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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
21David Pearson	11	69	8.6¹⁰	3¹⁰	8¹⁰	8¹⁰	2.6¹⁰	17.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+38.0¹	5¹⁰⁷	15.9¹²	—	3.6⁵	—	-7.3⁶	3.2²¹	9.9²¹	-2.7²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	14.3%²¹	—	1970: P3 from 2 · led 7	24 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
43Richard Petty	14	67	11.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.2¹⁰	3.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.3⁷	2¹⁰⁷	15.4¹²	—	3.8⁵	—	+3.3⁶	5.8²⁹	10.1²⁹	-2.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1970: P7 from 8	45 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
48James Hylton	16	65	13.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	5.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	12.4¹²	—	8.6⁵	—	+1.3⁶	21.1²⁹	7.8²⁹	+3.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1970: P8 from 22	24 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
11Cale Yarborough	8	61	15.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	9.5¹⁰	3.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	46¹⁰⁷	16.8¹²	—	9.6⁵	—	-12.0⁶	5.0²⁹	10.9²⁹	-2.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1970: P5 from 21 · led 12	33 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.6
90Dick Brooks	18	60	19.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.7³	33¹⁰⁷	12.8¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	11.5²⁷	11.9²⁷	-3.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1969: P5 from 5 · led 2	23 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.7
2Bobby Allison	5	58	19.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	3.8¹⁰	15.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-36.0¹	5¹⁰⁷	18.7¹²	—	7.6⁵	—	-2.3⁶	5.2²⁹	10.5²⁹	-6.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1970: P29 from 4 · led 40	36 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
15Buddy Baker	7	57	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	16.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁴	33¹⁰⁷	22.7¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	+8.0⁶	4.4²⁹	13.1²⁹	-11.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	48.3%²⁹	—	1970: P12 from 5 · led 101	42 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
3Richard Childress	21	57	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	19.8¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	+2.7⁶	17.8²⁹	8.5²⁹	+0.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1969: P23 from 26	18 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 17.4
72Benny Parsons	4	57	21.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	16.8¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	-8.0⁶	7.1²⁹	9.1²⁹	-1.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1970: P4 from 11	35 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.5
71Dave Marcis	1	56	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹⁰⁷	18.9¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-11.0⁶	4.5²⁹	10.2²⁹	-9.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1970: P17 from 24	60 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.2
79Frank Warren	15	55	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹⁰⁷	18.1¹²	—	14.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	22.1²⁹	5.7²⁹	+3.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1970: P11 from 10	21 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 19.8
24Cecil Gordon	17	55	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	46¹⁰⁷	22.1¹²	—	9.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	19.2²⁹	9.0²⁹	+0.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1970: P21 from 18	24 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 19.6
54Lennie Pond	25	53	23.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	20.8¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	11.1²⁹	10.6²⁹	-1.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1973: P46 from 23	17 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.1
88Darrell Waltrip	9	52	24.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	3.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	17.4¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+14.7⁶	6.1²⁹	13.2²⁹	-10.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	51.7%²⁹	—	1972: P38 from 25	54 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 20.0
60Jackie Rogers	20	52	15.7³	0³	0³	1³	23.7³	0.4%³	—	—	—	—	—	-17.0¹	46¹⁰⁷	22.4⁵	—	21.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	18.0¹⁰	11.9¹⁰	-1.7¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁰	30.0%¹⁰	—	1974: P17 from 29	3 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 15.7
14Coo Coo Marlin	2	51	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	24.1¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	24.9¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	+12.3⁶	18.2¹¹	9.4¹¹	+4.2¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	36.4%¹¹	—	1969: P10 from 6	21 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.2
92Skip Manning	22	50	16.5⁶	0⁶	2⁶	2⁶	13.2⁶	1.2%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	27.1⁸	—	18.6⁵	—	-11.7⁶	21.1²⁶	8.4²⁶	+2.5²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁶	38.5%²⁶	—	1975: P15 from 20	6 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.5
05David Sisco	23	50	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	18.9¹¹	—	16.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	22.1²⁷	8.8²⁷	+3.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1971: P31 from 37	13 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.9
77Bob Burcham	12	50	23.0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	39.0⁵	0.2%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	19.3⁴	—	20.2⁵	—	-7.7⁶	27.0⁴	9.6⁴	-1.0⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	75.0%⁴	—	1969: P34 from 36	5 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 23.0
27Sam Sommers	13	49	18.0²	0²	0²	1²	3.0²	1.1%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	20.5²	—	26.0⁵	—	+14.3⁶	13.5⁴	11.6⁴	-11.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	50.0%⁴	—	1977: P10 from 3	2 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 18.0
28A.J. Foyt	3	49	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	11.7¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-31.0¹	46¹⁰⁷	15.5¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	18.5⁴	14.9⁴	-5.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	75.0%⁴	—	1977: P38 from 1 · led 3	12 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.5
8Ed Negre	37	49	26.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	35.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹⁰⁷	25.1¹¹	—	10.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	25.9²⁷	8.8²⁷	+3.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	48.1%²⁷	—	1970: P45 from 26	15 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 26.6
30Tighe Scott	34	48	18.2⁹	0⁹	1⁹	3⁹	13.7⁹	0.2%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	-16.0³	46¹⁰⁷	22.3¹⁰	—	26.6⁵	—	-5.0⁶	27.2⁵	10.0⁵	+0.6⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20⁵	60.0%⁵	—	1976: P17 from 25	9 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 18.2
67Buddy Arrington	26	48	30.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹⁰⁷	21.5¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	20.9²⁴	9.4²⁴	+1.3²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	37.5%²⁴	—	1970: P42 from 14	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.7
40D.K. Ulrich	27	47	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	40.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	19.6⁸	—	20.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	21.8²⁹	6.8²⁹	+4.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1973: P33 from 42	13 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 24.7
64Tommy Gale	38	47	22.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	33¹⁰⁷	20.6¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	27.5¹¹	7.6¹¹	+2.4¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09¹¹	54.5%¹¹	—	1971: P37 from 14	22 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.8
25Dick May	36	47	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	36.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-27.0¹	46¹⁰⁷	24.8⁸	—	22.8⁵	—	+11.3⁶	32.2¹⁸	7.7¹⁸	+9.9¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	33.3%¹⁸	—	1971: P27 from 43	12 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 19.3
61Joe Mihalic	40	45	22.3³	0³	0³	1³	26.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	+17.0¹	46¹⁰⁷	28.2⁶	—	20.6⁵	—	+10.7⁶	26.3⁸	4.8⁸	+7.6⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	25.0%⁸	—	1975: P9 from 14	3 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.3
26Jimmy Lee Capps	32	44	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	25.3⁴	—	25.8⁵	—	+3.0⁶	26.3³	6.2³	+0.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	66.7%³	—	first start here	—
12Neil Bonnett	6	44	31.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.3¹⁰	9.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+20.7³	46¹⁰⁷	22.2¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	-1.0⁶	14.2¹²	12.4¹²	-7.8¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹²	66.7%¹²	—	1974: P45 from 33	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 24.4
41Grant Adcox	24	43	23.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	26.3¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	-9.0⁶	21.0¹⁰	6.9¹⁰	+6.4¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	40.0%¹⁰	—	1974: P38 from 28	13 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 25.9
36Bobby Wawak	19	43	25.0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	33.4⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	26.3⁸	—	24.2⁵	—	+10.3⁶	21.4¹⁸	8.8¹⁸	+4.9¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	27.8%¹⁸	—	1976: P29 from 32	9 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 25.0
70J.D. McDuffie	31	42	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	28.8¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-2.7⁶	24.0²⁹	7.2²⁹	+6.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1970: P41 from 29	27 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.8
52Jimmy Means	33	42	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	20.5¹²	—	31.8⁵	—	+9.3⁶	23.6¹⁸	7.8¹⁸	-0.8¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	38.9%¹⁸	—	1976: P31 from 29	32 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.4
19Henley Gray	39	42	30.7⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	40.6⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	-24.0¹	46¹⁰⁷	24.6¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-15.7⁶	20.6¹⁴	8.7¹⁴	-2.4¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁴	42.9%¹⁴	—	1970: P34 from 34	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 30.7
33Buck Baker	29	41	30.7³	0³	0³	0³	23.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	22.2¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	-8.3⁶	27.0⁷	10.7⁷	+4.0⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	42.9%⁷	—	1969: P18 from 28	3 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 30.7
47Bruce Hill	10	40	31.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+16.0³	46¹⁰⁷	30.2¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	19.6²¹	10.4²¹	-4.3²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²¹	71.4%²¹	—	1975: P47 from 42	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 30.8
78Dick Skillen	30	39	28.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	34.4⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	24.0²	—	28.4⁵	—	-5.7⁶	30.5⁴	6.0⁴	+8.0⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	25.0%⁴	—	1976: P21 from 34	5 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 28.6
91Harold Miller	35	39	27.7³	0³	0³	0³	43.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰⁷	23.0²	—	31.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	35.0²	1.4²	+16.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	1975: P34 from 48	3 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 27.7
49G.C. Spencer	28	38	34.0³	0³	0³	0³	32.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹⁰⁷	23.0¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-10.0⁶	26.0³	10.1³	-2.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	66.7%³	—	1975: P22 from 33	3 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 34.0