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Drivers · 41

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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
28Davey Allison	11	65	17.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	6.8¹⁰	5.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁷⁵	14.9¹²	—	3.0⁵	—	-9.7⁶	13.1¹⁵	11.3¹⁵	+1.1¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	6.7%¹⁵	—	1987: P27 from 2	13 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
11Bill Elliott	5	64	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁷⁵	17.4¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	13.1²⁹	8.0²⁹	+0.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1976: P19 from 38	59 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 15.6
14Terry Labonte	19	62	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁷⁵	15.4¹²	—	8.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	22.0²⁹	10.2²⁹	+3.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1979: P16 from 19	62 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.7
3Dale Earnhardt	4	61	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	4.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	40⁷⁵	15.5¹²	—	11.4⁵	—	+4.3⁶	9.9²⁹	8.7²⁹	+1.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1978: P7 from 28	45 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 10.9
24Jeff Gordon	3	60	12.3¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	10.0¹⁰	15.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.8¹⁰	40⁷⁵	15.7¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+8.7⁶	13.4²⁹	11.9²⁹	-4.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1993: P5 from 27 · led 3	45 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
33Harry Gant	37	58	23.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	3.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-24.0¹	40⁷⁵	16.3¹²	—	4.4⁵	—	-5.0⁶	18.6²⁹	10.2²⁹	+2.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1978: P41 from 20	31 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.6
25Ken Schrader	7	57	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	10.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.5⁴	40⁷⁵	14.5¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	9.8²⁹	11.4²⁹	-5.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1985: P11 from 24	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.5
15Geoff Bodine	6	57	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.9¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁷⁵	22.7¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	14.2²⁹	11.0²⁹	-4.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1979: P29 from 16 · led 6	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.1
7Alan Kulwicki	10	56	18.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	20.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁷⁵	19.9¹²	—	12.4⁵	—	+3.7⁶	17.3⁴	15.9⁴	+5.0⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	25.0%⁴	—	1986: P10 from 32	13 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.0
41Phil Parsons	16	55	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.4⁸	40⁷⁵	18.9¹²	—	20.6⁵	—	-14.3⁶	28.0²⁵	10.0²⁵	+4.9²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16²⁵	36.0%²⁵	—	1983: P13 from 32	17 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.7
55Ted Musgrave	33	55	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	23.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.9⁵	27⁷⁵	21.2¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	21.3²⁸	9.8²⁸	-1.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1991: P30 from 37	17 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.3
4Ernie Irvan	8	54	17.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.4¹⁰	13.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁷⁵	16.1¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-7.0⁶	7.7²⁹	12.4²⁹	-6.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1988: P25 from 31	20 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.3
21Morgan Shepherd	32	54	23.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁷⁵	18.3¹²	—	9.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	14.8²⁹	9.2²⁹	+1.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1978: P40 from 37	32 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.2
1Rick Mast	31	54	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁷⁵	22.2¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	-8.7⁶	15.0²⁹	11.0²⁹	-6.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1989: P6 from 11 · led 9	19 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.5
90Bobby Hillin Jr.	9	53	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.8⁴	27⁷⁵	15.4¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	+8.7⁶	26.8²⁹	9.1²⁹	+3.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1982: P20 from 24	25 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.5
8Sterling Marlin	14	52	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3³	27⁷⁵	18.8¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	-4.7⁶	19.4²⁹	9.0²⁹	+1.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1980: P8 from 36	51 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.6
2Rusty Wallace	34	52	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁷⁵	17.1¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+13.0⁶	11.1²⁹	11.4²⁹	+2.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1982: P37 from 19	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.8
6Mark Martin	23	51	27.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁷⁵	11.0¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+11.3⁶	8.3²⁹	11.8²⁹	-3.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1982: P30 from 26	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.1
75Dick Trickle	21	51	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-20.0¹	27⁷⁵	27.9¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+15.3⁶	27.1²⁵	8.4²⁵	+1.7²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁵	32.0%²⁵	—	1970: P17 from 22	21 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.1
46Al Unser Jr.	40	50	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁷⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
5Ricky Rudd	12	50	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁷⁵	19.3¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+17.0⁶	10.8²⁹	12.0²⁹	-4.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1976: P10 from 22	59 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.3
30Michael Waltrip	28	49	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁷⁵	19.9¹²	—	19.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	20.6²⁹	7.5²⁹	+2.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1986: P18 from 39	55 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 21.1
17Darrell Waltrip	26	49	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁷⁵	25.7¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-15.7⁶	21.4²⁹	10.6²⁹	+4.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1973: P12 from 11	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.2
71Dave Marcis	41	49	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁷⁵	17.7¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	33.2²²	6.5²²	+7.5²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²²	27.3%²²	—	1968: P20 from 35	66 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.6
22Bobby Labonte	25	48	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁷⁵	13.7¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+4.3⁶	20.6²⁹	9.7²⁹	+1.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1993: P41 from 26	47 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.1
12Jimmy Spencer	30	48	20.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0²	27⁷⁵	19.2¹²	—	26.2⁵	—	-8.3⁶	19.4²⁹	10.5²⁹	+2.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1989: P27 from 32	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.8
42Kyle Petty	1	47	27.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁵	0⁷⁵	16.9¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	16.5²⁹	9.8²⁹	+3.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1981: P32 from 11	51 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.7
18Dale Jarrett	2	46	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁷⁵	25.3¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+17.3⁶	20.3²⁹	11.1²⁹	+7.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1984: P23 from 39	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
44Rick Wilson	15	45	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0¹	0⁷⁵	24.7¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	-3.3⁶	20.5²⁸	7.5²⁸	-3.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1980: P15 from 20	18 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 23.2
40Kenny Wallace	24	45	26.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.2⁵	0⁷⁵	19.0¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	28.2²⁹	8.7²⁹	+5.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1993: P28 from 32	18 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 27.6
27Hut Stricklin	18	45	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+20.0¹	27⁷⁵	19.5¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-8.0⁶	21.1²⁹	7.7²⁹	-2.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1989: P10 from 34	17 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.5
68Bobby Hamilton	27	45	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-18.5²	27⁷⁵	19.9¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	+2.7⁶	23.9¹⁴	8.2¹⁴	-0.3¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁴	28.6%¹⁴	—	1991: P10 from 20	23 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.5
52Jimmy Hensley	38	45	25.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	21.6⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁷⁵	25.5⁶	—	17.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	18.2²⁰	9.5²⁰	-3.7²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁰	30.0%²⁰	—	1992: P15 from 23	5 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 25.2
20Joe Ruttman	36	44	23.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	3.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5²	27⁷⁵	21.3¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	+11.3⁶	25.8⁴	15.3⁴	+1.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	50.0%⁴	—	1981: P29 from 22	18 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.9
16Wally Dallenbach Jr.	22	44	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.5⁶	27⁷⁵	23.8¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-6.3⁶	26.6²⁹	9.6²⁹	+4.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1991: P34 from 40	14 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 24.3
26Brett Bodine	20	43	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁷⁵	21.8¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	+15.0⁶	11.4²⁸	11.7²⁸	-7.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1987: P11 from 7 · led 1	28 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.4
66Derrike Cope	35	42	26.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	39.7¹	—	—	—	—	27⁷⁵	25.5¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+10.7⁶	17.5²⁹	7.8²⁹	-5.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1987: P33 from 23	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 29.1
83Lake Speed	13	40	29.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹	27⁷⁵	15.2¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	20.1²⁰	8.2²⁰	-3.8²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	35.0%²⁰	—	1980: P38 from 18	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 24.7
9Chad Little	17	37	28.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-25.7¹	27⁷⁵	25.2¹²	—	28.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	38.5²	0.7²	+5.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	1989: P36 from 28	15 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.1
89Jim Sauter	39	37	23.1⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	27.6⁷	0.4%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0¹	27⁷⁵	31.5⁴	—	31.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	33.7³	6.4³	+0.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	66.7%³	—	1982: P12 from 17 · led 5	7 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 23.1
32Jimmy Horton	29	35	27.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	28.0⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	-0.7¹	40⁷⁵	29.3³	—	28.4⁵	—	-5.3⁶	30.2¹²	6.5¹²	-3.3¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.58¹²	83.3%¹²	—	1990: P37 from 40	4 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 27.8