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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
43Richard Petty	7	68	11.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.7⁶	32¹¹³	14.9¹²	—	4.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	4.1⁴⁹	9.1⁴⁹	-3.8⁴⁹	0.0⁴⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08⁴⁹	28.6%⁴⁹	—	1960: P20 from 12	64 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
17David Pearson	40	60	23.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.4⁴	32¹¹³	11.8¹²	—	8.2⁵	—	+9.3⁶	3.9⁵⁰	8.2⁵⁰	-1.5⁵⁰	0.0⁵⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08⁵⁰	18.0%⁵⁰	—	1960: P32 from 35	38 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 15.8
71Bobby Isaac	38	59	15.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	2.5%¹⁰	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	-2.8⁵	9¹¹³	18.0¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	-9.3⁶	2.9⁴⁹	11.6⁴⁹	-6.9⁴⁹	0.0⁴⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06⁴⁹	36.7%⁴⁹	—	1963: P20 from 21	20 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.3
22Bobby Allison	2	59	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-16.5²	9¹¹³	21.7¹²	—	9.2⁵	—	-17.0⁶	8.3²⁶	13.8²⁶	-5.5²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁶	50.0%²⁶	—	1961: P37 from 31	47 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 14.5
27Pete Hamilton	21	58	17.2⁶	0⁶	2⁶	3⁶	10.8⁶	1.6%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	+1.5²	32¹¹³	18.2¹¹	—	12.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	9.5²	25.5²	-16.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	50.0%²	—	1968: P28 from 20	6 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.2
6Charlie Glotzbach	1	57	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.7¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	+7.0²	9¹¹³	14.5¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	+16.0⁶	5.4¹¹	10.9¹¹	-7.1¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	36.4%¹¹	—	1960: P31 from 32	14 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.4
48James Hylton	9	56	10.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9¹¹³	15.9¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	+26.7⁶	9.5⁵¹	8.2⁵¹	+0.5⁵¹	0.0⁵¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04⁵¹	19.6%⁵¹	—	1966: P15 from 20	29 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 17.4
21Cale Yarborough	5	56	18.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.6¹⁰	17.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7¹¹³	23.8¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	3.7¹⁸	12.8¹⁸	-14.0¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.28¹⁸	61.1%¹⁸	—	1962: P40 from 23	46 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
23Wendell Scott	36	54	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	34.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32¹¹³	19.5¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	+2.0⁶	22.2⁵⁰	6.9⁵⁰	+6.5⁵⁰	0.0⁵⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06⁵⁰	26.0%⁵⁰	—	1963: P20 from 32	13 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.1
13Swede Savage	39	53	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	32¹¹³	—	—	12.8⁵	—	—	10.7³	17.3³	-5.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	33.3%³	—	first start here	—
32Dick Brooks	11	53	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-13.0³	4¹¹³	19.8¹²	—	18.8⁵	—	+6.3⁶	14.1²⁷	10.6²⁷	-2.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	1969: P10 from 15	26 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 19.9
39Friday Hassler	18	52	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	27.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	44¹¹³	24.2¹²	—	11.4⁵	—	-3.7⁶	15.8¹⁷	8.8¹⁷	+1.3¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁷	47.1%¹⁷	—	1960: P42 from 31	13 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.8
47Cecil Gordon	12	52	20.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	32¹¹³	20.8¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	22.1⁵⁰	7.0⁵⁰	+5.5⁵⁰	0.0⁵⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁵⁰	30.0%⁵⁰	—	1969: P16 from 22	24 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 20.5
67Buddy Arrington	10	52	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-31.0¹	9¹¹³	22.8¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	13.1¹⁵	10.6¹⁵	-6.1¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	60.0%¹⁵	—	1965: P38 from 21	33 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 17.4
98LeeRoy Yarbrough	8	52	21.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.5²	7¹¹³	23.3¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	+22.3⁶	5.4²⁹	9.5²⁹	-3.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1960: P33 from 18	18 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.9
64Elmo Langley	3	51	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.5²	32¹¹³	26.8¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	12.0⁵¹	8.1⁵¹	-0.5⁵¹	0.0⁵¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁵¹	29.4%⁵¹	—	1960: P40 from 43	23 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.7
99Paul Goldsmith	6	51	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.2¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.9⁶	9¹¹³	16.0¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	7.5¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	-14.9¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁰	60.0%¹⁰	—	1962: P6 from 19	11 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.9
3Buddy Baker	37	51	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-12.7⁶	9¹¹³	26.3¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+16.7⁶	5.2¹⁷	12.5¹⁷	-7.4¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12¹⁷	41.2%¹⁷	—	1961: P8 from 20	52 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.7
76Ben Arnold	31	51	20.4⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	24.4⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	32¹¹³	21.9¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	18.6⁴⁷	6.9⁴⁷	+1.6⁴⁷	0.0⁴⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴⁷	31.9%⁴⁷	—	1969: P25 from 30	7 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 20.4
80Frank Warren	4	50	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44¹¹³	23.9¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	21.9²²	8.4²²	-1.8²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²²	72.7%²²	—	1966: P11 from 22	27 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 21.1
45Bill Seifert	29	50	25.0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	27.6⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	+8.5²	32¹¹³	25.3¹²	—	13.2⁵	—	-5.7⁶	19.3⁴⁹	9.2⁴⁹	+1.6⁴⁹	0.0⁴⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴⁹	44.9%⁴⁹	—	1967: P43 from 44	8 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 25.0
70J.D. McDuffie	25	50	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	31.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4¹¹³	23.8¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	+9.3⁶	21.5⁴⁹	9.0⁴⁹	+4.1⁴⁹	0.0⁴⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴⁹	38.8%⁴⁹	—	1966: P22 from 42	30 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.3
7Bobby Johns	16	49	16.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	12.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44¹¹³	12.3¹²	—	34.4⁵	—	-9.7⁶	20.1⁷	10.3⁷	-9.1⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	71.4%⁷	—	1960: P4 from 3 · led 17	19 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.7
30Dave Marcis	14	49	23.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9¹¹³	23.3¹²	—	18.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	10.2³⁶	9.2³⁶	-7.5³⁶	0.0³⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁶	61.1%³⁶	—	1968: P16 from 28	58 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.5
49G.C. Spencer	22	49	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0¹	4¹¹³	20.7¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+9.3⁶	13.0²⁵	11.4²⁵	-5.4²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁵	64.0%²⁵	—	1961: P9 from 30	28 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.5
96Don Tomberlin	13	49	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	32¹¹³	—	—	21.0²	—	—	14.0¹	—	-13.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	first start here	—
00Henley Gray	33	49	27.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	35.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44¹¹³	19.7¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	25.0⁴⁷	8.6⁴⁷	+6.5⁴⁷	0.0⁴⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴⁷	46.8%⁴⁷	—	1965: P28 from 25	15 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 26.2
10Bill Champion	26	49	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	32¹¹³	23.1¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+4.3⁶	16.2⁴⁸	7.4⁴⁸	-1.1⁴⁸	0.0⁴⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴⁸	47.9%⁴⁸	—	1967: P16 from 30	12 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 23.3
25Jabe Thomas	23	48	26.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	34.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	-10.0²	4¹¹³	25.4¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+1.3⁶	16.9⁵⁰	5.7⁵⁰	+2.5⁵⁰	0.0⁵⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04⁵⁰	22.0%⁵⁰	—	1965: P22 from 42	13 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 25.1
4John Sears	15	47	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32¹¹³	17.3¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	10.4⁵¹	10.5⁵¹	-3.2⁵¹	0.0⁵¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁵¹	39.2%⁵¹	—	1966: P34 from 24	15 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 23.9
06Neil Castles	27	46	27.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.6⁷	4¹¹³	30.9¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	-3.3⁶	15.5⁵¹	7.4⁵¹	+4.3⁵¹	0.0⁵¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04⁵¹	25.5%⁵¹	—	1963: P28 from 28	19 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 28.5
61Hoss Ellington	20	46	31.5²	0²	0²	0²	24.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	7¹¹³	17.9⁸	—	20.0⁵	—	+19.0⁶	18.6¹⁴	8.6¹⁴	+1.1¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁴	50.0%¹⁴	—	1968: P31 from 24	2 st · 0 W · best P31 · avg 31.5
29John Kennedy	24	44	31.0³	0³	0³	0³	36.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	9¹¹³	15.0¹	—	25.4⁵	—	+5.0⁶	30.3⁷	11.2⁷	+3.0⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	57.1%⁷	—	1969: P14 from 38	3 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 31.0
82Dick Poling	35	44	26.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	33.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	44¹¹³	—	—	25.4⁵	—	+7.3⁶	23.6¹¹	9.4¹¹	+0.3¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	63.6%¹¹	—	1971: P26 from 33	1 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 26.0
08E.J. Trivette	19	44	27.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-11.0¹	44¹¹³	30.4¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+7.0⁶	20.0⁴⁸	6.4⁴⁸	+4.9⁴⁸	0.0⁴⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04⁴⁸	29.2%⁴⁸	—	1964: P27 from 31	10 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 27.4
46Roy Mayne	32	44	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0¹	44¹¹³	24.8¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	+13.7⁶	28.3¹²	11.7¹²	+5.5¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹²	50.0%¹²	—	1963: P36 from 35	13 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.5
03Richard Brickhouse	17	41	32.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	37.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	4¹¹³	28.7⁹	—	20.0⁵	—	-8.7⁶	14.0²³	12.7²³	-6.4²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²³	52.2%²³	—	1968: P32 from 37	1 st · 0 W · best P32 · avg 32.0
8Ed Negre	34	38	28.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	+14.7³	32¹¹³	27.2¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	-1.7⁶	21.0³⁰	10.0³⁰	-1.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	70.0%³⁰	—	1967: P42 from 40	18 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.6
44Dub Simpson	30	37	34.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	34.0⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	44¹¹³	29.0⁵	—	23.2⁵	—	+8.0⁶	25.7¹⁹	8.6¹⁹	+0.7¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05¹⁹	68.4%¹⁹	—	1968: P22 from 41	5 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 34.8
18Dick Johnson (California)	28	35	42.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	43.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	32¹¹³	21.2⁵	—	26.2⁵	—	+8.0⁶	15.2²¹	9.0²¹	-3.6²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²¹	61.9%²¹	—	1967: P42 from 43	1 st · 0 W · best P42 · avg 42.0