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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	12	68	12.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	7.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁵⁵	14.3¹²	—	2.6⁵	—	-8.0⁶	14.7³⁰	9.1³⁰	+4.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1978: P16 from 14	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 11.4
6Mark Martin	6	62	8.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁵	21.7¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-12.0⁶	8.9³⁰	12.0³⁰	-2.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1982: P7 from 20	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.9
4Sterling Marlin	5	60	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁵⁵	23.7¹²	—	5.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	18.2³⁰	11.9³⁰	+1.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1980: P11 from 33	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
24Jeff Gordon	2	60	12.3¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.9¹⁰	16.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.5¹⁰	20⁵⁵	14.3¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	+8.3⁶	6.4³⁰	13.7³⁰	-3.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1993: P24 from 5 · led 1	35 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
5Terry Labonte	8	59	16.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁵⁵	14.4¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	10.7³⁰	8.8³⁰	+3.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1978: P4 from 19	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
94Bill Elliott	26	57	8.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁵	25.6¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	-2.3⁶	18.6²³	9.0²³	-0.3²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	8.7%²³	—	1977: P10 from 16	51 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 9.4
11Brett Bodine	19	57	13.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁵	18.8¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	-1.7⁶	24.7²⁹	6.0²⁹	+1.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1987: P20 from 39	31 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.1
2Rusty Wallace	28	55	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁵	19.5¹²	—	18.8⁵	—	+8.7⁶	16.0³⁰	14.1³⁰	+0.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1984: P30 from 24 · led 1	42 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.1
25Ken Schrader	4	55	16.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.6⁴	20⁵⁵	20.8¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	16.6³⁰	9.1³⁰	-1.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1985: P13 from 25	43 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.7
18Bobby Labonte	21	55	17.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.0¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁵⁵	18.4¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	11.5³⁰	12.8³⁰	-6.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1993: P18 from 36	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
10Ricky Rudd	18	54	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁵	20.9¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	-5.3⁶	20.6³⁰	11.4³⁰	+6.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	3.3%³⁰	—	1977: P22 from 27	57 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
17Darrell Waltrip	34	54	12.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.3¹⁰	7.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁵⁵	17.8¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	+6.3⁶	26.3³⁰	9.8³⁰	+0.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	36.7%³⁰	—	1973: P24 from 13	54 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
75Morgan Shepherd	38	54	26.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁵	12.7¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+8.3⁶	24.0³⁰	10.0³⁰	+3.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1981: P34 from 19	34 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.0
21Michael Waltrip	22	54	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁵	23.4¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-6.0⁶	22.5³⁰	10.0³⁰	+6.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1985: P24 from 35	42 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.2
9Lake Speed	37	54	15.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-27.0¹	16⁵⁵	20.5¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-0.3⁶	20.8³⁰	9.4³⁰	-3.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1980: P8 from 23	28 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.6
7Geoff Bodine	3	54	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.1¹⁰	10.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+21.0²	16⁵⁵	22.3¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	23.1³⁰	11.2³⁰	+2.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1981: P30 from 20	36 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.5
16Ted Musgrave	20	53	22.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.8⁴	16⁵⁵	19.9¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	21.2³⁰	8.9³⁰	+4.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1991: P21 from 29	20 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 23.2
28Ernie Irvan	13	53	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁵	19.8¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	-11.3⁶	17.4³⁰	15.6³⁰	-0.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1988: P22 from 31	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.5
43Bobby Hamilton	31	52	18.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.0²	3⁵⁵	25.2¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+11.0⁶	19.6³⁰	10.4³⁰	+3.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1991: P20 from 34	23 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 18.3
99Jeff Burton	39	52	8.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	14.8¹⁰	19.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-11.6⁶	16⁵⁵	29.9¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	19.4²⁹	10.7²⁹	+3.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	3.4%²⁹	—	1994: P20 from 22	30 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.0
90Dick Trickle	30	51	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	16⁵⁵	22.5¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-11.7⁶	21.2²⁵	9.0²⁵	-5.6²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁵	32.0%²⁵	—	1989: P13 from 28	18 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.1
42Kyle Petty	41	50	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.4⁵	3⁵⁵	18.1¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-9.7⁶	23.0²⁷	8.9²⁷	+0.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1981: P25 from 21	50 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.8
12Derrike Cope	11	50	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	36.7¹	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁵	31.4¹²	—	12.6⁵	—	+4.7⁶	20.4²⁸	11.2²⁸	-6.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁸	39.3%²⁸	—	1988: P26 from 34	26 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 24.5
37John Andretti	15	50	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-17.3³	16⁵⁵	28.3¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	20.9²⁹	10.4²⁹	-5.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.28²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1994: P38 from 18	18 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 23.2
81Kenny Wallace	14	49	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.3⁴	16⁵⁵	23.0¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	20.2²⁹	9.9²⁹	-4.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1993: P32 from 26	19 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.7
98Jeremy Mayfield	24	49	15.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	5.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁵	24.1¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	-4.3⁶	22.2²⁹	10.5²⁹	-1.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1994: P33 from 25	22 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.1
77Bobby Hillin Jr.	25	48	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.6⁵	16⁵⁵	21.3¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	+6.0⁶	28.8²⁵	9.0²⁵	+1.4²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16²⁵	24.0%²⁵	—	1983: P41 from 29	22 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.6
8Hut Stricklin	10	48	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+15.8³	16⁵⁵	20.7¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+24.7⁶	24.1³⁰	7.8³⁰	-0.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1989: P30 from 39	21 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.4
71Dave Marcis	29	47	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-30.0¹	20⁵⁵	25.1¹²	—	26.2⁵	—	-2.3⁶	32.5²⁶	7.3²⁶	+3.0²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁶	19.2%²⁶	—	1969: P9 from 13	57 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.1
22Ward Burton	35	47	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵⁵	35.4¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	-8.0⁶	21.4²⁶	11.6²⁶	-3.0²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁶	34.6%²⁶	—	1994: P21 from 38	20 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
88Dale Jarrett	1	46	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁵	34.0¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	12.4³⁰	10.4³⁰	+3.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1987: P15 from 38	35 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
30Johnny Benson Jr.	27	46	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0⁵	3⁵⁵	22.8¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	22.0²⁹	10.1²⁹	+0.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1996: P24 from 38	15 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.1
19Loy Allen Jr.	23	46	24.3³	0³	0³	0³	39.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	+6.0¹	16⁵⁵	27.7¹²	—	20.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	33.5⁸	6.5⁸	+2.6⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.38⁸	50.0%⁸	—	1994: P21 from 42	3 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 24.3
1Rick Mast	9	44	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	3⁵⁵	25.3¹²	—	25.4⁵	—	+12.7⁶	22.2³⁰	10.6³⁰	+1.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1988: P32 from 22	25 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 25.6
41Ricky Craven	40	44	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+29.8²	20⁵⁵	22.1¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	20.2³⁰	10.6³⁰	-1.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1995: P42 from 14	13 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 24.3
15Wally Dallenbach Jr.	36	42	28.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+17.9⁸	16⁵⁵	27.5¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-12.0⁶	26.8²⁹	10.5²⁹	+3.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1992: P30 from 31	11 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 27.8
23Jimmy Spencer	17	42	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+24.0¹	16⁵⁵	23.4¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	26.3³⁰	9.4³⁰	+8.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1989: P37 from 27	27 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.8
27Todd Bodine	16	42	29.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	31.6¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+19.0²	16⁵⁵	22.8¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	+15.7⁶	17.4⁹	9.9⁹	-4.8⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	11.1%⁹	—	1993: P27 from 17	15 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 31.6
33Robert Pressley	42	38	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.2¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁵⁵	27.4¹²	—	32.8⁵	—	+10.7⁶	26.0²⁹	9.6²⁹	-1.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1995: P30 from 9	12 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 26.6
29Chad Little	7	37	28.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.8²	20⁵⁵	24.2¹²	—	34.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	26.5⁸	9.0⁸	-6.0⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.38⁸	50.0%⁸	—	1989: P37 from 41	15 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 25.6
60Ed Berrier	33	36	29.5²	0²	0²	0²	42.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁵	33.8⁵	—	27.4⁵	—	-9.3⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1995: P20 from 42	2 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 29.5
95Gary Bradberry	32	28	33.3³	0³	0³	0³	24.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁵	35.3¹²	—	37.2⁵	—	+5.7⁶	28.0⁸	5.7⁸	-4.1⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	37.5%⁸	—	1997: P38 from 14	3 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 33.3