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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	5	65	14.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	5.8¹⁰	16.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-18.0¹	24⁷³	15.5¹²	—	3.0⁵	—	-9.7⁶	13.5¹⁵	11.9¹⁵	+0.1¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	6.7%¹⁵	—	1985: P10 from 22	14 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.1
11Bill Elliott	10	63	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁷³	12.9¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	13.0²⁹	9.2²⁹	-0.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1976: P38 from 39	56 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.6
14Terry Labonte	38	62	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁷³	16.0¹²	—	8.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	21.3²⁹	9.6²⁹	+3.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1979: P9 from 16 · led 1	60 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.0
3Dale Earnhardt	1	61	15.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.7¹⁰	6.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	40⁷³	14.7¹²	—	11.4⁵	—	+4.3⁶	10.0²⁹	8.7²⁹	+1.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1978: P12 from 27	43 st · 10 W · best P1 · avg 12.6
33Harry Gant	37	60	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0²	40⁷³	20.8¹²	—	4.4⁵	—	-5.0⁶	18.6²⁹	10.2²⁹	+2.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1979: P39 from 20	31 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.2
24Jeff Gordon	30	59	17.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.0¹⁰	10.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.8¹⁰	40⁷³	10.8¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	+12.0⁶	12.5²⁹	12.1²⁹	-5.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1993: P31 from 8 · led 7	45 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
21Morgan Shepherd	9	58	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁷³	21.6¹²	—	9.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	15.6²⁹	9.3²⁹	+2.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1981: P23 from 30	32 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.7
25Ken Schrader	8	57	13.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-12.1⁴	40⁷³	15.5¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	9.7²⁹	11.4²⁹	-5.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1985: P20 from 21	46 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.9
6Mark Martin	11	57	10.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.3¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁷³	25.4¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+11.3⁶	8.7²⁹	11.9²⁹	-2.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1982: P10 from 11	47 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.0
15Geoff Bodine	31	57	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	8.7¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+18.0²	24⁷³	17.2¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	13.3²⁹	11.3²⁹	-4.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1982: P33 from 5	35 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.9
41Phil Parsons	39	56	19.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.5⁶	40⁷³	13.6¹²	—	17.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	27.0²⁵	10.0²⁵	+3.9²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16²⁵	36.0%²⁵	—	1983: P28 from 9	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.9
55Ted Musgrave	23	55	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0⁵	24⁷³	16.4¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	21.6²⁸	9.8²⁸	-0.1²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1991: P16 from 38 · led 1	19 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 23.4
22Bobby Labonte	20	54	12.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁷³	21.8¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+7.3⁶	20.8²⁹	9.2²⁹	+2.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1993: P15 from 41	45 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.4
90Bobby Hillin Jr.	41	54	15.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.0¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0⁴	24⁷³	15.8¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	+8.7⁶	25.7²⁹	9.2²⁹	+1.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1982: P19 from 22	24 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.5
4Ernie Irvan	16	53	19.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	3.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁷³	18.0¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-7.0⁶	7.4²⁹	12.9²⁹	-7.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1988: P32 from 41	20 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
2Rusty Wallace	24	52	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁷³	19.8¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+13.0⁶	11.4²⁹	12.1²⁹	+1.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1981: P21 from 19	44 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.9
42Kyle Petty	21	52	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.7⁷	1⁷³	24.6¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	15.8²⁹	10.4²⁹	+2.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1979: P9 from 18	52 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.3
1Rick Mast	19	52	23.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁷³	18.2¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	-8.7⁶	15.4²⁹	11.0²⁹	-6.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1989: P32 from 37	19 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.1
8Sterling Marlin	14	52	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	24⁷³	18.3¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	-4.7⁶	19.4²⁹	9.1²⁹	+1.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1983: P41 from 22	49 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.8
5Ricky Rudd	26	52	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	40⁷³	22.3¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+17.0⁶	10.3²⁹	11.3²⁹	-4.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1976: P23 from 20	58 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.3
27Hut Stricklin	25	51	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0¹	24⁷³	24.3¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-8.0⁶	20.9²⁹	8.5²⁹	-2.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1989: P33 from 41	18 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.9
30Michael Waltrip	13	50	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁷³	20.3¹²	—	19.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	21.1²⁹	7.3²⁹	+2.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1986: P35 from 37	59 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.1
75Dick Trickle	27	49	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-10.5²	24⁷³	21.9¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+15.3⁶	26.8²⁵	8.9²⁵	+1.0²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁵	36.0%²⁵	—	1989: P27 from 13	18 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 27.6
17Darrell Waltrip	33	48	26.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁷³	17.4¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-15.7⁶	21.2²⁹	10.5²⁹	+4.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1972: P38 from 25	54 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 20.2
16Wally Dallenbach Jr.	7	48	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.3⁴	24⁷³	21.9¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-6.3⁶	27.1²⁹	9.8²⁹	+5.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1991: P34 from 32	16 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.6
12Jimmy Spencer	2	48	21.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.0²	24⁷³	18.9¹²	—	26.2⁵	—	-8.3⁶	20.4²⁹	10.2²⁹	+3.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1989: P40 from 29	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.4
26Brett Bodine	12	48	22.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁷³	24.6¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	+15.0⁶	11.7²⁸	11.5²⁸	-6.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1987: P38 from 23	29 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.0
40Kenny Wallace	17	47	20.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	27.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+16.0²	1⁷³	25.7¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	+3.7⁶	28.4²⁹	8.5²⁹	+5.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1993: P35 from 34	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.8
18Dale Jarrett	3	46	27.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁷³	17.6¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+17.3⁶	20.3²⁹	11.2²⁹	+7.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1987: P28 from 38	41 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
83Lake Speed	32	46	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.0²	24⁷³	27.2¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	19.2²⁰	8.1²⁰	-3.8²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁰	30.0%²⁰	—	1980: P7 from 20 · led 2	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.5
44Rick Wilson	4	46	24.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁷³	21.4¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	20.9²⁸	7.6²⁸	-3.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1980: P36 from 20	20 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 24.0
68Greg Sacks	22	46	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.2¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5²	24⁷³	24.5¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	+2.7⁶	24.4¹⁸	8.4¹⁸	+0.7¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁸	27.8%¹⁸	—	1984: P14 from 30	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 23.0
98Derrike Cope	15	45	26.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁷³	26.5¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+10.7⁶	18.2²⁹	7.3²⁹	-5.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1988: P26 from 31	23 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 27.1
7Jimmy Hensley	29	44	28.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	24.0⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁷³	27.7⁶	—	17.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	18.7²⁰	9.8²⁰	-4.8²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁰	35.0%²⁰	—	1992: P25 from 16	5 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 28.8
52Jimmy Means	28	44	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁷³	20.5¹²	—	31.6⁵	—	+8.0⁶	33.9¹⁷	7.0¹⁷	+6.9¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁷	35.3%¹⁷	—	1976: P31 from 29	32 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.7
20Joe Ruttman	6	43	23.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	14.8¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.0¹	24⁷³	20.8¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	+13.0⁶	33.3⁴	9.1⁴	+0.8⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	75.0%⁴	—	1981: P29 from 15	17 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 23.8
45Rich Bickle	36	41	25.3³	0³	0³	0³	34.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁷³	27.6⁵	—	28.2⁵	—	-7.7⁶	24.5⁴	9.3⁴	-10.0⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	75.0%⁴	—	1999: P14 from 42	3 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 25.3
32Jimmy Horton	35	41	26.0²	0²	0²	0²	19.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	0.0¹	40⁷³	27.2⁵	—	28.4⁵	—	-5.3⁶	29.7¹²	6.9¹²	-2.8¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50¹²	75.0%¹²	—	1990: P13 from 15	2 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 26.0
85Ken Bouchard	40	35	35.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	39.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁷³	26.0²	—	30.8⁴	—	—	36.3³	7.8³	+5.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	33.3%³	—	1988: P35 from 39	1 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 35.0
51Jeff Purvis	18	34	34.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	40⁷³	32.2¹⁰	—	27.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	28.7⁷	4.9⁷	+8.6⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁷	0.0%⁷	—	1991: P30 from 39	10 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 34.4
53Ritchie Petty	34	23	41.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	39.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+16.0¹	24⁷³	36.5²	—	38.0³	—	—	38.0²	6.4²	+1.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	100.0%²	—	1993: P41 from 39	1 st · 0 W · best P41 · avg 41.0