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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	8	67	11.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	15.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.1⁸	2⁹⁵	14.7¹²	—	3.8⁵	—	+3.3⁶	6.0²⁹	10.2²⁹	-3.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1959: P4 from 6 · led 7	64 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.5
21David Pearson	1	66	9.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	10.6¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-10.4⁴	5⁹⁵	19.0¹²	—	3.6⁵	—	-7.3⁶	3.7²¹	11.0²¹	-3.5²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	19.0%²¹	—	1960: P27 from 22	46 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 12.2
48James Hylton	32	61	15.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+20.0¹	40⁹⁵	14.9¹²	—	8.6⁵	—	+1.3⁶	20.6²⁹	8.2²⁹	+3.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1966: P9 from 17	38 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.1
72Benny Parsons	5	59	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	11.9¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	-8.0⁶	7.1²⁹	10.7²⁹	-2.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1970: P5 from 8	37 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
10Bruce Jacobi	39	59	9.0²	0²	0²	2²	32.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁹⁵	21.4⁵	—	14.0⁵	—	-14.7⁶	37.0²	0.7²	+9.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	1975: P9 from 26	2 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 9.0
88Darrell Waltrip	4	59	11.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.1¹⁰	7.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	17.8¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+14.7⁶	6.3²⁹	13.4²⁹	-11.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	55.2%²⁹	—	1973: P24 from 13	54 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
28Donnie Allison	10	59	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	6.2¹⁰	16.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	8.8¹²	—	17.2⁵	—	-1.3⁶	7.4⁸	15.4⁸	-8.5⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	50.0%⁸	—	1967: P27 from 15	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.3
2Bobby Allison	2	58	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	9.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁵	20.9¹²	—	7.6⁵	—	-2.3⁶	5.3²⁹	10.7²⁹	-6.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1966: P16 from 19	44 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 14.0
05David Sisco	13	56	14.7⁶	0⁶	2⁶	2⁶	21.3⁶	1.3%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	17.6¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	22.5²⁷	8.2²⁷	+4.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1973: P28 from 27	6 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 14.7
67Buddy Arrington	30	55	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁵	19.7¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	20.7²⁴	9.3²⁴	+1.2²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	37.5%²⁴	—	1964: P31 from 31	37 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 17.5
24Cecil Gordon	15	55	18.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.5²	40⁹⁵	22.1¹²	—	9.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	19.2²⁹	9.1²⁹	+0.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1969: P18 from 35	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 19.6
54Lennie Pond	14	54	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	16.0¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	11.5²⁹	10.6²⁹	-1.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1973: P36 from 14	20 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.6
3Richard Childress	17	54	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	22.1¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	+2.7⁶	17.9²⁹	7.8²⁹	+2.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1973: P4 from 21	16 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.5
90Dick Brooks	9	53	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-17.5²	21⁹⁵	25.4¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	11.9²⁷	12.0²⁷	-2.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1969: P30 from 19	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.4
47Bruce Hill	18	53	14.8⁶	0⁶	1⁶	4⁶	21.3⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	22.4¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	19.2²¹	10.5²¹	-5.2²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²¹	71.4%²¹	—	1975: P15 from 19	6 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 14.8
71Dave Marcis	6	52	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-30.0¹	2⁹⁵	25.1¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-11.0⁶	4.3²⁹	10.4²⁹	-9.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1969: P9 from 13	57 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.5
92Skip Manning	26	51	18.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	20.6⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	18.8¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	-11.7⁶	21.0²⁶	8.1²⁶	+3.2²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	34.6%²⁶	—	1975: P11 from 24	5 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 18.8
11Cale Yarborough	7	50	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-16.5¹	40⁹⁵	24.3¹²	—	9.6⁵	—	-12.0⁶	5.0²⁹	11.1²⁹	-2.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1957: P42 from 44	48 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
18Joe Frasson	37	50	18.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	22.5¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	-7.0⁶	25.3⁸	11.2⁸	-2.5⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	62.5%⁸	—	1970: P15 from 19	12 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.6
14Coo Coo Marlin	11	49	23.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	23.6¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	+12.3⁶	17.4¹¹	10.9¹¹	+1.0¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	45.5%¹¹	—	1969: P31 from 27	10 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.2
40D.K. Ulrich	21	48	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	21.7¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	22.0²⁹	6.8²⁹	+4.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1973: P18 from 38	19 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 20.2
79Frank Warren	35	48	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁵	24.2¹²	—	14.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	21.4²⁹	5.9²⁹	+3.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1965: P8 from 41	26 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 20.7
41Grant Adcox	20	48	19.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	24.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	17.6¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	-9.0⁶	21.4¹⁰	6.9¹⁰	+6.3¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	40.0%¹⁰	—	1975: P13 from 20	4 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.0
12Neil Bonnett	16	47	24.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	6.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0¹	40⁹⁵	19.6¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	-1.0⁶	13.3¹²	13.2¹²	-9.8¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹²	66.7%¹²	—	1976: P30 from 15	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.3
60Jackie Rogers	12	47	19.7³	0³	0³	1³	23.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	23.1¹⁰	—	21.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	18.8¹⁰	11.9¹⁰	-0.9¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁰	30.0%¹⁰	—	1974: P14 from 29	3 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.7
15Buddy Baker	3	46	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.3⁶	21⁹⁵	25.3¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	+8.0⁶	4.6²⁹	13.0²⁹	-10.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	44.8%²⁹	—	1959: P40 from 40	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
30Terry Bivins	24	46	27.0²	0²	0²	0²	27.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	25.0⁶	—	11.2⁵	—	-1.3⁶	17.6¹⁷	8.1¹⁷	+1.5¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁷	29.4%¹⁷	—	1977: P30 from 25	2 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 27.0
70J.D. McDuffie	33	46	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	33.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	23.5¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-2.7⁶	23.9²⁹	7.3²⁹	+7.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1968: P42 from 44	38 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.7
95Gary Myers	28	46	14.7³	0³	0³	0³	32.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	26.5¹⁰	—	25.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	27.2¹⁴	6.4¹⁴	+1.8¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁴	57.1%¹⁴	—	1977: P15 from 36	3 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 14.7
19Henley Gray	29	46	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0¹	40⁹⁵	23.3¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-15.7⁶	21.4¹⁴	8.8¹⁴	-1.4¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁴	42.9%¹⁴	—	1965: P38 from 43	18 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.1
8Ed Negre	31	46	24.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+18.8²	2⁹⁵	29.8¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	26.1²⁷	8.8²⁷	+4.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	48.1%²⁷	—	1967: P43 from 40	21 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.9
33Buck Baker	34	44	23.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	6.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0²	40⁹⁵	20.2¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	-8.0⁶	26.3⁷	10.8⁷	+3.4⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	42.9%⁷	—	1950: P69 from 28	29 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
20Rick Newsom	40	44	22.0³	0³	0³	0³	36.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	24.0¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-1.7⁶	29.7⁶	5.6⁶	+6.3⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	83.3%⁶	—	1975: P33 from 33	3 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 22.0
7Dean Dalton	25	43	22.0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	21.9⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	22.2¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	23.0⁵	7.2⁵	+2.2⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	20.0%⁵	—	1971: P19 from 22	9 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.0
27Sam Sommers	19	43	23.0³	0³	0³	0³	15.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	19.4⁹	—	27.2⁵	—	+16.3⁶	12.0⁴	12.8⁴	-14.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	50.0%⁴	—	1977: P13 from 11	3 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 23.0
36Bobby Wawak	22	42	26.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	19.6¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+10.3⁶	21.3¹⁸	8.8¹⁸	+3.9¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	33.3%¹⁸	—	1965: P36 from 27	16 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 25.4
01Earle Canavan	38	41	26.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁵	25.8¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+2.7⁶	31.3⁶	8.4⁶	+6.7⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	33.3%⁶	—	1973: P12 from 22	12 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 28.3
52Jimmy Means	27	39	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	26.3¹²	—	31.8⁵	—	+9.3⁶	23.9¹⁸	8.3¹⁸	-0.1¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	38.9%¹⁸	—	1977: P20 from 19	33 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.8
49Dick May	23	38	27.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁵	26.9¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	+11.3⁶	32.9¹⁸	7.6¹⁸	+11.1¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	27.8%¹⁸	—	1971: P25 from 23	17 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.9
50Darrell Bryant	36	35	36.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	19.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁹⁵	21.3⁴	—	23.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	22.4⁷	12.6⁷	-1.9⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	42.9%⁷	—	1976: P36 from 19	1 st · 0 W · best P36 · avg 36.0