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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
17Darrell Waltrip	9	66	7.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	4.8¹⁰	11.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁴	12.7¹²	—	4.0⁵	—	+1.3⁶	12.5²⁸	6.9²⁸	+1.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	7.1%²⁸	—	1973: P30 from 13	51 st · 12 W · best P1 · avg 11.1
3Dale Earnhardt	6	65	8.5¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	22.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁴	8.0¹²	—	7.4⁵	—	+4.0⁶	7.3²⁸	8.4²⁸	+1.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	7.1%²⁸	—	1979: P1 from 9 · led 163	42 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 9.4
11Terry Labonte	1	64	7.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁴	13.1¹²	—	5.6⁵	—	-8.0⁶	7.3²⁸	11.3²⁸	-4.1²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1979: P7 from 10	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.5
9Bill Elliott	15	61	10.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁸⁴	11.5¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	+7.7⁶	5.8²⁸	10.8²⁸	-4.1²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1979: P10 from 17	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
43Richard Petty	20	60	8.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.3¹⁰	17.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁶	5⁸⁴	9.7¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	20.2²⁸	10.3²⁸	+6.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1961: P4 from 4 · led 19	59 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.3
27Rusty Wallace	8	60	9.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	6.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁸⁴	17.5¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	+5.0⁶	12.9²⁸	11.8²⁸	-0.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1984: P12 from 11	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.7
33Harry Gant	5	56	11.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7.1¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁴	13.8¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	+10.0⁶	11.5²⁸	8.9²⁸	-12.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	75.0%²⁸	—	1979: P21 from 17	30 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.8
35Benny Parsons	13	55	10.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	6¹⁰	5.1¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁴	13.8¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	-16.0⁶	11.6²⁸	11.6²⁸	-6.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	39.3%²⁸	—	1970: P27 from 5	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 8.0
7Alan Kulwicki	4	55	13.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.7¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁸⁴	13.3¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	14.5²⁸	11.4²⁸	-4.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²⁸	39.3%²⁸	—	1986: P15 from 22	13 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 11.2
15Ricky Rudd	7	54	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁸⁴	12.7¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+5.0⁶	14.0²⁸	10.6²⁸	+0.1²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	32.1%²⁸	—	1975: P10 from 23	57 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.6
26Morgan Shepherd	21	54	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁸⁴	13.6¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-15.3⁶	12.8²⁸	12.8²⁸	-6.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	42.9%²⁸	—	1981: P4 from 7 · led 18	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.4
5Geoff Bodine	2	53	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	5.5¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0³	31⁸⁴	14.8¹²	—	12.6⁵	—	-15.0⁶	9.6²⁸	11.2²⁸	-8.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	35.7%²⁸	—	1982: P10 from 11	37 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.0
75Neil Bonnett	19	50	15.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	7.5¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.5⁴	5⁸⁴	12.6¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	-6.7⁶	16.8²⁵	10.6²⁵	+3.6²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁵	16.0%²⁵	—	1977: P4 from 6	18 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 14.3
21Kyle Petty	17	50	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁶	29⁸⁴	19.3¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	13.9²⁸	8.6²⁸	+1.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	1981: P11 from 23	49 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.9
8Bobby Hillin Jr.	18	50	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.1⁷	0⁸⁴	13.8¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	-11.0⁶	20.1²⁸	10.2²⁸	+0.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	39.3%²⁸	—	1985: P9 from 21 · led 1	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.2
44Sterling Marlin	11	47	14.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁸⁴	19.0¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	+8.7⁶	17.6²⁸	8.3²⁸	+1.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1983: P18 from 19	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.3
22Bobby Allison	14	47	20.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.0¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.5²	0⁸⁴	15.7¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+20.7⁶	10.5²⁸	10.6²⁸	-4.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	28.6%²⁸	—	1965: P32 from 18	43 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 10.8
90Ken Schrader	3	47	17.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.4⁵	29⁸⁴	16.1¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	+11.3⁶	12.2²⁸	8.9²⁸	-3.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1985: P10 from 16	49 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.2
64Rodney Combs	30	46	11.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	28.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁸⁴	24.0⁴	—	26.6⁵	—	+2.7⁶	31.6¹³	7.1¹³	+6.8¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹³	38.5%¹³	—	1988: P11 from 28	1 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 11.0
18Dale Jarrett	23	45	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁴	20.0¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-14.7⁶	27.9²³	10.1²³	+3.3²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	47.8%²³	—	1986: P29 from 28	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.7
30Michael Waltrip	12	45	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁴	17.7¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-2.0⁶	20.0²⁸	8.7²⁸	-2.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	28.6%²⁸	—	1986: P32 from 24	47 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.6
71Dave Marcis	10	45	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁴	20.6¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	24.4²⁸	10.2²⁸	+4.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	35.7%²⁸	—	1968: P13 from 20	53 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.7
4Rick Wilson	16	43	22.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁸⁴	22.7¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+9.0⁶	18.4¹⁸	8.5¹⁸	-6.8¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22¹⁸	61.1%¹⁸	—	1986: P12 from 13	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.1
52Jimmy Means	25	42	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁸⁴	16.8¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	31.0²⁷	8.5²⁷	+5.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	1976: P19 from 15	27 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.1
41Ronnie Thomas	27	42	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁸⁴	19.6¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+6.0⁶	30.3³	2.6³	+3.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	66.7%³	—	1978: P20 from 13	18 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 20.6
67Buddy Arrington	29	42	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	29⁸⁴	22.4¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	-1.3⁶	29.5¹⁹	6.5¹⁹	+8.3¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁹	15.8%¹⁹	—	1964: P25 from 35	36 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 17.1
55Phil Parsons	22	42	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.0²	0⁸⁴	17.7¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	+9.7⁶	19.4²⁸	8.8²⁸	+2.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1984: P13 from 15	12 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 21.1
62Steve Christman	26	41	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁸⁴	24.0⁶	—	29.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	32.3¹⁹	8.3¹⁹	+6.2¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁹	52.6%¹⁹	—	first start here	—
12Brad Teague	24	37	19.3⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	24.3⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁸⁴	18.8⁶	—	36.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	30.5⁴	14.8⁴	+2.8⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	50.0%⁴	—	1982: P12 from 23	7 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 19.3
19Derrike Cope	28	36	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁸⁴	23.6¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	-10.7⁶	23.5¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	-8.1¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁰	80.0%¹⁰	—	1988: P24 from 24	27 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.4