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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	9	65	11.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	15.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.1⁸	38⁹¹	14.7¹²	—	7.4⁵	—	+10.3⁶	8.9²⁹	10.8²⁹	-4.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1959: P4 from 6 · led 7	64 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.5
88Darrell Waltrip	2	65	12.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.3¹⁰	7.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	17.8¹²	—	5.4⁵	—	+0.7⁶	6.1²⁹	11.9²⁹	-4.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1973: P24 from 13	54 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
21David Pearson	1	62	9.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	10.6¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-10.4⁴	4⁹¹	19.0¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	+14.3⁶	4.9²¹	13.9²¹	-10.2²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	47.6%²¹	—	1960: P27 from 22	46 st · 10 W · best P1 · avg 11.6
1Donnie Allison	7	61	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	6.2¹⁰	16.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	8.8¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	9.3¹⁶	14.1¹⁶	-7.1¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁶	50.0%¹⁶	—	1967: P27 from 15	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.8
96Dale Earnhardt	14	61	11.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	8.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁹¹	14.3¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	+8.3⁶	23.3⁴	5.7⁴	+13.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	0.0%⁴	—	1979: P23 from 13 · led 4	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 11.3
72Benny Parsons	4	59	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	11.9¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	4.8²⁹	9.8²⁹	-4.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1970: P5 from 8	37 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.2
48James Hylton	25	58	15.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+20.0¹	38⁹¹	14.9¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	-8.0⁶	18.7¹⁸	11.0¹⁸	+0.4¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	22.2%¹⁸	—	1966: P9 from 17	38 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.4
92Terry Labonte	19	56	16.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	14.4¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-8.0⁶	15.5⁴	7.6⁴	+2.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	50.0%⁴	—	1979: P29 from 11	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.2
11Cale Yarborough	6	56	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-16.5¹	3⁹¹	24.3¹²	—	2.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	3.5²⁹	7.9²⁹	-2.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1957: P42 from 44	48 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
05Bruce Hill	20	56	11.8⁶	0⁶	1⁶	4⁶	21.0⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁹¹	22.4¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+9.0⁶	16.6¹³	11.2¹³	-7.8¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	69.2%¹³	—	1975: P15 from 19	6 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 11.8
14Coo Coo Marlin	15	54	21.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	23.6¹²	—	8.0⁵	—	-4.3⁶	11.0⁸	12.9⁸	-15.1⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	62.5%⁸	—	1969: P31 from 27	10 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.0
2Dave Marcis	10	52	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-30.0¹	38⁹¹	25.1¹²	—	13.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	8.5²⁹	6.8²⁹	+0.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	3.4%²⁹	—	1969: P9 from 13	57 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.0
54Lennie Pond	5	52	22.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.7¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	16.0¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+19.7⁶	7.8²⁷	10.4²⁷	-3.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1973: P36 from 14	20 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.6
67Buddy Arrington	29	52	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹¹	19.7¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+13.7⁶	23.1²⁹	6.5²⁹	+8.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1964: P31 from 31	37 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 18.3
9Bill Elliott	16	52	8.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	9¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁹¹	25.6¹²	—	25.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	19.1⁹	12.2⁹	+2.3⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	33.3%⁹	—	1977: P10 from 16	51 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 9.4
3Richard Childress	21	52	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁹¹	22.1¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	-1.7⁶	15.5²⁹	8.4²⁹	+0.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1973: P4 from 21	16 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.1
22Ricky Rudd	13	52	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	20.9¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	16.8¹²	11.1¹²	-5.0¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹²	50.0%¹²	—	1977: P22 from 27	57 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
90Dick Brooks	11	51	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-17.5²	4⁹¹	25.4¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	+5.3⁶	12.5²⁹	9.2²⁹	-0.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1969: P30 from 19	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.8
41Grant Adcox	22	51	14.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	23.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	17.6¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+11.7⁶	24.3¹³	10.8¹³	+5.4¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	46.2%¹³	—	1975: P13 from 20	4 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 14.5
27Buddy Baker	12	50	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.3⁶	38⁹¹	25.3¹²	—	6.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	9.2¹⁸	12.8¹⁸	-9.1¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	61.1%¹⁸	—	1959: P40 from 40	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
5Neil Bonnett	8	50	23.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	10.0¹⁰	6.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	19.6¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	10.5²⁸	13.0²⁸	-9.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	57.1%²⁸	—	1976: P30 from 15	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.0
4Gary Myers	32	50	19.0³	0³	0³	0³	31.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	26.5¹⁰	—	15.6⁵	—	-8.7⁶	25.9¹⁸	4.6¹⁸	+4.8¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	38.9%¹⁸	—	1976: P27 from 28	3 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 19.0
18Joe Frasson	36	50	18.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	22.5¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	—	30.0⁴	5.0⁴	+10.8⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	50.0%⁴	—	1970: P15 from 19	12 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.0
15Bobby Allison	3	50	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	9.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁹¹	20.9¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-6.0⁶	7.0²⁹	10.3²⁹	-2.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1966: P16 from 19	44 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
40D.K. Ulrich	17	49	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	21.7¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	20.0²¹	5.6²¹	+3.2²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²¹	19.0%²¹	—	1973: P18 from 38	19 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 19.5
70J.D. McDuffie	24	47	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	33.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	23.5¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-3.3⁶	17.5²⁹	9.6²⁹	-1.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1968: P42 from 44	38 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.8
19Bob Burcham	38	46	23.3³	0³	0³	1³	18.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	22.8¹⁰	—	20.3⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1974: P10 from 24	3 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 23.3
74Bobby Wawak	30	45	23.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	31.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	19.6¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	+11.7⁶	31.3⁷	8.5⁷	+6.9⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	71.4%⁷	—	1965: P36 from 27	16 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 23.8
52Jimmy Means	35	45	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	26.3¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	24.7²⁶	8.4²⁶	+4.0²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁶	42.3%²⁶	—	1976: P18 from 27	33 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.0
64Tommy Gale	33	44	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁹¹	27.6¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+2.7⁶	23.7²⁵	4.8²⁵	+2.9²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁵	28.0%²⁵	—	1972: P16 from 30	19 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 22.3
45Baxter Price	31	44	22.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	34.8⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	24.3¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	-5.7⁶	28.4²³	4.3²³	+7.4²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²³	17.4%²³	—	1977: P21 from 36	5 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 22.2
17Roger Hamby	18	44	24.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	29.0⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	23.7¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-8.0⁶	22.6²⁵	8.0²⁵	+1.7²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁵	40.0%²⁵	—	1978: P13 from 21	4 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 24.0
79Frank Warren	40	43	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹¹	24.2¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	25.4²⁹	5.9²⁹	+4.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1965: P8 from 41	26 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 21.0
57Dick May	26	42	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁹¹	26.9¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-3.7⁶	26.8²⁷	6.9²⁷	+8.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	22.2%²⁷	—	1971: P25 from 23	17 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.4
25Ronnie Thomas	28	42	24.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	24.3¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	+5.3⁶	25.1²⁶	7.3²⁶	+4.0²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	42.3%²⁶	—	1978: P31 from 31	13 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 26.4
30Tighe Scott	23	40	31.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	29.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁹¹	21.5¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	20.8²⁸	8.9²⁸	+2.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	39.3%²⁸	—	1977: P26 from 35	4 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 31.8
8Ed Negre	34	40	24.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+18.8²	0⁹¹	29.8¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	27.2²⁰	7.2²⁰	+3.3²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁰	35.0%²⁰	—	1967: P43 from 40	21 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.1
39Blackie Wangerin	37	38	28.0²	0²	0²	0²	33.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁹¹	24.2⁶	—	27.6⁵	—	+2.7⁶	21.1⁹	7.9⁹	-7.4⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	77.8%⁹	—	1978: P19 from 27	2 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 28.0
01Earle Canavan	27	38	25.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹¹	25.8¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	30.5⁸	6.2⁸	+5.3⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	37.5%⁸	—	1973: P12 from 22	12 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 27.4
97Ralph Jones	39	38	30.3³	0³	0³	0³	37.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁹¹	29.0⁵	—	22.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	27.8⁶	4.2⁶	+2.7⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	50.0%⁶	—	1977: P30 from 39	3 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 30.3