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Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 39

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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	7	63	15.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹³	16.0¹²	—	4.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	7.0²⁹	10.4²⁹	-4.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1979: P9 from 16 · led 1	60 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
43Richard Petty	12	61	11.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.2¹⁰	3.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.3⁷	2⁹³	15.4¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	-9.0⁶	14.7²⁹	9.3²⁹	+3.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1970: P7 from 8	45 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
2Morgan Shepherd	32	59	15.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁹³	21.6¹²	—	8.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	18.8²⁴	10.9²⁴	+3.3²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	37.5%²⁴	—	1981: P23 from 30	32 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.3
28Cale Yarborough	1	59	18.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	44⁹³	16.8¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	-12.3⁶	8.5¹⁵	13.8¹⁵	-7.6¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	46.7%¹⁵	—	1970: P5 from 21 · led 12	33 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.6
9Bill Elliott	2	58	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁹³	12.9¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	9.8²⁹	8.4²⁹	+0.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1976: P38 from 39	56 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.8
22Bobby Allison	24	57	19.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	3.8¹⁰	15.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-36.0¹	6⁹³	18.7¹²	—	8.0⁵	—	-12.3⁶	10.8²⁹	8.2²⁹	+3.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1970: P29 from 4 · led 40	36 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
16David Pearson	15	57	8.6¹⁰	3¹⁰	8¹⁰	8¹⁰	2.6¹⁰	17.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+38.0¹	44⁹³	15.9¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	-3.0⁶	11.0⁹	14.6⁹	-10.8⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	55.6%⁹	—	1970: P3 from 2 · led 7	24 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.5
55Benny Parsons	3	56	21.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹³	16.8¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	+9.0⁶	9.3¹⁵	13.5¹⁵	-9.4¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	53.3%¹⁵	—	1970: P4 from 11	35 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.0
33Harry Gant	23	56	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.7¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	6⁹³	20.8¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+3.7⁶	11.0²⁹	11.3²⁹	-3.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1979: P39 from 20	31 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.8
47Ron Bouchard	19	55	17.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁹³	19.2¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	-21.0⁶	12.7²⁷	10.7²⁷	-5.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	1981: P20 from 22	12 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.3
71Dave Marcis	36	55	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹³	18.9¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	-8.3⁶	21.6²⁹	8.4²⁹	+4.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1970: P17 from 24	60 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.7
15Dale Earnhardt	4	54	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	29⁹³	14.7¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	9.4²⁹	11.8²⁹	-6.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	44.8%²⁹	—	1978: P12 from 27	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 12.7
8Bobby Hillin Jr.	31	54	15.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2⁵	6⁹³	15.8¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	+3.0⁶	28.8¹¹	10.8¹¹	+5.9¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	36.4%¹¹	—	1982: P19 from 22	24 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
27Tim Richmond	18	53	18.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.7¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-15.0¹	2⁹³	24.2¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+5.0⁶	9.3²⁹	12.7²⁹	-7.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	44.8%²⁹	—	1981: P6 from 23	12 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.2
84Jody Ridley	20	52	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	44⁹³	13.2¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	-10.0⁶	20.0⁹	9.8⁹	+1.8⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	33.3%⁹	—	1973: P37 from 28	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.8
4Mark Martin	8	52	11.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹³	25.4¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+4.0⁶	16.1¹⁵	9.4¹⁵	-5.6¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁵	53.3%¹⁵	—	1982: P10 from 11	47 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
11Darrell Waltrip	10	52	26.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹³	17.4¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+5.7⁶	7.0²⁹	11.5²⁹	-0.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1972: P38 from 25	54 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 20.7
24Cecil Gordon	28	51	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	0⁹³	22.1¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	32.9⁷	4.0⁷	+12.0⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	28.6%⁷	—	1970: P21 from 18	24 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 19.5
21Buddy Baker	6	50	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	16.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁴	29⁹³	22.7¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-12.7⁶	10.8²⁰	11.3²⁰	-3.4²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	35.0%²⁰	—	1970: P12 from 5 · led 101	42 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
6Al Elmore	33	50	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹³	—	—	18.7³	—	—	26.7³	3.1³	+8.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	0.0%³	—	first start here	—
7Kyle Petty	13	50	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.7⁶	2⁹³	24.6¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-5.7⁶	19.9²⁹	8.8²⁹	+1.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1979: P9 from 18	52 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.4
77Ken Ragan	29	50	22.2⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	35.2⁶	0.2%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹³	21.9⁸	—	17.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	30.7⁷	9.3⁷	+10.4⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	14.3%⁷	—	1983: P12 from 36	6 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 22.2
17Sterling Marlin	22	49	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	44⁹³	18.3¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	24.7²⁹	8.4²⁹	+3.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1983: P41 from 22	49 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.9
98Joe Ruttman	21	49	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.0¹	44⁹³	20.8¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-9.7⁶	6.7²⁹	11.8²⁹	-11.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	44.8%²⁹	—	1981: P29 from 15	17 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.2
90Dick Brooks	5	48	19.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.7³	29⁹³	12.8¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	+13.0⁶	15.9²⁹	9.7²⁹	-3.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1969: P5 from 5 · led 2	23 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.6
3Ricky Rudd	17	47	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	44⁹³	22.3¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+5.0⁶	6.2²⁹	11.1²⁹	-9.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1976: P23 from 20	58 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.7
64Tommy Gale	34	47	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁹³	20.6¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	27.3²⁷	5.9²⁷	+3.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	51.9%²⁷	—	1971: P37 from 14	22 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.9
41Ronnie Thomas	37	46	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	35.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹³	25.2⁹	—	21.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	28.6²⁵	5.5²⁵	+6.3²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁵	40.0%²⁵	—	1978: P14 from 30	12 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 22.0
1Lake Speed	11	46	14.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.0²	44⁹³	27.2¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	16.3¹⁷	8.6¹⁷	+0.9¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁷	35.3%¹⁷	—	1980: P7 from 20 · led 2	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.7
78Dick Skillen	39	46	26.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	32.6⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹³	24.0²	—	18.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1976: P21 from 34	5 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 26.6
67Buddy Arrington	25	45	31.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁹³	21.5¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+4.3⁶	26.5²⁹	6.7²⁹	+7.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1970: P42 from 14	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.2
74Bobby Wawak	27	45	23.9⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	32.6⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹³	26.3⁸	—	21.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	31.0⁸	7.3⁸	+8.5⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	25.0%⁸	—	1976: P29 from 32	9 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 23.9
88Geoff Bodine	9	44	25.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	8.9¹⁰	3.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+21.5³	2⁹³	17.2¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	6.9²⁷	12.4²⁷	-13.5²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22²⁷	55.6%²⁷	—	1982: P33 from 5	35 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.5
70J.D. McDuffie	38	42	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹³	28.8¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-9.7⁶	30.9²⁴	7.6²⁴	+5.8²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	50.0%²⁴	—	1970: P41 from 29	27 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.2
75Neil Bonnett	14	42	31.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	7.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+20.7³	44⁹³	22.2¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	8.6²⁹	9.8²⁹	-2.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1974: P45 from 33	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 24.5
29Grant Adcox	16	42	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.9¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹³	26.3¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+13.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1974: P38 from 28	13 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.5
76Mike Potter	35	40	27.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	36.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁹³	30.0¹	—	24.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	30.1¹⁰	5.6¹⁰	+4.9¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	50.0%¹⁰	—	1981: P27 from 36	1 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 27.0
31Billie Harvey	30	36	16.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	23.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁹³	40.3³	—	39.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1980: P16 from 23	1 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 16.0
46Travis Tiller	40	33	32.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	41.4⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹³	36.0¹	—	25.3⁴	—	—	34.0¹	—	+19.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	1974: P35 from 45	5 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 32.8