—	1960: P35 from 15	7 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 24.1
36Larry Thomas	12	50	15.5⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	19.7⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹³³	17.1¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	12.8⁴²	7.1⁴²	+2.1⁴²	0.0⁴²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁴²	33.3%⁴²	—	1961: P9 from 24	6 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 15.5
49G.C. Spencer	21	50	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.0¹	58¹³³	16.3¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	-2.3⁶	17.9²⁰	10.2²⁰	+0.7²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁰	55.0%²⁰	—	1959: P17 from 12	22 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.7
6David Pearson	7	49	8.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	5.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.5⁴	6¹³³	17.8¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	-9.7⁶	5.1⁶⁰	7.5⁶⁰	-3.0⁶⁰	0.0⁶⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10⁶⁰	35.0%⁶⁰	—	1960: P7 from 10	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 9.8
78Buddy Arrington	15	49	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-14.0¹	6¹³³	22.4¹²	—	14.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	16.1²⁷	8.7²⁷	+0.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1964: P41 from 42	41 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 14.9
40Bud Harless	23	49	19.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	23.0³	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	8¹³³	18.3⁷	—	16.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	22.9⁷	12.6⁷	-0.1⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	57.1%⁷	—	1953: P16 from —	5 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 19.8
34Wendell Scott	19	48	21.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.0²	58¹³³	18.5¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+3.3⁶	17.4⁵⁵	7.5⁵⁵	+4.5⁵⁵	0.0⁵⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06⁵⁵	38.2%⁵⁵	—	1961: P24 from 14	22 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 19.7
86Neil Castles	25	47	25.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	31.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0⁵	0¹³³	17.8¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	-4.7⁶	19.5⁵⁷	10.4⁵⁷	+3.4⁵⁷	0.0⁵⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁵⁷	50.9%⁵⁷	—	1957: P36 from 32	22 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.1
41Paul Goldsmith	34	47	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.0¹⁰	7.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.4⁵	11¹³³	13.9¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+4.0⁶	8.4¹⁴	10.6¹⁵	-9.6¹⁴	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	73.3%¹⁵	—	1956: P4 from 8	11 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.4
91E.J. Trivette	27	47	27.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	33.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-24.0¹	58¹³³	19.9¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	21.7²⁶	10.2²⁶	+0.2²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	69.2%²⁶	—	1959: P32 from 31	11 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.9
87Buddy Baker	24	46	21.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.6⁵	6¹³³	15.1¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	-2.3⁶	16.4³²	8.9³²	-2.0³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	78.1%³²	—	1960: P23 from 37	38 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
99Gene Hobby	29	45	24.0²	0²	0²	0²	33.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹³³	20.2⁶	—	17.0⁵	—	+9.7⁶	19.5¹⁷	6.5¹⁷	+5.2¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁷	17.6%¹⁷	—	1964: P21 from 36	2 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 24.0
01Curtis Crider	22	45	23.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹³³	16.3¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	-28.0⁶	16.9⁵⁸	7.1⁵⁸	+4.6⁵⁸	0.0⁵⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁵⁸	34.5%⁵⁸	—	1960: P31 from 29	10 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 23.0
56Ken Anderson	32	41	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	58¹³³	21.0¹	—	25.0³	—	—	27.0³	13.5³	+2.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	66.7%³	—	first start here	—
23Bobby Keck	17	41	31.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	32.2⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	31¹³³	20.4¹⁰	—	17.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	17.6⁹	6.1⁹	+6.8⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	11.1%⁹	—	1956: P22 from 34	5 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 31.8
9Roy Tyner	26	41	23.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+15.0¹	58¹³³	20.3¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	20.5⁴⁵	7.1⁴⁵	+5.7⁴⁵	0.0⁴⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴⁵	42.2%⁴⁵	—	1957: P27 from 40	16 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.4
88Jimmy Helms	30	41	22.5²	0²	0²	0²	25.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	0¹³³	21.7⁹	—	23.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	24.9¹⁷	10.3¹⁷	+0.1¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁷	82.4%¹⁷	—	1965: P18 from 34	2 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 22.5
82Bill McMahan	18	40	31.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	25.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0¹	8¹³³	17.0³	—	21.4⁵	—	+18.7⁶	20.8¹⁹	10.5¹⁹	+1.7¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁹	47.4%¹⁹	—	1964: P31 from 25	1 st · 0 W · best P31 · avg 31.0
20Jack Anderson	16	40	36.0²	0²	0²	0²	27.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	31¹³³	20.0⁶	—	16.4⁵	—	+9.7⁶	21.0³¹	8.3³¹	+1.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	64.5%³¹	—	1963: P34 from 20	2 st · 0 W · best P34 · avg 36.0
97Bill Whitley	35	29	40.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	40.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	58¹³³	28.0¹	—	22.2⁵	—	+4.0⁶	24.6⁷	8.0⁷	+0.3⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	85.7%⁷	—	1964: P40 from 40	1 st · 0 W · best P40 · avg 40.0