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Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 35

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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
9Bill Elliott	8	64	10.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.3¹⁰	14.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁷⁶	7.7¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	8.9²⁸	10.1²⁸	-4.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1982: P3 from 5	42 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 14.6
3Dale Earnhardt	2	61	14.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁷⁶	14.1¹²	—	7.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	8.3²⁸	11.3²⁸	-2.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	7.1%²⁸	—	1979: P5 from 6	43 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
94Sterling Marlin	24	61	13.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.6¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.5²	2⁷⁶	15.7¹²	—	8.2⁵	—	-5.7⁶	12.5²⁸	11.0²⁸	-3.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1983: P10 from 26	42 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.2
43Richard Petty	30	58	2.5¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	10¹⁰	3.9¹⁰	30.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-19.0¹	5⁷⁶	9.9¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	+2.7⁶	27.5²⁴	7.8²⁴	+1.5²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁴	50.0%²⁴	—	1969: P1 from 3 · led 150	45 st · 7 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
27Rusty Wallace	3	58	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁷⁶	14.0¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	9.0²⁸	10.9²⁸	-1.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1984: P11 from 14	43 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.5
21Neil Bonnett	21	57	13.0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	5.2¹⁰	16.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+21.0¹	22⁷⁶	24.4¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	-15.3⁶	20.7²⁵	10.9²⁵	+3.6²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁵	20.0%²⁵	—	1977: P17 from 1 · led 20	24 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
25Ken Schrader	5	57	13.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.9¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.8⁴	32⁷⁶	15.7¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	-3.7⁶	7.3²⁸	10.7²⁸	-6.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1985: P10 from 18	45 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.0
28Davey Allison	22	57	12.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.7¹⁰	9.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁷⁶	16.5¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-10.7⁶	15.3²⁸	11.7²⁸	-0.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1987: P1 from 2 · led 212	12 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 10.6
17Darrell Waltrip	12	56	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	6.5¹⁰	5.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁷⁶	10.3¹²	—	13.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	8.3²⁸	12.5²⁸	-3.7²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	1973: P20 from 8	52 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
11Terry Labonte	15	56	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	7.9¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁷⁶	14.3¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+0.7⁶	13.1²⁸	12.5²⁸	-2.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1979: P6 from 4	51 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.0
5Geoff Bodine	10	55	14.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	6.7¹⁰	7.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-14.5²	32⁷⁶	16.1¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	7.8²⁸	10.3²⁸	-6.7²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1982: P21 from 16	36 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.6
6Mark Martin	1	55	13.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁷⁶	10.6¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	+13.0⁶	5.5²⁸	11.0²⁸	-5.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1982: P5 from 7	54 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 12.5
8Bobby Hillin Jr.	26	53	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.2⁶	0⁷⁶	19.8¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	+1.3⁶	25.3²⁷	9.4²⁷	+7.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1983: P11 from 21	21 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 20.5
83Lake Speed	19	53	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁷⁶	17.2¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	-8.0⁶	21.8²³	9.3²³	+2.3²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²³	21.7%²³	—	1980: P11 from 15	21 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.7
84Dick Trickle	18	52	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.0¹	0⁷⁶	21.7¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+6.3⁶	19.8²⁷	10.6²⁷	+2.5²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1989: P25 from 6 · led 15	20 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 25.4
26Ricky Rudd	7	51	18.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁷⁶	19.8¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	-12.7⁶	16.6²⁸	10.3²⁸	+1.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1976: P33 from 17	55 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 14.5
7Alan Kulwicki	17	51	20.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁷⁶	14.3¹²	—	19.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	7.0²⁸	12.6²⁸	-11.7²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	39.3%²⁸	—	1985: P21 from 30	14 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.4
30Michael Waltrip	16	51	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁷⁶	17.1¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+7.0⁶	18.4²⁸	8.6²⁸	-1.1²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	32.1%²⁸	—	1986: P12 from 17 · led 2	47 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.7
49Bill Flowers	34	50	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁷⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
33Harry Gant	13	50	16.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	6.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁷⁶	9.0¹²	—	28.8⁵	—	+2.7⁶	13.7²⁸	12.2²⁸	-0.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1979: P25 from 10	30 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 15.5
71Dave Marcis	32	50	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.4¹⁰	2.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁷⁶	16.4¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	31.5²⁶	7.4²⁶	+10.2²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁶	15.4%²⁶	—	1970: P23 from 7	53 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.7
2Ernie Irvan	23	49	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.8¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁷⁶	16.9¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	23.8²⁸	8.6²⁸	+2.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1988: P26 from 34 · led 1	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.1
57Hut Stricklin	31	48	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	24.2¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.5²	5⁷⁶	24.8¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	28.3²⁶	9.3²⁶	+6.8²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	23.1%²⁶	—	1989: P20 from 29	22 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.9
55Phil Parsons	25	47	25.8⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	19.6⁹	0.3%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	-25.0¹	2⁷⁶	16.7¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	-6.3⁶	23.0²⁸	11.5²⁸	+1.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²⁸	28.6%²⁸	—	1985: P29 from 32	9 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 25.8
15Brett Bodine	9	47	22.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁷⁶	17.3¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	+16.0⁶	16.0²⁸	9.4²⁸	-3.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	32.1%²⁸	—	1987: P14 from 18	30 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 24.9
75Morgan Shepherd	4	47	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁷⁶	24.2¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-10.0⁶	16.5²⁸	10.9²⁸	+0.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	28.6%²⁸	—	1977: P10 from 10	34 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.9
10Derrike Cope	28	45	21.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	36.1¹	—	—	—	—	5⁷⁶	21.0¹²	—	26.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	18.5²²	11.8²²	-4.4²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27²²	50.0%²²	—	1988: P18 from 25	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 25.4
88Jimmy Spencer	20	44	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.5²	5⁷⁶	20.6¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	-3.3⁶	26.9¹⁶	11.3¹⁶	+3.9¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.31¹⁶	50.0%¹⁶	—	1989: P10 from 27	29 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 23.3
29Dale Jarrett	14	44	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁷⁶	26.2¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-3.7⁶	24.6²⁸	11.1²⁸	+1.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	39.3%²⁸	—	1987: P35 from 23	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.4
4Rick Wilson	6	43	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁷⁶	25.2¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	-6.3⁶	14.9²⁸	10.8²⁸	-4.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	28.6%²⁸	—	1986: P32 from 5	12 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.9
52Jimmy Means	33	40	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁷⁶	20.5¹²	—	33.2⁵	—	-6.7⁶	30.6²¹	7.9²¹	+1.7²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²¹	61.9%²¹	—	1976: P27 from 20	33 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.8
80Jimmy Horton	29	40	24.7⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	34.5⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁷⁶	29.0³	—	26.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	32.3⁴	10.7⁴	+3.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	75.0%⁴	—	1988: P34 from 40	6 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 24.7
23Eddie Bierschwale	27	37	31.2⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	26.5⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁷⁶	25.2¹⁰	—	26.0⁵	—	-1.3⁶	34.1¹⁵	8.2¹⁵	+6.9¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	40.0%¹⁵	—	1985: P32 from 24	6 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 31.2
16Larry Pearson	11	35	35.0²	0²	0²	0²	11.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁷⁶	25.5⁶	—	25.6⁵	—	+6.0⁶	22.0²⁸	8.1²⁸	+0.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	39.3%²⁸	—	1989: P40 from 8	2 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 35.0
99Norm Benning	35	29	31.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	36.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁷⁶	39.0¹	—	33.3³	—	—	36.0²	0.7²	+5.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	100.0%²	—	1989: P31 from 36	1 st · 0 W · best P31 · avg 31.0