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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	21	63	12.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	7.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁷⁵	14.3¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	6.4²⁸	7.7²⁸	-0.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1978: P16 from 14	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 11.5
44Terry Labonte	7	62	16.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁷⁵	14.4¹²	—	8.6⁵	—	+7.0⁶	9.6²⁸	11.0²⁸	-6.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	39.3%²⁸	—	1978: P4 from 19	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
11Darrell Waltrip	10	61	12.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.3¹⁰	7.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁷⁵	17.8¹²	—	12.6⁵	—	-5.7⁶	8.6²⁸	12.3²⁸	-1.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1973: P24 from 13	54 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
43Richard Petty	19	60	11.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	15.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.1⁸	3⁷⁵	14.7¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	15.4²⁸	11.7²⁸	-1.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	32.1%²⁸	—	1959: P4 from 6 · led 7	64 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.9
9Bill Elliott	14	59	8.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁷⁵	25.6¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	+13.0⁶	8.8²⁸	9.5²⁸	-4.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1977: P10 from 16	51 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 9.5
33Harry Gant	4	59	9.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	7.9¹⁰	3.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁷⁵	22.3¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	-8.3⁶	10.7²⁸	12.2²⁸	-5.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁸	46.4%²⁸	—	1979: P12 from 7	30 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
5Geoff Bodine	2	58	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	5.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+15.3²	30⁷⁵	22.3¹²	—	8.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	4.3²⁸	13.2²⁸	-11.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	42.9%²⁸	—	1981: P30 from 20	36 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.8
27Rusty Wallace	16	57	14.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	3.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁵	19.5¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	10.5²⁸	8.7²⁸	-1.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1984: P30 from 24 · led 1	42 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.5
90Ken Schrader	32	55	13.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁵	20⁷⁵	20.8¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	+8.3⁶	23.2²⁸	7.3²⁸	+4.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	32.1%²⁸	—	1985: P13 from 25	43 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.9
15Ricky Rudd	15	55	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁷⁵	20.9¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	+10.3⁶	12.6²⁸	11.3²⁸	-0.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1977: P22 from 27	57 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
26Joe Ruttman	18	55	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁵	15.5¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-7.0⁶	18.1²⁸	13.0²⁸	+1.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	28.6%²⁸	—	1981: P15 from 16	13 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 20.5
22Bobby Allison	11	53	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	9.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁵	20.9¹²	—	19.6⁵	—	+17.3⁶	11.8²⁸	11.0²⁸	-2.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1966: P16 from 19	44 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
7Kyle Petty	24	53	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.4⁵	20⁷⁵	18.1¹²	—	13.2⁵	—	+6.7⁶	18.4²⁸	10.3²⁸	+3.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1981: P25 from 21	50 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.9
67Buddy Arrington	37	53	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁷⁵	19.7¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	29.1²⁵	3.3²⁵	+10.4²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁵	16.0%²⁵	—	1964: P31 from 31	37 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 17.9
8Bobby Hillin Jr.	6	52	22.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.8⁵	3⁷⁵	21.3¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	18.5²⁸	11.0²⁸	+3.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1983: P41 from 29	22 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 23.1
35Alan Kulwicki	23	52	18.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁷⁵	19.5¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-3.7⁶	22.1²²	6.5²²	+6.2²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²²	13.6%²²	—	1986: P11 from 29	14 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.7
12Neil Bonnett	3	51	26.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0¹	30⁷⁵	19.6¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+2.0⁶	12.6²⁷	12.0²⁷	-3.2²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1976: P30 from 15	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.3
25Tim Richmond	1	51	18.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.4¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-19.0²	30⁷⁵	18.9¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	-2.7⁶	4.9²⁸	9.4²⁸	-5.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	7.1%²⁸	—	1981: P12 from 29	11 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.8
55Benny Parsons	9	51	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁵	11.9¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	9.5¹⁵	12.4¹⁵	-13.1¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	66.7%¹⁵	—	1970: P5 from 8	37 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.7
48James Hylton	40	51	15.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+20.0¹	30⁷⁵	14.9¹²	—	30.0⁵	—	-2.0⁶	34.0³	8.2³	+5.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	33.3%³	—	1966: P9 from 17	38 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.6
1Sterling Marlin	13	51	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	22.8¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁷⁵	23.7¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-9.7⁶	11.4⁹	15.2⁹	-9.8⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	66.7%⁹	—	1980: P11 from 33	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.5
54Donnie Allison	30	50	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	6.2¹⁰	16.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁷⁵	8.8¹²	—	35.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1967: P27 from 15	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.3
98Ron Bouchard	26	50	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁵	20.0¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+11.7⁶	22.9¹⁶	12.0¹⁶	-0.9¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	50.0%¹⁶	—	1981: P27 from 26	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.0
47Morgan Shepherd	20	49	26.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁵	12.7¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	+2.0⁶	14.0²⁶	11.3²⁶	-6.8²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23²⁶	57.7%²⁶	—	1981: P34 from 19	34 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.6
28Cale Yarborough	8	47	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-16.5¹	20⁷⁵	24.3¹²	—	19.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	13.1¹⁵	12.1¹⁵	-8.9¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27¹⁵	66.7%¹⁵	—	1957: P42 from 44	48 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
71Dave Marcis	25	47	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-30.0¹	30⁷⁵	25.1¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	-11.3⁶	21.4²⁸	10.6²⁸	-0.7²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	50.0%²⁸	—	1969: P9 from 13	57 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.4
4Rick Wilson	12	47	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁵	25.3¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	16.2¹⁶	12.1¹⁶	-4.8¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19¹⁶	43.8%¹⁶	—	1986: P15 from 25	13 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 22.1
52Jimmy Means	36	47	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁵	26.3¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	32.6²⁵	7.2²⁵	+10.2²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁵	40.0%²⁵	—	1976: P18 from 27	33 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.9
23Michael Waltrip	27	46	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁵	23.4¹²	—	28.0⁵	—	-8.3⁶	24.7²⁷	7.9²⁷	+3.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1985: P24 from 35	42 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.6
66Phil Parsons	17	46	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.8⁶	3⁷⁵	26.8¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	-4.7⁶	18.8¹⁶	10.5¹⁶	-1.7¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	37.5%¹⁶	—	1984: P8 from 29	16 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 19.5
17Eddie Bierschwale	28	46	23.4⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	31.4⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁷⁵	25.9¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	29.5²³	7.2²³	+3.5²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²³	56.5%²³	—	1985: P19 from 35	8 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 23.4
6D.K. Ulrich	31	46	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁷⁵	21.7¹²	—	28.0⁵	—	+1.3⁶	30.3⁹	8.1⁹	+5.9⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	22.2%⁹	—	1973: P18 from 38	19 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 20.1
70J.D. McDuffie	33	44	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	33.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁵	23.5¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	-6.3⁶	31.8¹⁹	6.7¹⁹	+8.3¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁹	52.6%¹⁹	—	1968: P42 from 44	38 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.5
88Buddy Baker	5	44	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.3⁶	3⁷⁵	25.3¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-4.0⁶	15.0¹⁶	13.3¹⁶	-3.1¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	43.8%¹⁶	—	1959: P40 from 40	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.6
81Chet Fillip	29	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁷⁵	31.8⁵	—	25.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	26.0¹⁶	8.2¹⁶	+0.3¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.31¹⁶	56.3%¹⁶	—	first start here	—
75Jim Sauter	22	40	27.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	30.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+28.0¹	3⁷⁵	23.9¹²	—	28.0⁵	—	-3.3⁶	29.7⁷	11.1⁷	+5.4⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	57.1%⁷	—	1982: P33 from 21	4 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 27.8
64Connie Saylor	34	39	25.9⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	31.9⁹	0.1%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁷⁵	20.2¹²	—	34.6⁵	—	+1.0⁶	33.8⁶	6.8⁶	+7.8⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	50.0%⁶	—	1980: P14 from 22	9 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 25.9
36H.B. Bailey	35	38	24.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁵	27.6¹²	—	31.8⁵	—	+11.7⁶	31.3³	15.7³	+1.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	66.7%³	—	1964: P26 from 29	26 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 27.2
82Mark Stahl	39	38	28.7³	0³	0³	0³	39.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁷⁵	27.6⁷	—	27.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	39.0²	9.9²	+16.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	1986: P16 from 40	3 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 28.7
92Jonathan Edwards	38	36	36.0²	0²	0²	0²	38.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁷⁵	—	—	27.6⁵	—	-3.7⁶	34.0³	3.0³	+7.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	66.7%³	—	1987: P35 from 40	2 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 36.0