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Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 41

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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	44⁹¹	15.5¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	9.2²⁷	12.8²⁷	-5.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1978: P7 from 28	45 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 10.8
44Terry Labonte	4	62	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹¹	15.4¹²	—	5.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	7.7²⁷	11.5²⁷	-5.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1979: P16 from 19	62 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.8
9Bill Elliott	1	62	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁹¹	17.4¹²	—	7.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	5.0²⁷	10.1²⁷	-3.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	11.1%²⁷	—	1976: P19 from 38	59 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.2
28Cale Yarborough	2	60	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	6.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁹¹	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	11.2²⁷	-0.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	1959: P57 from 6	73 st · 10 W · best P1 · avg 14.8
66Phil Parsons	14	59	13.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.6⁷	44⁹¹	18.9¹²	—	17.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	20.7²⁷	10.4²⁷	-1.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1983: P13 from 32	17 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.4
11Darrell Waltrip	19	58	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹¹	25.7¹²	—	5.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	7.9²⁷	7.6²⁷	+0.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1973: P12 from 11	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.5
5Geoff Bodine	5	57	16.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	6.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-19.0¹	44⁹¹	22.7¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-9.7⁶	7.3²⁷	8.1²⁷	-3.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1979: P29 from 16 · led 6	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.8
15Ricky Rudd	3	56	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁹¹	19.3¹²	—	5.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	8.0²⁷	9.8²⁷	-2.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1976: P10 from 22	59 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.7
71Dave Marcis	30	55	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹¹	17.7¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	21.7²⁷	9.1²⁷	+1.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	1968: P20 from 35	66 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.8
90Ken Schrader	21	54	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	10.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.4⁵	31⁹¹	14.5¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+7.7⁶	21.3²⁷	8.1²⁷	+3.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	22.2%²⁷	—	1985: P11 from 24	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.2
8Bobby Hillin Jr.	25	54	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.8⁵	44⁹¹	15.4¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	19.5²⁷	7.5²⁷	+1.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1982: P20 from 24	25 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.3
2Rusty Wallace	24	54	17.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹¹	17.1¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+4.3⁶	17.3²⁷	10.5²⁷	-2.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	1982: P37 from 19	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.6
47Ron Bouchard	13	53	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	6⁹¹	17.2¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	+18.3⁶	13.9²⁷	11.4²⁷	-3.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1981: P9 from 7	11 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.6
21David Pearson	12	53	18.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	44⁹¹	13.5¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+9.3⁶	9.0¹¹	6.8¹¹	-22.9¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09¹¹	90.9%¹¹	—	1960: P17 from 20	53 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 12.2
33Harry Gant	15	53	23.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	3.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-24.0¹	44⁹¹	16.3¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	8.1²⁷	9.9²⁷	-1.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1978: P41 from 20	31 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.5
95Sterling Marlin	23	52	17.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.4¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3³	44⁹¹	18.8¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	-6.0⁶	20.7⁷	7.5⁷	-2.6⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	71.4%⁷	—	1980: P8 from 36	51 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
55Benny Parsons	20	52	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹¹	22.2¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	+0.3⁶	9.6¹³	14.8¹³	-12.5¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹³	53.8%¹³	—	1969: P5 from 11	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
88Buddy Baker	32	51	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁷	0⁹¹	13.7¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	19.5²⁷	11.3²⁷	-0.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	48.1%²⁷	—	1961: P14 from 21	63 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
4Joe Ruttman	7	51	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	3.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5²	44⁹¹	21.3¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	16.1¹⁵	12.3¹⁵	-5.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	60.0%¹⁵	—	1981: P29 from 22	18 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.1
22Bobby Allison	27	50	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+18.0¹	6⁹¹	21.8¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+6.3⁶	15.6²⁷	11.7²⁷	-1.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1961: P20 from 29	54 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
14A.J. Foyt	6	49	11.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	5.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁶	0⁹¹	23.1¹²	—	35.2⁵	—	+13.0⁶	21.8⁶	12.0⁶	-5.8⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	83.3%⁶	—	1963: P3 from 10	53 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.9
52Jimmy Means	26	49	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹¹	21.8¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	28.0²⁷	9.4²⁷	+4.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1976: P40 from 20 · led 1	30 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 23.6
75Lake Speed	28	49	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	2⁹¹	15.2¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	15.6²⁷	8.2²⁷	+2.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	11.1%²⁷	—	1980: P38 from 18	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 24.0
27Tim Richmond	29	49	24.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.0¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.5²	2⁹¹	15.5¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+9.0⁶	12.0²⁷	11.3²⁷	-2.8²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	22.2%²⁷	—	1981: P30 from 40	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.8
17Lennie Pond	36	48	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹¹	20.1¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	-12.0⁶	27.8¹¹	8.5¹¹	+6.2¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18¹¹	36.4%¹¹	—	1973: P20 from 26	21 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 17.9
12Neil Bonnett	11	48	20.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	5.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+17.5²	44⁹¹	31.3¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-5.3⁶	10.5²⁷	9.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1976: P5 from 13	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.2
00Morgan Shepherd	33	48	21.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹¹	18.3¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	18.6¹⁵	11.0¹⁵	-5.9¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	66.7%¹⁵	—	1978: P40 from 37	32 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.2
84Mike Alexander	34	47	20.7⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	23.7⁷	0.3%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0²	44⁹¹	24.3⁶	—	22.6⁵	—	-9.3⁶	21.3¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	-2.3¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁰	50.0%¹⁰	—	1981: P7 from 15 · led 4	7 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.7
67Buddy Arrington	16	46	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁹¹	29.0¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	26.2²⁵	4.6²⁵	+7.3²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁵	20.0%²⁵	—	1966: P36 from 29	35 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.9
64Clark Dwyer	31	45	21.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	33.0⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3³	31⁹¹	27.8⁵	—	23.4⁵	—	-5.0⁶	30.2²⁷	6.7²⁷	+7.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1983: P21 from 40	5 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 21.8
18Tommy Ellis	17	44	23.7³	0³	0³	0³	12.7³	0.6%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹¹	23.6⁵	—	24.4⁵	—	+8.0⁶	17.6¹³	9.3¹³	-9.5¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	76.9%¹³	—	1984: P14 from 7	3 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 23.7
10Greg Sacks	9	43	27.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹¹	22.0¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	+7.0⁶	15.5¹⁹	10.4¹⁹	-5.1¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16¹⁹	42.1%¹⁹	—	1983: P38 from 22	23 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 27.9
74Bobby Wawak	40	43	24.7⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	26.3⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹¹	24.9¹⁰	—	24.6⁵	—	+4.7⁶	33.8¹³	6.8¹³	+9.5¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23¹³	46.2%¹³	—	1967: P24 from 22	7 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 24.7
49Trevor Boys	39	43	23.0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	30.7⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹¹	30.2⁵	—	23.4⁵	—	+12.7⁶	28.1¹⁹	8.5¹⁹	-0.4¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁹	68.4%¹⁹	—	1983: P17 from 32	7 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 23.0
23Eldon Dotson	38	41	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹¹	—	—	38.0¹	—	—	40.0¹	—	+2.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	first start here	—
7Kyle Petty	10	40	28.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁵	31⁹¹	16.9¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	12.4²⁷	9.7²⁷	-1.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1981: P32 from 11	51 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.2
70J.D. McDuffie	41	39	29.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+28.0¹	44⁹¹	28.2¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	31.7²²	7.2²²	+3.9²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²²	68.2%²²	—	1966: P21 from 37	34 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.2
29Grant Adcox	37	38	28.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹¹	24.2¹²	—	28.6⁵	—	+12.3⁶	37.0¹	—	-3.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1975: P37 from 25	11 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 26.7
6Eddie Bierschwale	35	38	28.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	33.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹¹	30.7¹⁰	—	22.6⁵	—	+11.3⁶	31.0²⁵	6.3²⁵	+7.7²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁵	40.0%²⁵	—	1986: P31 from 30	10 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 28.6
99Connie Saylor	22	34	29.8⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	28.6⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	44⁹¹	31.6⁹	—	29.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	25.3⁴	8.0⁴	-8.0⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	100.0%⁴	—	1980: P39 from 12	9 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 29.8