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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	12	62	8.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁷⁹	25.6¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	-15.3⁶	5.0²⁹	7.9²⁹	-3.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1977: P10 from 16	51 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 9.3
43Richard Petty	16	62	11.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	15.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.1⁸	3⁷⁹	14.7¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	14.7²⁹	10.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1959: P4 from 6 · led 7	64 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
33Harry Gant	1	62	9.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	7.9¹⁰	3.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁷⁹	22.3¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+10.7⁶	7.1²⁹	8.6²⁹	-1.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1979: P12 from 7	30 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.0
22Bobby Allison	7	59	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	9.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁷⁹	20.9¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	-5.0⁶	12.2²⁹	10.7²⁹	+0.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1966: P16 from 19	44 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 14.0
98Joe Ruttman	10	57	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁷⁹	15.5¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	+3.0⁶	15.6²⁸	11.2²⁸	-5.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	46.4%²⁸	—	1981: P15 from 16	13 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.5
44Terry Labonte	6	57	16.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁷⁹	14.4¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	5.8²⁹	9.6²⁹	-2.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1978: P4 from 19	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
3Dale Earnhardt	20	57	12.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	7.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁷⁹	14.3¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-1.7⁶	10.5²⁹	8.2²⁹	+1.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	3.4%²⁹	—	1978: P16 from 14	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 10.8
90Dick Brooks	23	56	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-17.5²	21⁷⁹	25.4¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-6.3⁶	19.5²⁹	9.7²⁹	+0.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1969: P30 from 19	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.4
11Darrell Waltrip	3	56	12.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.3¹⁰	7.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁷⁹	17.8¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	6.0²⁹	11.3²⁹	-4.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1973: P24 from 13	54 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
15Ricky Rudd	11	55	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁷⁹	20.9¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+5.7⁶	8.7²⁹	10.0²⁹	-4.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1977: P22 from 27	57 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
1Lake Speed	2	55	16.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-27.0¹	32⁷⁹	20.5¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	-2.3⁶	12.3¹⁸	12.1¹⁸	-6.2¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	38.9%¹⁸	—	1980: P8 from 23	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.5
16David Pearson	9	54	9.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	10.6¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-10.4⁴	32⁷⁹	19.0¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	10.4¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	-14.3¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁰	60.0%¹⁰	—	1960: P27 from 22	46 st · 10 W · best P1 · avg 11.3
17Morgan Shepherd	28	54	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁷⁹	12.7¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+22.3⁶	23.5¹⁹	8.2¹⁹	+0.7¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05¹⁹	42.1%¹⁹	—	1981: P34 from 19	34 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.7
12Neil Bonnett	4	54	26.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0¹	32⁷⁹	19.6¹²	—	9.2⁵	—	+8.0⁶	9.4²⁹	8.8²⁹	-3.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1976: P30 from 15	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.1
28Cale Yarborough	15	54	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-16.5¹	32⁷⁹	24.3¹²	—	9.2⁵	—	-15.3⁶	6.9¹⁵	6.2¹⁵	+0.1¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁵	6.7%¹⁵	—	1957: P42 from 44	48 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 16.2
88Rusty Wallace	18	54	15.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.4¹⁰	3.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁹	19.5¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+4.3⁶	15.0²⁹	8.2²⁹	-3.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1984: P30 from 24 · led 1	42 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.9
55Benny Parsons	8	53	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁷⁹	11.9¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+8.3⁶	7.0¹³	13.5¹³	-5.9¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹³	23.1%¹³	—	1970: P5 from 8	37 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
84Jody Ridley	17	53	22.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁷⁹	14.1¹²	—	18.8⁵	—	-5.7⁶	17.4¹³	10.8¹³	-5.3¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23¹³	53.8%¹³	—	1980: P10 from 19	10 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.5
67Buddy Arrington	41	53	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁷⁹	19.7¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	28.0²⁵	6.2²⁵	+6.0²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁵	32.0%²⁵	—	1964: P31 from 31	37 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 17.7
95Sterling Marlin	26	52	13.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁷⁹	23.7¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	26.6¹³	10.5¹³	+1.9¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23¹³	61.5%¹³	—	1980: P11 from 33	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.5
5Geoff Bodine	13	52	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	10.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.5³	32⁷⁹	22.3¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	10.0²⁹	11.4²⁹	-4.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1981: P30 from 20	36 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.7
27Tim Richmond	5	52	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-24.3³	3⁷⁹	18.9¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	15.7²⁹	10.9²⁹	-1.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1981: P12 from 29	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
47Ron Bouchard	22	51	22.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁷⁹	20.0¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+5.7⁶	12.3²⁹	9.2²⁹	-2.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1981: P27 from 26	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.8
8Bobby Hillin Jr.	24	49	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.5⁶	32⁷⁹	21.3¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	21.3¹⁵	10.1¹⁵	-2.3¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁵	46.7%¹⁵	—	1983: P41 from 29	22 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.3
52Jimmy Means	40	49	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁹	26.3¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	29.3²¹	6.7²¹	+8.5²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	19.0%²¹	—	1976: P18 from 27	33 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.8
7Kyle Petty	36	48	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.4⁵	21⁷⁹	18.1¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	21.9²⁹	9.8²⁹	+2.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1981: P25 from 21	50 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.5
75Dave Marcis	14	47	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-30.0¹	3⁷⁹	25.1¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+6.7⁶	16.5²⁹	9.6²⁹	-0.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1969: P9 from 13	57 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.2
21Buddy Baker	19	46	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.3⁶	21⁷⁹	25.3¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	-7.0⁶	11.6²⁰	12.7²⁰	-5.4²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	35.0%²⁰	—	1959: P40 from 40	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.9
66Phil Parsons	25	46	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.7⁶	32⁷⁹	26.8¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	20.8²²	8.7²²	+0.9²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²²	31.8%²²	—	1984: P8 from 29	16 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.4
71Mike Alexander	32	46	24.0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	30.3⁶	0.1%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	-16.0¹	3⁷⁹	21.8¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	-9.3⁶	27.2¹⁸	7.7¹⁸	+6.1¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁸	33.3%¹⁸	—	1981: P36 from 36	6 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 24.0
77Ken Ragan	35	44	26.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	28.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁷⁹	29.3¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	+3.7⁶	30.9⁹	10.1⁹	+5.6⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33⁹	33.3%⁹	—	1983: P19 from 25	4 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 26.8
70J.D. McDuffie	33	44	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	33.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁹	23.5¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+4.3⁶	27.7¹⁵	7.6¹⁵	+1.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	60.0%¹⁵	—	1968: P42 from 44	38 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.7
64Tommy Gale	39	44	22.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁷⁹	27.6¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	+8.0⁶	32.5¹⁵	6.5¹⁵	+7.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	33.3%¹⁵	—	1972: P16 from 30	19 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 21.8
6Clark Dwyer	37	43	22.3³	0³	0³	0³	35.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁷⁹	24.5¹¹	—	27.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	27.8²⁵	8.1²⁵	+3.7²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁵	32.0%²⁵	—	1984: P15 from 37	3 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 22.3
23Connie Saylor	31	43	25.3⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	32.2⁹	0.1%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁷⁹	20.2¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	-5.7⁶	31.1⁷	5.8⁷	+1.3⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	85.7%⁷	—	1980: P14 from 22	9 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 25.3
48Trevor Boys	29	43	27.3⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	30.2⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁷⁹	22.1¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+2.0⁶	27.3²⁹	8.1²⁹	+6.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1983: P28 from 30	6 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 27.3
36H.B. Bailey	38	40	24.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁹	27.6¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	-13.3⁶	39.0¹	—	+17.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	1964: P26 from 29	26 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 26.9
18Slick Johnson	34	39	28.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.5²	32⁷⁹	23.5¹¹	—	27.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1980: P25 from 31	11 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 27.1
4Tommy Ellis	27	39	31.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	27.0⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁷⁹	24.1¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	18.1¹⁹	9.8¹⁹	-4.7¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05¹⁹	57.9%¹⁹	—	1984: P23 from 38	4 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 31.3
51Greg Sacks	21	35	30.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.9²	32⁷⁹	25.4¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	24.5²⁸	7.6²⁸	-0.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	46.4%²⁸	—	1984: P21 from 28	18 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 29.7
87Randy Baker	30	35	30.0³	0³	0³	0³	36.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁷⁹	27.7⁶	—	29.6⁵	—	+1.0⁶	36.0²	10.6²	+4.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	1988: P36 from 37	3 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 30.0