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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	3	63	18.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹⁵	15.4¹²	—	4.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	7.2²⁹	10.8²⁹	-5.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1979: P16 from 19	62 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.8
43Richard Petty	30	60	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	5.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.5⁶	2⁹⁵	11.7¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	-9.0⁶	14.0²⁹	8.3²⁹	+4.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1959: P57 from 6	73 st · 10 W · best P1 · avg 14.7
9Bill Elliott	14	60	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁹⁵	17.4¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	9.4²⁹	8.4²⁹	-0.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1976: P19 from 38	59 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
28Cale Yarborough	1	59	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	6.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹⁵	15.3¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	-12.3⁶	8.5¹⁵	12.3¹⁵	-6.5¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	46.7%¹⁵	—	1962: P10 from 18	56 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
55Benny Parsons	4	58	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹⁵	22.2¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	+9.0⁶	9.3¹⁵	13.4¹⁵	-9.2¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	53.3%¹⁵	—	1969: P5 from 11	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
71Dave Marcis	26	57	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹⁵	17.7¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	-8.3⁶	22.0²⁹	8.8²⁹	+4.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1968: P20 from 35	66 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.9
15Dale Earnhardt	7	57	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	4.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	30⁹⁵	15.5¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	9.3²⁹	12.1²⁹	-6.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	44.8%²⁹	—	1978: P7 from 28	45 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 10.8
84Jody Ridley	21	56	13.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	6¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	6⁹⁵	23.8¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	-10.0⁶	19.9⁹	9.8⁹	-0.9⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	44.4%⁹	—	1980: P10 from 27	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 13.6
22Bobby Allison	13	56	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+18.0¹	6⁹⁵	21.8¹²	—	8.0⁵	—	-12.3⁶	11.2²⁹	8.1²⁹	+4.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1961: P20 from 29	54 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
47Ron Bouchard	10	56	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁹⁵	17.2¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	-21.0⁶	13.0²⁷	10.4²⁷	-5.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	1981: P9 from 7	11 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.6
11Darrell Waltrip	24	56	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹⁵	25.7¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+5.7⁶	6.6²⁹	11.3²⁹	-0.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1973: P12 from 11	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.2
8Bobby Hillin Jr.	40	55	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.8⁵	6⁹⁵	15.4¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	+3.0⁶	28.0¹¹	10.9¹¹	+5.3¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	36.4%¹¹	—	1982: P20 from 24	25 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.3
33Harry Gant	25	55	23.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	3.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-24.0¹	6⁹⁵	16.3¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+3.7⁶	10.9²⁹	11.4²⁹	-3.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1978: P41 from 20	31 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.9
2Morgan Shepherd	31	54	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁹⁵	18.3¹²	—	8.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	18.8²⁴	10.8²⁴	+2.3²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	41.7%²⁴	—	1978: P40 from 37	32 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.3
27Tim Richmond	11	53	23.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.5²	2⁹⁵	15.5¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+5.0⁶	9.6²⁹	12.6²⁹	-6.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1981: P30 from 40	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.6
16David Pearson	15	52	18.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	45⁹⁵	13.5¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	-3.0⁶	11.0⁹	12.8⁹	-13.2⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	66.7%⁹	—	1960: P17 from 20	53 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
98Joe Ruttman	2	52	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.9¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5²	45⁹⁵	21.3¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-9.7⁶	7.4²⁹	11.2²⁹	-10.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1981: P29 from 22	18 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.0
52Jimmy Means	38	51	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁹⁵	21.8¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	29.3²⁷	7.7²⁷	+11.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	22.2%²⁷	—	1976: P40 from 20 · led 1	30 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 23.5
90Dick Brooks	12	51	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0²	30⁹⁵	20.1¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	+13.0⁶	15.7²⁹	9.7²⁹	-3.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1969: P16 from 12	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.3
51Lennie Pond	37	51	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁹⁵	20.1¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	-8.0⁶	26.9⁹	10.3⁹	+6.3⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	44.4%⁹	—	1973: P20 from 26	21 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.4
21Buddy Baker	8	50	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁷	30⁹⁵	13.7¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-12.7⁶	10.7²⁰	11.3²⁰	-4.8²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	40.0%²⁰	—	1961: P14 from 21	63 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
17Sterling Marlin	28	50	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0²	45⁹⁵	18.8¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	24.5²⁹	8.3²⁹	+3.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1980: P8 from 36	51 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
24Cecil Gordon	35	50	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.7³	0⁹⁵	19.2¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	31.9⁷	6.1⁷	+9.4⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	42.9%⁷	—	1969: P11 from 20	28 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.3
67Buddy Arrington	20	50	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁹⁵	29.0¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+4.3⁶	26.7²⁹	6.1²⁹	+7.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1966: P36 from 29	35 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.4
64Tommy Gale	39	49	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁹⁵	22.5¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	27.1²⁷	6.5²⁷	+2.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	55.6%²⁷	—	1969: P12 from 13	22 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.4
77Ken Ragan	23	49	23.3⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	29.1⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹⁵	21.0⁷	—	17.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	31.6⁷	9.0⁷	+11.0⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	14.3%⁷	—	1984: P14 from 17	7 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 23.3
88Geoff Bodine	5	49	17.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	6.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-19.0¹	2⁹⁵	22.7¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	7.1²⁷	12.4²⁷	-13.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22²⁷	55.6%²⁷	—	1979: P29 from 16 · led 6	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.0
4Mark Martin	16	47	26.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁵	11.0¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+4.0⁶	15.6¹⁵	9.8¹⁵	-5.5¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁵	53.3%¹⁵	—	1982: P30 from 26	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.9
3Ricky Rudd	6	47	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹⁵	19.3¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+5.0⁶	6.6²⁹	11.1²⁹	-8.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1976: P10 from 22	59 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.5
7Kyle Petty	18	47	26.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	11.0¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.3⁴	2⁹⁵	16.9¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-5.7⁶	19.8²⁹	8.6²⁹	+1.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1981: P32 from 11	51 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.7
75Neil Bonnett	9	47	20.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	5.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+17.5²	45⁹⁵	31.3¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	8.8²⁹	10.3²⁹	-3.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1976: P5 from 13	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.6
41Ronnie Thomas	27	45	25.4⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	32.5⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹⁵	22.3¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	29.0²⁵	5.6²⁵	+6.9²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁵	40.0%²⁵	—	1978: P25 from 38	8 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 25.4
5Greg Sacks	22	44	23.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-17.0¹	45⁹⁵	22.0¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	26.5⁴	8.7⁴	-2.0⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.75⁴	75.0%⁴	—	1984: P18 from 20	23 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 26.3
10Clark Dwyer	29	44	21.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	33.4⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0²	45⁹⁵	27.8⁵	—	26.0⁵	—	+14.3⁶	31.8⁴	14.6⁴	+4.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	50.0%⁴	—	1983: P21 from 40	5 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 21.8
74Bobby Wawak	33	43	26.1⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	27.3⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹⁵	24.9¹⁰	—	21.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	30.3⁸	8.3⁸	+6.9⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	37.5%⁸	—	1967: P24 from 22	7 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 26.1
1Lake Speed	19	41	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	45⁹⁵	15.2¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	15.8¹⁷	8.4¹⁷	+0.6¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁷	35.3%¹⁷	—	1980: P38 from 18	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 24.2
48Trevor Boys	32	41	24.3⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	31.7⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹⁵	30.2⁵	—	24.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	23.3²¹	7.6²¹	+2.8²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²¹	33.3%²¹	—	1984: P41 from 35	7 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 24.3
0Delma Cowart	34	36	29.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	30.8⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁹⁵	29.3⁶	—	27.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	36.7³	5.6³	+6.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	100.0%³	—	1982: P33 from 37	5 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 29.2
6Connie Saylor	17	32	32.2⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	29.1⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹⁵	31.6⁹	—	28.4⁵	—	+5.3⁶	33.0¹	—	-7.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1980: P39 from 12	9 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 32.2
39Blackie Wangerin	36	30	30.3⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	29.9⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁹⁵	33.8⁴	—	33.3³	—	—	27.0¹	—	-7.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1971: P29 from 25	7 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 30.3