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Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 30

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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	12	67	8.5¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	22.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	8.0¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	9.4²⁷	12.5²⁷	-5.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1979: P1 from 9 · led 163	42 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 9.4
11Darrell Waltrip	9	65	7.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	4.8¹⁰	11.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	12.7¹²	—	5.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	8.2²⁷	7.0²⁷	+1.5²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1973: P30 from 13	51 st · 12 W · best P1 · avg 11.0
44Terry Labonte	4	65	7.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	13.1¹²	—	5.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	7.7²⁷	11.3²⁷	-5.8²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1979: P7 from 10	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.5
9Bill Elliott	8	63	10.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	8¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁸⁸	11.5¹²	—	7.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	4.8²⁷	10.1²⁷	-3.8²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	11.1%²⁷	—	1979: P10 from 17	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
43Richard Petty	15	63	8.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.3¹⁰	17.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁶	5⁸⁸	9.7¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	+8.7⁶	17.1²⁷	11.2²⁷	-1.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1961: P4 from 4 · led 19	59 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.3
15Ricky Rudd	6	61	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁸⁸	12.7¹²	—	5.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	7.9²⁷	9.7²⁷	-2.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1975: P10 from 23	57 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.6
33Harry Gant	1	57	11.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7.1¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	13.8¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	8.6²⁷	10.1²⁷	-1.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	22.2%²⁷	—	1979: P21 from 17	30 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.4
47Ron Bouchard	7	56	11.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.9¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁸⁸	11.8¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	+18.3⁶	14.1²⁷	11.7²⁷	-2.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1981: P24 from 3 · led 6	10 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 11.2
12Neil Bonnett	3	54	14.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	7.6¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.3⁴	31⁸⁸	12.6¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-5.3⁶	10.8²⁷	9.5²⁷	+0.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1977: P4 from 6	18 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.8
5Geoff Bodine	10	54	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	4.7¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.4⁴	31⁸⁸	14.8¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-9.7⁶	7.1²⁷	8.0²⁷	-3.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1982: P10 from 11	37 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.6
2Rusty Wallace	17	53	9.1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.7¹⁰	5.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁸⁸	17.5¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+4.3⁶	17.5²⁷	10.9²⁷	-3.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1984: P12 from 11	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.7
27Tim Richmond	13	52	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	5.6¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.5²	5⁸⁸	14.5¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+9.0⁶	12.6²⁷	11.2²⁷	-2.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	22.2%²⁷	—	1981: P10 from 13	10 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 12.1
71Dave Marcis	20	49	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁸⁸	20.6¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	22.0²⁷	9.0²⁷	+1.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1968: P13 from 20	53 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.6
4Joe Ruttman	14	48	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	9.0¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	14.5¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	15.6¹⁵	12.7¹⁵	-6.5¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	60.0%¹⁵	—	1981: P21 from 12 · led 49	15 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 20.9
75Lake Speed	5	48	17.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁸⁸	19.1¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	16.4²⁷	9.1²⁷	+2.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1981: P9 from 21	21 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.2
95Sterling Marlin	24	47	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	19.0¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	-6.0⁶	20.6⁷	8.3⁷	-4.3⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	71.4%⁷	—	1983: P18 from 19	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.2
22Bobby Allison	2	47	20.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.0¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.5²	4⁸⁸	15.7¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+6.3⁶	16.5²⁷	11.6²⁷	-0.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1965: P32 from 18	43 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 11.0
17Phil Parsons	19	47	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.0²	31⁸⁸	17.7¹²	—	17.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	20.5²⁷	10.4²⁷	-1.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1984: P13 from 15	12 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 20.3
70J.D. McDuffie	29	46	15.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	27.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁸⁸	19.8¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	32.3²²	7.4²²	+4.8²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²²	63.6%²²	—	1963: P19 from 33	38 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 17.6
49Don Hume	30	45	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	21.0²	—	21.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	30.8⁶	7.7⁶	+5.5⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	50.0%⁶	—	first start here	—
88Buddy Baker	18	45	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.2⁵	0⁸⁸	16.0¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	20.0²⁷	11.2²⁷	+0.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	48.1%²⁷	—	1961: P5 from 21	24 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.8
52Jimmy Means	25	45	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	16.8¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	28.0²⁷	9.2²⁷	+3.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	48.1%²⁷	—	1976: P19 from 15	27 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.1
8Bobby Hillin Jr.	21	45	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.5⁸	31⁸⁸	13.8¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	19.7²⁷	7.4²⁷	+1.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1985: P24 from 25	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.4
90Ken Schrader	16	44	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.4⁵	29⁸⁸	16.1¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+7.7⁶	21.5²⁷	7.9²⁷	+2.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1985: P19 from 22	49 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.5
64Clark Dwyer	23	44	17.0³	0³	0³	0³	26.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁸⁸	20.4¹⁰	—	23.4⁵	—	-5.0⁶	30.5²⁷	6.5²⁷	+7.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1984: P18 from 22	3 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 17.0
41Ronnie Thomas	28	40	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	19.6¹²	—	25.4⁵	—	+7.0⁶	27.8⁶	11.5⁶	+3.0⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	50.0%⁶	—	1978: P20 from 13	18 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 21.1
7Kyle Petty	11	40	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁶	29⁸⁸	19.3¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	12.4²⁷	9.7²⁷	-1.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1981: P11 from 23	49 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.3
67Buddy Arrington	26	40	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	0⁸⁸	22.4¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	25.8²⁵	4.4²⁵	+7.3²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁵	16.0%²⁵	—	1964: P25 from 35	36 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 16.9
6Eddie Bierschwale	22	39	22.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	20.2⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	21.8¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	+6.7⁶	31.6²⁵	6.2²⁵	+7.6²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁵	44.0%²⁵	—	1985: P20 from 26	5 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 22.2
68Mike Potter	27	35	24.5⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	26.9⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁸⁸	22.7³	—	27.4⁵	—	-1.0⁶	34.6⁵	5.6⁵	+10.8⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	40.0%⁵	—	1979: P16 from 28	8 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 24.5