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Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 33

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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	2	68	8.5¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	22.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁷⁶	8.0¹²	—	3.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	11.4²⁸	8.0²⁸	+3.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	7.1%²⁸	—	1979: P1 from 9 · led 163	42 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.0
17Darrell Waltrip	22	62	7.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	4.8¹⁰	11.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁷⁶	12.7¹²	—	13.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	12.5²⁸	10.3²⁸	-1.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1973: P30 from 13	51 st · 12 W · best P1 · avg 11.4
9Bill Elliott	29	61	10.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁷⁶	11.5¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	13.0²⁸	9.9²⁸	-1.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	7.1%²⁸	—	1979: P10 from 17	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
15Morgan Shepherd	26	60	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁷⁶	13.6¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	+3.0⁶	20.9²⁸	11.3²⁸	+4.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1981: P4 from 7 · led 18	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.9
2Rusty Wallace	1	58	9.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁶	17.5¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	-17.3⁶	10.4²⁸	11.6²⁸	-5.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²⁸	35.7%²⁸	—	1984: P12 from 11	43 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 9.8
94Terry Labonte	30	58	7.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁷⁶	13.1¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-5.0⁶	22.3²⁸	10.9²⁸	+1.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	28.6%²⁸	—	1979: P7 from 10	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.4
6Mark Martin	6	58	10.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.0¹	29⁷⁶	19.2¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	+13.0⁶	8.0²⁸	10.7²⁸	-4.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1982: P14 from 17	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.0
33Harry Gant	10	56	11.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7.1¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁷⁶	13.8¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	+12.3⁶	9.9²⁸	11.6²⁸	-2.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	7.1%²⁸	—	1979: P21 from 17	30 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.7
5Ricky Rudd	4	56	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁷⁶	12.7¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-5.3⁶	12.3²⁸	6.6²⁸	+2.7²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	3.6%²⁸	—	1975: P10 from 23	57 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.5
43Richard Petty	33	54	8.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.3¹⁰	17.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁶	3⁷⁶	9.7¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	+9.7⁶	26.3²⁸	9.7²⁸	+4.1²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁸	35.7%²⁸	—	1961: P4 from 4 · led 19	59 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.1
11Geoff Bodine	11	54	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	5.5¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0³	29⁷⁶	14.8¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	10.3²⁶	11.6²⁶	-5.0²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	26.9%²⁶	—	1982: P10 from 11	37 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.5
7Alan Kulwicki	5	52	12.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁷⁶	13.3¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	+8.0⁶	6.9²⁸	10.4²⁸	-9.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1986: P15 from 22	13 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 10.1
42Kyle Petty	12	52	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁶	3⁷⁶	19.3¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	+2.3⁶	10.0¹⁷	10.1¹⁷	-7.1¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18¹⁷	29.4%¹⁷	—	1981: P11 from 23	49 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.0
34Dick Trickle	21	52	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	0⁷⁶	12.6¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	22.7¹³	9.6¹³	-1.4¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23¹³	38.5%¹³	—	1989: P5 from 27	21 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.9
22Sterling Marlin	15	51	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁷⁶	19.0¹²	—	14.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	14.3²⁸	7.8²⁸	+3.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	3.6%²⁸	—	1983: P18 from 19	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.1
20Bobby Hillin Jr.	19	51	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.8¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.5⁸	0⁷⁶	13.8¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	+1.7⁶	24.0²¹	6.5²¹	+4.4²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²¹	14.3%²¹	—	1985: P9 from 21 · led 1	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.0
98Jimmy Spencer	20	51	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0¹	25⁷⁶	17.8¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	-8.7⁶	24.7²⁸	11.3²⁸	+1.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²⁸	50.0%²⁸	—	1989: P8 from 12	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.4
25Ken Schrader	14	50	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.3⁴	25⁷⁶	16.1¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+11.0⁶	10.3²⁸	12.7²⁸	-3.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1985: P10 from 16	49 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.1
28Davey Allison	3	50	18.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.1¹⁰	4.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁷⁶	13.9¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+19.0⁶	8.0²⁸	10.4²⁸	-3.1²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1986: P20 from 29	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.6
26Brett Bodine	7	50	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁷⁶	20.5¹²	—	13.8⁵	—	+3.0⁶	17.9²⁸	11.0²⁸	-2.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	42.9%²⁸	—	1988: P17 from 11	30 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.2
75Joe Ruttman	23	46	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁷⁶	14.5¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	-6.3⁶	27.3²⁸	8.0²⁸	+6.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	7.1%²⁸	—	1981: P21 from 12 · led 49	15 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.0
4Ernie Irvan	8	46	19.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁷⁶	18.8¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+4.3⁶	8.4²⁸	11.4²⁸	-4.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1988: P26 from 28	19 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 24.8
30Michael Waltrip	25	46	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁶	17.7¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-1.3⁶	16.4²⁸	11.9²⁸	-1.7²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1986: P32 from 24	47 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.4
66Lake Speed	24	44	16.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁶	19.1¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	19.7¹⁹	9.8¹⁹	-5.6¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁹	52.6%¹⁹	—	1981: P9 from 21	21 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.3
21Dale Jarrett	18	44	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁷⁶	20.0¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	-7.7⁶	16.4²⁸	11.5²⁸	-3.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁸	32.1%²⁸	—	1986: P29 from 28	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
55Ted Musgrave	27	42	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.8⁶	3⁷⁶	18.7¹²	—	30.8⁵	—	+7.7⁶	29.7²⁸	6.9²⁸	+7.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1991: P16 from 19	19 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 18.9
19Chad Little	31	42	22.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.8⁶	29⁷⁶	23.5¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	-8.3⁶	24.1²⁷	8.1²⁷	+1.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	22.2%²⁷	—	1991: P14 from 4	11 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 23.0
10Derrike Cope	32	42	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁷⁶	23.6¹²	—	19.6⁵	—	-15.3⁶	20.6²⁷	10.0²⁷	-3.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19²⁷	48.1%²⁷	—	1987: P16 from 28	27 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 25.8
24Mickey Gibbs	17	41	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁷⁶	27.2⁶	—	26.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	28.4¹⁴	6.9¹⁴	+4.9¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁴	21.4%¹⁴	—	first start here	—
8Rick Wilson	16	41	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁷⁶	22.7¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	22.8²⁸	7.8²⁸	+0.1²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1986: P12 from 13	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.9
1Rick Mast	9	40	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁷⁶	24.7¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	17.4²⁸	8.6²⁸	-3.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1988: P28 from 25 · led 2	27 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.7
12Hut Stricklin	13	37	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0²	0⁷⁶	18.5¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+11.0⁶	17.8²⁸	10.6²⁸	-0.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1989: P28 from 26	20 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 26.4
68Bobby Hamilton	28	37	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0²	0⁷⁶	23.3¹²	—	29.0⁵	—	+16.0⁶	22.1²⁷	8.5²⁷	+2.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	11.1%²⁷	—	1991: P13 from 6	23 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.6