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Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 34

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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	0	66	7.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	8.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.7⁵	44¹⁵⁵	16.4⁵	—	6.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	4.4¹⁶	12.1¹⁶	-5.6¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	31.3%¹⁶	—	1960: P3 from 16	24 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 9.3
21Marvin Panch	11	58	17.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-10.0²	44¹⁵⁵	—	—	4.4⁵	—	0.0⁶	6.4³⁰	9.1³⁰	-1.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	33.3%³⁰	—	1959: P17 from 4	19 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.9
11Ned Jarrett	14	58	10.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁴	44¹⁵⁵	—	—	12.8⁵	—	+13.7⁶	5.7⁵⁹	8.0⁵⁹	-1.3⁵⁹	0.0⁵⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09⁵⁹	37.3%⁵⁹	—	1960: P35 from 19	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 10.0
03LeeRoy Yarbrough	15	57	15.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0¹	14¹⁵⁵	20.0²	—	11.2⁵	—	+7.7⁶	12.1³³	8.2³³	+0.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	48.5%³³	—	1962: P25 from 14	23 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
43Richard Petty	3	56	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	5.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.5⁶	6¹⁵⁵	11.7¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	-15.0⁶	4.3⁶⁰	7.3⁶⁰	-2.9⁶⁰	0.0⁶⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07⁶⁰	31.7%⁶⁰	—	1959: P57 from 6	73 st · 10 W · best P1 · avg 14.9
26Bobby Isaac	4	56	15.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0⁷	14¹⁵⁵	12.4⁸	—	15.8⁵	—	-9.3⁶	8.7¹⁹	9.3¹⁹	-6.4¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁹	68.4%¹⁹	—	1963: P22 from 27	26 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
7Bobby Johns	10	55	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	9.7¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44¹⁵⁵	—	—	5.4⁵	—	-5.7⁶	15.7¹¹	10.5¹¹	-6.6¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27¹¹	81.8%¹¹	—	1959: P15 from 5	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.3
71Sam McQuagg	26	55	14.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	9.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.7⁶	44¹⁵⁵	8.0¹	—	20.4⁵	—	+5.0⁶	20.5⁴	4.6⁴	-0.8⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	100.0%⁴	—	1965: P5 from 4	10 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.0
89Tiny Lund	24	54	18.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.3³	6¹⁵⁵	31.3³	—	8.2⁵	—	-6.3⁶	15.1²¹	8.6²¹	+1.3²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	42.9%²¹	—	1959: P7 from 17	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
54Jimmy Pardue	9	54	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁵⁵	—	—	10.4⁵	—	-15.0⁶	7.5⁴⁹	7.3⁴⁹	-4.1⁴⁹	0.0⁴⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04⁴⁹	57.1%⁴⁹	—	1960: P19 from 20	12 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.8
27Junior Johnson	16	54	16.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	8.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44¹⁵⁵	—	—	12.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	4.9²⁸	10.1²⁸	-6.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	53.6%²⁸	—	1959: P17 from 21	19 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 15.4
16Darel Dieringer	1	54	10.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.1⁶	13¹⁵⁵	37.0¹	—	15.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	8.6²⁶	9.0²⁶	-5.0²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	53.8%²⁶	—	1961: P5 from 12	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 8.5
47A.J. Foyt	19	53	15.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	5.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.7⁵	14¹⁵⁵	23.1¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	-12.3⁶	10.2⁵	8.9⁵	-6.6⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20⁵	80.0%⁵	—	1963: P3 from 10	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 21.4
41Jim Paschal	2	53	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.7¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.0³	6¹⁵⁵	—	—	12.6⁵	—	-30.3⁶	9.1²¹	8.7²¹	-1.1²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	38.1%²¹	—	1960: P13 from 22	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.9
46J.T. Putney	27	52	19.0⁸	0⁸	1⁸	2⁸	27.5⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	51¹⁵⁵	—	—	13.0⁵	—	-3.7⁶	18.5¹⁶	4.9¹⁶	+5.4¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	43.8%¹⁶	—	1965: P10 from 21	8 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 19.0
5Earl Balmer	8	51	18.7⁶	1⁶	2⁶	3⁶	7.5⁶	1.1%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	+6.0²	14¹⁵⁵	—	—	15.0⁵	—	-3.7⁶	13.6⁹	10.2⁹	-2.6⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	55.6%⁹	—	1965: P8 from 7 · led 2	6 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
49Doug Moore	31	51	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	51¹⁵⁵	—	—	14.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	18.3²³	7.8²³	+2.4²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13²³	43.5%²³	—	first start here	—
01Roy Mayne	29	50	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.0¹	13¹⁵⁵	29.1⁷	—	12.2⁵	—	+3.0⁶	22.7¹³	10.4¹³	+2.2¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹³	69.2%¹³	—	1963: P16 from 24	20 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.1
10Larry Thomas	22	50	17.6⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	24.6⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	44¹⁵⁵	—	—	18.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	12.6⁴²	7.0⁴²	+2.0⁴²	0.0⁴²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12⁴²	31.0%⁴²	—	1962: P16 from 20	7 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 17.6
3Buck Baker	5	49	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.3⁴	14¹⁵⁵	27.0⁴	—	12.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	10.2³⁴	8.3³⁴	-0.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁴	44.1%³⁴	—	1959: P28 from 16	22 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.4
76Larry Frank	12	49	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.5¹	44¹⁵⁵	—	—	14.0⁵	—	-13.7⁶	18.3¹¹	7.9¹¹	-0.4¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	54.5%¹¹	—	1959: P24 from 12	18 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 17.3
0Johnny Rutherford	21	49	23.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0³	44¹⁵⁵	21.0¹	—	13.4⁵	—	-11.3⁶	23.0²	5.7²	+1.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	100.0%²	—	1963: P1 from 9 · led 6	14 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.2
34Wendell Scott	32	49	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44¹⁵⁵	28.4⁵	—	16.8⁵	—	+3.3⁶	17.2⁵⁵	7.5⁵⁵	+4.4⁵⁵	0.0⁵⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06⁵⁵	38.2%⁵⁵	—	1963: P25 from 31	21 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.1
25Paul Goldsmith	0	48	14.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6.4¹⁰	7.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.8⁸	6¹⁵⁵	—	—	23.8⁵	—	+4.0⁶	10.1¹⁵	10.7¹⁵	-9.0¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	73.3%¹⁵	—	1961: P9 from 7	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.0
6David Pearson	7	48	18.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	14¹⁵⁵	13.5¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	-9.7⁶	5.1⁶⁰	7.6⁶⁰	-3.3⁶⁰	0.0⁶⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10⁶⁰	36.7%⁶⁰	—	1960: P17 from 20	53 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
1Billy Wade	6	47	20.5⁶	0⁶	0⁶	2⁶	29.2⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	-5.5⁴	13¹⁵⁵	—	—	20.0⁵	—	+13.7⁶	7.3³⁵	8.8³⁵	-2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	34.3%³⁵	—	1962: P18 from 45	6 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.5
86Neil Castles	30	46	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.7⁴	0¹⁵⁵	42.7⁷	—	15.2⁵	—	-4.7⁶	19.4⁵⁷	10.5⁵⁷	+3.3⁵⁷	0.0⁵⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁵⁷	50.9%⁵⁷	—	1963: P30 from 19	21 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.8
92Rodney Williams	25	42	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	44¹⁵⁵	—	—	29.0¹	—	—	28.0¹	—	-1.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	first start here	—
95Ken Spikes	20	41	27.0²	0²	0²	0²	31.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	14¹⁵⁵	37.0¹	—	17.0⁵	—	-1.3⁶	23.4⁵	5.0⁵	+6.4⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	40.0%⁵	—	1967: P19 from 24	2 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 27.0
42Bill McMahan	18	41	27.3³	0³	0³	0³	24.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	13¹⁵⁵	—	—	21.4⁵	—	+18.7⁶	20.8¹⁹	10.4¹⁹	+1.8¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁹	47.4%¹⁹	—	1964: P22 from 19	3 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 27.3
02Curtis Crider	30	40	28.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+24.0¹	13¹⁵⁵	—	—	21.2⁵	—	-28.0⁶	16.8⁵⁸	7.1⁵⁸	+4.4⁵⁸	0.0⁵⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁵⁸	34.5%⁵⁸	—	1960: P24 from 37	12 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 26.6
2Reb Wickersham	17	40	27.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13¹⁵⁵	—	—	22.6⁵	—	+11.3⁶	30.0³	1.0³	+9.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	100.0%³	—	1960: P25 from 8	13 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.3
82Bunkie Blackburn	13	40	22.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0²	13¹⁵⁵	—	—	28.6⁵	—	+4.0⁶	18.8¹³	11.6¹³	-3.5¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	69.2%¹³	—	1960: P5 from 15	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.4
9Roy Tyner	23	38	28.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	36.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	51¹⁵⁵	29.0¹	—	23.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	20.6⁴⁵	6.8⁴⁵	+5.9⁴⁵	0.0⁴⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴⁵	42.2%⁴⁵	—	1959: P25 from 29	11 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 28.3