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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	15	61	11.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.7⁶	7⁸³	14.9¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	14.8²⁹	10.6²⁹	-0.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1960: P20 from 12	64 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
33Harry Gant	5	59	14.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁸³	20.3¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+10.7⁶	7.0²⁹	8.1²⁹	-1.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1978: P7 from 8	31 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.0
44Terry Labonte	2	59	11.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.4¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁸³	14.8¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	6.0²⁹	8.6²⁹	-1.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1978: P13 from 18	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.0
22Bobby Allison	9	58	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.9¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-16.5²	4⁸³	21.7¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	-5.0⁶	12.1²⁹	10.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1961: P37 from 31	47 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 14.5
84Jody Ridley	6	58	12.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	17.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.3³	38⁸³	16.3¹²	—	18.8⁵	—	-5.7⁶	18.2¹³	10.5¹³	-3.2¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23¹³	46.2%¹³	—	1973: P5 from 19	16 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 15.8
9Bill Elliott	1	57	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁸³	13.2¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	-15.3⁶	5.4²⁹	7.9²⁹	-3.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1976: P36 from 33	61 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 18.9
28Cale Yarborough	4	57	18.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.6¹⁰	17.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁸³	23.8¹²	—	9.2⁵	—	-15.3⁶	7.6¹⁵	6.7¹⁵	+0.5¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁵	13.3%¹⁵	—	1962: P40 from 23	46 st · 7 W · best P1 · avg 12.2
15Ricky Rudd	13	56	18.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹	25⁸³	17.1¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+5.7⁶	8.6²⁹	9.9²⁹	-4.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1975: P25 from 33	57 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
11Darrell Waltrip	7	56	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁸³	11.8¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	+8.3⁶	5.8²⁹	12.5²⁹	-5.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1972: P8 from 12	55 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
71Lennie Pond	26	56	11.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	8¹⁰	14.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁸³	23.6¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+4.0⁶	24.5¹¹	10.7¹¹	+4.5¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	36.4%¹¹	—	1970: P34 from 37	16 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 16.5
98Morgan Shepherd	24	55	15.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	38⁸³	18.5¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+22.3⁶	23.7¹⁹	8.4¹⁹	-0.2¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05¹⁹	47.4%¹⁹	—	1977: P33 from 13	32 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.9
90Dick Brooks	29	55	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-17.5²	25⁸³	19.8¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-6.3⁶	19.3²⁹	10.0²⁹	+0.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1969: P40 from 11	26 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.8
12Neil Bonnett	18	55	20.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+30.5¹	38⁸³	25.5¹²	—	9.2⁵	—	+8.0⁶	9.0²⁹	9.2²⁹	-4.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1976: P8 from 23	27 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
55Benny Parsons	17	54	13.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁸³	15.7¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+8.3⁶	6.3¹³	13.3¹³	-7.0¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹³	23.1%¹³	—	1970: P8 from 16	37 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.9
3Dale Earnhardt	10	54	13.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.7¹⁰	8.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-14.5¹	38⁸³	18.1¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-1.7⁶	10.9²⁹	9.7²⁹	+0.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1976: P19 from 16	45 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 9.7
4Joe Ruttman	28	53	23.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+19.0¹	38⁸³	20.3¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	+3.0⁶	15.0²⁸	11.0²⁸	-5.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	46.4%²⁸	—	1981: P10 from 25	16 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.7
21Buddy Baker	8	53	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-12.7⁶	25⁸³	26.3¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	-7.0⁶	12.1²⁰	13.1²⁰	-4.0²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	35.0%²⁰	—	1961: P8 from 20	52 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.0
88Rusty Wallace	16	53	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁸³	18.6¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+4.3⁶	15.0²⁹	8.7²⁹	-3.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1980: P2 from 7	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
1Lake Speed	20	52	22.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁸³	17.3¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	-2.3⁶	11.3¹⁸	11.8¹⁸	-7.6¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁸	44.4%¹⁸	—	1980: P11 from 25	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.2
64Ken Schrader	23	51	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.1⁴	25⁸³	21.5¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+12.0⁶	30.3⁴	7.3⁴	+6.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	0.0%⁴	—	1985: P17 from 36	46 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.7
8Bobby Hillin Jr.	11	50	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.7⁶	38⁸³	21.9¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	22.2¹⁵	9.7¹⁵	-0.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁵	40.0%¹⁵	—	1983: P19 from 35	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.9
56Bob Penrod	34	50	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁸³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
5Geoff Bodine	3	50	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	8.8¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+16.0³	38⁸³	18.3¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	10.3²⁹	11.3²⁹	-4.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1979: P35 from 21	36 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.9
42Terry Schoonover	36	49	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁸³	—	—	21.0¹	—	—	39.0¹	—	+18.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	first start here	—
95Sterling Marlin	31	48	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁸³	23.8¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	26.2¹³	10.1¹³	-0.8¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.31¹³	69.2%¹³	—	1983: P31 from 28	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.8
27Tim Richmond	14	48	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.0¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁴	7⁸³	22.0¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	15.3²⁹	11.2²⁹	-1.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1980: P29 from 32	11 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 19.1
16David Pearson	12	47	23.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.4⁴	38⁸³	11.8¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	10.1¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	-16.2¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁰	60.0%¹⁰	—	1960: P32 from 35	38 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 15.2
52Jimmy Means	32	47	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁸³	24.8¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	29.7²¹	6.6²¹	+8.8²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	19.0%²¹	—	1976: P34 from 22	31 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 27.6
97Dean Combs	22	47	20.0²	0²	0²	1²	26.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁸³	27.2⁶	—	21.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	26.2¹¹	6.3¹¹	-2.5¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09¹¹	72.7%¹¹	—	1983: P8 from 23	2 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 20.0
47Ron Bouchard	21	46	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁸³	23.3¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+5.7⁶	12.3²⁹	9.8²⁹	-3.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1981: P39 from 23	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.7
75Dave Marcis	19	46	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁸³	23.3¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	+6.7⁶	16.3²⁹	9.5²⁹	-1.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1968: P16 from 28	58 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.4
77Ken Ragan	37	45	27.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁸³	27.5¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	+3.7⁶	30.7⁹	8.5⁹	+6.9⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	33.3%⁹	—	1983: P27 from 40	11 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 28.2
48Trevor Boys	25	45	21.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	30.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁸³	23.8¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+2.0⁶	27.5²⁹	8.3²⁹	+6.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1983: P11 from 20	4 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 21.8
66Phil Parsons	30	45	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.3⁶	38⁸³	23.3¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	20.5²²	8.9²²	+1.6²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²²	27.3%²²	—	1983: P28 from 16	15 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.9
7Kyle Petty	40	44	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.6⁸	25⁸³	18.9¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	21.8²⁹	10.1²⁹	+2.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1979: P32 from 37	54 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.2
82Mark Stahl	35	42	26.3³	0³	0³	0³	38.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁸³	27.7⁷	—	22.4⁵	—	0.0⁶	34.5²	6.4²	+12.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	1987: P30 from 39	3 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 26.3
03Eddie Bierschwale	27	41	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	34.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁸³	23.8¹²	—	28.0⁵	—	+5.7⁶	38.0¹	—	+7.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1983: P26 from 39	12 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 25.2
51Greg Sacks	33	37	24.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁸³	30.3¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	24.0²⁸	7.9²⁸	-0.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	50.0%²⁸	—	1983: P38 from 24	22 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.7
2Elliott Forbes-Robinson	39	33	38.3³	0³	0³	0³	28.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁸³	15.0²	—	32.2⁵	—	—	39.3⁴	9.7⁴	+9.0⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	50.0%⁴	—	1977: P36 from 20	3 st · 0 W · best P36 · avg 38.3
01Doug Heveron	38	32	32.5²	0²	0²	0²	33.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	38⁸³	36.3⁴	—	26.2⁵	—	-12.3⁶	32.3¹⁵	8.7¹⁵	+5.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	60.0%¹⁵	—	1984: P30 from 31	2 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 32.5