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Drivers · 41

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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	10	67	8.6¹⁰	3¹⁰	8¹⁰	8¹⁰	2.6¹⁰	17.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+38.0¹	3¹⁰⁵	15.9¹²	—	6.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	5.1²¹	11.8²¹	-3.9²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	23.8%²¹	—	1970: P3 from 2 · led 7	24 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
81Terry Ryan	30	64	5.0¹	0¹	1¹	1¹	9.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	12.0³	—	18.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	19.0⁶	8.0⁶	+0.3⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	50.0%⁶	—	1976: P5 from 9	1 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 5.0
43Richard Petty	7	62	11.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.2¹⁰	3.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.3⁷	3¹⁰⁵	15.4¹²	—	11.4⁵	—	-9.7⁶	4.3²⁹	8.9²⁹	-2.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1970: P7 from 8	45 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
48James Hylton	34	61	13.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	5.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	12.4¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	19.4²⁹	9.4²⁹	+3.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1970: P8 from 22	24 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.3
72Benny Parsons	2	60	21.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	16.8¹²	—	5.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	4.8²⁹	8.6²⁹	-3.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1970: P4 from 11	35 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.6
11Cale Yarborough	5	59	18.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	45¹⁰⁵	16.8¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	+13.0⁶	3.9²⁹	6.0²⁹	-0.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	0.0%²⁹	—	1970: P5 from 21 · led 12	33 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
80Terry Bivins	32	57	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	8.0¹	—	15.2⁵	—	-15.3⁶	24.4⁷	6.9⁷	+3.6⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	57.1%⁷	—	first start here	—
3Richard Childress	15	56	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	19.8¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	16.8²⁹	8.0²⁹	+0.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1969: P23 from 26	18 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 16.7
2Dave Marcis	6	55	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3¹⁰⁵	18.9¹²	—	13.2⁵	—	+8.0⁶	10.4¹⁷	11.5¹⁷	-7.0¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁷	29.4%¹⁷	—	1970: P17 from 24	60 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.1
12Bobby Allison	28	55	19.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	3.8¹⁰	15.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-36.0¹	0¹⁰⁵	18.7¹²	—	13.8⁵	—	+8.0⁶	9.1²⁹	12.2²⁹	-7.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1970: P29 from 4 · led 40	36 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
79Frank Warren	21	54	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3¹⁰⁵	18.1¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	24.3²⁸	7.5²⁸	+2.7²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	42.9%²⁸	—	1970: P11 from 10	21 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 19.8
14Coo Coo Marlin	17	53	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	24.1¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	24.9¹²	—	10.8⁵	—	+2.7⁶	17.1¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	+2.7¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁰	20.0%¹⁰	—	1969: P10 from 6	21 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.4
41Grant Adcox	31	52	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	26.3¹²	—	11.4⁵	—	-11.7⁶	21.2⁵	6.9⁵	-3.2⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	60.0%⁵	—	1974: P38 from 28	13 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.4
90Dick Brooks	19	51	19.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.7³	33¹⁰⁵	12.8¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	+19.7⁶	13.5²⁸	11.0²⁸	+0.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	35.7%²⁸	—	1969: P5 from 5 · led 2	23 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.6
30Tighe Scott	24	51	17.0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	4⁹	14.8⁹	0.2%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	-16.0³	45¹⁰⁵	22.3¹⁰	—	20.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	26.6²⁵	7.9²⁵	+5.7²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁵	60.0%²⁵	—	1976: P17 from 25	9 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 17.0
75Butch Hartman	22	51	29.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	27.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	16.7³	—	14.0⁵	—	-4.3⁶	21.8¹⁰	9.7¹⁰	+1.6¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	40.0%¹⁰	—	1977: P29 from 27	1 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 29.0
25Ferrel Harris	37	50	23.7⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	28.1⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	-12.0²	45¹⁰⁵	15.3⁴	—	21.0⁵	—	+5.7⁶	26.7¹⁰	7.2¹⁰	+4.6¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁰	30.0%¹⁰	—	1975: P45 from 44	7 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.7
8Ed Negre	39	50	26.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	35.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3¹⁰⁵	25.1¹¹	—	11.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	23.7²³	8.0²³	+0.8²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	60.9%²³	—	1970: P45 from 26	15 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 25.7
15Buddy Baker	20	50	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	16.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁴	33¹⁰⁵	22.7¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	-3.3⁶	8.4²⁹	9.3²⁹	-2.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1970: P12 from 5 · led 101	42 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
16David Sisco	25	50	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	18.9¹¹	—	17.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	27.1⁹	5.6⁹	+1.4⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	66.7%⁹	—	1971: P31 from 37	13 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 25.0
88Darrell Waltrip	11	49	28.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	17.4¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+8.0⁶	4.8²⁹	9.4²⁹	-3.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1972: P38 from 25	54 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.7
51A.J. Foyt	1	49	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	11.9¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-31.0¹	45¹⁰⁵	15.5¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	4.8⁵	12.2⁵	-7.8⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	20.0%⁵	—	1976: P22 from 3 · led 7	12 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.2
22Ricky Rudd	36	49	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	45¹⁰⁵	22.3¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	15.8²⁴	9.5²⁴	-1.3²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	41.7%²⁴	—	1976: P23 from 20	58 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.5
1Donnie Allison	4	49	25.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	8.9¹⁰	9.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	13.5¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	+12.0⁶	4.3¹⁶	15.1¹⁶	-11.1¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	43.8%¹⁶	—	1971: P1 from 1 · led 62	20 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.9
40D.K. Ulrich	41	49	24.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	38.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	19.6⁸	—	18.6⁵	—	-6.0⁶	22.1²⁹	8.3²⁹	+0.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1973: P33 from 42	13 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 23.9
60Ramo Stott	33	49	19.9⁷	0⁷	2⁷	4⁷	12.6⁷	0.6%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	13.6¹²	—	28.0⁵	—	—	17.0⁴	10.5⁴	-11.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	75.0%⁴	—	1969: P3 from 12 · led 4	7 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.9
24Cecil Gordon	14	48	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	45¹⁰⁵	22.1¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	25.8²⁹	6.5²⁹	+7.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1970: P21 from 18	24 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.2
92Skip Manning	18	48	14.2⁶	0⁶	2⁶	3⁶	13.8⁶	1.2%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	27.1⁸	—	24.8⁵	—	+18.3⁶	14.5²⁷	9.6²⁷	-2.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1975: P15 from 20	6 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 14.2
70J.D. McDuffie	16	47	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	28.8¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	-7.3⁶	18.9²⁹	6.8²⁹	+0.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1970: P41 from 29	27 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.1
68Janet Guthrie	13	45	31.5²	0²	0²	0²	10.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	17.8⁵	—	21.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	18.2¹⁸	9.7¹⁸	+1.3¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	16.7%¹⁸	—	1977: P34 from 9	2 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 31.5
67Buddy Arrington	23	44	31.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3¹⁰⁵	21.5¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	23.7²⁷	6.3²⁷	+8.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	7.4%²⁷	—	1970: P42 from 14	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.1
64Tommy Gale	29	44	24.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	33¹⁰⁵	20.6¹²	—	25.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	26.9¹⁷	6.7¹⁷	+3.4¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁷	29.4%¹⁷	—	1971: P37 from 14	22 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.9
18Joe Frasson	26	44	28.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	18.1¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	-16.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1970: P11 from 12	12 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 27.3
36Ron Hutcherson	8	44	34.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	14.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+31.0¹	45¹⁰⁵	21.7³	—	17.4⁵	—	+7.7⁶	15.3⁴	11.3⁴	-5.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	50.0%⁴	—	1978: P34 from 14	1 st · 0 W · best P34 · avg 34.0
71Neil Bonnett	9	43	31.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	9.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+20.7³	3¹⁰⁵	22.2¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-14.7⁶	6.6²²	11.4²²	-9.0²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²²	45.5%²²	—	1974: P45 from 33	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 24.7
78Dick Skillen	38	42	27.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	32.8⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	24.0²	—	24.0⁵	—	-0.7⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1976: P21 from 34	5 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 27.4
52Jimmy Means	27	42	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	20.5¹²	—	31.8⁵	—	+9.3⁶	23.8²⁵	9.2²⁵	+3.7²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁵	44.0%²⁵	—	1976: P31 from 29	32 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.7
47Bruce Hill	12	40	31.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+16.0³	45¹⁰⁵	30.2¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+17.0⁶	17.0¹⁵	11.8¹⁵	-6.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁵	60.0%¹⁵	—	1975: P47 from 42	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 31.3
27Sam Sommers	3	40	31.0²	0²	0²	0²	8.0²	1.1%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	20.5²	—	27.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	12.9²²	10.5²²	-6.0²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²²	40.9%²²	—	1976: P36 from 13	2 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 31.0
05Peter Knab	35	40	33.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	33.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	45¹⁰⁵	—	—	26.5²	—	—	33.5²	9.2²	+7.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	1977: P33 from 33	1 st · 0 W · best P33 · avg 33.0
49Henley Gray	40	39	28.2⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	40.4⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	-24.0¹	3¹⁰⁵	24.6¹²	—	28.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	27.8¹³	7.6¹³	+3.4¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹³	46.2%¹³	—	1970: P34 from 34	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 28.2