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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	25	69	8.5¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	22.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁶⁸	8.0¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	13.4³⁰	10.6³⁰	+4.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1979: P1 from 9 · led 163	42 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 8.9
6Mark Martin	1	63	9.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.2¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁶⁸	19.2¹²	—	6.0⁵	—	-1.7⁶	8.6³⁰	11.4³⁰	-2.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	3.3%³⁰	—	1982: P14 from 17	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.9
5Terry Labonte	21	62	7.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁶⁸	13.1¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-14.7⁶	15.4³⁰	11.6³⁰	+3.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1979: P7 from 10	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.4
10Ricky Rudd	13	62	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁶⁸	12.7¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-4.3⁶	11.2³⁰	12.9³⁰	-5.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1975: P10 from 23	57 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.5
17Darrell Waltrip	12	60	7.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	4.8¹⁰	11.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁶⁸	12.7¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	+7.7⁶	17.1³⁰	12.9³⁰	-5.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	33.3%³⁰	—	1973: P30 from 13	51 st · 12 W · best P1 · avg 11.4
94Bill Elliott	20	59	10.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁶⁸	11.5¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-1.7⁶	19.3³⁰	9.4³⁰	+4.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1979: P10 from 17	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
21Morgan Shepherd	32	58	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁶⁸	13.6¹²	—	14.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	18.5³⁰	9.4³⁰	+2.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1981: P4 from 7 · led 18	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.6
24Jeff Gordon	2	57	13.7¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6.8¹⁰	16.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.5¹⁰	19⁶⁸	14.6¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-7.3⁶	5.1³⁰	11.7³⁰	-4.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1993: P17 from 21	46 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
2Rusty Wallace	9	56	9.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁶⁸	17.5¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-6.7⁶	14.1³⁰	11.0³⁰	+1.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1984: P12 from 11	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.7
25Ken Schrader	27	55	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.3⁴	19⁶⁸	16.1¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	17.5³⁰	12.9³⁰	-3.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1985: P10 from 16	49 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.2
9Lake Speed	28	55	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁶⁸	19.1¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	+11.7⁶	24.4³⁰	8.3³⁰	+1.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1981: P9 from 21	21 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.7
4Sterling Marlin	31	53	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁶⁸	19.0¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-15.0⁶	12.8³⁰	9.1³⁰	+2.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1983: P18 from 19	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.5
16Ted Musgrave	6	53	15.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.8⁵	27⁶⁸	18.7¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	18.0³⁰	8.8³⁰	+4.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	3.3%³⁰	—	1991: P12 from 27	19 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 18.6
42Kyle Petty	3	53	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁶	3⁶⁸	19.3¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	24.3²⁹	12.0²⁹	-1.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1981: P11 from 23	49 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.7
28Dale Jarrett	19	51	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁶⁸	20.0¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	18.4³⁰	13.6³⁰	+0.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1986: P29 from 28	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
23Jimmy Spencer	23	51	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0¹	27⁶⁸	17.8¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	27.5²⁸	9.6²⁸	+5.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	7.1%²⁸	—	1989: P8 from 12	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.1
22Randy LaJoie	24	49	10.0¹	0¹	0¹	1¹	17.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+8.5¹	3⁶⁸	28.5⁶	—	22.6⁵	—	-7.3⁶	29.8¹³	9.3¹³	+1.2¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹³	30.8%¹³	—	1998: P10 from 17	1 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 10.0
40Greg Sacks	15	49	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0¹	3⁶⁸	20.0¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	26.5¹⁹	7.6¹⁹	-5.1¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁹	52.6%¹⁹	—	1984: P9 from 13	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.4
30Michael Waltrip	33	49	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁶⁸	17.7¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	+9.7⁶	16.6³⁰	9.2³⁰	+0.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1986: P32 from 24	47 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.5
15Dick Trickle	22	49	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	27⁶⁸	12.6¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	17.8³⁰	8.6³⁰	-5.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1989: P5 from 27	21 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.9
7Geoff Bodine	11	49	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	5.5¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0³	27⁶⁸	14.8¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	-8.0⁶	23.9³⁰	8.6³⁰	+5.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1982: P10 from 11	37 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.5
8Jeff Burton	10	48	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	20.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.2⁷	27⁶⁸	25.8¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+3.7⁶	24.3²⁸	8.8²⁸	-0.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1994: P31 from 35	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
71Dave Marcis	36	48	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁶⁸	20.6¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	+9.7⁶	29.8²⁷	6.4²⁷	+0.8²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1968: P13 from 20	53 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.4
11Brett Bodine	14	48	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁶⁸	20.5¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	21.4³⁰	7.9³⁰	-0.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1988: P17 from 11	30 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.0
29Steve Grissom	34	47	23.4⁸	0⁸	1⁸	1⁸	30.6⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁶⁸	17.9¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+11.0⁶	30.4²⁸	10.5²⁸	+7.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	1994: P12 from 30	8 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.4
18Bobby Labonte	5	46	20.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁶⁸	21.8¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	14.2³⁰	12.8³⁰	-1.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1993: P24 from 33	41 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.3
1Rick Mast	30	46	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁶⁸	24.7¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-18.3⁶	20.6³⁰	9.5³⁰	-2.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1988: P28 from 25 · led 2	27 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.9
77Davy Jones	26	45	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁶⁸	—	—	29.4⁵	—	+1.7⁶	29.0⁶	6.9⁶	-1.5⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33⁶	33.3%⁶	—	first start here	—
32Chuck Bown	16	43	23.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	1.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁶⁸	23.3⁸	—	23.6⁵	—	-3.7⁶	35.0⁸	7.0⁸	+3.5⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	37.5%⁸	—	1994: P23 from 1	1 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 23.0
41Ricky Craven	7	41	24.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.7³	19⁶⁸	23.8¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	-5.7⁶	22.7³⁰	9.1³⁰	-0.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1995: P32 from 6 · led 1	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 23.4
12Derrike Cope	4	41	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	27⁶⁸	23.6¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	22.3³⁰	11.7³⁰	+3.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1987: P16 from 28	27 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.5
43Bobby Hamilton	17	41	24.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0²	3⁶⁸	23.3¹²	—	25.4⁵	—	+10.0⁶	16.6³⁰	9.7³⁰	-0.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1991: P31 from 28	23 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 21.7
31Ward Burton	35	41	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁶⁸	23.5¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	23.3²⁸	12.1²⁸	+1.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1994: P25 from 21	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.8
37John Andretti	8	36	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.6⁵	27⁶⁸	20.7¹²	—	35.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	22.0³⁰	11.5³⁰	+0.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1994: P30 from 23	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 25.6
75Todd Bodine	29	36	28.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0²	27⁶⁸	24.2¹²	—	30.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	26.2²⁷	9.8²⁷	+0.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	1994: P26 from 8	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 30.7
33Robert Pressley	18	32	29.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁶⁸	26.0¹²	—	34.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	20.8³⁰	9.0³⁰	-5.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1995: P24 from 14	12 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 29.1