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Drivers · 42

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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
33Harry Gant	13	63	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁶⁸	10.9¹²	—	4.4⁵	—	-5.0⁶	19.4²⁹	10.2²⁹	+3.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1973: P11 from 17	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
3Dale Earnhardt	9	62	18.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	13.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁶⁸	11.3¹²	—	11.4⁵	—	+4.3⁶	9.7²⁹	8.7²⁹	+1.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1975: P22 from 33	47 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 15.0
14Terry Labonte	22	62	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁶⁸	13.9¹²	—	8.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	21.9²⁹	10.3²⁹	+3.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1978: P24 from 16	56 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.3
17Darrell Waltrip	24	62	11.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁶⁸	13.9¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-15.7⁶	21.5²⁹	10.6²⁹	+4.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1972: P6 from 21	54 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
24Jeff Gordon	1	61	13.6¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	6¹⁰	4.0¹⁰	8.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.3¹⁰	33⁶⁸	17.2¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	+12.0⁶	13.5²⁹	11.9²⁹	-4.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1993: P2 from 21 · led 3	45 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 15.5
21Morgan Shepherd	16	60	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.0¹	17⁶⁸	21.8¹²	—	9.6⁵	—	-1.7⁶	15.3²⁹	9.3²⁹	+2.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1977: P13 from 19	35 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.6
5Ricky Rudd	8	60	14.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-15.0¹	33⁶⁸	15.1¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+17.0⁶	11.0²⁹	12.3²⁹	-4.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1976: P16 from 33	60 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.6
7Geoff Bodine	3	60	17.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7.1¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.5²	17⁶⁸	22.3¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	14.3²⁹	11.4²⁹	-4.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1981: P7 from 14 · led 11	35 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.3
11Bill Elliott	5	59	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁶⁸	21.1¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	13.1²⁹	9.4²⁹	-0.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1976: P23 from 26	61 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.0
28Ernie Irvan	2	58	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁶⁸	16.1¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-7.0⁶	7.9²⁹	12.9²⁹	-7.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1987: P8 from 36 · led 1	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.8
26Brett Bodine	10	56	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.5¹	17⁶⁸	17.3¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	+15.0⁶	11.8²⁸	11.7²⁸	-7.1²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1986: P18 from 32	32 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.8
2Rusty Wallace	21	56	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁶⁸	19.4¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+13.0⁶	11.6²⁹	12.1²⁹	+2.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1980: P14 from 25	47 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
55Ted Musgrave	26	55	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.9⁵	17⁶⁸	24.2¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	21.5²⁸	9.8²⁸	-0.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1991: P17 from 37	18 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 19.6
42Kyle Petty	31	54	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	26.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁸	2⁶⁸	25.8¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	15.4²⁹	10.3²⁹	+1.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1979: P18 from 37	52 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
6Mark Martin	7	54	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.7¹⁰	4.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁶⁸	15.6¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+11.3⁶	8.8²⁹	11.7²⁹	-3.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1982: P27 from 18	57 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 17.6
22Bobby Labonte	41	53	17.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	8.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁶⁸	19.7¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+7.3⁶	20.1²⁹	9.5²⁹	+1.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1993: P8 from 13 · led 4	41 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.7
25Ken Schrader	4	53	20.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.5³	33⁶⁸	17.9¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	9.9²⁹	11.4²⁹	-5.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1984: P26 from 31	45 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.0
41Dick Trickle	27	53	25.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+17.5⁴	33⁶⁸	17.9¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+15.3⁶	26.8²⁵	8.9²⁵	+0.7²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁵	36.0%²⁵	—	1973: P5 from 8	28 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.6
15Lake Speed	36	51	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	24.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁶⁸	19.3¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	19.0²⁰	8.0²⁰	-5.1²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²⁰	35.0%²⁰	—	1980: P7 from 23	32 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.0
27Hut Stricklin	23	49	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.0²	17⁶⁸	21.8¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-8.0⁶	20.9²⁹	8.5²⁹	-1.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1989: P14 from 26	22 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 24.7
30Michael Waltrip	20	49	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁶⁸	23.3¹²	—	19.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	20.8²⁹	7.3²⁹	+2.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1985: P28 from 24	48 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.4
20Bobby Hamilton	28	48	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.0¹	17⁶⁸	22.4¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	+2.7⁶	23.9¹⁴	7.4¹⁴	+0.4¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁴	28.6%¹⁴	—	1990: P39 from 8	24 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.3
98Derrike Cope	14	48	22.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁶⁸	27.3¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+10.7⁶	18.2²⁹	7.3²⁹	-4.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1986: P30 from 35	28 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 23.0
1Rick Mast	12	48	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.2¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁶⁸	27.5¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	-8.7⁶	15.7²⁹	11.1²⁹	-5.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1989: P11 from 41	23 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.7
90Bobby Hillin Jr.	37	48	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.5⁴	17⁶⁸	23.6¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	+8.7⁶	25.9²⁹	9.3²⁹	+1.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1983: P11 from 40	25 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.2
12Jimmy Spencer	15	47	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	30.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-10.0²	17⁶⁸	25.8¹²	—	26.2⁵	—	-8.3⁶	19.9²⁹	10.3²⁹	+3.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1989: P16 from 34	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.6
40Kenny Wallace	42	47	25.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0¹	2⁶⁸	21.4¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	+3.7⁶	27.6²⁹	8.3²⁹	+5.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1991: P13 from 19 · led 1	21 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 27.7
8Sterling Marlin	34	46	26.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁶⁸	25.0¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	-4.7⁶	18.7²⁹	9.2²⁹	+0.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1978: P9 from 7	53 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.1
4Joe Nemechek	11	46	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-16.0⁵	33⁶⁸	25.9¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+4.7⁶	15.8⁴	8.4⁴	-13.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	50.0%⁴	—	1994: P33 from 2	35 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 24.6
44Rick Wilson	18	45	27.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	3.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁶⁸	21.8¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	20.4²⁸	7.4²⁸	-3.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1980: P37 from 12	18 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 25.7
52Mike Wallace	35	45	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	34.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	49.4¹	—	—	—	—	+21.0¹	17⁶⁸	25.1¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	31.0³	10.7³	+6.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	33.3%³	—	1993: P22 from 37	12 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 25.7
18Dale Jarrett	38	44	27.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁶⁸	23.7¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+17.3⁶	19.1²⁹	11.0²⁹	+7.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1987: P38 from 35	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
72John Andretti	40	43	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-14.5²	33⁶⁸	21.3¹²	—	33.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	34.7³	9.0³	+0.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.67³	66.7%³	—	1994: P36 from 9	23 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.0
16Wally Dallenbach Jr.	33	42	28.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.4⁵	17⁶⁸	27.0¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-6.3⁶	26.2²⁹	9.9²⁹	+4.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1991: P33 from 41	15 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 28.5
95Jeremy Mayfield	30	41	27.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁶⁸	25.8¹²	—	29.0⁵	—	+1.3⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1994: P21 from 19	26 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.6
65Jerry O'Neil	32	40	30.3³	0³	0³	0³	36.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁶⁸	—	—	29.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	36.0¹	—	-4.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1989: P26 from 37	3 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 30.3
45Rich Bickle	19	40	29.1⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	33.9⁹	0.1%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁶⁸	26.3¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	-7.0⁶	28.8⁴	8.9⁴	-5.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	75.0%⁴	—	1989: P39 from 40	9 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 29.1
68Greg Sacks	6	40	28.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-17.0¹	17⁶⁸	26.9¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	+2.7⁶	25.3¹⁸	8.4¹⁸	+1.6¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	33.3%¹⁸	—	1983: P30 from 34	22 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 28.6
85Jim Sauter	29	40	28.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	31.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.0¹	17⁶⁸	23.0¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	37.0³	8.5³	+10.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	33.3%³	—	1980: P41 from 31	12 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 28.8
29Andy Hillenburg	25	39	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁶⁸	39.8⁴	—	28.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
19Chad Little	39	39	29.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁶⁸	28.0¹²	—	28.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	27.5²	7.1²	-1.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	1989: P18 from 39	16 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 26.2
75Todd Bodine	17	39	27.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.1¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	17⁶⁸	24.2¹²	—	33.4⁵	—	+4.0⁶	22.8⁹	5.7⁹	-6.4⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33⁹	44.4%⁹	—	1994: P8 from 31	18 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 28.7