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Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 28

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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
44Terry Labonte	2	66	7.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	9¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁹²	13.1¹²	—	4.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	7.2²⁹	10.8²⁹	-5.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1979: P7 from 10	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.4
11Darrell Waltrip	13	62	7.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	4.8¹⁰	11.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁹²	12.7¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+5.7⁶	6.9²⁹	11.5²⁹	-1.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1973: P30 from 13	51 st · 11 W · best P1 · avg 11.5
43Richard Petty	11	61	8.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.3¹⁰	17.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁶	5⁹²	9.7¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	-9.0⁶	14.7²⁹	9.3²⁹	+3.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1961: P4 from 4 · led 19	59 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.3
9Bill Elliott	14	59	10.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.6¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁹²	11.5¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	9.4²⁹	8.4²⁹	-0.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1979: P10 from 17	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
15Dale Earnhardt	5	59	8.6¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	8.9¹⁰	21.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁹²	8.0¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	9.3²⁹	12.1²⁹	-6.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	44.8%²⁹	—	1979: P1 from 9 · led 163	42 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.3
33Harry Gant	4	58	11.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7.2¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁹²	13.8¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+3.7⁶	11.6²⁹	11.2²⁹	-2.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1979: P21 from 17	30 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.2
2Morgan Shepherd	6	58	14.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	5.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁹²	13.6¹²	—	8.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	19.9²⁴	10.8²⁴	+3.4²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	41.7%²⁴	—	1981: P4 from 7 · led 18	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.1
47Ron Bouchard	8	57	12.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁹²	11.8¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	-21.0⁶	13.1²⁷	10.5²⁷	-5.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	1981: P24 from 3 · led 6	10 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 12.2
27Tim Richmond	7	54	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.2¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.5²	5⁹²	14.5¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+5.0⁶	9.7²⁹	12.9²⁹	-7.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	44.8%²⁹	—	1981: P10 from 13	10 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.1
22Bobby Allison	12	53	20.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.0¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.5²	4⁹²	15.7¹²	—	8.0⁵	—	-12.3⁶	11.2²⁹	8.1²⁹	+4.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1965: P32 from 18	43 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 11.3
71Dave Marcis	15	52	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁹²	20.6¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	-8.3⁶	22.3²⁹	8.7²⁹	+4.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1968: P13 from 20	53 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.8
75Neil Bonnett	1	51	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.2⁵	35⁹²	12.6¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	9.0²⁹	10.6²⁹	-3.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1977: P4 from 6	18 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 14.6
3Ricky Rudd	3	51	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁹²	12.7¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+5.0⁶	6.7²⁹	10.9²⁹	-8.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1975: P10 from 23	57 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.2
98Joe Ruttman	10	48	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	9.4¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹²	14.5¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-9.7⁶	7.1²⁹	11.8²⁹	-11.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1981: P21 from 12 · led 49	15 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 21.3
52Jimmy Means	22	48	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁹²	16.8¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	29.9²⁷	8.4²⁷	+10.8²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1976: P19 from 15	27 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.0
70J.D. McDuffie	26	47	15.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	27.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹²	19.8¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-9.7⁶	31.4²⁴	7.6²⁴	+6.3²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	50.0%²⁴	—	1963: P19 from 33	38 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 17.7
90Dick Brooks	17	47	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.5²	29⁹²	15.7¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	+13.0⁶	15.5²⁹	10.0²⁹	-3.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1969: P25 from 13	20 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.2
17Sterling Marlin	19	46	14.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.6¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹²	19.0¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	24.8²⁹	8.4²⁹	+3.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1983: P15 from 23	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.3
7Kyle Petty	16	46	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.8⁵	5⁹²	19.3¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-5.7⁶	19.8²⁹	8.8²⁹	+1.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1981: P11 from 23	49 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.2
88Geoff Bodine	9	46	15.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	4.8¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.4⁴	5⁹²	14.8¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	6.9²⁷	12.6²⁷	-12.8²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22²⁷	55.6%²⁷	—	1982: P10 from 11	37 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.5
67Buddy Arrington	25	45	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	0⁹²	22.4¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+4.3⁶	26.5²⁹	6.7²⁹	+7.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1964: P25 from 35	36 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 17.1
64Tommy Gale	20	45	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁹²	22.0¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	27.9²⁷	6.4²⁷	+3.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	55.6%²⁷	—	1978: P22 from 29	13 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 17.4
48Trevor Boys	21	43	17.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	25.8⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁹²	20.8¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-4.7⁶	23.8²¹	7.6²¹	+3.6²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²¹	33.3%²¹	—	1983: P17 from 18	5 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 17.2
41Ronnie Thomas	18	43	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹²	19.6¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	29.3²⁵	5.4²⁵	+6.9²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁵	40.0%²⁵	—	1978: P20 from 13	18 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 21.4
6D.K. Ulrich	23	42	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁹²	20.4¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	+9.0⁶	28.4²¹	6.2²¹	+10.1²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²¹	23.8%²¹	—	1973: P24 from 28	19 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 17.6
02Rick Newsom	28	42	22.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	27.0⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁹²	23.1¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	-13.0⁶	33.2⁵	6.7⁵	+10.0⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	40.0%⁵	—	1973: P12 from 27	5 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 22.6
76Mike Potter	27	37	24.3⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	26.9⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁹²	22.7³	—	25.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	30.9¹⁰	5.7¹⁰	+5.5¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	50.0%¹⁰	—	1979: P16 from 28	8 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 24.3
26Ronnie Hopkins	24	34	28.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	16.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁹²	27.0²	—	22.2⁵	—	-9.0⁶	24.6¹²	6.6¹²	-1.0¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹²	66.7%¹²	—	1983: P28 from 16	1 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 28.0