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Drivers · 42

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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
2Dale Earnhardt	3	67	13.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	5.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.0¹	2⁹⁹	15.5¹²	—	3.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	8.1³⁰	9.4³⁰	-4.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1978: P7 from 28	45 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 10.2
43Richard Petty	14	60	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	5.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.5⁶	5⁹⁹	11.7¹²	—	13.2⁵	—	-4.0⁶	10.5³⁰	13.2³⁰	-5.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	46.7%³⁰	—	1959: P57 from 6	73 st · 10 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
44Terry Labonte	5	59	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.3¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁹	15.4¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	+0.7⁶	8.6³⁰	9.8³⁰	-4.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1979: P16 from 19	62 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.8
71Dave Marcis	37	58	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁹	17.7¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+7.0⁶	15.9³⁰	10.6³⁰	-2.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	50.0%³⁰	—	1968: P20 from 35	66 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.9
28Bobby Allison	4	58	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+18.0¹	5⁹⁹	21.8¹²	—	6.4⁵	—	+3.0⁶	8.0³⁰	7.3³⁰	+1.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1961: P20 from 29	54 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 15.9
90Jody Ridley	31	58	10.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	7¹⁰	24.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	32⁹⁹	23.8¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	17.7³⁰	7.4³⁰	+6.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1980: P10 from 27	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 10.9
48James Hylton	41	58	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁹	14.9¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	-7.3⁶	27.1²⁷	6.5²⁷	+5.5²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1966: P12 from 7	35 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.6
3Richard Childress	6	56	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁹	17.1¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	-5.0⁶	18.8²⁰	8.4²⁰	-1.1²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	40.0%²⁰	—	1973: P27 from 14	16 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 20.9
27Cale Yarborough	1	56	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	6.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁹	15.3¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	+17.7⁶	9.7¹⁷	10.2¹⁷	-4.1¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12¹⁷	41.2%¹⁷	—	1962: P10 from 18	56 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 17.7
5Morgan Shepherd	39	55	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁹	18.3¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	-2.3⁶	13.2²⁸	11.1²⁸	-4.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	46.4%²⁸	—	1978: P40 from 37	32 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.8
9Bill Elliott	25	55	11.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁹⁹	17.4¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	14.0¹²	14.8¹²	-3.3¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17¹²	33.3%¹²	—	1976: P19 from 38	59 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 15.6
1Buddy Baker	21	54	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁷	2⁹⁹	13.7¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	-12.3⁶	10.7¹⁵	13.8¹⁵	-5.5¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	40.0%¹⁵	—	1961: P14 from 21	63 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
47Ron Bouchard	7	54	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁹	17.2¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+1.0⁶	14.8²¹	10.7²¹	-0.0²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²¹	38.1%²¹	—	1982: P6 from 22	11 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.1
68Lennie Pond	16	54	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁹	20.1¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-6.0⁶	20.5¹¹	7.8¹¹	-0.5¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09¹¹	54.5%¹¹	—	1973: P20 from 26	21 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.3
11Darrell Waltrip	19	53	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁹	25.7¹²	—	14.8⁵	—	+2.7⁶	4.9³⁰	10.7³⁰	-2.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1973: P12 from 11	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.4
98Johnny Rutherford	9	53	20.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.6⁴	2⁹⁹	21.0¹	—	15.8⁵	—	-8.0⁶	24.4¹¹	9.9¹¹	+1.7¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27¹¹	54.5%¹¹	—	1963: P1 from 9 · led 6	14 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.4
66Lake Speed	20	53	26.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	5⁹⁹	15.2¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+1.0⁶	23.2²⁶	9.2²⁶	+3.8²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁶	42.3%²⁶	—	1980: P38 from 18	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 24.0
17Tommy Houston	42	52	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁹	12.0¹	—	21.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	25.2⁶	4.4⁶	+9.5⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	16.7%⁶	—	first start here	—
37Mike Alexander	15	51	21.6⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	26.4⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0²	5⁹⁹	24.3⁶	—	15.8⁵	—	-1.0⁶	17.2¹⁸	9.4¹⁸	-4.6¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁸	55.6%¹⁸	—	1984: P21 from 42	7 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 21.6
33Harry Gant	2	51	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁹	16.3¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+11.7⁶	6.9³⁰	10.8³⁰	-5.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1978: P41 from 20	31 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.2
51A.J. Foyt	13	51	11.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	5.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁶	2⁹⁹	23.1¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	12.5²	19.8²	-8.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	1963: P3 from 10	53 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.8
6Joe Ruttman	22	50	20.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.9¹⁰	3.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.0¹	5⁹⁹	21.3¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+13.7⁶	11.8¹⁶	9.3¹⁶	-3.8¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	50.0%¹⁶	—	1982: P3 from 8	18 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.4
12Tim Richmond	18	50	25.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.1¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.5²	5⁹⁹	15.5¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	18.8²⁸	8.1²⁸	+1.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	39.3%²⁸	—	1981: P30 from 40	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 25.0
52Jimmy Means	30	50	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁹	21.8¹²	—	19.6⁵	—	+3.3⁶	28.7²⁹	7.3²⁹	+9.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1976: P40 from 20 · led 1	30 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.1
88Ricky Rudd	12	49	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁹	19.3¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+2.7⁶	7.5³⁰	11.7³⁰	-5.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	26.7%³⁰	—	1976: P10 from 22	59 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.1
15Benny Parsons	26	49	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁹⁹	22.2¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	+3.7⁶	9.5³⁰	13.6³⁰	-8.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	53.3%³⁰	—	1969: P5 from 11	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
64Tommy Gale	34	49	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁹⁹	22.5¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+5.7⁶	27.8²⁹	6.1²⁹	+8.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1969: P12 from 13	22 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.6
42Kyle Petty	10	48	28.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.8⁴	5⁹⁹	16.9¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+3.3⁶	17.1³⁰	10.7³⁰	-2.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	60.0%³⁰	—	1981: P32 from 11	51 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.2
24Cecil Gordon	29	48	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.7³	5⁹⁹	19.2¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-6.0⁶	29.0²⁴	7.1²⁴	+5.7²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	29.2%²⁴	—	1969: P11 from 20	28 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.2
19Dick May	38	47	23.9⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	32.9⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁹	19.7¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	31.3⁸	8.2⁸	+10.1⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	50.0%⁸	—	1970: P19 from 27	7 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 23.9
75Bill Elswick	17	47	17.5²	0²	0²	0²	29.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	+8.5²	5⁹⁹	35.0¹	—	20.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	28.0²	1.4²	+16.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	1980: P24 from 38	2 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 17.5
22Stan Barrett	27	47	27.0³	0³	0³	0³	30.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁹	26.0³	—	16.6⁵	—	-10.3⁶	21.9⁹	10.8⁹	+1.4⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33⁹	33.3%⁹	—	1981: P13 from 22	3 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 27.0
67Buddy Arrington	33	46	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁹⁹	29.0¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-1.3⁶	24.4³⁰	9.7³⁰	+6.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1966: P36 from 29	35 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.9
21Neil Bonnett	11	44	20.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	5.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+17.5²	32⁹⁹	31.3¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	-13.3⁶	6.9²¹	14.1²¹	-12.8²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²¹	61.9%²¹	—	1976: P5 from 13	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.5
62Rick Wilson	8	44	18.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.4¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0¹	2⁹⁹	24.7¹²	—	29.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	18.9⁷	12.2⁷	-7.3⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29⁷	71.4%⁷	—	1980: P15 from 20	18 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.7
99Kevin Housby	36	43	30.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	21.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁹	16.0¹	—	24.3³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1980: P30 from 21	1 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 30.0
70J.D. McDuffie	40	43	29.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+28.0¹	2⁹⁹	28.2¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	-1.0⁶	27.7²⁷	6.5²⁷	+8.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1966: P21 from 37	34 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.4
86Elliott Forbes-Robinson	24	39	33.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	22.5⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁹	26.8⁵	—	21.8⁵	—	-13.0⁶	24.8¹⁰	11.0¹⁰	+4.3¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	60.0%¹⁰	—	1977: P40 from 16	4 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 33.3
13Jack Ingram	28	38	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁹⁹	36.5²	—	28.3⁴	—	—	24.5⁴	13.1⁴	-3.8⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	75.0%⁴	—	first start here	—
4Connie Saylor	35	36	32.7⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	27.1⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁹	31.6⁹	—	24.4⁵	—	-5.0⁶	27.5⁶	13.9⁶	+3.3⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	50.0%⁶	—	1980: P39 from 12	9 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 32.7
31Billie Harvey	23	35	40.0²	0²	0²	0²	35.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁹	26.5²	—	22.4⁵	—	-14.3⁶	36.0¹	—	-5.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1981: P41 from 36	2 st · 0 W · best P39 · avg 40.0
50Bruce Hill	32	33	28.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.3³	5⁹⁹	31.0¹²	—	33.8⁵	—	-6.0⁶	29.4⁷	6.7⁷	-2.0⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	85.7%⁷	—	1975: P32 from 20	12 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 30.2