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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	15	63	16.7³	0³	0³	2³	29.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	-12.3³	19⁴⁵	16.4¹²	—	9.8⁵	—	+5.0⁶	20.1³¹	8.7³¹	+7.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	0.0%³¹	—	1998: P35 from 34	3 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 16.7
6Mark Martin	6	62	11.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	102.7³	—	—	—	—	-5.6¹⁰	15⁴⁵	19.5¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	11.2³¹	8.0³¹	+3.2³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1998: P1 from 7 · led 37	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.8
10Ricky Rudd	8	62	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	63.6³	—	—	—	—	+1.8⁴	15⁴⁵	18.8¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	20.6³¹	13.9³¹	-0.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1998: P27 from 20	11 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 19.4
2Rusty Wallace	9	62	10.4⁹	0⁹	3⁹	4⁹	17.1⁹	3.2%⁹	86.1²	—	—	—	—	-11.5⁶	15⁴⁵	18.9¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	18.9³¹	14.4³¹	+0.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	29.0%³¹	—	1998: P12 from 6	9 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 10.4
5Terry Labonte	3	61	19.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	26.0¹⁰	3.8%¹⁰	43.9³	—	—	—	—	-1.8¹⁰	19⁴⁵	14.8¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+19.0⁶	19.7³¹	12.3³¹	+6.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1998: P6 from 37	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.6
24Jeff Gordon	2	60	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.9¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	75.6³	—	—	—	—	-3.9¹⁰	19⁴⁵	16.1¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+26.0⁶	9.7³¹	11.8³¹	+0.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1998: P31 from 17	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
88Dale Jarrett	1	59	14.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	10.9%¹⁰	73.4³	—	—	—	—	-7.2¹⁰	15⁴⁵	30.5¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	-9.0⁶	7.4³¹	11.7³¹	-2.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1998: P11 from 13 · led 51	13 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.6
99Jeff Burton	5	58	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	29.4¹⁰	2.5%¹⁰	72.3³	—	—	—	—	+3.9¹⁰	15⁴⁵	24.3¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-13.3⁶	21.2³¹	12.5³¹	+8.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1998: P29 from 23 · led 48	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.2
94Bill Elliott	16	57	26.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	2.5%¹⁰	42.4³	—	—	—	—	+1.4⁶	15⁴⁵	18.4¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	15.9³¹	11.6³¹	-0.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1998: P13 from 38	15 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 27.9
41Steve Grissom	35	56	10.0¹	0¹	0¹	1¹	42.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁴⁵	23.1¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	-13.0⁶	24.8³⁰	11.4³⁰	+2.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1998: P10 from 42	1 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 10.0
4Sterling Marlin	22	55	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	27.6¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	69.4³	—	—	—	—	+6.4¹⁰	19⁴⁵	22.0¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	20.6³¹	12.2³¹	-4.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	25.8%³¹	—	1998: P14 from 21	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.8
33Ken Schrader	27	55	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.4¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	63.9³	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	19⁴⁵	22.1¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	13.7³¹	10.5³¹	-4.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1998: P21 from 32	15 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 25.2
44Kyle Petty	23	54	25.7⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	29.7⁹	0.1%⁹	49.5⁶	—	—	—	—	-0.1⁹	0⁴⁵	19.9¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	0.0⁶	26.5³¹	11.0³¹	+7.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1998: P17 from 26	9 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 25.7
37Jeremy Mayfield	20	53	21.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	4.8%¹⁰	68.0³	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁷	15⁴⁵	24.3¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+7.3⁶	26.0³¹	8.8³¹	+8.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1998: P23 from 1 · led 105	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.5
16Ted Musgrave	11	53	30.5²	0²	0²	0²	27.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	+20.8¹	15⁴⁵	20.7¹²	—	13.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	22.8³¹	10.7³¹	+5.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1998: P30 from 30	2 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 30.5
9Lake Speed	24	52	20.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	43.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	15⁴⁵	20.9¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-14.7⁶	23.3²⁴	8.8²⁴	-0.8²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁴	16.7%²⁴	—	1998: P20 from 43	1 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 20.0
43Bobby Hamilton	17	51	24.0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	28.8⁵	0.1%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	-23.0¹	0⁴⁵	26.0¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	-4.7⁶	23.4³¹	11.5³¹	+3.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1998: P26 from 25	5 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 24.0
30Johnny Benson Jr.	13	50	20.9⁷	0⁷	2⁷	2⁷	24.9⁷	1.2%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	-11.6²	0⁴⁵	18.9¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	23.0³¹	7.6³¹	+5.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1998: P5 from 27 · led 9	7 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.9
97Chad Little	38	50	9.3³	0³	1³	1³	19.3³	4.9%³	—	—	—	—	—	-7.9³	0⁴⁵	27.5¹²	—	31.0⁵	—	+9.7⁶	28.8²⁶	10.2²⁶	-0.0²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	19.2%²⁶	—	1998: P2 from 5 · led 49	3 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 9.3
18Bobby Labonte	4	50	22.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.5¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	60.3³	—	—	—	—	+5.6⁹	0⁴⁵	25.8¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+11.0⁶	13.6³¹	11.8³¹	-0.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1998: P8 from 11	25 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 26.4
1Morgan Shepherd	19	50	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁴⁵	18.0¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+10.7⁶	28.0²²	11.2²²	+2.7²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²²	13.6%²²	—	first start here	—
90Dick Trickle	32	49	25.0²	0²	0²	0²	34.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	15⁴⁵	21.2¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+14.3⁶	20.9²⁷	10.3²⁷	-2.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	22.2%²⁷	—	1998: P22 from 41	2 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 25.0
11Brett Bodine	26	49	25.7⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	25.5⁶	0.1%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	15⁴⁵	17.8¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.5³⁰	8.8³⁰	+1.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1998: P16 from 18	6 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 25.7
17Darrell Waltrip	14	49	28.3³	0³	0³	0³	32.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	+3.0²	19⁴⁵	14.9¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	26.1³⁰	10.3³⁰	+3.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1998: P36 from 35	3 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 28.3
23Jimmy Spencer	33	49	24.6⁸	0⁸	0⁸	2⁸	32.6⁸	0.1%⁸	25.6¹	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁴	15⁴⁵	25.3¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	20.5³¹	11.0³¹	-1.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1998: P7 from 39	8 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.6
21Michael Waltrip	21	49	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	70.9³	—	—	—	—	+11.7⁶	15⁴⁵	24.4¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+11.0⁶	25.2³¹	10.2³¹	+3.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1998: P9 from 40 · led 5	15 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 25.1
81Kenny Wallace	31	49	30.6⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	36.6⁷	0.0%⁷	28.1²	—	—	—	—	+5.7³	15⁴⁵	21.9¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-15.0⁶	23.5³⁰	10.4³⁰	-4.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1998: P34 from 31	7 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 30.6
25Todd Bodine	18	47	29.7³	0³	0³	0³	23.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	19⁴⁵	25.3¹²	—	19.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	28.3⁴	7.6⁴	-8.0⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	75.0%⁴	—	2001: P35 from 15	3 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 29.7
22Ward Burton	12	47	22.3⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	20.5⁸	3.1%⁸	43.3¹	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁴	0⁴⁵	25.9¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	22.3³⁰	11.1³⁰	-1.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1998: P15 from 3 · led 27	8 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 22.3
42Joe Nemechek	40	47	25.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	56.4⁴	30.6¹	—	—	—	+3.7¹⁰	19⁴⁵	23.9¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	16.9²⁹	10.2²⁹	-7.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1998: P4 from 2 · led 3	23 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 31.9
71Dave Marcis	36	46	28.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	36.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁴⁵	23.9¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	32.3¹⁸	6.9¹⁸	+1.8¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	11.1%¹⁸	—	1998: P28 from 36	1 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 28.0
91Mike Wallace	42	46	28.3³	0³	0³	0³	30.3³	0.1%³	39.0²	—	—	—	—	—	19⁴⁵	22.2¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	29.0⁶	8.7⁶	-1.5⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	16.7%⁶	—	2001: P24 from 22	3 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 28.3
77Bobby Hillin Jr.	41	44	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	15⁴⁵	24.3¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	-12.7⁶	31.1⁹	7.2⁹	-5.7⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	55.6%⁹	—	first start here	—
75Rick Mast	28	44	30.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	25.0⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	15⁴⁵	28.2¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-2.7⁶	24.3²⁸	9.0²⁸	-0.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	1998: P41 from 14	4 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 30.0
31Mike Skinner	25	44	30.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	34.8⁴	—	—	—	—	+12.6⁷	19⁴⁵	31.1¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+7.0⁶	22.0³⁰	9.9³⁰	-4.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	26.7%³⁰	—	1998: P33 from 12	12 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 32.7
8Hut Stricklin	34	43	31.0³	0³	0³	0³	28.0³	0.4%³	—	—	—	—	—	-16.0¹	15⁴⁵	24.1¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+11.7⁶	23.0²⁸	8.7²⁸	-3.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1998: P40 from 33	3 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 31.0
98John Andretti	30	43	30.4⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	30.6⁹	0.0%⁹	40.9³	—	—	—	—	-1.1⁵	15⁴⁵	22.7¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	22.7³¹	10.4³¹	-1.2³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1998: P42 from 15	9 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 30.4
28Ernie Irvan	10	43	40.0²	0²	0²	0²	20.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	15⁴⁵	18.9¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+11.3⁶	19.4³¹	12.6³¹	+0.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1998: P43 from 19	2 st · 0 W · best P37 · avg 40.0
78Billy Standridge	43	41	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	15⁴⁵	29.3⁹	—	33.0⁵	—	-1.3⁶	21.2⁵	4.3⁵	-15.4⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.40⁵	60.0%⁵	—	first start here	—
7Geoff Bodine	7	41	35.3³	0³	0³	0³	32.3³	0.0%³	31.0¹	—	—	—	—	+3.0¹	15⁴⁵	22.1¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	+14.0⁶	15.3²⁸	14.1²⁸	-5.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	28.6%²⁸	—	1998: P32 from 29	3 st · 0 W · best P32 · avg 35.3
40Robby Gordon	29	38	30.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	51.2⁷	—	—	—	—	+10.7³	19⁴⁵	28.2¹²	—	34.2⁵	—	+15.0⁶	25.0¹⁹	11.4¹⁹	-4.4¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁹	36.8%¹⁹	—	2002: P41 from 24	15 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 30.5
20Greg Sacks	39	37	38.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	28.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	15⁴⁵	26.7¹²	—	30.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	27.3¹¹	7.1¹¹	-5.1¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27¹¹	45.5%¹¹	—	1998: P38 from 28	1 st · 0 W · best P38 · avg 38.0
36Derrike Cope	37	36	34.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	36.3⁴	0.0%⁴	27.3²	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	0⁴⁵	33.6¹²	—	29.0⁵	—	-8.3⁶	24.8³⁰	9.7³⁰	+2.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1999: P22 from 36	4 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 34.3