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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	5	64	12.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	7.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁷⁷	14.3¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	9.7²⁷	12.8²⁷	-4.8²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1978: P16 from 14	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 11.2
11Darrell Waltrip	7	64	12.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.3¹⁰	7.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁷⁷	17.8¹²	—	5.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	8.3²⁷	7.4²⁷	+1.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1973: P24 from 13	54 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 17.2
44Terry Labonte	9	63	16.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁷⁷	14.4¹²	—	5.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	7.5²⁷	11.5²⁷	-5.8²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1978: P4 from 19	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.2
43Richard Petty	24	62	11.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	15.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.1⁸	3⁷⁷	14.7¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	+8.7⁶	16.7²⁷	11.3²⁷	-1.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1959: P4 from 6 · led 7	64 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 14.3
9Bill Elliott	1	61	8.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁷⁷	25.6¹²	—	7.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	5.0²⁷	10.0²⁷	-3.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	11.1%²⁷	—	1977: P10 from 16	51 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 9.5
33Harry Gant	6	59	9.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	7.9¹⁰	3.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁷⁷	22.3¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	8.4²⁷	10.0²⁷	-1.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1979: P12 from 7	30 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 14.3
15Ricky Rudd	11	58	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁷⁷	20.9¹²	—	5.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	7.7²⁷	9.8²⁷	-3.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1977: P22 from 27	57 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
21David Pearson	2	56	9.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	10.6¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-10.4⁴	20⁷⁷	19.0¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+9.3⁶	9.9¹¹	8.9¹¹	-19.3¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09¹¹	81.8%¹¹	—	1960: P27 from 22	46 st · 10 W · best P1 · avg 11.4
5Geoff Bodine	17	55	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	10.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.5³	31⁷⁷	22.3¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-9.7⁶	6.8²⁷	8.0²⁷	-4.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1981: P30 from 20	36 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.0
2Rusty Wallace	14	55	12.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	3.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁷	19.5¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+4.3⁶	17.6²⁷	10.8²⁷	-2.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	1984: P30 from 24 · led 1	42 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.1
55Benny Parsons	3	55	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁷⁷	11.9¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	+0.3⁶	10.9¹³	14.6¹³	-11.4¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹³	53.8%¹³	—	1970: P5 from 8	37 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
28Cale Yarborough	22	54	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-16.5¹	20⁷⁷	24.3¹²	—	4.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	8.5¹⁵	15.0¹⁵	-11.2¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	60.0%¹⁵	—	1957: P42 from 44	48 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
75Lake Speed	18	54	15.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-27.0¹	3⁷⁷	20.5¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	15.9²⁷	9.1²⁷	+2.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1980: P8 from 23	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.4
22Bobby Allison	23	54	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	9.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁷⁷	20.9¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+6.3⁶	15.7²⁷	11.3²⁷	-0.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1966: P16 from 19	44 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 13.6
4Joe Ruttman	4	52	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁷⁷	15.5¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	16.3¹⁵	12.2¹⁵	-7.2¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	66.7%¹⁵	—	1981: P15 from 16	13 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.8
27Tim Richmond	8	52	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-24.3³	3⁷⁷	18.9¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+9.0⁶	12.8²⁷	11.5²⁷	-2.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1981: P12 from 29	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.9
67Buddy Arrington	33	52	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁷⁷	19.7¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	25.5²⁵	4.6²⁵	+6.7²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁵	20.0%²⁵	—	1964: P31 from 31	37 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 18.0
66Phil Parsons	13	51	15.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.8⁶	31⁷⁷	26.8¹²	—	17.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	20.7²⁷	9.9²⁷	-0.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1984: P8 from 29	16 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 18.4
90Ken Schrader	32	50	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁵	20⁷⁷	20.8¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+7.7⁶	20.9²⁷	8.1²⁷	+2.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1985: P13 from 25	43 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.4
71Dave Marcis	27	50	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-30.0¹	31⁷⁷	25.1¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	21.8²⁷	9.1²⁷	+1.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1969: P9 from 13	57 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.2
16Morgan Shepherd	15	49	23.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁷⁷	12.7¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	19.8¹⁵	11.1¹⁵	-4.8¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁵	66.7%¹⁵	—	1981: P34 from 19	34 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.6
32Tommy Houston	28	49	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁷⁷	24.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
12Neil Bonnett	21	49	26.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0¹	31⁷⁷	19.6¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-5.3⁶	10.1²⁷	9.6²⁷	-0.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1976: P30 from 15	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.1
47Ron Bouchard	19	48	25.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁷⁷	20.0¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	+18.3⁶	13.7²⁷	11.5²⁷	-3.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1981: P27 from 26	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.1
8Bobby Hillin Jr.	20	47	21.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.5⁶	31⁷⁷	21.3¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	19.7²⁷	7.5²⁷	+1.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1983: P41 from 29	22 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.8
52Jimmy Means	36	47	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁷⁷	26.3¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	27.6²⁷	9.5²⁷	+3.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1976: P18 from 27	33 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.5
23Michael Waltrip	35	47	17.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁷⁷	23.4¹²	—	28.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	27.5⁴	8.7⁴	-1.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	75.0%⁴	—	1986: P13 from 19	42 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.4
64Clark Dwyer	37	46	20.3³	0³	0³	0³	35.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁷⁷	24.5¹¹	—	23.4⁵	—	-5.0⁶	30.0²⁷	6.7²⁷	+7.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1984: P15 from 37	3 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 20.3
49Trevor Boys	30	45	24.0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	30.0⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁷⁷	22.1¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	+12.7⁶	28.6¹⁹	8.5¹⁹	+0.4¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05¹⁹	68.4%¹⁹	—	1983: P28 from 30	6 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.0
6Eddie Bierschwale	34	45	22.5⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	30.6⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁷⁷	25.9¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	+11.3⁶	31.1²⁵	6.2²⁵	+7.8²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁵	40.0%²⁵	—	1985: P19 from 35	8 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 22.5
7Kyle Petty	25	44	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.4⁵	20⁷⁷	18.1¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	11.9²⁷	9.8²⁷	-2.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1981: P25 from 21	50 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.9
88Buddy Baker	16	43	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.3⁶	3⁷⁷	25.3¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	20.1²⁷	11.5²⁷	+0.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1959: P40 from 40	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.6
1Pancho Carter	29	42	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁷⁷	29.8⁴	—	28.2⁵	—	+10.7⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
18Tommy Ellis	12	42	27.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	30.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁷⁷	24.1¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+8.0⁶	18.0¹³	9.5¹³	-7.9¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	69.2%¹³	—	1984: P23 from 38	4 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 27.8
14A.J. Foyt	26	41	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁷	23.4¹²	—	35.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	18.5⁶	12.0⁶	-10.0⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	83.3%⁶	—	first start here	—
36H.B. Bailey	31	41	24.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁷	27.6¹²	—	26.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	35.0¹	—	0.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1964: P26 from 29	26 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 26.5
77Greg Sacks	10	41	30.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.9²	4⁷⁷	25.4¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	+7.0⁶	15.4¹⁹	10.7¹⁹	-3.4¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁹	36.8%¹⁹	—	1984: P21 from 28	18 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 29.8
51Slick Johnson	38	40	29.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.5²	20⁷⁷	23.5¹¹	—	25.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	34.8⁵	8.3⁵	+13.0⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	40.0%⁵	—	1980: P25 from 31	11 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 27.7
17Ken Ragan	39	40	28.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	27.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁷⁷	29.3¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	-11.0⁶	35.2⁶	7.9⁶	+6.8⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	66.7%⁶	—	1983: P19 from 25	4 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 28.3
68Mike Potter	40	34	33.4⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	36.2⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+17.0²	4⁷⁷	30.9¹⁰	—	27.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	32.0⁵	5.3⁵	+8.6⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	40.0%⁵	—	1981: P35 from 35	9 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 33.4