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Drivers · 32

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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	1	67	8.5¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	22.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁷⁸	8.0¹²	—	8.8⁵	—	-14.7⁶	6.0²⁸	10.2²⁸	-2.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	3.6%²⁸	—	1979: P1 from 9 · led 163	42 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.3
7Alan Kulwicki	10	60	14.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	8.1¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁷⁸	13.3¹²	—	6.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	12.0²⁸	10.7²⁸	-2.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1986: P15 from 22	13 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 11.6
43Richard Petty	20	60	8.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.3¹⁰	17.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁶	5⁷⁸	9.7¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-0.7⁶	26.5²⁸	7.6²⁸	+1.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	39.3%²⁸	—	1961: P4 from 4 · led 19	59 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 10.9
9Bill Elliott	8	59	10.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁷⁸	11.5¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+13.3⁶	7.9²⁸	9.0²⁸	-3.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	7.1%²⁸	—	1979: P10 from 17	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
27Rusty Wallace	4	59	9.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁷⁸	17.5¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+13.3⁶	12.7²⁸	12.9²⁸	-2.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	28.6%²⁸	—	1984: P12 from 11	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.7
1Terry Labonte	16	58	7.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁷⁸	13.1¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	19.0²⁸	10.7²⁸	+2.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1979: P7 from 10	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.5
5Ricky Rudd	7	57	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁷⁸	12.7¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+17.0⁶	14.4²⁸	11.4²⁸	-0.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1975: P10 from 23	57 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.4
33Harry Gant	21	57	11.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7.1¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁷⁸	13.8¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+15.7⁶	15.6²⁷	11.7²⁷	-1.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁷	22.2%²⁷	—	1979: P21 from 17	30 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.2
94Sterling Marlin	13	56	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁷⁸	19.0¹²	—	7.2⁵	—	-1.7⁶	15.4²⁸	10.2²⁸	-1.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	28.6%²⁸	—	1983: P18 from 19	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.6
11Geoff Bodine	11	56	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	5.5¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0³	29⁷⁸	14.8¹²	—	9.6⁵	—	+1.0⁶	8.0²⁸	10.9²⁸	-3.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	1982: P10 from 11	37 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.8
6Mark Martin	2	54	10.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.9¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.0¹	29⁷⁸	19.2¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+18.3⁶	5.6²⁸	6.1²⁸	-1.1²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	3.6%²⁸	—	1982: P14 from 17	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.0
66Dick Trickle	3	54	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	5⁷⁸	12.6¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+6.3⁶	14.9²⁸	10.7²⁸	-7.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁸	46.4%²⁸	—	1989: P5 from 27	21 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.5
28Davey Allison	12	54	16.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.2¹⁰	6.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁷⁸	13.9¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	+20.0⁶	13.6²⁸	9.9²⁸	-2.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	7.1%²⁸	—	1986: P20 from 29	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.7
15Morgan Shepherd	29	54	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁷⁸	13.6¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-7.7⁶	19.4²⁸	10.6²⁸	+6.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1981: P4 from 7 · led 18	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.2
30Michael Waltrip	27	50	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁷⁸	17.7¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+6.7⁶	20.1²⁸	10.8²⁸	+1.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1986: P32 from 24	47 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.7
42Kyle Petty	5	50	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁶	5⁷⁸	19.3¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	12.3²⁸	10.4²⁸	-2.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1981: P11 from 23	49 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.9
25Ken Schrader	19	49	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.3⁴	25⁷⁸	16.1¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-12.0⁶	9.4²⁸	12.2²⁸	-5.7²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	28.6%²⁸	—	1985: P10 from 16	49 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.5
75Rick Wilson	23	49	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁷⁸	22.7¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	-6.0⁶	23.1²⁸	9.3²⁸	-0.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁸	50.0%²⁸	—	1986: P12 from 13	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.0
8Bobby Hillin Jr.	28	48	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.8¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.5⁸	0⁷⁸	13.8¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	+5.3⁶	23.5²⁸	9.5²⁸	+3.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁸	28.6%²⁸	—	1985: P9 from 21 · led 1	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.0
57Jimmy Spencer	30	47	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0¹	5⁷⁸	17.8¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	26.1²⁵	7.8²⁵	+4.3²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁵	20.0%²⁵	—	1989: P8 from 12	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.0
71Dave Marcis	18	46	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁷⁸	20.6¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	+13.3⁶	26.2²⁸	6.7²⁸	+5.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1968: P13 from 20	53 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.6
4Ernie Irvan	6	46	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.8¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁷⁸	18.8¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	10.0²⁸	10.5²⁸	-5.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1988: P26 from 28	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 24.8
21Dale Jarrett	9	46	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁷⁸	20.0¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	-11.0⁶	15.4²³	10.7²³	-4.5²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22²³	39.1%²³	—	1986: P29 from 28	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
41Larry Pearson	26	45	19.5²	0²	0²	0²	25.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁷⁸	23.6⁹	—	18.4⁵	—	+7.3⁶	26.5⁸	8.8⁸	+1.4⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	25.0%⁸	—	1989: P18 from 32	2 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 19.5
22Rick Mast	24	45	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁷⁸	24.7¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	24.2¹⁹	8.4¹⁹	-1.6¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁹	47.4%¹⁹	—	1988: P28 from 25 · led 2	27 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.5
17Greg Sacks	25	44	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁷⁸	20.0¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	18.1¹⁵	12.8¹⁵	-2.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27¹⁵	33.3%¹⁵	—	1984: P9 from 13	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.9
26Brett Bodine	14	44	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁷⁸	20.5¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+8.0⁶	14.8²⁸	9.9²⁸	-0.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1988: P17 from 11	30 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.1
12Hut Stricklin	22	42	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0²	0⁷⁸	18.5¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	23.2²³	9.9²³	+0.8²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	39.1%²³	—	1989: P28 from 26	20 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 26.1
52Jimmy Means	32	41	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁷⁸	16.8¹²	—	32.4⁵	—	-8.3⁶	30.4²⁶	7.2²⁶	+4.0²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁶	42.3%²⁶	—	1976: P19 from 15	27 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 20.7
10Derrike Cope	15	37	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁷⁸	23.6¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	+11.3⁶	17.9²⁸	10.8²⁸	-0.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	32.1%²⁸	—	1987: P16 from 28	27 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.0
98Butch Miller	31	36	19.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	18.5⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁷⁸	24.3⁸	—	35.8⁵	—	-1.0⁶	27.8²²	6.6²²	+7.4²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²²	18.2%²²	—	1986: P16 from 21	4 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 19.5
20Rob Moroso	17	32	30.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	24.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁷⁸	23.0⁷	—	29.0⁵	—	+7.3⁶	20.5²⁴	9.4²⁴	-4.8²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29²⁴	58.3%²⁴	—	1990: P30 from 24	1 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 30.0