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Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 40

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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
6Pete Hamilton	3	63	18.4⁹	2⁹	4⁹	5⁹	6.2⁹	4.1%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	-9.0³	2¹²⁷	5.6⁵	—	3.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	4.9²¹	12.6²¹	-9.1²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	47.6%²¹	—	1969: P8 from 2 · led 14	9 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
71Bobby Isaac	2	62	11.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.3¹⁰	6.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.1⁷	10¹²⁷	12.4⁸	—	10.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	4.2²⁴	14.0²⁴	-6.6²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	33.3%²⁴	—	1963: P22 from 27	26 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
7Ramo Stott	14	59	14.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹²⁷	18.8⁸	—	8.2⁵	—	-10.0⁶	21.0²	3.5²	+12.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	1967: P12 from 15	14 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.9
21A.J. Foyt	1	59	11.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	5.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁶	12¹²⁷	23.1¹²	—	10.0⁵	—	+14.3⁶	7.7⁶	18.1⁶	-10.0⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	50.0%⁶	—	1963: P3 from 10	53 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 21.4
27Donnie Allison	11	59	13.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	11.9¹⁰	6.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12¹²⁷	21.8¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	+4.3⁶	3.7¹²	14.0¹²	-7.3¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹²	33.3%¹²	—	1967: P20 from 12	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.9
43Richard Petty	5	59	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	5.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.5⁶	2¹²⁷	11.7¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	+15.3⁶	3.7⁴⁵	7.0⁴⁵	-0.6⁴⁵	0.0⁴⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴⁵	11.1%⁴⁵	—	1959: P57 from 6	73 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 15.2
48James Hylton	15	57	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	39¹²⁷	14.9¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+15.3⁶	13.0⁴⁵	5.1⁴⁵	+4.7⁴⁵	0.0⁴⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴⁵	11.1%⁴⁵	—	1966: P12 from 7	35 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.9
98LeeRoy Yarbrough	7	57	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	14.6¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0²	12¹²⁷	20.0²	—	9.6⁵	—	-7.0⁶	11.6⁵	14.2⁵	-4.0⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.40⁵	60.0%⁵	—	1962: P25 from 14	23 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.6
72Benny Parsons	12	56	14.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	39¹²⁷	22.2¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	10.7³⁴	14.0³⁴	-4.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁴	47.1%³⁴	—	1969: P5 from 11	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.2
3Cale Yarborough	13	56	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	6.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹²⁷	15.3¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	+10.0⁶	19.3³	12.4³	-2.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	66.7%³	—	1962: P10 from 18	56 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 17.2
17David Pearson	4	56	18.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	12¹²⁷	13.5¹²	—	12.6⁵	—	+6.7⁶	7.2¹⁶	18.1¹⁶	-12.6¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	50.0%¹⁶	—	1960: P17 from 20	53 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
22Dick Brooks	8	55	13.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0²	10¹²⁷	20.1¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+8.3⁶	13.2¹⁹	12.0¹⁹	+0.2¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁹	26.3%¹⁹	—	1969: P16 from 12	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.2
04Freddy Fryar	34	55	22.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	17.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	10¹²⁷	6.0¹	—	14.0²	—	—	17.0¹	—	-5.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	1971: P22 from 17	1 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 22.0
2Dave Marcis	17	54	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	10¹²⁷	17.7¹²	—	13.2⁵	—	+7.7⁶	9.5²⁸	13.0²⁸	-7.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	46.4%²⁸	—	1968: P20 from 35	66 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.8
99Fred Lorenzen	9	54	7.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	8.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.7⁵	2¹²⁷	16.4⁵	—	30.8⁵	—	-7.0⁶	7.2¹³	12.0¹³	-6.1¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	46.2%¹³	—	1960: P3 from 16	24 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 10.5
12Bobby Allison	31	53	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+18.0¹	10¹²⁷	21.8¹²	—	8.4⁵	—	-1.7⁶	5.0⁴¹	9.9⁴¹	-3.0⁴¹	0.0⁴¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴¹	22.0%⁴¹	—	1961: P20 from 29	54 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
39Friday Hassler	33	51	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹²⁷	20.5⁴	—	14.8⁵	—	-8.7⁶	11.0²⁸	12.4²⁸	-6.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	39.3%²⁸	—	1961: P22 from 24	11 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 20.3
11Buddy Baker	6	50	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁷	10¹²⁷	13.7¹²	—	18.8⁵	—	+5.0⁶	4.7¹⁸	9.8¹⁸	-2.7¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	16.7%¹⁸	—	1961: P14 from 21	63 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
18Joe Frasson	25	50	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	10¹²⁷	27.3¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	18.3¹⁶	10.0¹⁶	+0.9¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	31.3%¹⁶	—	1970: P13 from 14	12 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 18.3
20Jim Hurtubise	24	50	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.4¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.0²	39¹²⁷	25.0¹	—	21.6⁵	—	-12.3⁶	12.0²	18.4²	-13.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	1963: P17 from 23	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.2
90Bill Dennis	10	49	18.0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	1⁶	21.2⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	12¹²⁷	32.3⁴	—	15.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	12.2²⁷	12.2²⁷	-5.8²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1971: P4 from 16	6 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.0
07Coo Coo Marlin	26	49	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12¹²⁷	21.6¹²	—	14.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	25.5¹¹	10.3¹¹	-2.9¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09¹¹	81.8%¹¹	—	1967: P13 from 19	24 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.2
76Ben Arnold	28	48	20.9⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	21.9⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	39¹²⁷	22.6⁸	—	18.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	23.2¹⁷	8.9¹⁷	+6.0¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁷	11.8%¹⁷	—	1969: P34 from 24	8 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 20.9
24Cecil Gordon	19	47	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.7³	12¹²⁷	19.2¹²	—	19.6⁵	—	+5.0⁶	12.4⁴⁵	6.6⁴⁵	+0.6⁴⁵	0.0⁴⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴⁵	11.1%⁴⁵	—	1969: P11 from 20	28 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.5
55Tiny Lund	23	47	18.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.3³	10¹²⁷	31.3³	—	19.0⁵	—	-21.7⁶	15.1¹⁴	12.9¹⁴	+3.7¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁴	21.4%¹⁴	—	1959: P7 from 17	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
60Maynard Troyer	18	47	15.0³	0³	0³	1³	15.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	39¹²⁷	32.5²	—	23.2⁵	—	-10.7⁶	14.9¹²	13.7¹²	-9.3¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹²	50.0%¹²	—	1971: P8 from 11	3 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 15.0
4John Sears	21	47	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	10¹²⁷	17.6⁷	—	22.2⁵	—	-11.3⁶	21.4³⁶	8.0³⁶	+0.9³⁶	0.0³⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁶	58.3%³⁶	—	1966: P18 from 19	20 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.4
40Marv Acton	38	47	18.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	11.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹²⁷	30.0¹	—	20.6⁵	—	+3.3⁶	21.9¹⁰	8.3¹⁰	+0.7¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁰	60.0%¹⁰	—	1971: P18 from 11	1 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 18.0
79Frank Warren	37	47	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	2¹²⁷	19.8¹²	—	25.4⁵	—	+3.0⁶	19.4⁴⁶	10.4⁴⁶	-1.0⁴⁶	0.0⁴⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴⁶	47.8%⁴⁶	—	1965: P15 from 26	31 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 18.7
03Tommy Gale	20	45	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹²⁷	22.5¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+12.0⁶	28.9⁸	8.9⁸	+9.1⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	37.5%⁸	—	1969: P12 from 13	22 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.5
06Neil Castles	30	45	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.7⁴	10¹²⁷	42.7⁷	—	14.8⁵	—	-2.0⁶	19.1³⁷	12.9³⁷	-3.0³⁷	0.0³⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁷	56.8%³⁷	—	1963: P30 from 19	21 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.4
19Henley Gray	40	45	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	39¹²⁷	29.3¹⁰	—	19.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	24.4³⁸	9.7³⁸	+3.4³⁸	0.0³⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁸	50.0%³⁸	—	1965: P39 from 25	16 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 23.3
45Bill Seifert	35	44	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.7³	39¹²⁷	20.8⁴	—	21.4⁵	—	+1.7⁶	21.7³⁶	8.3³⁶	+0.6³⁶	0.0³⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁶	61.1%³⁶	—	1967: P31 from 35	11 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 25.6
68Larry Baumel	29	44	21.3³	0³	0³	0³	29.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	39¹²⁷	23.5⁴	—	25.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	25.7¹⁵	8.3¹⁵	+2.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁵	60.0%¹⁵	—	1970: P21 from 26	3 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 21.3
88Ron Keselowski	39	42	22.1⁸	0⁸	0⁸	1⁸	22.4⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	10¹²⁷	27.6⁷	—	25.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	18.9¹⁹	9.3¹⁹	-0.2¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁹	52.6%¹⁹	—	1970: P25 from 16	8 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.1
10Bill Champion	27	42	23.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	39¹²⁷	26.2¹¹	—	24.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	16.0⁴⁴	9.6⁴⁴	-0.7⁴⁴	0.0⁴⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴⁴	34.1%⁴⁴	—	1966: P15 from 22	16 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.9
64Elmo Langley	16	42	31.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.5²	12¹²⁷	18.9¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+19.3⁶	13.2⁴⁵	10.4⁴⁵	-0.6⁴⁵	0.0⁴⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.02⁴⁵	33.3%⁴⁵	—	1959: P30 from 11	33 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.9
31Jim Vandiver	32	41	25.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	10¹²⁷	20.9¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	-3.3⁶	17.2⁶	14.0⁶	+2.3⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	16.7%⁶	—	1970: P9 from 8	16 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 27.0
25Pedro Rodriguez	36	34	27.5²	0²	0²	0²	20.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹	2¹²⁷	—	—	38.5²	—	—	21.5²	12.0²	-17.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	100.0%²	—	1963: P25 from 9	2 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 27.5
44Red Farmer	22	33	30.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	39¹²⁷	29.8⁸	—	30.4⁵	—	-10.3⁶	19.5²	21.2²	-5.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	1960: P20 from 36	11 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 30.4