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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	4	66	9.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.9¹⁰	3.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶⁴	8.5¹²	—	9.8⁵	—	+5.0⁶	20.5³¹	8.4³¹	+8.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	0.0%³¹	—	1979: P13 from 4	43 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 7.9
10Ricky Rudd	6	64	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.1¹⁰	4.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	12.8¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	20.7³¹	14.0³¹	-0.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1977: P26 from 18	54 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.9
94Bill Elliott	17	62	12.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	11.7¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	15.9³¹	11.7³¹	+0.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1979: P11 from 12	45 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.2
5Terry Labonte	1	60	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶⁴	12.3¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+19.0⁶	19.7³¹	12.4³¹	+6.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1978: P7 from 13	54 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 15.0
6Mark Martin	5	58	14.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	10.0¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	16.9¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	11.2³¹	9.6³¹	+2.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1981: P7 from 1	55 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
24Jeff Gordon	2	57	10.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	6.9¹⁰	9.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.4¹⁰	22⁶⁴	20.4¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+26.0⁶	9.7³¹	12.4³¹	-0.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1993: P6 from 8	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.6
17Darrell Waltrip	30	57	8.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	3.0¹⁰	8.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶⁴	10.5¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	25.5³⁰	10.8³⁰	+2.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1973: P26 from 2	50 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 10.9
16Ted Musgrave	16	56	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.5⁴	18⁶⁴	17.7¹²	—	13.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	22.7³¹	11.1³¹	+4.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1991: P19 from 33	18 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 15.3
44Kyle Petty	37	56	14.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.4¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.5⁶	4⁶⁴	17.9¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	0.0⁶	26.1³¹	11.0³¹	+6.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1981: P24 from 17	53 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.0
88Dale Jarrett	3	56	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	18.5¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	-9.0⁶	7.3³¹	11.8³¹	-2.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1987: P27 from 18	38 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
2Rusty Wallace	7	56	15.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	16.0¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	19.0³¹	14.4³¹	-0.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	32.3%³¹	—	1984: P16 from 5	43 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 9.5
99Jeff Burton	13	56	13.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	17.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.6⁷	18⁶⁴	27.5¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-13.3⁶	20.9³¹	11.4³¹	+9.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1994: P20 from 25	38 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
33Ken Schrader	28	55	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.7³	22⁶⁴	15.5¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	13.7³¹	10.0³¹	-3.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1985: P14 from 23	47 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 17.2
4Sterling Marlin	8	54	18.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶⁴	18.4¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	21.1³¹	12.6³¹	-3.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	25.8%³¹	—	1983: P18 from 25	43 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 19.4
71Dave Marcis	34	54	10.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.3¹⁰	5.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.0¹	22⁶⁴	18.8¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	32.4¹⁸	7.6¹⁸	+3.2¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	11.1%¹⁸	—	1970: P13 from 4	51 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
7Geoff Bodine	18	54	9.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0³	18⁶⁴	13.7¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	+14.0⁶	14.9²⁸	13.7²⁸	-6.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	28.6%²⁸	—	1982: P28 from 10	37 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.3
9Lake Speed	26	52	13.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.4¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	18.8¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-14.7⁶	23.2²⁴	8.6²⁴	-1.0²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁴	16.7%²⁴	—	1981: P12 from 26	23 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 18.4
1Morgan Shepherd	19	52	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.4¹⁰	5.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁶⁴	11.6¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+10.7⁶	28.0²²	10.5²²	+3.6²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²²	9.1%²²	—	1981: P4 from 1 · led 150	33 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.4
90Dick Trickle	40	51	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.5²	18⁶⁴	14.1¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+14.3⁶	20.6²⁷	10.3²⁷	-2.5²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	22.2%²⁷	—	1989: P25 from 14 · led 1	18 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.2
25Ricky Craven	12	51	26.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.5²	22⁶⁴	22.1¹²	—	9.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	22.7²⁹	13.1²⁹	+1.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1995: P38 from 31	15 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 26.2
77Bobby Hillin Jr.	35	51	12.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3⁸	18⁶⁴	15.7¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	-12.7⁶	31.8⁹	7.3⁹	-5.1⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	55.6%⁹	—	1985: P11 from 20	19 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 19.0
23Jimmy Spencer	15	50	23.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+15.0²	18⁶⁴	13.8¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	21.1³¹	11.4³¹	-1.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	19.4%³¹	—	1989: P29 from 27	30 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.3
43Bobby Hamilton	9	50	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	3.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.0²	4⁶⁴	23.4¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	-4.7⁶	23.6³¹	11.1³¹	+3.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1991: P28 from 32	21 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 19.9
21Michael Waltrip	14	50	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	17.8¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+11.0⁶	25.4³¹	10.5³¹	+3.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1986: P25 from 21	44 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 25.0
28Ernie Irvan	10	50	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.9¹⁰	4.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	18.2¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+11.3⁶	19.4³¹	12.6³¹	+0.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1987: P29 from 20	19 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.4
37Jeremy Mayfield	33	49	22.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	22.0¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+7.3⁶	25.6³¹	9.1³¹	+7.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1994: P27 from 18	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.6
18Bobby Labonte	11	49	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.0¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁶⁴	20.7¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+11.0⁶	13.4³¹	12.0³¹	-0.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1993: P29 from 20	40 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.5
81Kenny Wallace	29	49	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+22.0²	18⁶⁴	17.6¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-15.0⁶	23.6³⁰	10.5³⁰	-4.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	26.7%³⁰	—	1991: P31 from 29	23 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 25.9
41Steve Grissom	21	48	20.4⁹	0⁹	0⁹	2⁹	24.4⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+1.3²	22⁶⁴	19.4¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	-13.0⁶	25.3³⁰	11.4³⁰	+3.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1994: P23 from 15	9 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.4
8Hut Stricklin	25	46	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.0²	18⁶⁴	21.0¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+11.7⁶	23.3²⁸	8.7²⁸	-3.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1989: P9 from 22	15 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.9
75Rick Mast	20	46	23.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	23.4¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-2.7⁶	24.5²⁸	8.9²⁸	-0.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1989: P16 from 16	23 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.9
31Mike Skinner	36	45	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.0⁹	22⁶⁴	25.0¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+7.0⁶	21.6³⁰	9.9³⁰	-4.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	26.7%³⁰	—	1997: P29 from 40	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 26.6
11Brett Bodine	27	45	23.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	19.6¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.4³⁰	8.9³⁰	+2.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1988: P27 from 19	30 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.1
22Ward Burton	31	45	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁶⁴	24.7¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	21.6³⁰	11.5³⁰	-1.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1994: P35 from 29	22 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.3
30Johnny Benson Jr.	23	45	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.2¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0⁵	4⁶⁴	22.7¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	22.6³¹	7.7³¹	+4.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1996: P37 from 33	15 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.5
98John Andretti	22	45	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.3³	18⁶⁴	22.9¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	23.0³¹	10.6³¹	-0.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1994: P30 from 24	22 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.1
42Joe Nemechek	32	43	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-10.5⁴	22⁶⁴	25.2¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	17.1²⁹	9.9²⁹	-6.5²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1994: P21 from 11	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 29.4
97Chad Little	42	40	26.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.9²	4⁶⁴	21.9¹²	—	31.0⁵	—	+9.7⁶	28.7²⁶	10.1²⁶	+0.1²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	19.2%²⁶	—	1989: P22 from 17	15 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 28.0
36Derrike Cope	38	40	28.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁶⁴	22.0¹²	—	29.0⁵	—	-8.3⁶	24.8³⁰	10.2³⁰	+1.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1984: P29 from 29	26 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 27.6
19Gary Bradberry	43	39	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	34.3⁴	—	31.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	31.7¹⁵	4.6¹⁵	-4.4¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27¹⁵	40.0%¹⁵	—	first start here	—
29Robert Pressley	39	38	32.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶⁴	24.1¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	-2.7⁶	23.3¹³	9.9¹³	-8.6¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.31¹³	46.2%¹³	—	1995: P35 from 11	12 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 31.3
40Robby Gordon	24	34	29.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.0¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	44.7¹	—	—	—	—	+7.1⁷	22⁶⁴	30.8¹²	—	34.2⁵	—	+19.7⁶	25.3¹⁹	11.4¹⁹	-4.5¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁹	36.8%¹⁹	—	1991: P26 from 35	21 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 30.3
96David Green	41	31	36.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	31.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶⁴	30.2¹⁰	—	32.6⁵	—	+9.0⁶	24.4²⁵	8.3²⁵	-3.7²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁵	24.0%²⁵	—	1997: P37 from 8	4 st · 0 W · best P31 · avg 36.0