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Drivers · 43

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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	1	67	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	4.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	37⁶⁹	15.5¹²	—	2.6⁵	—	-8.0⁶	15.1³⁰	9.0³⁰	+4.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1978: P7 from 28	45 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 10.9
24Jeff Gordon	8	64	8.6¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	9.5¹⁰	15.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹⁰	37⁶⁹	15.7¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	+8.3⁶	6.2³⁰	12.4³⁰	-2.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1993: P5 from 3 · led 2	45 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 15.8
4Sterling Marlin	3	61	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3³	37⁶⁹	18.8¹²	—	5.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	18.3³⁰	11.1³⁰	+2.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1980: P8 from 36	51 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
25Ken Schrader	4	61	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	10.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.5⁴	37⁶⁹	14.5¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	16.6³⁰	9.0³⁰	-1.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1985: P11 from 24	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.6
5Terry Labonte	5	60	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁶⁹	15.4¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	10.8³⁰	8.9³⁰	+3.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1979: P16 from 19	62 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.5
94Bill Elliott	21	58	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁹	17.4¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	-2.3⁶	18.8²³	9.0²³	-0.1²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	8.7%²³	—	1976: P19 from 38	59 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
16Ted Musgrave	20	57	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.3⁴	24⁶⁹	21.2¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	21.2³⁰	8.9³⁰	+3.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1991: P30 from 37	17 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.8
6Mark Martin	15	55	27.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁹	11.0¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-12.0⁶	8.6³⁰	12.0³⁰	-2.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1982: P30 from 26	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.2
2Rusty Wallace	43	54	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁹	17.1¹²	—	18.8⁵	—	+8.7⁶	15.5³⁰	14.6³⁰	-1.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1982: P37 from 19	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.2
7Geoff Bodine	38	54	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.9¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁹	22.7¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	21.9³⁰	10.9³⁰	+1.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1979: P29 from 16 · led 6	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.3
75Morgan Shepherd	12	53	23.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁹	18.3¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+8.3⁶	24.9³⁰	9.8³⁰	+4.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1978: P40 from 37	32 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.4
28Ernie Irvan	2	53	20.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.1¹⁰	12.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁹	16.1¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	17.8³⁰	15.4³⁰	+0.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1988: P25 from 31	20 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.4
18Bobby Labonte	35	53	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁶⁹	13.7¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	11.0³⁰	13.0³⁰	-6.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1993: P20 from 25	47 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.2
21Michael Waltrip	11	53	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁹	19.9¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-6.0⁶	22.8³⁰	10.4³⁰	+5.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1986: P18 from 39	55 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 21.2
10Ricky Rudd	10	52	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁹	19.3¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	-5.3⁶	20.9³⁰	11.4³⁰	+6.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	3.3%³⁰	—	1976: P10 from 22	59 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.7
88Dale Jarrett	7	52	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁹	25.3¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	12.2³⁰	10.3³⁰	+3.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1984: P23 from 39	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
71Dave Marcis	23	51	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁶⁹	17.7¹²	—	26.2⁵	—	-2.3⁶	32.7²⁶	6.6²⁶	+2.6²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁶	19.2%²⁶	—	1968: P20 from 35	66 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.9
1Rick Mast	31	51	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁶⁹	22.2¹²	—	25.4⁵	—	+12.7⁶	21.4³⁰	10.5³⁰	+1.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1989: P6 from 11 · led 9	19 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.7
43Bobby Hamilton	39	51	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-18.5²	0⁶⁹	19.9¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+11.0⁶	19.3³⁰	10.4³⁰	+2.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1991: P10 from 20	23 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.8
63Dick Trickle	28	50	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-20.0¹	24⁶⁹	27.9¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-11.7⁶	21.3²⁵	8.6²⁵	-5.2²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁵	32.0%²⁵	—	1970: P17 from 22	21 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.1
8Hut Stricklin	42	50	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5²	24⁶⁹	19.5¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+24.7⁶	23.1³⁰	8.8³⁰	-1.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1989: P10 from 34	17 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.5
99Jeff Burton	16	50	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.5⁶	24⁶⁹	19.1¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	20.2²⁹	10.9²⁹	+3.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	3.4%²⁹	—	1994: P26 from 35	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.7
22Ward Burton	13	50	22.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁶⁹	24.4¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	-8.0⁶	22.2²⁶	12.0²⁶	-2.7²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19²⁶	38.5%²⁶	—	1994: P36 from 40	20 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.6
12Derrike Cope	22	49	26.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	39.7¹	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁹	25.5¹²	—	12.6⁵	—	+4.7⁶	20.0²⁸	11.0²⁸	-6.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²⁸	35.7%²⁸	—	1987: P33 from 23	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 28.6
98Jeremy Mayfield	14	49	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁹	20.2¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	22.5²⁹	10.7²⁹	-2.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1994: P30 from 40	27 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.9
23Jimmy Spencer	19	48	20.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0²	24⁶⁹	19.2¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	26.3³⁰	9.4³⁰	+8.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1989: P27 from 32	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.9
42Kyle Petty	29	48	27.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁵	0⁶⁹	16.9¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-9.7⁶	23.4²⁷	9.0²⁷	+0.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1981: P32 from 11	51 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.9
17Darrell Waltrip	40	48	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁶⁹	25.7¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	26.1³⁰	9.9³⁰	+0.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	33.3%³⁰	—	1973: P12 from 11	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.0
37John Andretti	6	48	26.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.1¹⁰	6.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.7³	24⁶⁹	24.5¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	21.2²⁹	10.9²⁹	-4.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.24²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1994: P42 from 15	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 27.4
29Steve Grissom	26	48	31.1⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	28.0⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁶⁹	24.2¹²	—	9.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	25.3¹²	11.4¹²	+1.3¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹²	25.0%¹²	—	1994: P33 from 21	7 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 31.1
9Lake Speed	32	48	29.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹	24⁶⁹	15.2¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-0.3⁶	21.0³⁰	9.6³⁰	-3.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1980: P38 from 18	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 24.7
11Brett Bodine	41	48	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁹	21.8¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	-1.7⁶	23.9²⁹	5.9²⁹	+1.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1987: P11 from 7 · led 1	28 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.9
30Johnny Benson Jr.	27	46	20.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	3.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0³	0⁶⁹	23.0¹²	—	28.6⁵	—	+7.3⁶	22.0²⁹	10.3²⁹	+0.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1996: P25 from 5	15 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 21.9
90Mike Wallace	17	46	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0²	24⁶⁹	21.9¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	-3.7⁶	34.0¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	+4.4¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	50.0%¹⁰	—	1994: P12 from 18	18 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 24.4
41Ricky Craven	36	46	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.9⁴	37⁶⁹	22.8¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	20.3³⁰	11.1³⁰	-2.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1995: P16 from 14	17 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 25.8
81Kenny Wallace	33	46	26.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.2⁶	24⁶⁹	19.0¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	19.6²⁹	10.1²⁹	-5.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1993: P23 from 24	18 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 27.7
15Wally Dallenbach Jr.	9	45	24.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.1⁷	24⁶⁹	23.8¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	-11.0⁶	27.8²⁹	10.0²⁹	+3.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1991: P34 from 40	14 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 24.6
27Elton Sawyer	18	44	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁹	26.0³	—	27.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	24.1⁸	6.9⁸	-4.5⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁸	37.5%⁸	—	first start here	—
19Loy Allen Jr.	24	41	29.4⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	25.5⁸	0.1%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	-8.0¹	24⁶⁹	28.8⁶	—	20.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	33.4⁸	7.3⁸	+1.9⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.38⁸	50.0%⁸	—	1993: P29 from 40	8 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 29.4
33Robert Pressley	25	41	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.0¹	37⁶⁹	24.2¹²	—	32.8⁵	—	+10.7⁶	26.6²⁹	9.6²⁹	-0.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1994: P40 from 19	12 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.3
97Chad Little	30	38	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-25.7¹	0⁶⁹	25.2¹²	—	32.4⁵	—	+8.0⁶	23.6⁸	10.0⁸	-7.3⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁸	37.5%⁸	—	1989: P36 from 28	15 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.5
87Joe Nemechek	37	37	28.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.5¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.2⁶	37⁶⁹	27.1¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+11.3⁶	21.6²⁸	8.7²⁸	-5.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1994: P39 from 38	37 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 28.0
44Jeff Purvis	34	26	34.4⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	21.1⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁶⁹	34.8¹¹	—	36.4⁵	—	-5.3⁶	11.0³	9.8³	-21.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	66.7%³	—	1991: P36 from 22	9 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 34.4