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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
71Bobby Isaac	1	65	11.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.3¹⁰	6.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.1⁷	9¹²³	12.4⁸	—	6.2⁵	—	+5.7⁶	3.5²⁶	14.7²⁶	-15.2²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁶	57.7%²⁶	—	1963: P22 from 27	26 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.2
48James Hylton	35	63	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	36¹²³	14.9¹²	—	8.4⁵	—	-5.3⁶	14.2³⁰	8.0³⁰	+4.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1966: P12 from 7	35 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.1
43Richard Petty	32	63	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	5.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.5⁶	3¹²³	11.7¹²	—	5.6⁵	—	+6.3⁶	3.2³⁰	5.1³⁰	-0.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1959: P57 from 6	73 st · 10 W · best P1 · avg 14.8
9Ramo Stott	24	62	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9¹²³	18.8⁸	—	8.0⁵	—	+4.3⁶	12.3⁴	5.4⁴	+5.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	0.0%⁴	—	1967: P12 from 15	14 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.1
21A.J. Foyt	2	60	11.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	5.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁶	11¹²³	23.1¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	-21.0⁶	2.0⁵	11.6⁵	-5.4⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	20.0%⁵	—	1963: P3 from 10	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 21.4
11Buddy Baker	31	60	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁷	9¹²³	13.7¹²	—	3.0⁵	—	-1.3⁶	4.0¹⁶	11.1¹⁶	-7.6¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	43.8%¹⁶	—	1961: P14 from 21	63 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.0
6Charlie Glotzbach	6	57	14.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.4¹⁰	8.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.3⁴	9¹²³	23.1⁷	—	12.8⁵	—	-12.0⁶	10.5²	17.7²	-5.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	1961: P11 from 10	17 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
72Benny Parsons	33	56	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	11¹²³	22.2¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	10.5³⁰	12.8³⁰	-4.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	36.7%³⁰	—	1969: P5 from 11	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.0
24Cecil Gordon	11	54	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.7³	11¹²³	19.2¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	-1.3⁶	12.5³⁰	9.3³⁰	-1.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1969: P11 from 20	28 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 21.7
2Dave Marcis	12	54	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9¹²³	17.7¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	14.6²⁶	12.6²⁶	-2.5²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	38.5%²⁶	—	1968: P20 from 35	66 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.7
23Vic Elford	13	54	14.0³	0³	0³	0³	21.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0²	3¹²³	—	—	20.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1969: P11 from 26	3 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 14.0
57David Ray Boggs	25	53	26.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	31.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	9¹²³	12.5²	—	13.2⁵	—	-4.0⁶	24.9²³	9.2²³	-0.8²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	82.6%²³	—	1972: P26 from 31	1 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 26.0
25Jabe Thomas	21	53	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-23.0¹	3¹²³	17.1¹⁰	—	15.6⁵	—	+10.0⁶	27.1²⁷	8.6²⁷	+7.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1965: P27 from 35	18 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.8
3Cale Yarborough	16	53	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	6.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3¹²³	15.3¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-1.0⁶	10.8⁴	16.3⁴	-4.0⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	25.0%⁴	—	1962: P10 from 18	56 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 17.6
31Jim Vandiver	8	52	26.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9¹²³	20.9¹²	—	8.4⁵	—	+3.0⁶	17.0¹⁵	12.5¹⁵	-10.3¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁵	80.0%¹⁵	—	1970: P9 from 8	16 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 27.2
56Jim Hurtubise	9	51	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.4¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.0²	48¹²³	25.0¹	—	21.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1963: P17 from 23	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.4
4John Sears	15	51	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3¹²³	17.6⁷	—	19.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	22.4²⁷	8.0²⁷	+5.8²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1966: P18 from 19	20 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.4
12Bobby Allison	4	51	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+18.0¹	48¹²³	21.8¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	-9.7⁶	4.0³⁰	9.5³⁰	-1.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1961: P20 from 29	54 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
67Buddy Arrington	22	51	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3¹²³	29.0¹²	—	13.2⁵	—	-10.3⁶	16.3¹⁹	10.1¹⁹	+1.6¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁹	31.6%¹⁹	—	1966: P36 from 29	35 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.5
44Larry Dickson	30	50	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	36¹²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
76Ben Arnold	20	50	21.6⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	22.9⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	36¹²³	22.6⁸	—	17.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	19.7²⁵	7.6²⁵	+3.8²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁵	24.0%²⁵	—	1969: P34 from 24	8 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 21.6
0George Altheide	34	49	20.0²	0²	0²	0²	19.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	9¹²³	22.5²	—	21.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	24.6¹⁰	6.9¹⁰	-2.0¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁰	60.0%¹⁰	—	1971: P20 from 16	2 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 20.0
03Tommy Gale	26	48	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	11¹²³	22.5¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-9.0⁶	32.4⁵	8.4⁵	+5.8⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	60.0%⁵	—	1969: P12 from 13	22 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.9
64Elmo Langley	38	48	31.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.5²	36¹²³	18.9¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	+4.0⁶	24.4²⁹	9.5²⁹	+7.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1959: P30 from 11	33 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.0
90Bill Dennis	14	47	18.7⁶	0⁶	1⁶	1⁶	20.5⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	36¹²³	32.3⁴	—	19.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	16.5¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	-7.5¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	70.0%¹⁰	—	1971: P4 from 16	6 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.7
05David Sisco	23	47	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹²³	24.8¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	23.5¹¹	9.4¹¹	+0.9¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	54.5%¹¹	—	1972: P29 from 27	10 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 20.1
16Mark Donohue	10	47	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹²³	—	—	25.8⁵	—	—	7.0³	15.5³	-25.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	66.7%³	—	first start here	—
79Frank Warren	7	47	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	9¹²³	19.8¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	-7.3⁶	24.2²⁹	8.2²⁹	+1.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1965: P15 from 26	31 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 18.9
14Coo Coo Marlin	3	47	23.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹²³	21.6¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	-16.0⁶	10.6¹⁹	11.5¹⁹	-10.2¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05¹⁹	63.2%¹⁹	—	1967: P13 from 19	24 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.0
10Bill Champion	39	45	23.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	36¹²³	26.2¹¹	—	21.4⁵	—	-6.0⁶	25.4²⁸	8.6²⁸	+5.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	35.7%²⁸	—	1966: P15 from 22	16 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.6
45Bill Seifert	36	45	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.7³	36¹²³	20.8⁴	—	23.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	26.6⁵	15.5⁵	-3.2⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	80.0%⁵	—	1967: P31 from 35	11 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 25.6
19Henley Gray	37	45	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	36¹²³	29.3¹⁰	—	21.4⁵	—	-8.7⁶	29.4²⁷	9.2²⁷	+6.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1965: P39 from 25	16 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 24.4
86Ed Hessert	27	44	21.0²	0²	0²	0²	26.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	9¹²³	—	—	30.7³	—	—	29.0¹	—	+1.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1969: P26 from 24	2 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 21.0
91Richard D. Brown	5	44	14.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	20.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹²³	40.6⁵	—	26.4⁵	—	-11.3⁶	18.3¹⁵	9.6¹⁵	-4.8¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	66.7%¹⁵	—	1972: P14 from 20	1 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 14.0
30Walter Ballard	29	44	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	36¹²³	26.7¹⁰	—	26.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	22.8³⁰	8.7³⁰	+5.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1971: P23 from 28	10 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.8
88Ron Keselowski	28	42	23.6⁸	0⁸	0⁸	1⁸	23.8⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	9¹²³	27.6⁷	—	27.6⁵	—	+6.0⁶	21.1²¹	11.9²¹	-4.2²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²¹	61.9%²¹	—	1970: P25 from 16	8 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.6
70J.D. McDuffie	19	40	29.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+28.0¹	48¹²³	28.2¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	27.7²⁶	8.2²⁶	+6.7²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁶	42.3%²⁶	—	1966: P21 from 37	34 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.1
47Raymond Williams	40	39	24.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	22.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	36¹²³	29.5⁸	—	31.8⁵	—	-3.3⁶	24.9²⁷	8.3²⁷	+6.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1970: P21 from 13	4 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 24.3
97Red Farmer	18	35	30.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	36¹²³	29.8⁸	—	30.8⁵	—	-9.7⁶	14.8⁴	17.1⁴	-14.0⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	75.0%⁴	—	1960: P20 from 36	11 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 30.6
61Jimmy Finger	17	34	39.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	34.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	36¹²³	19.0¹	—	30.0⁵	—	-3.0⁶	26.0¹	—	+15.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	1979: P39 from 34	1 st · 0 W · best P39 · avg 39.0