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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
9Bill Elliott	2	63	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁹¹	12.9¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	-15.3⁶	5.3²⁹	8.0²⁹	-3.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1976: P38 from 39	56 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.8
43Richard Petty	13	62	11.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.2¹⁰	3.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.3⁷	2⁹¹	15.4¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	14.8²⁹	10.6²⁹	-0.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1970: P7 from 8	45 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
90Dick Brooks	25	61	19.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.7³	29⁹¹	12.8¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-6.3⁶	19.4²⁹	9.8²⁹	+1.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1969: P5 from 5 · led 2	23 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.6
28Cale Yarborough	1	61	18.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	43⁹¹	16.8¹²	—	9.2⁵	—	-15.3⁶	7.8¹⁵	6.5¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁵	13.3%¹⁵	—	1970: P5 from 21 · led 12	33 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
22Bobby Allison	14	58	19.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	3.8¹⁰	15.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-36.0¹	6⁹¹	18.7¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	-5.0⁶	12.0²⁹	10.6²⁹	-0.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1970: P29 from 4 · led 40	36 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
33Harry Gant	11	57	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	43⁹¹	20.8¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+10.7⁶	6.8²⁹	8.7²⁹	-2.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1979: P39 from 20	31 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.9
44Terry Labonte	3	56	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	43⁹¹	16.0¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	5.9²⁹	9.0²⁹	-1.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1979: P9 from 16 · led 1	60 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.2
16David Pearson	6	56	8.6¹⁰	3¹⁰	8¹⁰	8¹⁰	2.6¹⁰	17.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+38.0¹	43⁹¹	15.9¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	10.7¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	-14.9¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁰	60.0%¹⁰	—	1970: P3 from 2 · led 7	24 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.3
89Dean Roper	32	55	18.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	30.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹¹	17.3³	—	17.5⁴	—	—	25.5²	3.5²	+7.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	1983: P18 from 30	1 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 18.0
8Bobby Hillin Jr.	18	55	15.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2⁵	43⁹¹	15.8¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	21.7¹⁵	9.4¹⁵	-2.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁵	46.7%¹⁵	—	1982: P19 from 22	24 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.8
21Buddy Baker	7	55	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	16.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁴	29⁹¹	22.7¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	-7.0⁶	12.2²⁰	12.7²⁰	-4.8²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	35.0%²⁰	—	1970: P12 from 5 · led 101	42 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
3Dale Earnhardt	5	54	15.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.7¹⁰	6.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	43⁹¹	14.7¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-1.7⁶	11.0²⁹	9.2²⁹	+2.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1978: P12 from 27	43 st · 10 W · best P1 · avg 12.1
47Ron Bouchard	19	54	17.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁹¹	19.2¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+5.7⁶	12.4²⁹	9.7²⁹	-3.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1981: P20 from 22	12 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.5
15Ricky Rudd	10	53	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	29⁹¹	22.3¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+5.7⁶	8.7²⁹	9.9²⁹	-3.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1976: P23 from 20	58 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.6
98Joe Ruttman	24	53	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.0¹	43⁹¹	20.8¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	+3.0⁶	15.1²⁸	11.3²⁸	-5.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	50.0%²⁸	—	1981: P29 from 15	17 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.8
88Rusty Wallace	31	53	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹¹	19.8¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+4.3⁶	14.5²⁹	8.3²⁹	-3.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1981: P21 from 19	44 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.3
1Lake Speed	12	53	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.0²	43⁹¹	27.2¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	-2.3⁶	11.8¹⁸	11.6¹⁸	-5.7¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁸	38.9%¹⁸	—	1980: P7 from 20 · led 2	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.5
84Jody Ridley	20	53	23.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	43⁹¹	13.2¹²	—	18.8⁵	—	-5.7⁶	17.2¹³	10.8¹³	-5.5¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23¹³	53.8%¹³	—	1973: P37 from 28	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 26.0
66Phil Parsons	21	51	20.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.3¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.8⁵	43⁹¹	13.6¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	21.0²²	8.7²²	+1.1²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²²	31.8%²²	—	1983: P28 from 9	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.6
27Tim Richmond	26	50	15.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.9¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-15.0¹	2⁹¹	24.2¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	14.9²⁹	11.1²⁹	-1.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1981: P6 from 23	12 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.3
5Geoff Bodine	8	50	22.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	9.0¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+21.5³	43⁹¹	17.2¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	10.1²⁹	10.8²⁹	-4.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1982: P33 from 5	35 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.7
95Sterling Marlin	28	50	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	11.9¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	43⁹¹	18.3¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	26.5¹³	10.5¹³	-0.3¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.31¹³	69.2%¹³	—	1983: P41 from 22	49 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 20.1
52Jimmy Means	35	50	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	43⁹¹	20.5¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	29.6²¹	5.1²¹	+9.8²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	14.3%²¹	—	1976: P31 from 29	32 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.5
12Neil Bonnett	15	49	31.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	7.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+20.7³	43⁹¹	22.2¹²	—	9.2⁵	—	+8.0⁶	9.1²⁹	9.2²⁹	-4.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1974: P45 from 33	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 24.9
75Dave Marcis	23	49	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹¹	18.9¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+6.7⁶	16.2²⁹	9.4²⁹	-1.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1970: P17 from 24	60 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.1
55Benny Parsons	4	49	21.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	43⁹¹	16.8¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+8.3⁶	7.3¹³	13.3¹³	-5.9¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹³	23.1%¹³	—	1970: P4 from 11	35 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.5
7Kyle Petty	33	47	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.7⁷	29⁹¹	24.6¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	22.0²⁹	10.1²⁹	+2.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1979: P9 from 18	52 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.3
11Darrell Waltrip	9	47	26.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	43⁹¹	17.4¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	5.8²⁹	11.5²⁹	-4.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1972: P38 from 25	54 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 20.0
01Doug Heveron	37	46	15.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	38.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	43⁹¹	27.6⁵	—	27.0⁵	—	-9.0⁶	32.4¹⁵	8.6¹⁵	+6.9¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	53.3%¹⁵	—	1986: P15 from 38	1 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 15.0
71Mike Alexander	38	45	25.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	19.6⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	+8.0¹	3⁹¹	19.8⁸	—	22.6⁵	—	-9.3⁶	26.8¹⁸	8.2¹⁸	+4.8¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁸	38.9%¹⁸	—	1981: P21 from 3	5 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 25.8
64Tommy Gale	36	45	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁹¹	20.6¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	+8.0⁶	32.7¹⁵	6.3¹⁵	+7.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	33.3%¹⁵	—	1971: P37 from 14	22 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.8
41Ronnie Thomas	27	44	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	36.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	43⁹¹	25.2⁹	—	23.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	28.7²⁰	5.9²⁰	+2.1²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	45.0%²⁰	—	1978: P14 from 30	12 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 22.0
67Buddy Arrington	39	43	31.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁹¹	21.5¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	28.1²⁵	6.3²⁵	+6.0²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁵	36.0%²⁵	—	1970: P42 from 14	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.0
4Tommy Ellis	22	43	26.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	17.3⁴	0.1%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	43⁹¹	22.0⁴	—	24.8⁵	—	+2.0⁶	18.3¹⁹	9.5¹⁹	-4.8¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05¹⁹	57.9%¹⁹	—	1984: P9 from 5 · led 1	4 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 26.3
6Jim Sauter	34	41	29.7³	0³	0³	0³	30.0³	0.4%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	43⁹¹	22.6⁸	—	22.6⁵	—	-1.3⁶	27.5²	2.1²	+9.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	1986: P41 from 36	3 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 29.7
17Clark Dwyer	17	40	27.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	30.8⁴	0.1%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹	43⁹¹	22.3⁶	—	27.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	28.6²⁵	8.1²⁵	+4.8²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁵	32.0%²⁵	—	1983: P39 from 26	4 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 27.5
51Greg Sacks	30	40	23.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5²	43⁹¹	24.5¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	24.1²⁸	7.6²⁸	-1.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	50.0%²⁸	—	1984: P29 from 22	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 23.9
48Trevor Boys	29	37	33.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	32.5⁴	1.5%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	43⁹¹	23.4⁸	—	24.4⁵	—	+2.0⁶	27.3²⁹	8.3²⁹	+6.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1984: P24 from 29 · led 6	4 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 33.3
2Elliott Forbes-Robinson	40	37	23.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	23.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁹¹	31.2⁵	—	28.2⁵	—	—	39.0⁴	8.8⁴	+13.8⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	25.0%⁴	—	1981: P16 from 12	4 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 23.8
38Phil Barkdoll	16	36	28.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	43⁹¹	28.0⁹	—	28.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	21.0¹	—	-4.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1984: P25 from 21	13 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 27.1