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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	64	16.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁸¹	14.4¹²	—	4.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	7.2²⁹	10.8²⁹	-5.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1978: P4 from 19	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.2
33Harry Gant	20	61	7.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.0¹⁰	11.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸¹	22.3¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+3.7⁶	11.1²⁹	11.3²⁹	-2.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1979: P12 from 7	30 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 14.3
43Richard Petty	21	61	11.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	15.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.1⁸	3⁸¹	14.7¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	-9.0⁶	14.3²⁹	9.4²⁹	+3.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1959: P4 from 6 · led 7	64 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.3
55Benny Parsons	4	61	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁸¹	11.9¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	+9.0⁶	9.3¹⁵	13.2¹⁵	-10.4¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	60.0%¹⁵	—	1970: P5 from 8	37 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
11Darrell Waltrip	7	61	12.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.3¹⁰	7.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁸¹	17.8¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+5.7⁶	7.1²⁹	11.5²⁹	-0.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1973: P24 from 13	54 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
22Bobby Allison	14	59	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	9.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸¹	20.9¹²	—	8.0⁵	—	-12.3⁶	11.2²⁹	8.1²⁹	+3.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1966: P16 from 19	44 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
9Bill Elliott	12	58	8.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁸¹	25.6¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	9.5²⁹	8.3²⁹	-0.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1977: P10 from 16	51 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 9.5
15Dale Earnhardt	17	58	12.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	8.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁸¹	14.3¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	8.9²⁹	12.1²⁹	-6.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	44.8%²⁹	—	1978: P16 from 14	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 11.4
2Morgan Shepherd	19	57	25.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸¹	12.7¹²	—	8.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	19.3²⁴	11.1²⁴	+3.1²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	41.7%²⁴	—	1981: P34 from 19	34 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.5
27Tim Richmond	6	56	15.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-24.3³	3⁸¹	18.9¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+5.0⁶	9.8²⁹	12.8²⁹	-6.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1981: P12 from 29	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.6
67Buddy Arrington	34	55	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁸¹	19.7¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+4.3⁶	26.2²⁹	6.7²⁹	+6.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1964: P31 from 31	37 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 18.0
98Joe Ruttman	10	54	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸¹	15.5¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-9.7⁶	7.1²⁹	11.2²⁹	-10.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1981: P15 from 16	13 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 20.5
4Mark Martin	27	54	7.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸¹	21.7¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+4.0⁶	14.9¹⁵	9.8¹⁵	-6.4¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁵	53.3%¹⁵	—	1982: P7 from 20	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
84Jody Ridley	16	53	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁸¹	14.1¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	-10.0⁶	20.4⁹	9.5⁹	+2.4⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	33.3%⁹	—	1980: P10 from 19	10 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.8
16David Pearson	5	53	9.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	10.6¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-10.4⁴	35⁸¹	19.0¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	-3.0⁶	12.1⁹	13.9⁹	-11.3⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	66.7%⁹	—	1960: P27 from 22	46 st · 10 W · best P1 · avg 12.0
28Cale Yarborough	15	53	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-16.5¹	35⁸¹	24.3¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	-12.3⁶	7.5¹⁵	13.7¹⁵	-9.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	53.3%¹⁵	—	1957: P42 from 44	48 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
71Dave Marcis	23	52	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-30.0¹	35⁸¹	25.1¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	-8.3⁶	22.1²⁹	8.8²⁹	+4.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1969: P9 from 13	57 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.4
47Ron Bouchard	18	51	22.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸¹	20.0¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	-21.0⁶	12.7²⁷	10.4²⁷	-4.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1981: P27 from 26	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.8
7Kyle Petty	22	50	20.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.8⁴	3⁸¹	18.1¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-5.7⁶	19.6²⁹	8.3²⁹	+1.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1981: P25 from 21	50 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.4
42Lennie Pond	31	49	22.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.7¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸¹	16.0¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	-8.0⁶	27.6⁹	8.2⁹	+10.2⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	33.3%⁹	—	1973: P36 from 14	20 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.9
17Sterling Marlin	33	49	15.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	20.8¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸¹	23.7¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	24.3²⁹	8.4²⁹	+3.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1980: P11 from 33	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.8
8Bobby Hillin Jr.	29	48	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.5⁶	3⁸¹	21.3¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	+3.0⁶	29.0¹¹	9.3¹¹	+8.6¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	27.3%¹¹	—	1984: P12 from 21	22 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.5
52Jimmy Means	26	48	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁸¹	26.3¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	29.8²⁷	8.4²⁷	+10.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1976: P18 from 27	33 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.7
3Ricky Rudd	8	48	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁸¹	20.9¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+5.0⁶	6.5²⁹	11.0²⁹	-8.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1977: P22 from 27	57 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
70J.D. McDuffie	40	47	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	33.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸¹	23.5¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-9.7⁶	30.8²⁴	7.1²⁴	+6.3²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	45.8%²⁴	—	1968: P42 from 44	38 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.4
88Geoff Bodine	11	47	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	10.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.5³	3⁸¹	22.3¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	6.9²⁷	12.6²⁷	-13.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22²⁷	55.6%²⁷	—	1981: P30 from 20	36 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.7
74Bobby Wawak	37	46	25.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁸¹	19.6¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	29.8⁸	8.3⁸	+5.6⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	37.5%⁸	—	1965: P36 from 27	16 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 24.8
75Neil Bonnett	1	46	26.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0¹	35⁸¹	19.6¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	9.0²⁹	10.6²⁹	-3.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1976: P30 from 15	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.1
6D.K. Ulrich	41	46	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸¹	21.7¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	+9.0⁶	27.5²¹	6.3²¹	+9.4²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²¹	23.8%²¹	—	1973: P18 from 38	19 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 20.2
1Lake Speed	3	45	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-27.0¹	35⁸¹	20.5¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	16.8¹⁷	9.0¹⁷	+0.8¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁷	41.2%¹⁷	—	1980: P8 from 23	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.5
41Ronnie Thomas	36	45	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸¹	24.3¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	28.6²⁵	5.3²⁵	+6.8²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁵	36.0%²⁵	—	1978: P31 from 31	13 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 24.8
64Tommy Gale	28	45	22.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁸¹	27.6¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	27.6²⁷	6.4²⁷	+3.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	51.9%²⁷	—	1972: P16 from 30	19 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 21.5
99Philip Duffie	32	44	27.7³	0³	0³	0³	38.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁸¹	24.3³	—	18.2⁵	—	-4.3⁶	33.0³	5.7³	+1.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	66.7%³	—	1982: P17 from 37	3 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 27.7
48Trevor Boys	30	43	24.5⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	30.0⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁸¹	22.1¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	23.4²¹	7.4²¹	+3.4²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²¹	28.6%²¹	—	1984: P16 from 34	6 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.5
77Ken Ragan	25	42	28.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	30.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁸¹	29.3¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	31.3⁷	9.6⁷	+11.7⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	14.3%⁷	—	1984: P26 from 35	4 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 28.5
90Dick Brooks	13	42	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-17.5²	21⁸¹	25.4¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	+13.0⁶	15.6²⁹	9.7²⁹	-3.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1969: P30 from 19	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.6
35Dick May	35	42	28.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁸¹	26.9¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+3.0⁶	35.8⁴	6.7⁴	+8.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	50.0%⁴	—	1971: P25 from 23	17 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.2
18Slick Johnson	39	41	29.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.5²	3⁸¹	23.5¹¹	—	22.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	22.7⁹	5.4⁹	-4.8⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	77.8%⁹	—	1980: P25 from 31	11 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 27.9
21Buddy Baker	9	41	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.3⁶	21⁸¹	25.3¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-12.7⁶	10.7²⁰	11.6²⁰	-4.6²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	40.0%²⁰	—	1959: P40 from 40	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.8
26Ronnie Hopkins	24	41	30.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	36.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁸¹	23.5²	—	22.2⁵	—	-9.0⁶	24.6¹²	5.2¹²	+0.9¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹²	58.3%¹²	—	1983: P30 from 36	1 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 30.0
76Mike Potter	38	34	32.6⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	36.4⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+17.0²	3⁸¹	30.9¹⁰	—	24.8⁵	—	+2.7⁶	29.8¹⁰	4.5¹⁰	+5.2¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	50.0%¹⁰	—	1981: P35 from 35	9 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 32.6