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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	5	64	11.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.7⁶	7⁸⁷	14.9¹²	—	10.0⁵	—	-20.3⁶	13.7²⁹	11.5²⁹	-1.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1960: P20 from 12	64 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
90Jody Ridley	25	63	12.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	17.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.3³	26⁸⁷	16.3¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	-2.3⁶	19.0²⁹	9.9²⁹	+1.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1973: P5 from 19	16 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 16.8
15Dale Earnhardt	1	62	13.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.4¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-14.5¹	26⁸⁷	18.1¹²	—	8.8⁵	—	-14.0⁶	10.9²⁹	12.8²⁹	-7.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	58.6%²⁹	—	1976: P19 from 16	45 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.1
18Donnie Allison	21	60	8.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	6¹⁰	8¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸⁷	15.8¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+7.0⁶	23.6⁸	13.6⁸	+0.6⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁸	62.5%⁸	—	1967: P12 from 20	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.9
88Bobby Allison	19	59	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.9¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-16.5²	3⁸⁷	21.7¹²	—	7.2⁵	—	+4.3⁶	7.3²⁹	8.3²⁹	-1.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1961: P37 from 31	47 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
98Morgan Shepherd	7	59	16.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	3⁸⁷	18.5¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	-2.3⁶	8.5²⁸	10.8²⁸	-8.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	50.0%²⁸	—	1977: P33 from 13	32 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.2
50Joe Millikan	10	59	17.0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	3⁶	17.2⁶	0.1%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	7⁸⁷	17.5¹⁰	—	10.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	17.5⁶	13.2⁶	-0.3⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33⁶	50.0%⁶	—	1979: P8 from 13	6 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 17.0
28Benny Parsons	18	59	13.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁸⁷	15.7¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+6.0⁶	9.6²²	12.2²²	-5.5²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²²	45.5%²²	—	1970: P8 from 16	37 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.9
11Darrell Waltrip	14	58	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸⁷	11.8¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	3.4²⁹	10.8²⁹	-6.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1972: P8 from 12	55 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
33Harry Gant	3	58	14.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	3.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸⁷	20.3¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	6.7²⁹	11.7²⁹	-7.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1978: P7 from 8	31 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.7
44Terry Labonte	8	57	11.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.5¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸⁷	14.8¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	+7.0⁶	7.6²⁹	11.1²⁹	-3.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1978: P13 from 18	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.4
3Ricky Rudd	2	56	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	6¹⁰	14.8¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹	7⁸⁷	17.1¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	-10.3⁶	7.8²⁹	11.0²⁹	-8.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1975: P25 from 33	57 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
1Buddy Baker	6	55	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-12.7⁶	3⁸⁷	26.3¹²	—	11.4⁵	—	+2.7⁶	10.8²²	10.7²²	-5.1²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²²	50.0%²²	—	1961: P8 from 20	52 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.8
27Cale Yarborough	15	55	18.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.6¹⁰	17.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸⁷	23.8¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-20.0⁶	8.3¹⁵	14.5¹⁵	-8.3¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	53.3%¹⁵	—	1962: P40 from 23	46 st · 7 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
02Mark Martin	12	53	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸⁷	23.3¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	15.2²⁹	10.3²⁹	-4.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1982: P10 from 14	52 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.3
17Lake Speed	17	52	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸⁷	17.3¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	20.3²⁹	9.9²⁹	-2.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	62.1%²⁹	—	1980: P11 from 25	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.4
72Rusty Wallace	23	51	14.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸⁷	18.6¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-12.7⁶	21.0²	5.7²	-12.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	100.0%²	—	1980: P2 from 7	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
67Buddy Arrington	32	51	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-31.0¹	4⁸⁷	22.8¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	24.2²⁹	6.1²⁹	+9.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1965: P38 from 21	33 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 17.3
9Bill Elliott	4	50	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	26⁸⁷	13.2¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-32.0⁶	11.1²⁰	10.2²⁰	-1.9²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁰	30.0%²⁰	—	1976: P36 from 33	61 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 18.6
6D.K. Ulrich	36	50	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸⁷	22.9¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-1.7⁶	24.8²⁴	6.0²⁴	+5.1²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁴	29.2%²⁴	—	1975: P33 from 27	12 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 21.9
2Joe Ruttman	13	50	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸⁷	20.3¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	11.7²⁸	11.8²⁸	-6.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	46.4%²⁸	—	1981: P10 from 25	16 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 24.1
13Dick Brooks	11	49	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-17.5²	26⁸⁷	19.8¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-1.7⁶	15.3⁴	6.0⁴	-15.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	100.0%⁴	—	1969: P40 from 11	26 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.1
51A.J. Foyt	9	48	21.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	6.8¹⁰	8.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+29.0¹	1⁸⁷	22.6¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	9.0¹	—	-12.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1963: P37 from 4 · led 56	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 26.7
71Dave Marcis	20	48	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸⁷	23.3¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	17.1²⁹	9.6²⁹	+2.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1968: P16 from 28	58 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.4
47Ron Bouchard	29	48	24.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸⁷	23.3¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+1.0⁶	15.0²⁹	10.8²⁹	-0.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1981: P39 from 23	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.6
64Tommy Gale	26	47	25.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	26⁸⁷	22.8¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+0.7⁶	29.3²⁵	5.6²⁵	+10.2²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁵	20.0%²⁵	—	1971: P22 from 32	17 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 23.8
70J.D. McDuffie	35	47	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	31.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁸⁷	23.8¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	28.4²⁹	7.5²⁹	+6.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	44.8%²⁹	—	1966: P22 from 42	30 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.5
21Neil Bonnett	16	45	20.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+30.5¹	26⁸⁷	25.5¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	12.4²⁴	9.9²⁴	-2.4²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁴	45.8%²⁴	—	1976: P8 from 23	27 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
52Jimmy Means	33	45	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸⁷	24.8¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-3.7⁶	26.7²⁹	4.9²⁹	+10.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1976: P34 from 22	31 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 27.6
96Elliott Forbes-Robinson	40	45	31.3³	0³	0³	0³	27.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸⁷	15.0²	—	21.8⁵	—	-13.0⁶	18.0²	0.7²	-10.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	100.0%²	—	1977: P36 from 20	3 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 31.3
42Kyle Petty	22	45	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.7¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.6⁷	7⁸⁷	18.9¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	+5.3⁶	18.2²⁸	9.8²⁸	-1.7²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	53.6%²⁸	—	1979: P32 from 37	54 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.1
5Jim Sauter	24	44	26.1⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	34.3⁹	0.2%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸⁷	24.9¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-3.7⁶	19.0²	14.8²	-3.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	50.0%²	—	1983: P29 from 27	9 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 26.1
36Dick May	39	43	29.6⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	30.2⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁸⁷	23.4¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-1.3⁶	31.1⁷	8.5⁷	+8.7⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	42.9%⁷	—	1971: P22 from 35	9 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 29.6
4Connie Saylor	38	42	25.5⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	29.7⁶	0.1%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁸⁷	22.4¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	-7.0⁶	26.2⁶	12.7⁶	-0.8⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	50.0%⁶	—	1978: P8 from 32	6 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.5
26Brad Teague	28	42	30.7³	0³	0³	0³	25.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁸⁷	28.9¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	-8.0⁶	23.6⁸	5.8⁸	+4.4⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	50.0%⁸	—	1987: P17 from 24	3 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 30.7
62Rick Wilson	34	38	18.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-24.0¹	1⁸⁷	27.7¹²	—	36.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	23.9⁷	9.2⁷	-2.3⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	71.4%⁷	—	1981: P11 from 32 · led 1	17 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.0
0Delma Cowart	30	38	26.0³	0³	0³	0³	37.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸⁷	32.0⁴	—	26.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	28.3⁴	7.4⁴	+0.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	75.0%⁴	—	1981: P18 from 40	3 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 26.0
37Tom Sneva	27	38	32.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	29.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+19.0¹	3⁸⁷	27.0¹	—	24.8⁵	—	-11.0⁶	25.0²	6.4²	-1.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	100.0%²	—	1985: P32 from 29	1 st · 0 W · best P32 · avg 32.0
75Gary Balough	31	37	36.5²	0²	0²	0²	12.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸⁷	32.0⁴	—	18.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	18.8⁴	10.0⁴	-0.8⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.75⁴	75.0%⁴	—	1980: P39 from 8	2 st · 0 W · best P34 · avg 36.5
73Steve Moore	37	34	26.5²	0²	0²	0²	27.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁸⁷	34.3³	—	31.0⁵	—	+10.0⁶	33.7³	2.9³	-3.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	100.0%³	—	1980: P13 from 17	2 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 26.5