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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
11Ned Jarrett	5	62	10.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁴	43¹⁵¹	—	—	7.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	4.5⁵³	5.2⁵³	-0.2⁵³	0.0⁵³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04⁵³	15.1%⁵³	—	1960: P35 from 19	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 10.2
28Fred Lorenzen	7	59	7.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	8.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.7⁵	43¹⁵¹	16.4⁵	—	18.8⁵	—	+9.7⁶	3.3¹⁶	10.4¹⁶	-10.9¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	62.5%¹⁶	—	1960: P3 from 16	24 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 9.4
21Marvin Panch	1	59	17.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-10.0²	43¹⁵¹	—	—	5.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	4.2¹⁹	13.4¹⁹	-6.1¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁹	31.6%¹⁹	—	1959: P17 from 4	19 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.7
24Sam McQuagg	4	58	12.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	9.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.7⁶	43¹⁵¹	8.0¹	—	19.4⁵	—	-6.7⁶	12.7¹⁴	10.7¹⁴	-4.5¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁴	57.1%¹⁴	—	1964: P12 from 26	10 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
3LeeRoy Yarbrough	37	57	13.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	50¹⁵¹	20.0²	—	14.6⁵	—	+7.0⁶	16.6¹³	10.3¹³	-1.5¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15¹³	69.2%¹³	—	1962: P25 from 14	23 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.6
41A.J. Foyt	11	57	15.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	3.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.8⁵	43¹⁵¹	23.1¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	+4.3⁶	8.7³	12.9³	-6.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	66.7%³	—	1963: P3 from 10	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 21.4
26Junior Johnson	8	56	16.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	8.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	43¹⁵¹	—	—	10.8⁵	—	+4.3⁶	3.1³⁵	11.8³⁵	-7.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	51.4%³⁵	—	1959: P17 from 21	19 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 15.3
29Dick Hutcherson	6	56	14.4⁷	0⁷	3⁷	4⁷	8.3⁷	3.5%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	+15.7³	43¹⁵¹	—	—	13.2⁵	—	-6.7⁶	4.4⁵¹	7.7⁵¹	-2.7⁵¹	0.0⁵¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06⁵¹	25.5%⁵¹	—	1965: P14 from 4	7 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.4
27Cale Yarborough	3	55	18.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	43¹⁵¹	15.3¹²	—	14.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	11.4⁴⁵	9.3⁴⁵	-2.1⁴⁵	0.0⁴⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁴⁵	48.9%⁴⁵	—	1962: P10 from 18	56 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
16Darel Dieringer	9	55	11.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.1⁷	13¹⁵¹	37.0¹	—	14.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	13.2³³	9.3³³	+0.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	48.5%³³	—	1961: P5 from 12	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 8.1
09Bobby Allison	21	54	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+18.0¹	43¹⁵¹	21.8¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-1.7⁶	20.9⁷	13.7⁷	+2.1⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	42.9%⁷	—	1961: P20 from 29	54 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 15.9
55Tiny Lund	38	54	18.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.3³	43¹⁵¹	31.3³	—	10.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	12.6²⁹	9.9²⁹	+0.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1959: P7 from 17	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
15Earl Balmer	2	54	15.3⁶	1⁶	2⁶	4⁶	8.5⁶	0.5%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0²	13¹⁵¹	—	—	15.6⁵	—	+7.0⁶	6.4⁸	12.7⁸	-10.3⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁸	62.5%⁸	—	1964: P8 from 8 · led 1	6 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.3
17Junior Spencer	18	52	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	43¹⁵¹	—	—	13.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	13.8¹⁹	11.5¹⁹	-4.2¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁹	57.9%¹⁹	—	first start here	—
19J.T. Putney	28	52	21.3⁸	0⁸	0⁸	1⁸	27.4⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	50¹⁵¹	—	—	13.0⁵	—	-3.7⁶	14.8³⁸	8.2³⁸	+3.1³⁸	0.0³⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁸	31.6%³⁸	—	1964: P22 from 27	8 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 21.3
34Wendell Scott	29	52	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	43¹⁵¹	28.4⁵	—	14.2⁵	—	-12.3⁶	17.2⁵¹	7.0⁵¹	+3.7⁵¹	0.0⁵¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁵¹	41.2%⁵¹	—	1963: P25 from 31	21 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.3
02Doug Cooper	36	52	18.3⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	21.2⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	-15.6⁴	50¹⁵¹	—	—	16.2⁵	—	+2.0⁶	16.0²⁹	9.8²⁹	+0.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	48.3%²⁹	—	1964: P15 from 16	6 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 18.3
87Buck Baker	17	51	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.3⁴	50¹⁵¹	27.0⁴	—	12.2⁵	—	+4.3⁶	15.8³⁰	9.8³⁰	-1.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	56.7%³⁰	—	1959: P28 from 16	22 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.2
44Larry Hess	15	51	21.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	24.4⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	43¹⁵¹	—	—	13.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	20.2⁹	5.0⁹	+6.0⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	11.1%⁹	—	1965: P11 from 11	5 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 21.8
97Henley Gray	25	51	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	43¹⁵¹	29.3¹⁰	—	13.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	19.6³⁷	7.2³⁷	+2.8³⁷	0.0³⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁷	54.1%³⁷	—	1966: P16 from 24	16 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 22.8
75Gene Black	23	51	23.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	25.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	43¹⁵¹	—	—	13.0⁵	—	+5.3⁶	25.9¹⁷	7.5¹⁷	+8.7¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12¹⁷	29.4%¹⁷	—	1966: P23 from 25	1 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 23.0
79Frank Warren	26	51	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	50¹⁵¹	19.8¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-14.3⁶	31.7³	17.6³	+7.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	66.7%³	—	1966: P10 from 15	31 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 19.0
89Ken White	34	50	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹⁵¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
25Jabe Thomas	35	50	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-12.0²	43¹⁵¹	17.1¹⁰	—	20.8⁵	—	-13.0⁶	23.0⁹	7.9⁹	+1.0⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	55.6%⁹	—	1966: P30 from 15	18 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.8
68Bob Derrington	39	49	22.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	22.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	43¹⁵¹	—	—	15.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	17.7⁵⁰	5.3⁵⁰	+5.1⁵⁰	0.0⁵⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁵⁰	20.0%⁵⁰	—	1965: P6 from 10	4 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.5
86Buddy Baker	12	48	23.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.1⁶	6¹⁵¹	13.7¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-0.7⁶	13.8⁴¹	9.8⁴¹	-0.6⁴¹	0.0⁴¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05⁴¹	51.2%⁴¹	—	1961: P14 from 21	63 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
00Tom Pistone	20	47	14.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	6.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.3²	43¹⁵¹	—	—	28.0⁵	—	+7.3⁶	15.5³³	11.0³³	-3.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	75.8%³³	—	1959: P3 from 6	11 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.1
52E.J. Trivette	33	46	20.2⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	26.3⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	-7.3³	50¹⁵¹	35.0¹	—	20.0⁵	—	+12.3⁶	20.9³⁷	6.5³⁷	+5.6³⁷	0.0³⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05³⁷	37.8%³⁷	—	1968: P25 from 25	6 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 20.2
88Neil Castles	24	46	22.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.3³	15¹⁵¹	42.7⁷	—	15.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	17.9⁵⁰	7.6⁵⁰	+5.2⁵⁰	0.0⁵⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04⁵⁰	32.0%⁵⁰	—	1963: P30 from 19	21 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.9
33Bunkie Blackburn	13	46	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	50¹⁵¹	—	—	24.8⁵	—	+11.3⁶	17.4⁵	11.8⁵	-7.2⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20⁵	80.0%⁵	—	1960: P5 from 15	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.5
1Paul Lewis	16	45	32.5⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	28.7⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	43¹⁵¹	—	—	11.6⁵	—	+6.3⁶	17.0²³	5.8²³	+5.4²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²³	43.5%²³	—	1960: P29 from 23	6 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 32.5
64Elmo Langley	22	44	31.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.5²	43¹⁵¹	18.9¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-13.0⁶	14.6³⁴	9.1³⁴	-1.3³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	58.8%³⁴	—	1959: P30 from 11	33 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.7
46Roy Mayne	27	44	23.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.0²	50¹⁵¹	29.1⁷	—	21.8⁵	—	+8.7⁶	24.1¹²	8.9¹²	+7.8¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹²	41.7%¹²	—	1963: P16 from 24	20 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.4
6Bub Strickler	40	44	23.3³	0³	0³	0³	21.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	43¹⁵¹	50.0¹	—	15.2⁵	—	+3.0⁶	22.4⁹	10.2⁹	+4.6⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.44⁹	66.7%⁹	—	1965: P16 from 10	3 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 23.3
03Reb Wickersham	19	44	27.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	43¹⁵¹	—	—	19.8⁵	—	+0.3⁶	21.0⁶	13.6⁶	-2.7⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	66.7%⁶	—	1960: P25 from 8	13 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 25.7
49G.C. Spencer	14	43	24.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.4¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0³	43¹⁵¹	31.8⁴	—	22.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	8.6⁴⁶	8.1⁴⁶	-3.5⁴⁶	0.0⁴⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07⁴⁶	56.5%⁴⁶	—	1959: P34 from 30	22 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.4
57Lionel Johnson	30	42	35.0²	0²	0²	0²	31.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	43¹⁵¹	—	—	15.4⁵	—	+6.0⁶	26.0⁷	7.5⁷	+8.3⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	42.9%⁷	—	1966: P31 from 17	2 st · 0 W · best P31 · avg 35.0
38Wayne Smith	31	40	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	50¹⁵¹	39.5²	—	27.6⁵	—	+17.7⁶	23.0²⁴	9.4²⁴	+3.5²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁴	62.5%²⁴	—	1966: P17 from 25	11 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 20.6
53Jimmy Helms	32	39	29.7³	0³	0³	0³	35.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	43¹⁵¹	—	—	26.2⁵	—	+3.7⁶	21.1³⁹	8.7³⁹	+2.1³⁹	0.0³⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05³⁹	66.7%³⁹	—	1965: P38 from 39	3 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 29.7
14Nelson Stacy	10	38	19.0⁹	0⁹	3⁹	5⁹	11.6⁹	0.6%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+11.5⁵	6¹⁵¹	—	—	39.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1961: P7 from 8	9 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.0