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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	19	71	8.5¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	22.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁶⁶	8.0¹²	—	2.6⁵	—	-8.0⁶	14.5³⁰	9.0³⁰	+3.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1979: P1 from 9 · led 163	42 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.4
5Terry Labonte	2	63	7.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁶⁶	13.1¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	10.9³⁰	9.3³⁰	+2.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1979: P7 from 10	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.5
4Sterling Marlin	4	60	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁶⁶	19.0¹²	—	5.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	18.2³⁰	12.0³⁰	+2.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1983: P18 from 19	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.3
6Mark Martin	1	60	9.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.2¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	26⁶⁶	19.2¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-12.0⁶	9.1³⁰	12.0³⁰	-2.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1982: P14 from 17	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.0
94Bill Elliott	37	59	10.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	26⁶⁶	11.5¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	-2.3⁶	18.1²³	9.0²³	+0.0²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	8.7%²³	—	1979: P10 from 17	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.5
10Ricky Rudd	9	58	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	26⁶⁶	12.7¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	-5.3⁶	20.9³⁰	11.4³⁰	+6.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	3.3%³⁰	—	1975: P10 from 23	57 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.4
75Morgan Shepherd	18	58	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	26⁶⁶	13.6¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+8.3⁶	24.7³⁰	9.8³⁰	+3.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1981: P4 from 7 · led 18	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.2
2Rusty Wallace	11	57	9.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	26⁶⁶	17.5¹²	—	18.8⁵	—	+8.7⁶	16.6³⁰	14.5³⁰	-0.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1984: P12 from 11	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.7
17Darrell Waltrip	3	56	7.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	4.8¹⁰	11.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁶⁶	12.7¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	27.4³⁰	9.9³⁰	+1.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	33.3%³⁰	—	1973: P30 from 13	51 st · 12 W · best P1 · avg 11.0
24Jeff Gordon	8	56	13.7¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6.2¹⁰	17.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.5¹⁰	19⁶⁶	14.6¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	+8.3⁶	6.2³⁰	13.7³⁰	-3.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1993: P17 from 21	46 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
16Ted Musgrave	30	55	15.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.4⁵	26⁶⁶	18.7¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	20.9³⁰	9.0³⁰	+3.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1991: P12 from 27	19 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 18.3
29Steve Grissom	36	54	21.4⁸	0⁸	1⁸	1⁸	30.4⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁶⁶	17.9¹²	—	9.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	24.5¹²	11.4¹²	+0.4¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹²	25.0%¹²	—	1994: P12 from 30	8 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.4
88Dale Jarrett	7	53	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	26⁶⁶	20.0¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	12.2³⁰	10.4³⁰	+3.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1986: P29 from 28	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
7Geoff Bodine	21	53	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	5.5¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0³	26⁶⁶	14.8¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	22.5³⁰	11.2³⁰	+1.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1982: P10 from 11	37 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.6
19Dick Trickle	29	52	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	26⁶⁶	12.6¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-11.7⁶	21.2²⁵	8.3²⁵	-6.6²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁵	36.0%²⁵	—	1989: P5 from 27	21 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.9
21Michael Waltrip	25	51	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	26⁶⁶	17.7¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-6.0⁶	22.4³⁰	10.4³⁰	+5.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1986: P32 from 24	47 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.7
25Ken Schrader	28	51	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.3⁴	19⁶⁶	16.1¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	15.8³⁰	9.1³⁰	-1.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1985: P10 from 16	49 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.1
28Ernie Irvan	16	50	17.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	5.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	26⁶⁶	18.8¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-11.3⁶	17.3³⁰	15.7³⁰	-0.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1988: P26 from 28	19 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 24.1
9Lake Speed	26	50	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	26⁶⁶	19.1¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-0.3⁶	21.2³⁰	9.6³⁰	-2.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1981: P9 from 21	21 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.9
42Kyle Petty	34	50	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁶	2⁶⁶	19.3¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-9.7⁶	23.2²⁷	8.9²⁷	+0.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1981: P11 from 23	49 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.1
11Brett Bodine	22	49	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	26⁶⁶	20.5¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	-1.7⁶	24.6²⁹	6.1²⁹	+1.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1988: P17 from 11	30 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.2
31Mike Skinner	6	48	23.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	14.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.3¹⁰	19⁶⁶	22.4¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	-0.7⁶	14.8⁴	3.3⁴	-0.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	0.0%⁴	—	1997: P35 from 28	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 26.5
12Derrike Cope	17	48	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	26⁶⁶	23.6¹²	—	12.6⁵	—	+4.7⁶	20.2²⁸	11.3²⁸	-7.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁸	39.3%²⁸	—	1987: P16 from 28	27 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.2
8Hut Stricklin	14	48	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0²	26⁶⁶	18.5¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+24.7⁶	24.0³⁰	8.5³⁰	-0.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1989: P28 from 26	20 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 26.6
23Jimmy Spencer	15	47	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0¹	26⁶⁶	17.8¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	26.4³⁰	9.4³⁰	+8.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1989: P8 from 12	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.2
18Bobby Labonte	5	46	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁶⁶	21.8¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	12.0³⁰	12.8³⁰	-5.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1993: P24 from 33	41 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.9
43Bobby Hamilton	24	46	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0²	2⁶⁶	23.3¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+11.0⁶	19.8³⁰	10.0³⁰	+3.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1991: P31 from 28	23 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.5
22Ward Burton	12	46	22.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁶⁶	23.5¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	-8.0⁶	22.3²⁶	11.9²⁶	-2.4²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19²⁶	38.5%²⁶	—	1994: P25 from 21	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.3
99Jeff Burton	33	44	18.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.1⁶	26⁶⁶	25.8¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	19.7²⁹	11.0²⁹	+3.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	3.4%²⁹	—	1994: P31 from 35	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.0
15Wally Dallenbach Jr.	31	43	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.2⁸	26⁶⁶	23.6¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-12.0⁶	27.0²⁹	10.5²⁹	+3.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1992: P22 from 32	12 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.1
98Jeremy Mayfield	35	43	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	7.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	26⁶⁶	22.8¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	21.8²⁹	10.7²⁹	-2.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1994: P21 from 25	25 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.3
1Rick Mast	32	42	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁶⁶	24.7¹²	—	25.4⁵	—	+12.7⁶	21.4³⁰	10.5³⁰	+0.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1988: P28 from 25 · led 2	27 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.0
81Kenny Wallace	10	41	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.5⁴	26⁶⁶	21.9¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	20.3²⁹	9.9²⁹	-3.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1993: P13 from 30	19 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 24.1
27Elton Sawyer	27	40	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	26⁶⁶	31.2⁶	—	27.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	23.0⁸	6.1⁸	-4.1⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	25.0%⁸	—	first start here	—
41Ricky Craven	13	39	26.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.7³	19⁶⁶	23.8¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	21.1³⁰	11.0³⁰	-1.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1995: P29 from 7	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.8
87Joe Nemechek	20	35	26.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.5⁶	19⁶⁶	26.3¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+11.3⁶	22.2²⁸	9.0²⁸	-4.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	28.6%²⁸	—	1994: P16 from 6	35 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 31.5
33Robert Pressley	23	32	28.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁶⁶	26.0¹²	—	32.8⁵	—	+10.7⁶	26.6²⁹	9.4²⁹	-1.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1995: P10 from 18	12 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 28.5