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Form favourites · top 8

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	15.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.9¹⁰	5.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁷	14.7¹²	—	3.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	8.1³⁰	9.9³⁰	-4.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1978: P12 from 27	43 st · 10 W · best P1 · avg 12.0
43Richard Petty	20	62	11.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.2¹⁰	3.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.3⁷	5⁹⁷	15.4¹²	—	13.2⁵	—	-4.0⁶	10.3³⁰	12.6³⁰	-4.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	43.3%³⁰	—	1970: P7 from 8	45 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
28Bobby Allison	2	60	19.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	3.8¹⁰	15.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-36.0¹	5⁹⁷	18.7¹²	—	6.4⁵	—	+3.0⁶	8.1³⁰	8.3³⁰	+1.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1970: P29 from 4 · led 40	36 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
5Morgan Shepherd	15	60	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	21.0¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁷	21.6¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	-2.3⁶	14.0²⁸	10.5²⁸	-3.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	42.9%²⁸	—	1981: P23 from 30	32 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.0
44Terry Labonte	4	59	17.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.5¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁷	16.0¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	+0.7⁶	8.7³⁰	9.7³⁰	-4.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1979: P9 from 16 · led 1	60 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.5
48James Hylton	25	58	13.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	5.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁷	12.4¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	-7.3⁶	27.7²⁷	5.5²⁷	+6.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1970: P8 from 22	24 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
71Dave Marcis	14	57	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁷	18.9¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+7.0⁶	16.7³⁰	10.5³⁰	-1.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	50.0%³⁰	—	1970: P17 from 24	60 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.1
3Richard Childress	17	57	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁷	19.8¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	-5.0⁶	18.3²⁰	8.3²⁰	-1.4²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	35.0%²⁰	—	1969: P23 from 26	18 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 16.4
27Cale Yarborough	5	57	18.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	5⁹⁷	16.8¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	+17.7⁶	9.5¹⁷	9.9¹⁷	-2.8¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁷	35.3%¹⁷	—	1970: P5 from 21 · led 12	33 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.5
98Rusty Wallace	19	55	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁷	19.8¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-8.7⁶	23.7³	13.6³	+2.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	66.7%³	—	1984: P31 from 31 · led 1	44 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.6
1Buddy Baker	7	55	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	16.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁴	5⁹⁷	22.7¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	-12.3⁶	11.7¹⁵	13.4¹⁵	-2.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	33.3%¹⁵	—	1970: P12 from 5 · led 101	42 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
66Lake Speed	35	55	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.0²	5⁹⁷	27.2¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+1.0⁶	22.6²⁶	9.1²⁶	+2.2²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁶	46.2%²⁶	—	1980: P7 from 20 · led 2	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.4
90Jody Ridley	27	54	24.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	30⁹⁷	13.2¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	17.9³⁰	8.8³⁰	+5.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	26.7%³⁰	—	1973: P37 from 28	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 26.7
47Ron Bouchard	10	54	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁷	19.2¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+1.0⁶	14.7²¹	10.3²¹	-0.6²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²¹	38.1%²¹	—	1981: P20 from 22	12 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.3
12Tim Richmond	33	53	15.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-15.0¹	5⁹⁷	24.2¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	18.2²⁸	7.5²⁸	+1.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	39.3%²⁸	—	1981: P6 from 23	12 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 13.6
68Lennie Pond	11	53	19.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁷	20.8¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-6.0⁶	21.0¹¹	8.3¹¹	+1.2¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09¹¹	45.5%¹¹	—	1973: P46 from 23	17 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.0
33Harry Gant	1	53	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0¹	5⁹⁷	20.8¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+11.7⁶	7.0³⁰	10.8³⁰	-5.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1979: P39 from 20	31 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.8
9Bill Elliott	18	53	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁹⁷	12.9¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	14.6¹²	15.4¹²	-4.6¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17¹²	41.7%¹²	—	1976: P38 from 39	56 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.8
37Mike Alexander	24	53	22.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	22.4⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	+8.0¹	5⁹⁷	19.8⁸	—	15.8⁵	—	-1.0⁶	16.7¹⁸	9.4¹⁸	-3.6¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁸	50.0%¹⁸	—	1981: P21 from 3	5 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 22.2
42Kyle Petty	31	53	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.0⁶	5⁹⁷	24.6¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+3.3⁶	16.4³⁰	10.7³⁰	-3.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	60.0%³⁰	—	1979: P9 from 18	52 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.5
11Darrell Waltrip	13	52	26.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁷	17.4¹²	—	14.8⁵	—	+2.7⁶	5.1³⁰	10.7³⁰	-2.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1972: P38 from 25	54 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 20.7
25Joe Booher	42	51	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁷	17.0¹	—	19.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	30.7³	2.0³	+8.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	0.0%³	—	first start here	—
88Ricky Rudd	12	50	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	5⁹⁷	22.3¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+2.7⁶	7.5³⁰	12.6³⁰	-5.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1976: P23 from 20	58 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.6
6Joe Ruttman	8	50	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁷	20.8¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+11.3⁶	12.7¹⁶	9.8¹⁶	-3.3¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	50.0%¹⁶	—	1981: P29 from 15	17 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.8
24Cecil Gordon	34	49	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	5⁹⁷	22.1¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-6.0⁶	28.8²⁴	6.9²⁴	+5.2²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	33.3%²⁴	—	1970: P21 from 18	24 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.1
15Benny Parsons	22	49	21.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁹⁷	16.8¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	+3.7⁶	9.7³⁰	14.1³⁰	-9.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁰	56.7%³⁰	—	1970: P4 from 11	35 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.3
75Gary Balough	41	49	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁷	20.7³	—	20.8⁵	—	+5.7⁶	14.8⁹	8.3⁹	-6.4⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33⁹	44.4%⁹	—	first start here	—
52Jimmy Means	28	49	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁷	20.5¹²	—	19.6⁵	—	+3.3⁶	28.8²⁹	7.3²⁹	+9.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1976: P31 from 29	32 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.2
64Tommy Gale	37	48	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁹⁷	20.6¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+5.7⁶	27.7²⁹	6.1²⁹	+8.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1971: P37 from 14	22 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.8
99Terry Herman	40	48	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁷	—	—	22.0²	—	—	12.0¹	—	-19.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.00¹	100.0%¹	—	first start here	—
94Bobby Wawak	39	47	25.6⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	31.2⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁷	26.3⁸	—	17.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	31.4¹³	9.1¹³	+5.4¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	53.8%¹³	—	1976: P29 from 32	9 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 25.6
19Dick May	32	47	21.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	36.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-27.0¹	5⁹⁷	24.8⁸	—	22.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	32.0⁸	8.5⁸	+8.9⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	62.5%⁸	—	1971: P27 from 43	12 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 19.7
38Sandy Satullo	38	44	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁷	38.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
67Buddy Arrington	21	43	31.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁹⁷	21.5¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-1.3⁶	24.8³⁰	8.7³⁰	+7.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1970: P42 from 14	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.4
62Rick Wilson	9	42	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.3¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁹⁷	21.4¹²	—	29.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	18.7⁷	13.1⁷	-10.6⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	71.4%⁷	—	1980: P36 from 20	20 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.8
22Stan Barrett	16	42	34.5²	0²	0²	0²	24.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0¹	2⁹⁷	26.8⁴	—	16.6⁵	—	-10.3⁶	23.1⁹	10.0⁹	+0.8⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33⁹	44.4%⁹	—	1981: P35 from 16	2 st · 0 W · best P34 · avg 34.5
21Neil Bonnett	6	41	31.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	7.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+20.7³	30⁹⁷	22.2¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	-13.3⁶	7.1²¹	13.7²¹	-12.2²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²¹	61.9%²¹	—	1974: P45 from 33	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 24.4
86Elliott Forbes-Robinson	26	39	30.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	27.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁷	31.2⁵	—	21.8⁵	—	-13.0⁶	24.6¹⁰	10.6¹⁰	+3.0¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	60.0%¹⁰	—	1981: P16 from 12	4 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 30.5
4Connie Saylor	29	37	31.4⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	25.3⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁹⁷	30.8¹⁰	—	24.4⁵	—	-5.0⁶	28.5⁶	13.6⁶	+7.5⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	33.3%⁶	—	1979: P18 from 11	8 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 31.4
17Mike Potter	36	37	30.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	35.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁷	30.0¹	—	26.8⁵	—	+2.7⁶	31.0⁵	7.2⁵	+5.0⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	40.0%⁵	—	1983: P30 from 35	1 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 30.0
50Bruce Hill	30	32	30.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+20.5²	5⁹⁷	30.2¹²	—	33.8⁵	—	-6.0⁶	29.7⁷	8.9⁷	+0.3⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	71.4%⁷	—	1975: P47 from 42	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 31.0
13Jack Ingram	23	30	35.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	16.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁹⁷	37.0¹	—	28.0⁴	—	—	25.8⁴	12.8⁴	-2.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	75.0%⁴	—	1979: P35 from 16	1 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 35.0