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Form favourites · top 8

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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
3Dale Earnhardt	18	62	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	4.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	45⁹¹	15.5¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	9.2²⁷	12.4²⁷	-4.8²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1978: P7 from 28	45 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 10.3
44Terry Labonte	31	62	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹¹	15.4¹²	—	5.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	6.7²⁷	11.3²⁷	-6.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1979: P16 from 19	62 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.5
9Bill Elliott	1	62	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁹¹	17.4¹²	—	7.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	5.0²⁷	10.0²⁷	-3.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	11.1%²⁷	—	1976: P19 from 38	59 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.2
28Cale Yarborough	2	60	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	6.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁹¹	15.3¹²	—	4.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	9.9¹⁵	14.9¹⁵	-7.6¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	53.3%¹⁵	—	1962: P10 from 18	56 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
43Richard Petty	8	60	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	5.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.5⁶	2⁹¹	11.7¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	+8.7⁶	17.3²⁷	10.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	1959: P57 from 6	73 st · 10 W · best P1 · avg 14.7
66Phil Parsons	12	59	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.0⁷	45⁹¹	18.9¹²	—	17.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	20.8²⁷	10.3²⁷	-0.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1983: P13 from 32	17 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.3
11Darrell Waltrip	3	57	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹¹	25.7¹²	—	5.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	8.4²⁷	7.6²⁷	+1.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1973: P12 from 11	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.5
47Ron Bouchard	15	56	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁹¹	17.2¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	+18.3⁶	13.9²⁷	10.9²⁷	-2.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1981: P9 from 7	11 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.4
5Geoff Bodine	17	56	17.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	6.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-19.0¹	45⁹¹	22.7¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-9.7⁶	6.8²⁷	8.1²⁷	-4.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1979: P29 from 16 · led 6	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.0
15Ricky Rudd	9	55	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁹¹	19.3¹²	—	5.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	7.8²⁷	9.8²⁷	-2.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1976: P10 from 22	59 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.7
1Dick Brooks	11	55	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0²	30⁹¹	20.1¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	+4.3⁶	29.7³	14.2³	+7.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	66.7%³	—	1969: P16 from 12	29 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.7
71Dave Marcis	21	54	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹¹	17.7¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	22.0²⁷	9.0²⁷	+1.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1968: P20 from 35	66 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.8
8Bobby Hillin Jr.	38	53	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.8⁵	45⁹¹	15.4¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	19.0²⁷	7.4²⁷	+0.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1982: P20 from 24	25 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.6
90Ken Schrader	24	53	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	10.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.4⁵	30⁹¹	14.5¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+6.7⁶	21.2²⁷	8.0²⁷	+2.5²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1985: P21 from 21	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.4
21David Pearson	4	53	18.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	45⁹¹	13.5¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+9.3⁶	9.7¹¹	9.5¹¹	-20.5¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09¹¹	81.8%¹¹	—	1960: P17 from 20	53 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
33Harry Gant	10	52	23.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	3.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-24.0¹	45⁹¹	16.3¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	8.3²⁷	9.8²⁷	-1.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1978: P41 from 20	31 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.4
55Benny Parsons	5	51	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹¹	22.2¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	+0.3⁶	10.8¹³	14.9¹³	-9.8¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹³	46.2%¹³	—	1969: P5 from 11	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.3
88Buddy Baker	7	50	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁷	0⁹¹	13.7¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	20.4²⁷	11.2²⁷	+0.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	48.1%²⁷	—	1961: P14 from 21	63 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
2Rusty Wallace	22	50	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹¹	17.1¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+4.3⁶	17.3²⁷	11.0²⁷	-3.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1982: P37 from 19	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.4
95Sterling Marlin	20	50	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.7¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3³	45⁹¹	18.8¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	-6.0⁶	21.1⁷	7.5⁷	-4.6⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	71.4%⁷	—	1980: P8 from 36	51 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
22Bobby Allison	34	49	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+18.0¹	6⁹¹	21.8¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+6.3⁶	15.3²⁷	11.2²⁷	-0.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1961: P20 from 29	54 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 15.8
27Tim Richmond	33	49	23.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.5²	2⁹¹	15.5¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+9.0⁶	11.9²⁷	10.9²⁷	-2.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	22.2%²⁷	—	1981: P30 from 40	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.2
14A.J. Foyt	16	49	11.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	5.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁶	0⁹¹	23.1¹²	—	35.2⁵	—	+13.0⁶	20.2⁶	12.0⁶	-7.5⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	83.3%⁶	—	1963: P3 from 10	53 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.9
4Joe Ruttman	32	49	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5²	45⁹¹	21.3¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	14.4¹⁵	12.7¹⁵	-8.5¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	60.0%¹⁵	—	1981: P29 from 22	18 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.1
52Jimmy Means	25	49	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹¹	21.8¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	28.0²⁷	9.3²⁷	+3.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	48.1%²⁷	—	1976: P40 from 20 · led 1	30 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.2
17Ken Ragan	37	48	22.0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	27.1⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹¹	21.0⁷	—	21.2⁵	—	-11.0⁶	35.5⁶	8.1⁶	+7.3⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	66.7%⁶	—	1983: P12 from 23	7 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 22.0
48Lennie Pond	27	48	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹¹	20.1¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	-12.0⁶	28.6¹¹	8.5¹¹	+7.0¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09¹¹	27.3%¹¹	—	1973: P20 from 26	21 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 17.9
12Neil Bonnett	19	47	20.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	5.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+17.5²	45⁹¹	31.3¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-5.3⁶	10.2²⁷	9.7²⁷	-0.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1976: P5 from 13	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.3
84Mike Alexander	29	46	20.9⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	24.4⁷	0.3%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0²	45⁹¹	24.3⁶	—	22.6⁵	—	-9.3⁶	21.8¹⁰	7.2¹⁰	-1.9¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁰	50.0%¹⁰	—	1981: P7 from 15 · led 4	7 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.9
75Lake Speed	14	45	29.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	2⁹¹	15.2¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	16.1²⁷	8.9²⁷	+2.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1980: P38 from 18	28 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 25.1
67Morgan Shepherd	36	45	23.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁹¹	18.3¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	18.4¹⁵	11.2¹⁵	-7.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁵	73.3%¹⁵	—	1978: P40 from 37	32 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.9
31Slick Johnson	40	44	24.0²	0²	0²	0²	32.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0¹	45⁹¹	19.5⁴	—	25.0⁵	—	-3.3⁶	34.4⁵	8.8⁵	+10.8⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	60.0%⁵	—	1980: P14 from 39	2 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 24.0
51Greg Sacks	13	43	26.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-17.0¹	45⁹¹	22.0¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	+7.0⁶	15.3¹⁹	10.9¹⁹	-5.1¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16¹⁹	42.1%¹⁹	—	1983: P38 from 22	23 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 27.6
64Clark Dwyer	39	42	23.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	31.4⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3³	30⁹¹	27.8⁵	—	23.4⁵	—	-5.0⁶	29.9²⁷	6.6²⁷	+6.8²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1983: P21 from 40	5 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 23.2
7Kyle Petty	6	42	25.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.2¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁵	30⁹¹	16.9¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	12.6²⁷	8.7²⁷	-0.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	11.1%²⁷	—	1981: P32 from 11	51 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.6
98Trevor Boys	35	42	22.9⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	31.3⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹¹	30.2⁵	—	23.4⁵	—	+12.7⁶	28.3¹⁹	8.5¹⁹	-0.1¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁹	68.4%¹⁹	—	1983: P17 from 32	7 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 22.9
10Doug Heveron	23	41	24.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	32.8⁴	0.1%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹¹	25.5²	—	26.2⁵	—	-12.3⁶	31.0¹	—	+12.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	1984: P23 from 23	4 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 24.8
89Jim Sauter	28	40	22.6⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	29.1⁷	0.4%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0¹	2⁹¹	31.5⁴	—	25.0⁵	—	-0.7⁶	38.0²	7.8²	+12.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	1982: P12 from 17 · led 5	7 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 22.6
74Bobby Wawak	26	37	28.1⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	28.3⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹¹	24.9¹⁰	—	27.4⁵	—	-2.3⁶	34.9¹³	6.7¹³	+8.8¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23¹³	53.8%¹³	—	1967: P24 from 22	7 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 28.1
0Delma Cowart	30	35	28.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	31.6⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	45⁹¹	29.3⁶	—	28.6⁵	—	+2.7⁶	34.0¹	—	-3.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1982: P33 from 37	5 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 28.2