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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	3	67	12.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	7.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁵⁷	14.3¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	14.2³⁰	10.9³⁰	+4.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1978: P16 from 14	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 11.6
6Mark Martin	36	66	8.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁷	21.7¹²	—	6.0⁵	—	-1.7⁶	7.4³⁰	10.6³⁰	-2.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	3.3%³⁰	—	1982: P7 from 20	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.2
24Jeff Gordon	5	62	12.3¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	16.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.9¹⁰	21⁵⁷	14.3¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-7.3⁶	5.0³⁰	11.7³⁰	-4.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1993: P24 from 5 · led 1	35 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
25Ken Schrader	38	60	16.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.6⁴	21⁵⁷	20.8¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	17.2³⁰	12.9³⁰	-3.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1985: P13 from 25	43 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.2
5Terry Labonte	16	59	16.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁵⁷	14.4¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-14.7⁶	15.6³⁰	11.5³⁰	+3.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1978: P4 from 19	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
9Lake Speed	7	59	15.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-27.0¹	16⁵⁷	20.5¹²	—	12.0⁵	—	+11.7⁶	25.1³⁰	8.0³⁰	+1.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1980: P8 from 23	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.7
17Darrell Waltrip	18	59	12.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.3¹⁰	7.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁵⁷	17.8¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	+7.7⁶	16.9³⁰	13.0³⁰	-4.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1973: P24 from 13	54 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
10Ricky Rudd	2	58	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁷	20.9¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-4.3⁶	11.5³⁰	12.9³⁰	-4.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1977: P22 from 27	57 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
94Bill Elliott	24	57	8.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁷	25.6¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-1.7⁶	19.2³⁰	8.1³⁰	+5.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1977: P10 from 16	51 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 8.8
21Morgan Shepherd	30	55	26.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁷	12.7¹²	—	14.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	18.6³⁰	9.4³⁰	+1.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1981: P34 from 19	34 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.4
11Brett Bodine	23	55	13.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁷	18.8¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	-11.3⁶	21.1³⁰	7.8³⁰	-0.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1987: P20 from 39	31 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.0
2Rusty Wallace	21	55	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁷	19.5¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	-6.7⁶	13.7³⁰	11.0³⁰	+1.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1984: P30 from 24 · led 1	42 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.0
8Jeff Burton	26	55	10.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	16.1¹⁰	19.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.8⁷	16⁵⁷	29.9¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+3.7⁶	23.7²⁸	8.7²⁸	-1.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1994: P20 from 22	30 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.5
4Sterling Marlin	6	55	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁵⁷	23.7¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-15.0⁶	13.6³⁰	9.1³⁰	+3.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1980: P11 from 33	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
42Kyle Petty	40	54	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.4⁵	3⁵⁷	18.1¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	23.0²⁹	12.2²⁹	-2.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1981: P25 from 21	50 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.7
16Ted Musgrave	28	54	20.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.3⁴	16⁵⁷	19.9¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	17.2³⁰	8.7³⁰	+4.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	0.0%³⁰	—	1991: P21 from 29	20 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 23.6
18Bobby Labonte	13	53	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁵⁷	18.4¹²	—	22.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	14.0³⁰	13.0³⁰	-2.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1993: P18 from 36	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
30Michael Waltrip	25	52	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁷	23.4¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	+9.7⁶	16.8³⁰	9.0³⁰	-0.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1985: P24 from 35	42 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.9
29Steve Grissom	34	50	21.6⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	29.9⁹	0.1%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	-11.0¹	21⁵⁷	23.8¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+11.0⁶	30.4²⁸	10.8²⁸	+7.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	1994: P14 from 28	9 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.6
7Geoff Bodine	9	50	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.1¹⁰	10.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+21.0²	16⁵⁷	22.3¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	-8.0⁶	24.0³⁰	8.1³⁰	+5.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1981: P30 from 20	36 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.1
77Bobby Hillin Jr.	32	50	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.6⁵	16⁵⁷	21.3¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+7.7⁶	27.5¹⁷	10.2¹⁷	+3.6¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁷	23.5%¹⁷	—	1983: P41 from 29	22 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.8
26Hut Stricklin	10	48	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+15.8³	16⁵⁷	20.7¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	+8.3⁶	19.7²³	11.7²³	-7.2²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²³	39.1%²³	—	1989: P30 from 39	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 24.1
43Bobby Hamilton	22	48	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.0²	3⁵⁷	25.2¹²	—	25.4⁵	—	+10.0⁶	16.5³⁰	10.0³⁰	-0.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1991: P20 from 34	23 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 18.5
1Rick Mast	39	48	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	16⁵⁷	25.3¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-18.3⁶	20.3³⁰	9.6³⁰	-2.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1988: P32 from 22	25 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 25.4
15Dick Trickle	4	48	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	16⁵⁷	22.5¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	18.4³⁰	8.4³⁰	-4.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1989: P13 from 28	18 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.1
98Jeremy Mayfield	27	48	16.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	5.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁷	24.1¹²	—	29.0⁵	—	+1.3⁶	23.6²⁶	7.7²⁶	+1.9²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	7.7%²⁶	—	1994: P33 from 25	22 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.4
71Dave Marcis	19	48	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-30.0¹	21⁵⁷	25.1¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	+9.7⁶	30.4²⁷	6.3²⁷	+1.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	25.9%²⁷	—	1969: P9 from 13	57 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.9
23Jimmy Spencer	11	46	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+24.0¹	16⁵⁷	23.4¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	27.9²⁸	9.6²⁸	+5.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	7.1%²⁸	—	1989: P37 from 27	27 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.6
90Mike Wallace	29	46	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	35.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	46.9¹	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁷	25.8¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	+4.0⁶	31.1²⁵	9.8²⁵	+5.0²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20²⁵	32.0%²⁵	—	1994: P18 from 23	10 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 25.2
87Joe Nemechek	14	46	28.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	34.7¹	—	—	—	+2.1⁶	21⁵⁷	23.0¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	+6.0⁶	17.9²⁸	10.0²⁸	-5.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1994: P19 from 29	28 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 26.4
28Dale Jarrett	12	44	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁷	34.0¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	18.6³⁰	13.6³⁰	+1.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1987: P15 from 38	35 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
31Greg Sacks	20	44	31.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.9²	21⁵⁷	25.4¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	26.3¹⁹	7.5¹⁹	-5.3¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16¹⁹	52.6%¹⁹	—	1984: P21 from 28	18 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 29.7
41Ricky Craven	17	44	29.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+29.8²	21⁵⁷	22.1¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	22.3³⁰	9.1³⁰	-1.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1995: P42 from 14	13 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 26.1
12Derrike Cope	31	44	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	36.7¹	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁷	31.4¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	21.4³⁰	11.7³⁰	+2.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1988: P26 from 34	26 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.2
75Todd Bodine	37	42	26.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+19.0²	16⁵⁷	22.8¹²	—	30.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	25.9²⁷	9.4²⁷	+0.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1993: P27 from 17	15 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 29.8
19Loy Allen Jr.	33	42	26.7³	0³	0³	0³	35.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	+6.0¹	16⁵⁷	27.7¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	+6.0⁶	27.5¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	+0.6¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁰	30.0%¹⁰	—	1994: P21 from 42	3 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 26.7
37John Andretti	1	41	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-17.3³	16⁵⁷	28.3¹²	—	35.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	22.2³⁰	11.3³⁰	+0.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1994: P38 from 18	18 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.8
22Ward Burton	8	40	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁷	35.4¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	24.3²⁸	11.6²⁸	+2.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1994: P21 from 38	20 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
27Elton Sawyer	35	40	30.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	10.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁷	27.8¹⁰	—	27.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	27.9¹⁹	7.5¹⁹	-1.3¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁹	36.8%¹⁹	—	1996: P30 from 10	1 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 30.0
40Rich Bickle	41	40	22.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	36.5⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁷	31.7¹²	—	32.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	27.0⁷	4.4⁷	-6.7⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14⁷	57.1%⁷	—	1991: P24 from 35	4 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 22.3
33Robert Pressley	15	37	27.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.9¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁵⁷	27.4¹²	—	34.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	20.9³⁰	9.3³⁰	-5.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1995: P30 from 9	12 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 27.4
32Ed Berrier	42	30	39.0²	0²	0²	0²	38.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁵⁷	33.8⁵	—	31.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1996: P39 from 33	2 st · 0 W · best P39 · avg 39.0