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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	2	67	15.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.9⁸	27¹¹⁶	13.9¹²	—	4.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	4.2⁴⁹	8.7⁴⁹	-3.3⁴⁹	0.0⁴⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08⁴⁹	28.6%⁴⁹	—	1960: P55 from 11	63 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
17David Pearson	8	65	11.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	13.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-14.5⁴	27¹¹⁶	18.6¹²	—	8.2⁵	—	+9.3⁶	4.5⁵⁰	8.2⁵⁰	-0.8⁵⁰	0.0⁵⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08⁵⁰	18.0%⁵⁰	—	1960: P10 from 19	45 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 15.4
71Bobby Isaac	9	61	14.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.0¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.1⁵	15¹¹⁶	16.2¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	-9.3⁶	3.4⁴⁹	10.8⁴⁹	-5.9⁴⁹	0.0⁴⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06⁴⁹	36.7%⁴⁹	—	1961: P18 from 15	22 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.1
27Donnie Allison	3	61	10.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	5.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27¹¹⁶	12.1¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	+13.0⁶	7.8¹⁵	13.5¹⁵	-4.9¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	33.3%¹⁵	—	1966: P27 from 39	29 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
31Buddy Young	26	61	12.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	30.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	47¹¹⁶	19.7³	—	14.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	16.1²⁰	8.3²⁰	-0.3²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	45.0%²⁰	—	1969: P12 from 30	1 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 12.0
99Charlie Glotzbach	7	58	17.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.8¹⁰	10.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5³	15¹¹⁶	18.6¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	+16.0⁶	4.8¹¹	12.1¹¹	-10.3¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	45.5%¹¹	—	1960: P28 from 38	19 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.4
22Bobby Allison	6	57	22.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.0¹⁰	9.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.0¹	15¹¹⁶	19.1¹²	—	9.2⁵	—	-17.0⁶	8.2²⁶	13.7²⁶	-5.8²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁶	50.0%²⁶	—	1961: P51 from 47	42 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 13.6
98LeeRoy Yarbrough	4	56	17.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	11.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.5²	27¹¹⁶	21.2¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	+22.3⁶	5.6²⁹	7.7²⁹	-2.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1962: P12 from 31	16 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
48James Hylton	44	55	15.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	15¹¹⁶	12.8¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	+26.7⁶	8.8⁵¹	8.6⁵¹	-0.5⁵¹	0.0⁵¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04⁵¹	21.6%⁵¹	—	1966: P4 from 18	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.4
8Wendell Scott	27	55	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	40.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹¹⁶	18.7¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	+2.0⁶	22.4⁵⁰	7.1⁵⁰	+6.5⁵⁰	0.0⁵⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06⁵⁰	28.0%⁵⁰	—	1961: P22 from 42	18 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.1
47Cecil Gordon	38	55	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0²	27¹¹⁶	20.5¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	21.5⁵⁰	7.0⁵⁰	+5.0⁵⁰	0.0⁵⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04⁵⁰	32.0%⁵⁰	—	1968: P28 from 33	22 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.8
67Buddy Arrington	14	54	17.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-17.0³	15¹¹⁶	21.0¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-2.0⁶	12.8¹⁵	9.8¹⁵	-4.6¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	53.3%¹⁵	—	1965: P25 from 22	38 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 17.1
3Jim Vandiver	11	53	23.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.1¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	15¹¹⁶	17.7¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-11.3⁶	12.0²	5.7²	+6.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	1970: P10 from 18 · led 6	17 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.7
39Friday Hassler	29	53	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	47¹¹⁶	27.6¹²	—	11.4⁵	—	-3.7⁶	15.2¹⁷	9.3¹⁷	-0.6¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁷	52.9%¹⁷	—	1960: P22 from 22	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 19.0
21Cale Yarborough	1	53	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	4.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+20.0²	27¹¹⁶	25.2¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	3.9¹⁸	13.2¹⁸	-12.4¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.28¹⁸	55.6%¹⁸	—	1962: P25 from 39	49 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
25Jabe Thomas	31	53	18.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	33.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	47¹¹⁶	27.6¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+1.3⁶	16.7⁵⁰	5.4⁵⁰	+2.6⁵⁰	0.0⁵⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04⁵⁰	22.0%⁵⁰	—	1965: P34 from 34	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 21.4
49G.C. Spencer	20	52	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	28.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.8²	2¹¹⁶	20.3¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+9.3⁶	13.1²⁵	11.7²⁵	-5.5²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁵	64.0%²⁵	—	1960: P21 from 37	32 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.9
45Bill Seifert	24	51	23.5⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	29.9⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	-2.5²	27¹¹⁶	26.0¹²	—	13.2⁵	—	-5.7⁶	19.4⁴⁹	9.2⁴⁹	+1.5⁴⁹	0.0⁴⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴⁹	46.9%⁴⁹	—	1967: P35 from 40	8 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 23.5
76Ben Arnold	36	51	23.1⁸	0⁸	0⁸	1⁸	28.9⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	27¹¹⁶	18.5¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	18.5⁴⁷	6.9⁴⁷	+1.6⁴⁷	0.0⁴⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴⁷	31.9%⁴⁷	—	1968: P22 from 41	8 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 23.1
64Elmo Langley	17	51	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.5²	27¹¹⁶	29.1¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	11.7⁵¹	8.2⁵¹	-0.9⁵¹	0.0⁵¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁵¹	31.4%⁵¹	—	1960: P17 from 37	25 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.2
19Henley Gray	39	51	21.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	35.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+16.0²	27¹¹⁶	24.0¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	24.9⁴⁷	8.6⁴⁷	+6.5⁴⁷	0.0⁴⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴⁷	46.8%⁴⁷	—	1965: P16 from 37	15 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.7
10Bill Champion	16	51	21.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-12.0¹	27¹¹⁶	22.3¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+4.3⁶	16.4⁴⁸	7.4⁴⁸	-0.8⁴⁸	0.0⁴⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴⁸	47.9%⁴⁸	—	1966: P20 from 33	14 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.4
84J.D. McDuffie	32	51	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	34.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27¹¹⁶	26.7¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	+9.3⁶	21.4⁴⁹	8.9⁴⁹	+4.1⁴⁹	0.0⁴⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴⁹	38.8%⁴⁹	—	1969: P15 from 43	29 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 20.8
13Jim Lineberger	37	50	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	47¹¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
06Neil Castles	21	50	22.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	32.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.1⁷	15¹¹⁶	31.4¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	-3.3⁶	15.6⁵¹	7.4⁵¹	+4.5⁵¹	0.0⁵¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04⁵¹	25.5%⁵¹	—	1963: P31 from 40	23 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 25.0
1A.J. Foyt	12	49	22.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	5.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.9⁴	27¹¹⁶	24.0¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+23.0⁶	8.7³	1.2³	+5.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	0.0%³	—	1964: P24 from 18	15 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.8
96Frank Warren	18	49	26.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27¹¹⁶	22.2¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	21.2²²	7.0²²	-1.4²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²²	72.7%²²	—	1965: P43 from 25	27 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.3
4John Sears	15	49	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27¹¹⁶	18.6¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	10.4⁵¹	10.7⁵¹	-3.6⁵¹	0.0⁵¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁵¹	39.2%⁵¹	—	1966: P24 from 27	11 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 19.2
30Dave Marcis	10	48	26.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	15¹¹⁶	22.4¹²	—	18.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	10.3³⁶	9.2³⁶	-6.8³⁶	0.0³⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁶	58.3%³⁶	—	1968: P35 from 27	53 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 25.6
6Buddy Baker	5	47	25.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.9⁷	15¹¹⁶	24.2¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+16.7⁶	7.1¹⁷	13.5¹⁷	-7.5¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12¹⁷	47.1%¹⁷	—	1960: P19 from 48	56 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 19.3
54Bill Dennis	41	46	25.5⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	22.5⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	47¹¹⁶	23.4⁹	—	21.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	13.5²	2.1²	-11.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	100.0%²	—	1970: P14 from 23	8 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 25.5
61Hoss Ellington	23	46	26.3³	0³	0³	1³	28.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	27¹¹⁶	20.4⁷	—	24.4⁵	—	+11.3⁶	18.4¹⁴	9.1¹⁴	-0.2¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁴	57.1%¹⁴	—	1968: P34 from 29	3 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 26.3
08E.J. Trivette	33	46	29.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	35.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0¹	47¹¹⁶	25.1¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+7.0⁶	19.7⁴⁸	5.9⁴⁸	+4.9⁴⁸	0.0⁴⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04⁴⁸	27.1%⁴⁸	—	1960: P43 from 45	12 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 27.3
07Coo Coo Marlin	30	46	32.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	47¹¹⁶	17.7¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	16.3⁶	10.3⁶	-2.5⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	66.7%⁶	—	1970: P30 from 31	15 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 27.5
32Dick Brooks	13	45	28.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0¹	2¹¹⁶	20.3¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	14.0²⁷	11.3²⁷	-4.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1969: P33 from 17	30 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.3
26Earl Brooks	43	44	23.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	35.8⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	27¹¹⁶	27.1¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+6.7⁶	24.1⁴⁸	8.3⁴⁸	+4.8⁴⁸	0.0⁴⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08⁴⁸	47.9%⁴⁸	—	1966: P30 from 30	6 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 23.8
88Richard Brickhouse	45	44	35.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	31.6⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	15¹¹⁶	16.8⁵	—	20.0⁵	—	-8.7⁶	12.8²³	12.4²³	-6.3²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²³	47.8%²³	—	1968: P40 from 23	5 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 35.4
37Don Tarr	22	43	22.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	27.0⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	-11.5²	15¹¹⁶	22.3¹⁰	—	31.8⁵	—	+7.0⁶	23.8¹¹	11.2¹¹	+1.3¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	54.5%¹¹	—	1968: P16 from 25	4 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.8
09Wayne Gillette	42	42	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	47¹¹⁶	29.0¹	—	28.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	19.7¹⁵	7.1¹⁵	-6.5¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁵	100.0%¹⁵	—	first start here	—
90Sonny Hutchins	25	41	27.0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	20.5⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	27¹¹⁶	17.0²	—	34.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	14.0⁷	14.3⁷	-4.3⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	57.1%⁷	—	1965: P21 from 18	8 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 27.0
33Wayne Smith	28	40	27.1⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	37.6⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	47¹¹⁶	28.8¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	-7.0⁶	26.5¹⁵	9.3¹⁵	+5.8¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	46.7%¹⁵	—	1965: P43 from 42	9 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 27.1
29John Kennedy	34	39	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	47¹¹⁶	32.8⁴	—	30.0⁵	—	+13.3⁶	28.9⁷	10.3⁷	-1.7⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	71.4%⁷	—	first start here	—
9Roy Tyner	19	39	29.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	38.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4¹¹⁶	27.1¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+9.0⁶	27.6²⁰	10.1²⁰	+3.0²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	60.0%²⁰	—	1960: P37 from 46	13 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 28.7
82Bob Cooper	40	37	35.0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	34.8⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	+20.0²	47¹¹⁶	27.4⁷	—	24.8⁵	—	+2.7⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1963: P15 from 27	5 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 35.0
51Dub Simpson	35	36	34.5²	0²	0²	0²	39.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	47¹¹⁶	33.6⁸	—	23.2⁵	—	+8.0⁶	25.4¹⁹	9.1¹⁹	-0.6¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05¹⁹	73.7%¹⁹	—	1967: P33 from 42	2 st · 0 W · best P33 · avg 34.5