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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	27	63	13.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	5.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁰¹	12.4¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	22.1²⁹	8.1²⁹	+5.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1970: P8 from 22	24 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
2Dale Earnhardt	14	61	14.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	6.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	6¹⁰¹	14.7¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	-1.7⁶	7.5²⁶	7.9²⁶	-2.2²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	11.5%²⁶	—	1978: P12 from 27	43 st · 10 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
11Cale Yarborough	8	61	18.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	6¹⁰¹	16.8¹²	—	5.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	5.2³⁰	7.5³⁰	-2.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1970: P5 from 21 · led 12	33 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.4
27Benny Parsons	6	59	21.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁰¹	16.8¹²	—	4.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	7.0³⁰	9.8³⁰	-3.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1970: P4 from 11	35 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.7
44Terry Labonte	16	59	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.3¹⁰	3.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁰¹	16.0¹²	—	11.4⁵	—	-17.3⁶	12.7³⁰	9.5³⁰	-3.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	33.3%³⁰	—	1979: P33 from 15	60 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.4
05Dick Brooks	22	59	19.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.7³	6¹⁰¹	12.8¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	-9.3⁶	18.5²⁵	10.3²⁵	-0.2²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁵	48.0%²⁵	—	1969: P5 from 5 · led 2	23 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.3
71Dave Marcis	10	59	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰¹	18.9¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	15.4²⁴	9.0²⁴	-3.3²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13²⁴	50.0%²⁴	—	1970: P17 from 24	60 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.0
43Richard Petty	7	58	11.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.2¹⁰	3.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.3⁷	6¹⁰¹	15.4¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	7.7³⁰	8.8³⁰	+1.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1970: P7 from 8	45 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
12Lennie Pond	15	58	19.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁰¹	20.8¹²	—	5.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	17.4¹⁴	9.3¹⁴	-4.7¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁴	50.0%¹⁴	—	1973: P46 from 23	17 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.2
15Bobby Allison	12	58	19.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	3.8¹⁰	15.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-36.0¹	32¹⁰¹	18.7¹²	—	8.0⁵	—	+4.3⁶	4.9³⁰	9.3³⁰	-4.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1970: P29 from 4 · led 40	36 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.6
9Bill Elliott	24	57	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1¹⁰¹	12.9¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+8.7⁶	14.3¹²	11.4¹²	-0.8¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹²	16.7%¹²	—	1976: P38 from 39	56 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.9
3Richard Childress	17	57	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁰¹	19.8¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	+4.0⁶	19.6³⁰	7.8³⁰	+5.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1969: P23 from 26	18 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 16.5
28Buddy Baker	2	55	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	16.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁴	6¹⁰¹	22.7¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+12.0⁶	4.9²⁵	15.2²⁵	-10.6²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁵	40.0%²⁵	—	1970: P12 from 5 · led 101	42 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
79Frank Warren	13	54	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹⁰¹	18.1¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	24.3³⁰	5.6³⁰	+3.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	33.3%³⁰	—	1970: P11 from 10	21 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 20.0
30Tighe Scott	5	53	15.0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	4⁹	16.9⁹	0.2%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	-16.0³	6¹⁰¹	22.3¹⁰	—	21.4⁵	—	-12.7⁶	19.5¹⁶	11.6¹⁶	+2.6¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19¹⁶	37.5%¹⁶	—	1976: P17 from 25	9 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 15.0
47Harry Gant	20	52	15.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	6¹⁰¹	20.8¹²	—	26.2⁵	—	+23.0⁶	13.2²⁴	7.6²⁴	-4.7²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁴	45.8%²⁴	—	1979: P7 from 21	31 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
24Cecil Gordon	34	51	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	6¹⁰¹	22.1¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+2.0⁶	28.9²⁷	7.8²⁷	+6.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1970: P21 from 18	24 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.4
90Ricky Rudd	18	50	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	1¹⁰¹	22.3¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	11.3²⁷	7.9²⁷	-0.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1976: P23 from 20	58 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.5
40D.K. Ulrich	28	50	26.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	38.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁰¹	19.6⁸	—	16.0⁵	—	-1.7⁶	20.0³⁰	7.4³⁰	+3.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1973: P33 from 42	13 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 24.7
1Donnie Allison	21	50	25.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	8.9¹⁰	9.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁰¹	13.5¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	8.8¹⁹	12.6¹⁹	-5.4¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁹	36.8%¹⁹	—	1971: P1 from 1 · led 62	20 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.0
45Baxter Price	33	49	24.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	36.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰¹	22.5²	—	18.8⁵	—	+4.3⁶	28.5²³	4.7²³	+7.2²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²³	30.4%²³	—	1978: P20 from 38	4 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 24.0
19Dick May	38	49	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	36.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-27.0¹	46¹⁰¹	24.8⁸	—	22.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	27.5¹⁹	7.6¹⁹	+0.3¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁹	84.2%¹⁹	—	1971: P27 from 43	12 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 19.3
64Tommy Gale	30	49	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32¹⁰¹	20.6¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	-1.0⁶	24.7²⁷	6.8²⁷	+3.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1971: P37 from 14	22 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.3
52Jimmy Means	29	48	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰¹	20.5¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	23.7²⁶	7.6²⁶	+0.8²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁶	50.0%²⁶	—	1976: P31 from 29	32 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.3
88Darrell Waltrip	1	48	26.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁰¹	17.4¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	5.0³⁰	7.4³⁰	-2.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	3.3%³⁰	—	1972: P38 from 25	54 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 20.7
25Ronnie Thomas	40	48	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	34.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁰¹	25.2⁹	—	21.2⁵	—	-5.7⁶	23.5²⁹	7.8²⁹	+1.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	48.3%²⁹	—	1978: P14 from 30	12 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 21.6
67Buddy Arrington	4	47	31.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹⁰¹	21.5¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	+3.7⁶	22.3³⁰	6.4³⁰	+5.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1970: P42 from 14	29 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.7
72Joe Millikan	9	46	31.5²	0²	0²	0²	23.0²	0.3%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁰¹	25.4⁵	—	11.6⁵	—	+6.7⁶	11.3³⁰	9.1³⁰	-1.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	26.7%³⁰	—	1979: P25 from 26 · led 1	2 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 31.5
8Ed Negre	37	46	26.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	35.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0¹⁰¹	25.1¹¹	—	20.0⁵	—	+10.3⁶	33.5²	1.4²	+14.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	1970: P45 from 26	15 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 27.5
61Wayne Broome	35	45	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁰¹	—	—	30.0¹	—	—	35.0¹	—	+5.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	first start here	—
21Neil Bonnett	3	45	33.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+20.7³	1¹⁰¹	22.2¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	-8.3⁶	6.8²⁰	12.7²⁰	-13.7²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁰	65.0%²⁰	—	1974: P45 from 33	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 25.1
96Jerry Jolly	32	45	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	32¹⁰¹	20.0¹	—	33.5⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
14Coo Coo Marlin	19	43	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	24.1¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰¹	24.9¹²	—	33.2⁵	—	+6.7⁶	24.5⁶	10.4⁶	-3.3⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	83.3%⁶	—	1969: P10 from 6	21 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.3
22Kevin Housby	25	42	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰¹	33.0²	—	27.3⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
70J.D. McDuffie	26	42	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	46¹⁰¹	28.8¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	19.8³⁰	7.4³⁰	+2.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	33.3%³⁰	—	1970: P41 from 29	27 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.9
53Keith Davis	36	41	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁰¹	—	—	40.0¹	—	—	40.0¹	—	0.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	first start here	—
32Jimmy Finger	31	41	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁰¹	35.0²	—	28.7³	—	—	31.0²	3.5²	-5.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	100.0%²	—	first start here	—
6Connie Saylor	11	39	33.3⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	27.5⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	6¹⁰¹	30.8¹⁰	—	22.2⁵	—	-11.3⁶	16.0¹	—	-18.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1981: P37 from 19	8 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 33.3
39Blackie Wangerin	23	34	35.7³	0³	0³	0³	22.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	1¹⁰¹	31.4⁸	—	29.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	27.3⁶	8.9⁶	+0.3⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	66.7%⁶	—	1978: P30 from 11	3 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 35.7
46Travis Tiller	39	32	32.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	41.6⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	2¹⁰¹	36.0¹	—	33.8⁵	—	+1.7⁶	30.8⁴	1.0⁴	-4.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	100.0%⁴	—	1974: P35 from 45	5 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 32.6