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Drivers · 29

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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	5	65	7.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	7.0¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁹²	13.1¹²	—	4.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	7.1²⁹	10.8²⁹	-5.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1979: P7 from 10	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.4
11Darrell Waltrip	2	62	7.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	4.8¹⁰	11.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁹²	12.7¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+5.7⁶	7.3²⁹	11.5²⁹	-0.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1973: P30 from 13	51 st · 11 W · best P1 · avg 11.5
43Richard Petty	14	61	8.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.3¹⁰	17.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁶	5⁹²	9.7¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	-9.0⁶	14.6²⁹	9.4²⁹	+3.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1961: P4 from 4 · led 19	59 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.3
9Bill Elliott	10	61	8.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	8¹⁰	11.0¹⁰	3.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁹²	11.5¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	9.6²⁹	7.7²⁹	+0.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1979: P10 from 17	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
15Dale Earnhardt	6	58	9.3¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	8¹⁰	8.8¹⁰	19.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁹²	8.0¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	9.3²⁹	11.9²⁹	-6.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	44.8%²⁹	—	1979: P1 from 9 · led 163	42 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.4
2Morgan Shepherd	11	58	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	5.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁹²	13.6¹²	—	8.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	19.7²⁴	11.0²⁴	+3.4²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	41.7%²⁴	—	1981: P4 from 7 · led 18	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.9
33Harry Gant	8	57	13.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6.8¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁹²	13.8¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+3.7⁶	11.5²⁹	11.3²⁹	-2.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1979: P21 from 17	30 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.9
47Ron Bouchard	7	57	12.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.9¹⁰	0.1%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	3	55	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.6¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.5²	5⁹²	14.5¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+5.0⁶	9.9²⁹	12.9²⁹	-6.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1981: P10 from 13	10 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 12.9
22Bobby Allison	13	53	20.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.0¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.5²	4⁹²	15.7¹²	—	8.0⁵	—	-12.3⁶	11.2²⁹	8.2²⁹	+4.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1965: P32 from 18	43 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 11.2
71Dave Marcis	12	52	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁹²	20.6¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	-8.3⁶	22.4²⁹	8.8²⁹	+5.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1968: P13 from 20	53 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.6
75Neil Bonnett	15	52	14.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	6.4¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.2⁵	35⁹²	12.6¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	8.6²⁹	10.8²⁹	-3.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1977: P4 from 6	18 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 14.3
3Ricky Rudd	4	51	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁹²	12.7¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+5.0⁶	6.7²⁹	11.1²⁹	-8.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1975: P10 from 23	57 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.4
6Al Elmore	24	49	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁹²	—	—	19.7³	—	—	29.7³	2.1³	+10.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	0.0%³	—	first start here	—
98Joe Ruttman	1	48	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	10.3¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹²	14.5¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-9.7⁶	7.4²⁹	11.8²⁹	-11.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	44.8%²⁹	—	1981: P21 from 12 · led 49	15 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 21.7
70J.D. McDuffie	26	48	15.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	27.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹²	19.8¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-9.7⁶	31.4²⁴	7.6²⁴	+6.4²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	50.0%²⁴	—	1963: P19 from 33	38 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 17.7
52Jimmy Means	21	48	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁹²	16.8¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	30.0²⁷	8.3²⁷	+11.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	22.2%²⁷	—	1976: P19 from 15	27 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 20.6
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	37.9%²⁹	—	1969: P25 from 13	20 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.2
17Sterling Marlin	23	47	15.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.2¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹²	19.0¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	24.7²⁹	8.3²⁹	+3.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1983: P18 from 19	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.4
7Kyle Petty	19	46	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.0⁵	5⁹²	19.3¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-5.7⁶	19.7²⁹	8.8²⁹	+1.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1981: P11 from 23	49 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.2
64Tommy Gale	22	46	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁹²	22.0¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	27.8²⁷	6.5²⁷	+3.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	51.9%²⁷	—	1978: P22 from 29	13 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 17.1
67Buddy Arrington	20	45	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	0⁹²	22.4¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+4.3⁶	26.7²⁹	6.6²⁹	+7.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1964: P25 from 35	36 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 17.2
88Geoff Bodine	9	45	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4.8¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.4⁴	5⁹²	14.8¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	6.9²⁷	12.3²⁷	-13.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22²⁷	55.6%²⁷	—	1982: P10 from 11	37 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.0
41Ronnie Thomas	28	44	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹²	19.6¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	28.9²⁵	5.1²⁵	+6.4²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁵	40.0%²⁵	—	1978: P20 from 13	18 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 21.6
48Trevor Boys	18	43	18.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	26.4⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁹²	20.8¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	24.0²¹	7.6²¹	+3.5²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²¹	33.3%²¹	—	1983: P22 from 21	5 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 18.2
26Ronnie Hopkins	16	43	17.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	24.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁹²	27.0²	—	22.2⁵	—	-9.0⁶	25.3¹²	7.0¹²	+0.6¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹²	58.3%¹²	—	1983: P17 from 24	1 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 17.0
18Don Satterfield	27	41	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁹²	29.0¹	—	27.0²	—	—	28.0²	2.8²	+1.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	100.0%²	—	first start here	—
02Mike Potter	25	38	24.8⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	27.1⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁹²	22.7³	—	24.8⁵	—	+2.7⁶	31.1¹⁰	5.7¹⁰	+5.3¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	60.0%¹⁰	—	1979: P16 from 28	8 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 24.8
45Johnny McFadden	29	32	24.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	28.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁹²	28.0¹	—	31.6⁵	—	-8.0⁶	29.0²	5.0²	-2.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	100.0%²	—	1982: P24 from 28	1 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 24.0