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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
44Terry Labonte	4	66	11.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.4¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸¹	14.8¹²	—	5.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	7.7²⁷	11.4²⁷	-5.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1978: P13 from 18	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.5
11Darrell Waltrip	6	66	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸¹	11.8¹²	—	5.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	8.3²⁷	7.6²⁷	+0.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1972: P8 from 12	55 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
3Dale Earnhardt	13	63	13.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.7¹⁰	8.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-14.5¹	37⁸¹	18.1¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	9.4²⁷	12.6²⁷	-5.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1976: P19 from 16	45 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.7
43Richard Petty	5	63	11.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.7⁶	7⁸¹	14.9¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	+8.7⁶	17.4²⁷	11.3²⁷	-0.8²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1960: P20 from 12	64 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
15Ricky Rudd	7	60	18.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹	24⁸¹	17.1¹²	—	5.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	7.9²⁷	8.9²⁷	-1.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1975: P25 from 33	57 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
28Cale Yarborough	9	58	18.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.6¹⁰	17.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁸¹	23.8¹²	—	4.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	9.4¹⁵	15.0¹⁵	-10.3¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	60.0%¹⁵	—	1962: P40 from 23	46 st · 7 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
33Harry Gant	1	58	14.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸¹	20.3¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	8.6²⁷	10.3²⁷	-1.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	22.2%²⁷	—	1978: P7 from 8	31 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.6
55Benny Parsons	8	57	13.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸¹	15.7¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	+0.3⁶	10.5¹³	14.8¹³	-9.8¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹³	46.2%¹³	—	1970: P8 from 16	37 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
9Bill Elliott	3	56	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁸¹	13.2¹²	—	7.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	5.0²⁷	10.0²⁷	-4.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	11.1%²⁷	—	1976: P36 from 33	61 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 18.9
75Lake Speed	20	55	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁸¹	17.3¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	15.9²⁷	9.1²⁷	+2.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1980: P11 from 25	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.2
38Alan Kulwicki	25	54	18.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁸¹	17.3¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	26.0⁴	5.8⁴	+6.0⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	50.0%⁴	—	1986: P14 from 32	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.1
2Rusty Wallace	34	54	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁸¹	18.6¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	+4.3⁶	16.9²⁷	11.3²⁷	-3.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	1980: P2 from 7	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.3
5Geoff Bodine	2	54	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	8.9¹⁰	6.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+16.0³	37⁸¹	18.3¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-9.7⁶	7.4²⁷	8.2²⁷	-3.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1979: P35 from 21	36 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.3
22Bobby Allison	24	53	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.9¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-16.5²	4⁸¹	21.7¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+6.3⁶	15.7²⁷	11.5²⁷	-0.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1961: P37 from 31	47 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
1Davey Allison	32	52	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸¹	18.3¹²	—	17.2⁵	—	-14.3⁶	19.5²	6.4²	+5.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	1987: P5 from 8	13 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.7
67Buddy Arrington	16	52	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-31.0¹	24⁸¹	22.8¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	26.2²⁵	4.6²⁵	+7.5²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁵	20.0%²⁵	—	1965: P38 from 21	33 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 17.1
16Morgan Shepherd	14	52	16.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0¹	37⁸¹	18.5¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	19.9¹⁵	10.1¹⁵	-6.9¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁵	73.3%¹⁵	—	1977: P33 from 13	32 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.2
71Dave Marcis	38	51	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸¹	23.3¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	21.4²⁷	8.9²⁷	+1.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	1968: P16 from 28	58 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.1
88Buddy Baker	17	50	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-12.7⁶	0⁸¹	26.3¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+6.7⁶	20.1²⁷	11.5²⁷	+0.5²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	48.1%²⁷	—	1961: P8 from 20	52 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
12Neil Bonnett	27	50	20.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+30.5¹	37⁸¹	25.5¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-5.3⁶	9.9²⁷	9.7²⁷	-0.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1976: P8 from 23	27 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
90Ken Schrader	26	50	17.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.4¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.1⁴	24⁸¹	21.5¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+7.7⁶	21.1²⁷	8.1²⁷	+2.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1984: P27 from 23	46 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.0
27Tim Richmond	21	49	20.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.7³	7⁸¹	22.0¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+9.0⁶	12.3²⁷	11.5²⁷	-2.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1980: P29 from 32	11 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.7
21Rick Wilson	31	49	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸¹	27.7¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+13.3⁶	32.0¹	—	+3.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1981: P11 from 32 · led 1	17 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 19.5
8Bobby Hillin Jr.	10	49	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.7⁶	37⁸¹	21.9¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	20.1²⁷	7.6²⁷	+2.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1983: P19 from 35	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.5
4Joe Ruttman	12	49	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+19.0¹	37⁸¹	20.3¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	15.7¹⁵	12.5¹⁵	-6.2¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	60.0%¹⁵	—	1981: P10 from 25	16 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.9
49Trevor Boys	42	49	18.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	26.0⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸¹	23.8¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	+12.7⁶	27.9¹⁹	8.2¹⁹	+0.1¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁹	68.4%¹⁹	—	1983: P11 from 20	4 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 18.3
66Phil Parsons	29	48	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+16.5⁶	37⁸¹	23.3¹²	—	17.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	20.1²⁷	10.3²⁷	-2.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	48.1%²⁷	—	1983: P28 from 16	15 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.9
70J.D. McDuffie	40	46	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	31.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁸¹	23.8¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	31.8²²	7.4²²	+4.3²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²²	68.2%²²	—	1966: P22 from 42	30 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.9
45Rick Baldwin	28	46	27.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	27.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁸¹	12.0¹	—	28.7³	—	—	40.0¹	—	+12.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1983: P27 from 27	1 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 27.0
47Ron Bouchard	11	46	26.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁸¹	23.3¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	+18.3⁶	14.0²⁷	11.7²⁷	-2.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1981: P39 from 23	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.4
23Michael Waltrip	19	45	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸¹	21.8¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-2.3⁶	31.5⁴	5.6⁴	+6.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	75.0%⁴	—	1986: P19 from 31	47 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.7
52Jimmy Means	33	45	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁸¹	24.8¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	27.7²⁷	8.9²⁷	+4.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	44.4%²⁷	—	1976: P34 from 22	31 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 26.7
6Eddie Bierschwale	39	45	24.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸¹	23.8¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	+11.3⁶	30.9²⁵	6.5²⁵	+7.3²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁵	44.0%²⁵	—	1983: P26 from 39	12 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 25.6
18Tommy Ellis	35	44	23.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	30.4⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸¹	24.7¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+8.0⁶	16.2¹³	9.3¹³	-9.5¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	69.2%¹³	—	1981: P33 from 7	5 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 23.4
99Connie Saylor	18	42	24.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	33.0⁶	0.1%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸¹	22.4¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	26.3⁴	8.7⁴	-8.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	100.0%⁴	—	1978: P8 from 32	6 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.8
7Kyle Petty	23	42	26.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.4¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.6⁸	24⁸¹	18.9¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	11.9²⁷	9.4²⁷	-1.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	11.1%²⁷	—	1979: P32 from 37	54 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.1
64Clark Dwyer	41	42	30.0²	0²	0²	0²	33.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁸¹	21.3⁷	—	23.4⁵	—	-5.0⁶	29.8²⁷	5.8²⁷	+7.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1984: P40 from 28	2 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 30.0
14A.J. Foyt	22	42	21.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	6.8¹⁰	8.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+29.0¹	0⁸¹	22.6¹²	—	35.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	19.2⁶	11.0⁶	-7.2⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	83.3%⁶	—	1963: P37 from 4 · led 56	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 26.8
17Ken Ragan	37	41	28.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁸¹	27.5¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	-11.0⁶	35.5⁶	8.0⁶	+9.5⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	50.0%⁶	—	1983: P27 from 40	11 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 28.7
77Greg Sacks	15	41	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁸¹	30.3¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	+7.0⁶	15.2¹⁹	11.0¹⁹	-5.0¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16¹⁹	42.1%¹⁹	—	1983: P38 from 24	22 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.7
72Sammy Swindell	30	40	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁸¹	—	—	41.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
31Chet Fillip	36	28	36.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	33.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁸¹	36.7³	—	28.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1986: P36 from 33	1 st · 0 W · best P36 · avg 36.0