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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	11.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.2¹⁰	3.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.3⁷	2⁹⁵	15.4¹²	—	10.0⁵	—	-20.3⁶	13.5²⁹	11.5²⁹	-0.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1970: P7 from 8	45 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
15Dale Earnhardt	20	61	17.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	6.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	30⁹⁵	14.7¹²	—	8.8⁵	—	-14.0⁶	10.3²⁹	12.7²⁹	-8.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	62.1%²⁹	—	1978: P12 from 27	43 st · 10 W · best P1 · avg 12.5
90Jody Ridley	34	59	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	30⁹⁵	13.2¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	-2.3⁶	18.7²⁹	9.1²⁹	+1.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1973: P37 from 28	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.2
88Bobby Allison	12	59	19.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	3.8¹⁰	15.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-36.0¹	5⁹⁵	18.7¹²	—	7.2⁵	—	+4.3⁶	7.6²⁹	8.7²⁹	-1.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1970: P29 from 4 · led 40	36 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 17.3
27Cale Yarborough	6	58	18.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	5⁹⁵	16.8¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-20.0⁶	8.9¹⁵	13.7¹⁵	-5.4¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	46.7%¹⁵	—	1970: P5 from 21 · led 12	33 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.2
1Buddy Baker	13	57	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	16.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁴	5⁹⁵	22.7¹²	—	11.4⁵	—	+2.7⁶	10.5²²	10.9²²	-5.6²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²²	50.0%²²	—	1970: P12 from 5 · led 101	42 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
98Morgan Shepherd	16	57	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁵	21.6¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	-2.3⁶	8.2²⁸	10.7²⁸	-8.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	50.0%²⁸	—	1981: P23 from 30	32 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.0
02Mark Martin	11	57	11.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁵	25.4¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	15.2²⁹	10.2²⁹	-4.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1982: P12 from 25 · led 2	47 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
33Harry Gant	14	56	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	5⁹⁵	20.8¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	6.3²⁹	11.8²⁹	-7.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1979: P39 from 20	31 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.5
9Bill Elliott	7	56	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁹⁵	12.9¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-32.0⁶	10.9²⁰	9.9²⁰	-1.9²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁰	25.0%²⁰	—	1976: P38 from 39	56 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.5
47Ron Bouchard	8	56	15.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁵	19.2¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+1.0⁶	15.7²⁹	10.8²⁹	+0.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1981: P20 from 22	12 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.3
44Terry Labonte	4	53	18.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.5¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁵	16.0¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	+7.0⁶	7.8²⁹	11.0²⁹	-3.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1979: P9 from 16 · led 1	60 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.6
28Benny Parsons	1	53	21.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁵	16.8¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+6.0⁶	10.4²²	12.2²²	-4.8²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²²	45.5%²²	—	1970: P4 from 11	35 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.6
3Ricky Rudd	3	52	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	2⁹⁵	22.3¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	-10.3⁶	7.7²⁹	11.0²⁹	-8.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	44.8%²⁹	—	1976: P23 from 20	58 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.6
24Lennie Pond	23	52	19.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁵	20.8¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	30.1¹²	10.0¹²	+7.3¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹²	50.0%¹²	—	1973: P46 from 23	17 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.6
17Lake Speed	28	52	14.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.0¹	5⁹⁵	27.2¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	19.9²⁹	9.9²⁹	-2.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	62.1%²⁹	—	1980: P7 from 20 · led 2	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.5
40Ferrel Harris	40	51	22.4⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	27.7⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	-32.0¹	5⁹⁵	15.3⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1975: P45 from 44	7 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.4
66Lowell Cowell	26	51	22.0²	0²	0²	0²	33.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	5⁹⁵	13.5²	—	21.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	34.0⁴	3.7⁴	+17.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	0.0%⁴	—	1982: P18 from 30	2 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 22.0
37Donnie Allison	17	51	25.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	8.9¹⁰	9.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁵	13.5¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+7.0⁶	24.1⁸	12.8⁸	+0.5⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁸	62.5%⁸	—	1971: P1 from 1 · led 62	20 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.9
71Dave Marcis	10	51	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁵	18.9¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	17.4²⁹	9.2²⁹	+3.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1970: P17 from 24	60 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.7
34L.W. Wright	36	50	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
75Joe Ruttman	21	50	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.0¹	2⁹⁵	20.8¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	11.4²⁸	12.0²⁸	-7.1²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	46.4%²⁸	—	1981: P29 from 15	17 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.8
50Geoff Bodine	5	49	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	9.3¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+21.5³	2⁹⁵	17.2¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	10.0²⁴	9.8²⁴	-4.4²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁴	33.3%²⁴	—	1982: P15 from 1	35 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.8
64Tommy Gale	35	48	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁹⁵	20.6¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+0.7⁶	28.9²⁵	6.6²⁵	+9.0²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁵	24.0%²⁵	—	1971: P37 from 14	22 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.9
6D.K. Ulrich	31	48	26.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	38.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁵	19.6⁸	—	16.2⁵	—	-1.7⁶	25.0²⁴	6.4²⁴	+4.6²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁴	33.3%²⁴	—	1973: P33 from 42	13 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 25.1
2Tim Richmond	24	48	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-15.0¹	5⁹⁵	24.2¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+8.0⁶	11.7²⁵	10.9²⁵	-3.2²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16²⁵	36.0%²⁵	—	1981: P6 from 23	12 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.8
11Darrell Waltrip	2	48	26.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁵	17.4¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	3.8²⁹	10.8²⁹	-5.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1972: P38 from 25	54 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.7
42Kyle Petty	15	48	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.7⁶	2⁹⁵	24.6¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	+5.3⁶	18.4²⁸	9.3²⁸	-2.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	57.1%²⁸	—	1979: P9 from 18	52 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.5
52Jimmy Means	33	47	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁵	20.5¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-3.7⁶	26.7²⁹	4.7²⁹	+10.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1976: P31 from 29	32 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.4
54David Simko	29	45	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁵	—	—	29.2⁵	—	+4.0⁶	35.0¹	—	+6.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	first start here	—
73Steve Moore	27	44	19.5⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	38.5⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁵	25.3³	—	27.6⁵	—	+4.3⁶	37.0³	11.5³	+6.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	66.7%³	—	1977: P19 from 40	6 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 19.5
19John Anderson	30	44	26.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	39.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁵	13.5²	—	29.8⁵	—	-2.7⁶	31.7³	12.5³	+2.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	66.7%³	—	1980: P26 from 39	1 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 26.0
07Bill Scott (Brevard)	39	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁵	—	—	32.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
48Slick Johnson	37	43	22.0³	0³	0³	0³	35.0³	0.4%³	—	—	—	—	—	+8.0¹	5⁹⁵	22.7³	—	28.6⁵	—	+6.0⁶	26.5¹⁶	7.1¹⁶	+2.4¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	68.8%¹⁶	—	1980: P19 from 35	3 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 22.0
99Philip Duffie	25	41	30.5²	0²	0²	0²	39.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁵	19.5²	—	22.4⁵	—	-8.7⁶	38.0⁴	3.1⁴	+19.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	0.0%⁴	—	1982: P23 from 40	2 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 30.5
70J.D. McDuffie	38	41	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁵	28.8¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	28.3²⁹	8.1²⁹	+5.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	48.3%²⁹	—	1970: P41 from 29	27 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.4
67Buddy Arrington	32	41	31.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁹⁵	21.5¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	24.2²⁹	6.1²⁹	+9.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1970: P42 from 14	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.4
96Elliott Forbes-Robinson	18	39	26.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	29.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹⁵	31.2⁵	—	21.8⁵	—	-13.0⁶	29.0²	8.5²	-5.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	100.0%²	—	1981: P16 from 12	4 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 26.3
62Rick Wilson	22	39	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁹⁵	21.4¹²	—	36.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	25.6⁷	10.7⁷	+2.7⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	57.1%⁷	—	1980: P36 from 20	20 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.2
21Neil Bonnett	19	38	31.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	7.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+20.7³	30⁹⁵	22.2¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	12.3²⁴	10.2²⁴	-2.9²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁴	50.0%²⁴	—	1974: P45 from 33	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 25.1