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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
48James Hylton	28	63	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹¹⁷	14.9¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	18.9²⁸	8.9²⁸	+1.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	46.4%²⁸	—	1966: P12 from 7	35 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.3
32Dick Brooks	12	62	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0²	8¹¹⁷	20.1¹²	—	9.8⁵	—	-9.3⁶	18.1¹⁵	9.8¹⁵	-4.1¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	80.0%¹⁵	—	1969: P16 from 12	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.9
43Richard Petty	6	62	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	5.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.5⁶	8¹¹⁷	11.7¹²	—	9.6⁵	—	-12.0⁶	4.0²⁹	9.9²⁹	-3.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1959: P57 from 6	73 st · 10 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
28Bobby Isaac	7	61	11.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.3¹⁰	6.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.1⁷	48¹¹⁷	12.4⁸	—	15.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	12.2¹⁰	14.0¹⁰	-9.6¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	60.0%¹⁰	—	1963: P22 from 27	26 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
57Bob Burcham	40	59	13.0³	0³	0³	1³	25.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹¹⁷	25.0⁶	—	11.2⁵	—	+4.0⁶	22.6¹⁹	8.2¹⁹	+5.9¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05¹⁹	52.6%¹⁹	—	1974: P17 from 16	3 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 13.0
21David Pearson	1	59	18.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	9¹¹⁷	13.5¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	+17.7⁶	2.2¹⁸	12.6¹⁸	-6.1¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁸	22.2%¹⁸	—	1960: P17 from 20	53 st · 7 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
11Cale Yarborough	8	58	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	6.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹¹⁷	15.3¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	+13.7⁶	3.8²⁹	8.4²⁹	-3.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1962: P10 from 18	56 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 17.7
88Donnie Allison	3	57	13.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	11.9¹⁰	6.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹¹⁷	21.8¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	6.4²⁰	13.1²⁰	-10.3²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁰	50.0%²⁰	—	1967: P20 from 12	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.6
96Richard Childress	25	57	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹¹⁷	17.1¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	17.3²⁸	9.9²⁸	-4.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	64.3%²⁸	—	1973: P27 from 14	16 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 20.8
16Bobby Allison	2	56	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+18.0¹	48¹¹⁷	21.8¹²	—	9.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	6.0²⁶	11.4²⁶	-5.5²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	38.5%²⁶	—	1961: P20 from 29	54 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
50A.J. Foyt	10	56	11.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	5.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁶	48¹¹⁷	23.1¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+11.0⁶	14.3³	12.4³	+2.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	33.3%³	—	1963: P3 from 10	53 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.9
15Buddy Baker	5	55	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁷	33¹¹⁷	13.7¹²	—	14.2⁵	—	+3.7⁶	5.2¹⁸	14.1¹⁸	-8.6¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17¹⁸	44.4%¹⁸	—	1961: P14 from 21	63 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
31Jim Vandiver	16	54	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	8¹¹⁷	20.9¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	-0.3⁶	18.5⁶	11.9⁶	-4.5⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33⁶	66.7%⁶	—	1970: P9 from 8	16 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 25.2
72Benny Parsons	26	53	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹¹⁷	22.2¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	8.0²⁹	10.8²⁹	-6.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	51.7%²⁹	—	1969: P5 from 11	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
14Coo Coo Marlin	24	53	23.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹¹⁷	21.6¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	+10.7⁶	16.6²²	9.5²²	-1.5²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²²	63.6%²²	—	1967: P13 from 19	24 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.3
54Lennie Pond	19	53	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹¹⁷	20.1¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	-9.7⁶	13.0²¹	9.1²¹	-0.8²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²¹	47.6%²¹	—	1973: P20 from 26	21 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.5
79Frank Warren	15	52	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	8¹¹⁷	19.8¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-3.3⁶	23.7²⁸	5.7²⁸	+5.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	42.9%²⁸	—	1965: P15 from 26	31 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 18.9
67Buddy Arrington	20	51	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3¹¹⁷	29.0¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	-5.3⁶	23.1¹⁵	9.5¹⁵	+6.1¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁵	33.3%¹⁵	—	1966: P36 from 29	35 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.8
2Dave Marcis	30	51	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	8¹¹⁷	17.7¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	+6.3⁶	17.9²⁹	8.5²⁹	+5.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1968: P20 from 35	66 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.9
90Charlie Glotzbach	4	50	14.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.4¹⁰	8.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.3⁴	33¹¹⁷	23.1⁷	—	26.0⁵	—	+1.3⁶	9.2¹³	13.4¹³	-8.1¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹³	53.8%¹³	—	1961: P11 from 10	17 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
95Darrell Waltrip	14	50	18.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹¹⁷	25.7¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-13.3⁶	10.1¹⁵	13.1¹⁵	-1.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁵	26.7%¹⁵	—	1973: P12 from 11	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
05David Sisco	23	50	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹¹⁷	24.8¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	22.3²⁷	8.6²⁷	+6.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	1972: P7 from 23	10 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.9
93Jackie Rogers	29	49	26.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	19.5⁴	0.1%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+1.7³	48¹¹⁷	15.5⁴	—	18.8⁵	—	+8.0⁶	18.8²¹	9.8²¹	-1.3²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²¹	47.6%²¹	—	1974: P32 from 14	4 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 26.0
24Cecil Gordon	32	49	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.7³	48¹¹⁷	19.2¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-3.3⁶	18.7²⁹	8.6²⁹	+2.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1969: P11 from 20	28 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.8
02L.D. Ottinger	38	49	29.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	39.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹¹⁷	10.0¹	—	18.8⁵	—	-13.0⁶	19.3³	2.3³	-7.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	100.0%³	—	1974: P29 from 39	1 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 29.0
61Johnny Rutherford	37	48	20.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.6⁴	48¹¹⁷	21.0¹	—	24.0⁵	—	-12.7⁶	17.0²	0.0²	-7.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	100.0%²	—	1963: P1 from 9 · led 6	14 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.9
22Jimmy Crawford	31	47	22.0³	0³	0³	0³	25.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	3¹¹⁷	26.3³	—	21.4⁵	—	+3.7⁶	31.0³	6.0³	+5.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	66.7%³	—	1970: P22 from 26	3 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 22.0
18Joe Frasson	21	47	18.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	8¹¹⁷	27.3¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-17.7⁶	22.8¹³	12.6¹³	-2.4¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15¹³	69.2%¹³	—	1970: P13 from 14	12 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 17.8
23Roy Mayne	34	46	21.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.0²	8¹¹⁷	29.1⁷	—	21.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	32.1¹¹	8.7¹¹	+7.9¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27¹¹	54.5%¹¹	—	1963: P16 from 24	20 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.4
8Ed Negre	11	46	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	8¹¹⁷	26.4¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	-1.3⁶	26.3²⁵	6.3²⁵	+4.8²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁵	72.0%²⁵	—	1970: P37 from 35	10 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 25.0
30Walter Ballard	36	46	24.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹¹⁷	26.7¹⁰	—	21.0⁵	—	-7.0⁶	20.0²⁶	10.6²⁶	+1.3²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	50.0%²⁶	—	1971: P23 from 28	10 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 24.4
7Dean Dalton	33	45	23.3³	0³	0³	0³	35.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	48¹¹⁷	23.4⁹	—	24.0⁵	—	+11.3⁶	20.2¹³	10.1¹³	-5.2¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	84.6%¹³	—	1971: P22 from 35	3 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 23.3
10Bill Champion	35	45	23.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	33¹¹⁷	26.2¹¹	—	22.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	25.4¹⁷	7.0¹⁷	-0.9¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁷	88.2%¹⁷	—	1966: P15 from 22	16 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.4
49G.C. Spencer	13	43	24.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.4¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0³	8¹¹⁷	31.8⁴	—	22.6⁵	—	+6.3⁶	20.8⁹	10.4⁹	-8.1⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	88.9%⁹	—	1959: P34 from 30	22 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.2
52Earl Ross	22	42	29.7³	0³	0³	0³	21.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	+20.5¹	48¹¹⁷	24.7³	—	22.0⁵	—	+16.7⁶	11.8²⁰	10.8²⁰	-0.6²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁰	30.0%²⁰	—	1973: P39 from 30	3 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 29.7
99Ron Keselowski	17	42	23.6⁸	0⁸	0⁸	1⁸	25.1⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	8¹¹⁷	27.6⁷	—	27.6⁵	—	+13.3⁶	13.3³	6.6³	-9.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	66.7%³	—	1970: P25 from 16	8 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.6
98Richie Panch	18	41	18.0³	0³	0³	1³	16.7³	0.2%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	33¹¹⁷	44.8⁴	—	26.6⁵	—	+8.3⁶	17.7²⁷	11.0²⁷	-2.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	59.3%²⁷	—	1974: P18 from 29 · led 1	3 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 18.0
70J.D. McDuffie	27	38	29.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+28.0¹	48¹¹⁷	28.2¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+4.7⁶	22.6²⁹	6.7²⁹	+6.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	51.7%²⁹	—	1966: P21 from 37	34 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.5
64Tony Bettenhausen	39	34	33.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	26.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	33¹¹⁷	30.7³	—	28.2⁵	—	+9.3⁶	26.2²⁶	8.2²⁶	+3.7²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	61.5%²⁶	—	1974: P33 from 26	1 st · 0 W · best P33 · avg 33.0
35Dan Daughtry	9	22	38.0²	0²	0²	0²	25.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	33¹¹⁷	45.0³	—	36.6⁵	—	+4.0⁶	16.4⁷	12.0⁷	-17.0⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	85.7%⁷	—	1974: P38 from 27	2 st · 0 W · best P38 · avg 38.0