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Drivers · 36

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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
43Richard Petty	17	67	2.5¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	10¹⁰	3.9¹⁰	30.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-19.0¹	6⁸⁸	9.9¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	-9.0⁶	14.5²⁹	9.4²⁹	+3.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1969: P1 from 3 · led 150	45 st · 7 W · best P1 · avg 12.9
9Bill Elliott	12	63	10.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.0¹⁰	14.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁸⁸	7.7¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	9.5²⁹	8.4²⁹	-0.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1982: P3 from 5	42 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 14.6
22Bobby Allison	7	63	10.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	6¹⁰	3.0¹⁰	19.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁸⁸	14.9¹²	—	8.0⁵	—	-12.3⁶	11.4²⁹	8.1²⁹	+4.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1970: P2 from 4	34 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 9.5
44Terry Labonte	1	61	16.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸⁸	14.3¹²	—	4.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	7.2²⁹	10.8²⁹	-5.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1979: P6 from 4	51 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.0
33Harry Gant	9	59	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	11.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁸⁸	9.0¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+3.7⁶	11.4²⁹	11.4²⁹	-2.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1979: P25 from 10	30 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 15.7
11Darrell Waltrip	14	57	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	6.5¹⁰	5.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸⁸	10.3¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+5.7⁶	6.9²⁹	11.6²⁹	-0.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1973: P20 from 8	52 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
15Dale Earnhardt	3	56	11.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	12.2¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁸⁸	14.1¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	9.4²⁹	11.6²⁹	-5.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1979: P5 from 6	43 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.6
27Tim Richmond	5	55	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+31.0¹	6⁸⁸	15.5¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+5.0⁶	9.8²⁹	12.7²⁹	-7.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	44.8%²⁹	—	1980: P31 from 17	11 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.1
2Morgan Shepherd	16	55	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁸⁸	24.2¹²	—	8.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	19.5²⁴	11.0²⁴	+3.1²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	41.7%²⁴	—	1977: P10 from 10	34 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.7
71Dave Marcis	13	54	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.4¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸⁸	16.4¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	-8.3⁶	22.4²⁹	8.8²⁹	+5.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1970: P23 from 7	53 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.6
24Cecil Gordon	36	54	13.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0¹	0⁸⁸	17.6¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	31.7⁷	5.2⁷	+8.3⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	42.9%⁷	—	1969: P10 from 13	26 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.6
67Buddy Arrington	23	53	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-19.0¹	5⁸⁸	17.0¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+4.3⁶	26.6²⁹	6.7²⁹	+7.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1972: P27 from 8	29 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 17.9
47Ron Bouchard	11	52	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.7¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁸⁸	23.8¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	-21.0⁶	13.0²⁷	10.8²⁷	-5.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1981: P27 from 12	10 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 15.1
17Sterling Marlin	22	52	13.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	6⁸⁸	15.7¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	24.7²⁹	8.3²⁹	+3.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1983: P10 from 26	42 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.2
38Laurent Rioux	30	51	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸⁸	—	—	18.5²	—	—	14.0¹	—	-3.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	first start here	—
75Neil Bonnett	8	50	13.0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	5.2¹⁰	16.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+21.0¹	37⁸⁸	24.4¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	8.8²⁹	10.7²⁹	-3.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1977: P17 from 1 · led 20	24 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
60Natz Peters	31	50	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁸⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
7Kyle Petty	18	50	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3⁶	6⁸⁸	21.5¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-5.7⁶	19.8²⁹	8.8²⁹	+1.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1980: P21 from 13	51 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.5
98Joe Ruttman	6	50	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.7¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁸⁸	22.3¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-9.7⁶	7.2²⁹	11.8²⁹	-11.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1981: P6 from 5 · led 1	13 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.3
70J.D. McDuffie	35	49	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁸⁸	21.8¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-9.7⁶	31.0²⁴	7.2²⁴	+6.5²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁴	45.8%²⁴	—	1969: P12 from 16	40 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.3
21Buddy Baker	10	49	11.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	3.8¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+19.0¹	25⁸⁸	25.4¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-12.7⁶	10.6²⁰	11.5²⁰	-3.7²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	35.0%²⁰	—	1970: P11 from 3 · led 83	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 11.6
52Jimmy Means	26	48	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸⁸	20.5¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	29.8²⁷	8.4²⁷	+10.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1976: P27 from 20	33 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.9
88Geoff Bodine	4	47	17.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7.0¹⁰	6.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.3³	6⁸⁸	16.1¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	7.1²⁷	12.2²⁷	-13.5²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22²⁷	55.6%²⁷	—	1982: P21 from 16	36 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.4
8Bobby Hillin Jr.	21	47	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.2⁶	2⁸⁸	19.8¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	+3.0⁶	29.7¹¹	10.6¹¹	+6.6¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	36.4%¹¹	—	1984: P25 from 13	21 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 20.6
90Dick Brooks	15	47	11.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.5²	25⁸⁸	19.8¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	+13.0⁶	15.6²⁹	9.7²⁹	-3.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1975: P29 from 5	13 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 13.2
3Ricky Rudd	2	46	18.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸⁸	19.8¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+5.0⁶	6.7²⁹	11.1²⁹	-8.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1976: P33 from 17	55 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
41Ronnie Thomas	29	46	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-14.5¹	6⁸⁸	24.0¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	28.9²⁵	5.6²⁵	+6.8²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁵	36.0%²⁵	—	1977: P25 from 28	14 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.6
6D.K. Ulrich	25	45	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁸⁸	19.7¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	+9.0⁶	28.3²¹	6.1²¹	+10.0²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²¹	23.8%²¹	—	1971: P19 from 38	24 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.3
02Tommy Gale	34	44	24.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁸⁸	22.5¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	27.3²⁷	6.5²⁷	+3.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	51.9%²⁷	—	1970: P27 from 30	19 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 22.3
92Joe Fields	24	42	29.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	33.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁸⁸	—	—	23.0⁵	—	+2.3⁶	22.5²	7.8²	+2.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	1981: P22 from 32	4 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 29.0
64Jerry Bowman	32	42	24.8⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	29.3⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁸⁸	—	—	27.6⁵	—	+4.7⁶	30.8⁴	9.5⁴	+5.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	75.0%⁴	—	1983: P13 from 27	8 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 24.8
48Trevor Boys	19	41	23.5⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	23.7⁶	0.5%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸⁸	24.4⁸	—	24.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	23.9²¹	7.2²¹	+4.1²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²¹	28.6%²¹	—	1983: P32 from 22	6 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 23.5
77Dean Combs	20	40	29.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	17.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁸⁸	—	—	25.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	25.5⁴	10.4⁴	+7.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	25.0%⁴	—	1984: P29 from 17	1 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 29.0
10Clark Dwyer	27	39	24.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	23.0⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸⁸	21.8⁴	—	29.0⁵	—	-0.7⁶	32.3⁴	9.7⁴	+1.0⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	50.0%⁴	—	1984: P22 from 24	4 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 24.5
69Bob Riley	33	39	29.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	28.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁸⁸	—	—	28.3⁴	—	—	34.0²	4.2²	-1.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	100.0%²	—	1980: P39 from 30	4 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 29.0
87Jimmy Ingalls	28	38	28.5²	0²	0²	0²	29.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁸⁸	—	—	29.0⁴	—	—	31.0¹	—	+14.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	1983: P17 from 31	2 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 28.5