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Drivers · 42

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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	4	63	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	4.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	35⁶⁷	15.5¹²	—	9.8⁵	—	+5.0⁶	20.5³¹	8.0³¹	+9.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	0.0%³¹	—	1978: P7 from 28	45 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 10.3
94Bill Elliott	8	63	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁷	17.4¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	16.2³¹	11.5³¹	0.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1976: P19 from 38	59 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
33Ken Schrader	10	62	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	10.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.5⁴	35⁶⁷	14.5¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	14.3³¹	10.1³¹	-3.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1985: P11 from 24	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.9
24Jeff Gordon	6	62	12.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.7¹⁰	13.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0¹⁰	35⁶⁷	15.7¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+26.0⁶	9.5³¹	12.3³¹	-0.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1993: P5 from 3 · led 2	45 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
5Terry Labonte	18	60	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁶⁷	15.4¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+19.0⁶	19.2³¹	12.3³¹	+5.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1979: P16 from 19	62 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.8
99Jeff Burton	23	58	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.2⁶	24⁶⁷	19.1¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-13.3⁶	20.6³¹	12.7³¹	+8.2³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1994: P26 from 35	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
16Ted Musgrave	41	57	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.3⁴	24⁶⁷	21.2¹²	—	13.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	21.9³¹	11.1³¹	+3.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1991: P30 from 37	17 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.4
10Ricky Rudd	13	57	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁷	19.3¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	20.5³¹	14.1³¹	-0.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1976: P10 from 22	59 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.7
88Dale Jarrett	3	56	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁷	25.3¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	-9.0⁶	7.3³¹	11.6³¹	-1.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1984: P23 from 39	41 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
4Sterling Marlin	9	56	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3³	35⁶⁷	18.8¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	21.1³¹	12.1³¹	-3.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	25.8%³¹	—	1980: P8 from 36	51 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.6
2Rusty Wallace	14	55	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁷	17.1¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	18.8³¹	14.2³¹	+0.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	29.0%³¹	—	1982: P37 from 19	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.6
31Mike Skinner	1	55	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	3.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.4⁹	35⁶⁷	20.1¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+2.7⁶	22.8³⁰	9.6³⁰	-3.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	26.7%³⁰	—	1997: P41 from 1 · led 2	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.7
6Mark Martin	11	54	27.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁷	11.0¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	11.0³¹	9.6³¹	+2.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1982: P30 from 26	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.1
71Dave Marcis	24	53	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁶⁷	17.7¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	33.0¹⁸	7.2¹⁸	+2.6¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	11.1%¹⁸	—	1968: P20 from 35	66 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.9
25Ricky Craven	40	53	24.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.5¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.3³	35⁶⁷	22.8¹²	—	9.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	21.8²⁹	12.7²⁹	+0.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1995: P16 from 14	17 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 26.4
37Jeremy Mayfield	21	53	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.7¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁷	20.2¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+7.3⁶	26.0³¹	8.9³¹	+7.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1994: P30 from 40	27 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.3
77Bobby Hillin Jr.	31	52	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.8⁴	24⁶⁷	15.4¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	-12.7⁶	32.2⁹	7.4⁹	-5.0⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	55.6%⁹	—	1982: P20 from 24	25 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.4
18Bobby Labonte	15	52	23.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁶⁷	13.7¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+11.0⁶	13.3³¹	11.9³¹	-0.2³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1993: P20 from 25	47 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.1
23Jimmy Spencer	7	52	20.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0²	24⁶⁷	19.2¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	21.3³¹	11.1³¹	-1.2³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	19.4%³¹	—	1989: P27 from 32	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.9
28Ernie Irvan	5	52	20.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.1¹⁰	12.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁷	16.1¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+11.3⁶	19.5³¹	13.0³¹	+0.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	25.8%³¹	—	1988: P25 from 31	20 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.2
43Bobby Hamilton	39	51	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-18.5²	0⁶⁷	19.9¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	-4.7⁶	22.7³¹	11.4³¹	+2.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1991: P10 from 20	23 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 23.0
44Kyle Petty	30	50	27.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁵	0⁶⁷	16.9¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	0.0⁶	26.3³¹	11.1³¹	+7.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1981: P32 from 11	51 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.0
21Michael Waltrip	12	49	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁷	19.9¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+11.0⁶	25.5³¹	10.3³¹	+4.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1986: P18 from 39	55 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.8
81Kenny Wallace	36	48	26.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.2⁶	24⁶⁷	19.0¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-15.0⁶	23.4³⁰	10.7³⁰	-4.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1993: P23 from 24	18 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 27.6
7Geoff Bodine	25	48	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.9¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁷	22.7¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	+14.0⁶	14.7²⁸	13.9²⁸	-5.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1979: P29 from 16 · led 6	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.3
17Darrell Waltrip	22	48	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁶⁷	25.7¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	25.8³⁰	10.6³⁰	+2.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1973: P12 from 11	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.4
90Dick Trickle	27	47	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-20.0¹	24⁶⁷	27.9¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+14.3⁶	21.0²⁷	10.2²⁷	-2.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1970: P17 from 22	21 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.7
46Wally Dallenbach Jr.	26	47	20.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.8⁶	35⁶⁷	23.8¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-4.0⁶	17.9²¹	9.9²¹	-13.9²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	38.1%²¹	—	1991: P34 from 40	14 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.0
30Johnny Benson Jr.	16	47	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.6¹⁰	3.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0³	0⁶⁷	23.0¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	22.9³¹	7.6³¹	+5.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1996: P23 from 27	15 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 21.5
1Morgan Shepherd	42	46	23.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁶⁷	18.3¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+10.7⁶	27.0²²	11.2²²	+1.9²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²²	9.1%²²	—	1978: P40 from 37	32 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.5
8Hut Stricklin	28	46	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5²	24⁶⁷	19.5¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+11.7⁶	23.2²⁸	8.7²⁸	-3.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1989: P10 from 34	17 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.6
9Lake Speed	35	45	29.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹	24⁶⁷	15.2¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-14.7⁶	22.8²⁴	9.0²⁴	-0.9²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁴	16.7%²⁴	—	1980: P38 from 18	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 24.4
29Robert Pressley	19	45	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.0¹	35⁶⁷	24.2¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	-2.7⁶	24.8¹³	10.1¹³	-5.7¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23¹³	38.5%¹³	—	1994: P40 from 19	12 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 22.6
22Ward Burton	17	43	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.4¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁶⁷	24.4¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	22.1³⁰	11.2³⁰	-1.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1994: P36 from 40	20 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.6
11Brett Bodine	37	42	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶⁷	21.8¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.1³⁰	8.8³⁰	+1.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1987: P11 from 7 · led 1	28 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.4
40Robby Gordon	20	42	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0⁷	35⁶⁷	19.0¹²	—	36.6⁵	—	+15.7⁶	25.5¹⁹	10.9¹⁹	-4.9¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁹	36.8%¹⁹	—	1991: P18 from 35	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.7
20Greg Sacks	34	41	26.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-17.0¹	24⁶⁷	22.0¹²	—	30.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	27.7¹¹	7.3¹¹	-4.9¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27¹¹	45.5%¹¹	—	1983: P38 from 22	23 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 26.3
41Steve Grissom	2	41	29.3⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	31.4⁷	0.0%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	35⁶⁷	24.2¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	-13.0⁶	25.9³⁰	11.1³⁰	+4.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1994: P33 from 21	7 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 29.3
36Derrike Cope	29	40	26.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	39.7¹	—	—	—	—	0⁶⁷	25.5¹²	—	29.0⁵	—	-8.3⁶	25.1³⁰	10.0³⁰	+2.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1987: P33 from 23	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 28.8
98John Andretti	32	39	27.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	7.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.7³	24⁶⁷	24.5¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	22.7³¹	10.7³¹	-0.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1994: P42 from 15	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 27.9
73Joe Nemechek	38	38	29.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.4¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0⁵	35⁶⁷	27.1¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	16.9²⁹	10.3²⁹	-7.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1994: P39 from 38	37 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 28.4
19Loy Allen Jr.	33	34	30.6⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	24.4⁸	0.1%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	-8.0¹	24⁶⁷	28.8⁶	—	30.6⁵	—	+5.3⁶	42.0¹	—	-1.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1993: P29 from 40	8 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 30.6