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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
3Dale Earnhardt	38	65	18.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	13.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁶⁶	11.3¹²	—	5.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	14.6³⁰	11.1³⁰	+6.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1975: P22 from 33	47 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 15.0
24Jeff Gordon	5	63	11.3¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	7¹⁰	3.6¹⁰	8.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.0¹⁰	30⁶⁶	17.2¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	0.0⁶	10.0³⁰	12.1³⁰	-5.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1993: P2 from 21 · led 3	45 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 15.0
17Darrell Waltrip	35	61	11.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁶⁶	13.9¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	23.8³⁰	9.0³⁰	+7.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	3.3%³⁰	—	1972: P6 from 21	54 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 14.0
2Rusty Wallace	15	61	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁶	19.4¹²	—	8.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	10.8³⁰	14.0³⁰	-1.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1980: P14 from 25	47 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.9
10Ricky Rudd	16	61	14.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-15.0¹	18⁶⁶	15.1¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	17.1³⁰	7.4³⁰	+5.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	3.3%³⁰	—	1976: P16 from 33	60 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.3
7Geoff Bodine	6	60	17.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7.1¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.5²	18⁶⁶	22.3¹²	—	7.6⁵	—	-2.7⁶	10.9³⁰	14.6³⁰	-10.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁰	46.7%³⁰	—	1981: P7 from 14 · led 11	35 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.8
21Morgan Shepherd	27	58	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.0¹	18⁶⁶	21.8¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	+12.7⁶	19.5³⁰	8.7³⁰	+6.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1977: P13 from 19	35 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.0
26Brett Bodine	8	58	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.5¹	18⁶⁶	17.3¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+14.0⁶	14.8³⁰	11.0³⁰	-6.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1986: P18 from 32	32 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.0
5Terry Labonte	9	57	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁶⁶	13.9¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	-6.0⁶	15.1³⁰	10.5³⁰	+0.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1978: P24 from 16	56 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
6Mark Martin	12	57	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.7¹⁰	4.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁶	15.6¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	-8.0⁶	8.0³⁰	11.1³⁰	-2.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1982: P27 from 18	57 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
8Jeff Burton	31	56	15.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	6.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.7⁷	18⁶⁶	18.5¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	+13.0⁶	25.6²⁹	9.8²⁹	+1.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1994: P29 from 15	39 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.7
25Ken Schrader	11	55	20.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.5³	30⁶⁶	17.9¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	-5.0⁶	14.3³⁰	10.1³⁰	+1.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1984: P26 from 31	45 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.2
22Bobby Labonte	20	54	15.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	8.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁶⁶	19.7¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+7.3⁶	19.9³⁰	9.1³⁰	-1.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1993: P8 from 13 · led 4	41 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.4
42Kyle Petty	41	54	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	26.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁸	2⁶⁶	25.8¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	+17.0⁶	26.4³⁰	10.9³⁰	+7.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1979: P18 from 37	52 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
16Ted Musgrave	29	54	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.6⁴	18⁶⁶	24.2¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-8.3⁶	19.7³⁰	10.3³⁰	+2.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1991: P17 from 37	18 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 19.8
33Harry Gant	18	54	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁶⁶	10.9¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	-8.3⁶	23.6²⁹	11.7²⁹	-1.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1973: P11 from 17	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.6
15Lake Speed	24	53	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	24.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁶	19.3¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	29.4³⁰	10.1³⁰	+12.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1980: P7 from 23	32 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.2
27Jimmy Spencer	25	52	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	29.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	18⁶⁶	25.8¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	21.4²⁸	12.1²⁸	-4.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25²⁸	39.3%²⁸	—	1989: P16 from 34	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.3
18Dale Jarrett	22	51	27.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁶⁶	23.7¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	-18.3⁶	22.7²⁹	11.3²⁹	+3.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1987: P38 from 35	40 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
11Bill Elliott	28	51	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁶	21.1¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+10.0⁶	15.3³⁰	11.7³⁰	-1.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1976: P23 from 26	61 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.6
80Joe Ruttman	30	50	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹	18⁶⁶	19.7¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	+12.3⁶	34.0¹	—	+16.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	1981: P7 from 19	18 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.8
23Hut Stricklin	33	50	25.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.2¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.7³	18⁶⁶	21.8¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-13.3⁶	28.3²⁸	8.4²⁸	+4.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	1989: P14 from 26	22 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 24.8
20Jimmy Hensley	39	49	22.7⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	20.8⁶	0.5%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁶	20.4⁸	—	24.8⁵	—	+21.7⁶	25.3¹⁶	8.7¹⁶	-1.3¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19¹⁶	31.3%¹⁶	—	1990: P33 from 23	6 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 22.7
40Bobby Hamilton	26	48	23.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.0¹	2⁶⁶	22.4¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	26.9²⁹	9.7²⁹	+2.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1990: P39 from 8	24 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.1
31Ward Burton	1	48	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁶⁶	23.9¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	20.2²⁵	10.4²⁵	-8.9²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁵	44.0%²⁵	—	1994: P37 from 8	22 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.2
12Derrike Cope	7	48	22.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁶	27.3¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+6.7⁶	21.1²⁹	9.2²⁹	-5.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1986: P30 from 35	28 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 24.1
30Michael Waltrip	2	47	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁶⁶	23.3¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	20.7³⁰	9.9³⁰	+3.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1985: P28 from 24	48 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.8
44Bobby Hillin Jr.	36	47	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.5⁴	18⁶⁶	23.6¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	30.5⁸	9.5⁸	+2.3⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	25.0%⁸	—	1983: P11 from 40	25 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.4
32Dick Trickle	10	46	25.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+17.5⁴	30⁶⁶	17.9¹²	—	29.6⁵	—	+4.0⁶	26.2²⁴	9.8²⁴	-2.0²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25²⁴	41.7%²⁴	—	1973: P5 from 8	28 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 25.0
41Joe Nemechek	4	46	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-16.0⁵	30⁶⁶	25.9¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	19.5²⁸	10.4²⁸	-4.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²⁸	32.1%²⁸	—	1993: P25 from 11	35 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.0
4Sterling Marlin	23	46	26.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁶⁶	25.0¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	15.2³⁰	12.1³⁰	-2.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1978: P9 from 7	53 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.8
29Steve Grissom	42	45	25.4⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	29.2⁹	0.1%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+18.0¹	30⁶⁶	24.6¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	+12.0⁶	26.0²⁷	8.8²⁷	+3.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1994: P39 from 28	9 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 25.4
28Kenny Wallace	21	45	27.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+18.5²	18⁶⁶	21.4¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	+3.7⁶	13.2¹¹	7.9¹¹	-2.8¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	9.1%¹¹	—	1991: P13 from 19 · led 1	21 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 28.7
90Mike Wallace	13	44	24.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	36.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	49.4¹	—	—	—	—	+21.0¹	18⁶⁶	25.1¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	+9.3⁶	29.3²¹	7.7²¹	+7.8²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²¹	14.3%²¹	—	1993: P22 from 37	12 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 26.8
1Rick Mast	19	44	23.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁶	27.5¹²	—	26.2⁵	—	+10.3⁶	19.9³⁰	12.4³⁰	-0.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	33.3%³⁰	—	1989: P11 from 41	23 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 25.0
43John Andretti	3	42	24.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-14.5²	2⁶⁶	21.3¹²	—	35.2⁵	—	-4.0⁶	23.8²⁸	9.2²⁸	-4.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²⁸	42.9%²⁸	—	1993: P31 from 40	23 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.3
77Greg Sacks	14	41	28.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-17.0¹	18⁶⁶	26.9¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-1.7⁶	19.9³⁰	9.5³⁰	-6.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1983: P30 from 34	22 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 28.5
98Jeremy Mayfield	32	39	28.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁶	25.8¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	28.9¹⁹	5.5¹⁹	+2.1¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁹	26.3%¹⁹	—	1993: P29 from 30	26 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.0
75Todd Bodine	17	39	28.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.1¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁶	24.2¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	+1.3⁶	21.2²⁹	10.9²⁹	+0.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1993: P42 from 17	18 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 28.9
19Loy Allen Jr.	34	37	29.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	33.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁶	30.0⁹	—	30.2⁵	—	+6.3⁶	20.8¹⁸	10.4¹⁸	-8.2¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22¹⁸	38.9%¹⁸	—	1994: P11 from 37	4 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 29.5
54Robert Pressley	40	33	30.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁶⁶	30.5¹²	—	35.6⁵	—	-2.3⁶	27.0²	3.5²	-10.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	50.0%²	—	1995: P24 from 25	13 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 31.3
47Billy Standridge	37	31	34.0³	0³	0³	0³	33.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁶	24.8⁶	—	40.2⁵	—	+5.7⁶	27.4⁷	6.6⁷	-10.6⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.43⁷	71.4%⁷	—	1994: P43 from 34	3 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 34.0