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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	4	64	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	5.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.5⁶	41¹³⁵	11.7¹²	—	4.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	4.1⁴⁹	9.1⁴⁹	-3.8⁴⁹	0.0⁴⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08⁴⁹	30.6%⁴⁹	—	1959: P57 from 6	73 st · 10 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
71Bobby Isaac	6	63	11.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.3¹⁰	6.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.1⁷	12¹³⁵	12.4⁸	—	13.4⁵	—	-9.3⁶	3.5⁴⁹	11.4⁴⁹	-6.1⁴⁹	0.0⁴⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06⁴⁹	36.7%⁴⁹	—	1963: P22 from 27	26 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.3
17David Pearson	3	61	18.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	41¹³⁵	13.5¹²	—	8.2⁵	—	+9.3⁶	4.6⁵⁰	8.2⁵⁰	-0.7⁵⁰	0.0⁵⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08⁵⁰	18.0%⁵⁰	—	1960: P17 from 20	53 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
3Charlie Glotzbach	5	60	11.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.3¹⁰	10.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3³	12¹³⁵	23.1⁷	—	12.8⁵	—	+16.0⁶	5.0¹¹	11.0¹¹	-7.5¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	36.4%¹¹	—	1961: P11 from 10	17 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
21Cale Yarborough	1	58	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	6.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13¹³⁵	15.3¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	3.9¹⁸	12.4¹⁸	-11.8¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.28¹⁸	55.6%¹⁸	—	1962: P10 from 18	56 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
98LeeRoy Yarbrough	9	56	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	14.6¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0²	41¹³⁵	20.0²	—	15.8⁵	—	+22.3⁶	5.4²⁹	9.4²⁹	-3.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	44.8%²⁹	—	1962: P25 from 14	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.0
22Bobby Allison	8	56	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+18.0¹	12¹³⁵	21.8¹²	—	9.2⁵	—	-17.0⁶	8.1²⁶	13.8²⁶	-5.1²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	46.2%²⁶	—	1961: P20 from 29	54 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 16.0
32Dick Brooks	16	55	11.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	5¹³⁵	20.1¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	13.9²⁷	11.3²⁷	-3.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1969: P16 from 12	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.4
03Richard Brickhouse	23	55	10.0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	3⁵	17.0⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	5¹³⁵	28.7³	—	20.0⁵	—	-8.7⁶	13.8²³	12.6²³	-6.7²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²³	52.2%²³	—	1968: P17 from 22	5 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 10.0
48James Hylton	14	55	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12¹³⁵	14.9¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	+26.7⁶	9.4⁵¹	8.6⁵¹	+0.1⁵¹	0.0⁵¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04⁵¹	21.6%⁵¹	—	1966: P12 from 7	35 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.9
27Donnie Allison	2	55	13.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.3¹⁰	7.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	41¹³⁵	21.8¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	+13.0⁶	7.9¹⁵	13.6¹⁵	-4.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	33.3%¹⁵	—	1967: P20 from 12	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
25Jabe Thomas	19	54	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0¹	5¹³⁵	17.1¹⁰	—	14.6⁵	—	+1.3⁶	17.0⁵⁰	5.7⁵⁰	+2.6⁵⁰	0.0⁵⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04⁵⁰	20.0%⁵⁰	—	1965: P27 from 35	18 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.4
96Frank Warren	27	53	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	41¹³⁵	19.8¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	20.8²²	8.1²²	-3.3²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²²	77.3%²²	—	1965: P15 from 26	31 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 19.0
47Cecil Gordon	31	52	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.5²	41¹³⁵	19.2¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	21.7⁵⁰	6.3⁵⁰	+5.5⁵⁰	0.0⁵⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04⁵⁰	30.0%⁵⁰	—	1969: P11 from 20	28 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 21.8
30Dave Marcis	10	52	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12¹³⁵	17.7¹²	—	18.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	10.3³⁶	9.2³⁶	-7.4³⁶	0.0³⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁶	61.1%³⁶	—	1968: P20 from 35	66 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.1
45Bill Seifert	17	52	24.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.5²	41¹³⁵	20.8⁴	—	13.2⁵	—	-5.7⁶	19.5⁴⁹	8.8⁴⁹	+2.1⁴⁹	0.0⁴⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴⁹	44.9%⁴⁹	—	1967: P31 from 35	11 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 25.0
6Buddy Baker	11	51	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁷	12¹³⁵	13.7¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+16.7⁶	6.7¹⁷	13.4¹⁷	-7.9¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12¹⁷	47.1%¹⁷	—	1961: P14 from 21	63 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
23Wendell Scott	30	51	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	41¹³⁵	28.4⁵	—	15.8⁵	—	+2.0⁶	22.4⁵⁰	6.2⁵⁰	+6.8⁵⁰	0.0⁵⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06⁵⁰	26.0%⁵⁰	—	1963: P25 from 31	21 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.1
53Paul Connors	39	50	17.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	27.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	12¹³⁵	—	—	24.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1966: P17 from 27	1 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 17.0
13Joe Leonard	12	50	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	41¹³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
99Paul Goldsmith	7	50	15.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6.6⁹	7.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.8⁸	12¹³⁵	—	—	26.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	7.4¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	-11.9¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	50.0%¹⁰	—	1961: P9 from 7	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.9
76Ben Arnold	26	50	21.1⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	22.1⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	41¹³⁵	22.6⁸	—	19.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	18.7⁴⁷	6.9⁴⁷	+1.8⁴⁷	0.0⁴⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴⁷	31.9%⁴⁷	—	1969: P34 from 24	8 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 21.1
15Ed Hessert	24	50	18.0²	0²	0²	0²	27.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	5¹³⁵	—	—	23.8⁵	—	+10.0⁶	20.7¹⁵	8.1¹⁵	+4.1¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	46.7%¹⁵	—	1970: P16 from 28	2 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 18.0
67Buddy Arrington	18	49	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12¹³⁵	29.0¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-2.0⁶	12.5¹⁵	10.8¹⁵	-5.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁵	53.3%¹⁵	—	1966: P36 from 29	35 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.7
06Neil Castles	22	49	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.7⁴	12¹³⁵	42.7⁷	—	13.0⁵	—	-3.3⁶	15.6⁵¹	7.1⁵¹	+4.8⁵¹	0.0⁵¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04⁵¹	23.5%⁵¹	—	1963: P30 from 19	21 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.9
64Elmo Langley	20	48	31.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.5²	41¹³⁵	18.9¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	11.6⁵¹	8.2⁵¹	-0.9⁵¹	0.0⁵¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁵¹	31.4%⁵¹	—	1959: P30 from 11	33 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.9
19Henley Gray	35	48	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	41¹³⁵	29.3¹⁰	—	18.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	25.0⁴⁷	8.6⁴⁷	+6.7⁴⁷	0.0⁴⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴⁷	44.7%⁴⁷	—	1965: P39 from 25	16 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 23.6
61Hoss Ellington	21	48	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13¹³⁵	—	—	24.4⁵	—	+11.3⁶	18.6¹⁴	9.1¹⁴	+0.6¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14¹⁴	50.0%¹⁴	—	first start here	—
10Bill Champion	28	47	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	41¹³⁵	26.2¹¹	—	20.0⁵	—	+4.3⁶	16.1⁴⁸	7.4⁴⁸	-1.1⁴⁸	0.0⁴⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴⁸	47.9%⁴⁸	—	1966: P15 from 22	16 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.7
4John Sears	15	47	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	41¹³⁵	17.6⁷	—	27.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	10.4⁵¹	10.7⁵¹	-3.4⁵¹	0.0⁵¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁵¹	41.2%⁵¹	—	1966: P18 from 19	20 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.9
08E.J. Trivette	32	46	23.2⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	26.5⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	+3.0²	48¹³⁵	35.0¹	—	17.6⁵	—	+7.0⁶	19.7⁴⁸	6.4⁴⁸	+4.5⁴⁸	0.0⁴⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04⁴⁸	29.2%⁴⁸	—	1965: P30 from 33	6 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 23.2
09J.D. McDuffie	34	45	27.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹³⁵	28.2¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	+9.3⁶	21.3⁴⁹	8.4⁴⁹	+4.4⁴⁹	0.0⁴⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴⁹	38.8%⁴⁹	—	1966: P21 from 37	34 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.6
46Roy Mayne	38	45	21.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.0²	48¹³⁵	29.1⁷	—	24.8⁵	—	+16.3⁶	27.8¹²	11.9¹²	+5.3¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹²	50.0%¹²	—	1963: P16 from 24	20 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.9
36H.B. Bailey	29	42	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0¹	2¹³⁵	—	—	33.6⁵	—	-10.0⁶	24.6⁵	13.8⁵	-4.6⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	80.0%⁵	—	1963: P17 from 25	11 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.2
26Earl Brooks	40	41	27.6⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	30.1⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+3.0¹	41¹³⁵	27.7⁶	—	24.4⁵	—	+6.7⁶	24.2⁴⁸	8.1⁴⁸	+5.0⁴⁸	0.0⁴⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08⁴⁸	47.9%⁴⁸	—	1965: P24 from 18	9 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 27.6
7Bobby Johns	25	41	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	9.7¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹³⁵	—	—	34.4⁵	—	-9.7⁶	18.9⁷	10.4⁷	-9.7⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	71.4%⁷	—	1959: P15 from 5	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.7
33Wayne Smith	33	39	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹³⁵	39.5²	—	26.4⁵	—	-7.0⁶	26.1¹⁵	9.3¹⁵	+5.4¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	46.7%¹⁵	—	1965: P36 from 31	11 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.9
37Don Tarr	13	39	26.3⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	30.0⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	12¹³⁵	26.8⁴	—	31.8⁵	—	+7.0⁶	24.6¹¹	11.0¹¹	+2.0¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	54.5%¹¹	—	1968: P45 from 45	7 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 26.3
9Roy Tyner	37	38	29.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	35.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹³⁵	29.0¹	—	27.6⁵	—	+9.0⁶	26.7²⁰	10.1²⁰	+1.4²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	65.0%²⁰	—	1959: P25 from 29	11 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 29.4
0Dick Poling	36	38	33.3³	0³	0³	0³	32.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	+10.0¹	48¹³⁵	—	—	26.8⁵	—	+4.3⁶	23.5¹¹	9.6¹¹	-1.0¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	72.7%¹¹	—	1969: P22 from 21	3 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 33.3