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Drivers · 31

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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	1	67	8.5¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	22.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	8.0¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	9.9²⁷	12.5²⁷	-5.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1979: P1 from 9 · led 163	42 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 9.4
11Darrell Waltrip	10	66	7.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	4.8¹⁰	11.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	12.7¹²	—	5.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	8.2²⁷	7.6²⁷	+0.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1973: P30 from 13	51 st · 12 W · best P1 · avg 11.4
44Terry Labonte	7	66	7.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	13.1¹²	—	5.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	7.6²⁷	11.1²⁷	-4.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1979: P7 from 10	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.0
43Richard Petty	24	63	8.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.3¹⁰	17.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁶	5⁸⁸	9.7¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	+8.7⁶	16.7²⁷	11.2²⁷	-1.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1961: P4 from 4 · led 19	59 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.3
9Bill Elliott	9	63	10.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.1¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁸⁸	11.5¹²	—	7.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	4.7²⁷	10.1²⁷	-4.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	11.1%²⁷	—	1979: P10 from 17	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
15Ricky Rudd	6	62	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁸⁸	12.7¹²	—	5.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	7.9²⁷	9.8²⁷	-2.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1975: P10 from 23	57 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.5
33Harry Gant	15	57	11.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7.1¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	13.8¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	8.1²⁷	10.2²⁷	-2.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	22.2%²⁷	—	1979: P21 from 17	30 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.9
47Ron Bouchard	12	56	12.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.4¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁸⁸	11.8¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	+18.3⁶	14.0²⁷	11.5²⁷	-3.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1981: P24 from 3 · led 6	10 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 12.2
5Geoff Bodine	3	55	15.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5.4¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.4⁴	31⁸⁸	14.8¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-9.7⁶	7.3²⁷	7.7²⁷	-3.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1982: P10 from 11	37 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.5
2Rusty Wallace	21	54	8.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.3¹⁰	6.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁸⁸	17.5¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+4.3⁶	17.4²⁷	11.2²⁷	-3.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1984: P12 from 11	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.5
12Neil Bonnett	4	54	15.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	7.5¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.5⁴	31⁸⁸	12.6¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-5.3⁶	10.8²⁷	9.6²⁷	-0.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1977: P4 from 6	18 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 14.7
27Tim Richmond	2	50	14.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.7¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.5²	5⁸⁸	14.5¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+9.0⁶	13.0²⁷	11.2²⁷	-2.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1981: P10 from 13	10 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 14.9
71Dave Marcis	19	50	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁸⁸	20.6¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	22.1²⁷	9.1²⁷	+1.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	1968: P13 from 20	53 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.6
75Lake Speed	18	48	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.7¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁸⁸	19.1¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	15.9²⁷	9.1²⁷	+2.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1981: P9 from 21	21 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.1
22Bobby Allison	16	47	20.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.0¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.5²	4⁸⁸	15.7¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+6.3⁶	16.0²⁷	11.6²⁷	-0.5²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1965: P32 from 18	43 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 10.8
4Joe Ruttman	14	47	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	9.0¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	14.5¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	15.6¹⁵	12.5¹⁵	-7.6¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	66.7%¹⁵	—	1981: P21 from 12 · led 49	15 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.0
8Bobby Hillin Jr.	25	47	18.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.5⁸	31⁸⁸	13.8¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	19.5²⁷	7.5²⁷	+2.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1985: P9 from 21 · led 1	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.5
17Phil Parsons	8	46	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.0²	31⁸⁸	17.7¹²	—	17.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	20.9²⁷	10.4²⁷	-1.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	48.1%²⁷	—	1984: P13 from 15	12 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 20.9
88Buddy Baker	13	46	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.2⁵	0⁸⁸	16.0¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	20.2²⁷	11.4²⁷	+0.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	48.1%²⁷	—	1961: P5 from 21	24 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.5
52Jimmy Means	31	46	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	16.8¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	27.8²⁷	9.5²⁷	+3.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1976: P19 from 15	27 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 20.6
64Clark Dwyer	29	45	15.7³	0³	0³	0³	24.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁸⁸	20.4¹⁰	—	23.4⁵	—	-5.0⁶	30.3²⁷	6.6²⁷	+7.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1984: P18 from 22	3 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 15.7
90Ken Schrader	22	45	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.4⁵	29⁸⁸	16.1¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+7.7⁶	21.3²⁷	8.1²⁷	+2.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	22.2%²⁷	—	1985: P10 from 16	49 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.3
77Greg Sacks	5	43	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0¹	4⁸⁸	20.0¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	+7.0⁶	15.7¹⁹	11.2¹⁹	-3.5¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁹	36.8%¹⁹	—	1984: P9 from 13	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.2
49Trevor Boys	28	43	18.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	24.4⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	20.8¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	+12.7⁶	28.7¹⁹	8.1¹⁹	-0.3¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁹	73.7%¹⁹	—	1983: P22 from 21	5 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 18.2
95Mike Alexander	20	43	19.0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	19.5⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	+8.0¹	31⁸⁸	20.8¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	-9.3⁶	22.7¹⁰	8.0¹⁰	+0.4¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁰	40.0%¹⁰	—	1981: P12 from 12	6 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.0
18Tommy Ellis	11	42	19.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	19.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	19.4¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+8.0⁶	18.1¹³	9.6¹³	-8.1¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	69.2%¹³	—	1984: P28 from 21	4 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 19.8
7Kyle Petty	17	41	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁶	29⁸⁸	19.3¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	12.1²⁷	9.9²⁷	-1.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1981: P11 from 23	49 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.1
6Eddie Bierschwale	26	41	21.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	19.4⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	21.8¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	+11.3⁶	31.4²⁵	6.4²⁵	+7.6²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁵	44.0%²⁵	—	1985: P15 from 22	5 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 21.2
41Ronnie Thomas	23	40	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁸	19.6¹²	—	25.4⁵	—	+7.0⁶	28.7⁶	10.5⁶	+2.7⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	66.7%⁶	—	1978: P20 from 13	18 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 21.5
67Buddy Arrington	30	40	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	29⁸⁸	22.4¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	25.6²⁵	4.5²⁵	+6.7²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁵	20.0%²⁵	—	1964: P25 from 35	36 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 17.2
68Mike Potter	27	36	23.9⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	26.9⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁸⁸	22.7³	—	26.4⁵	—	+4.0⁶	34.6⁵	4.3⁵	+11.8⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	40.0%⁵	—	1979: P16 from 28	8 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 23.9