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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	29	67	8.5¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	22.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	8.0¹²	—	9.8⁵	—	+5.0⁶	19.7³¹	8.7³¹	+7.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	0.0%³¹	—	1979: P1 from 9 · led 163	42 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.3
10Ricky Rudd	22	64	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁶⁴	12.7¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	20.2³¹	14.2³¹	-0.2³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1975: P10 from 23	57 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.1
94Bill Elliott	18	64	10.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁶⁴	11.5¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	15.9³¹	11.6³¹	-0.2³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1979: P10 from 17	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
5Terry Labonte	17	63	7.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	13.1¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+19.0⁶	19.2³¹	12.3³¹	+6.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1979: P7 from 10	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.5
88Dale Jarrett	6	60	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁶⁴	20.0¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	-9.0⁶	7.2³¹	11.8³¹	-2.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1986: P29 from 28	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
6Mark Martin	23	60	9.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.2¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁶⁴	19.2¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	10.6³¹	9.6³¹	+1.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1982: P14 from 17	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.0
2Rusty Wallace	1	59	9.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁶⁴	17.5¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	19.2³¹	14.4³¹	-0.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	32.3%³¹	—	1984: P12 from 11	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.7
24Jeff Gordon	5	58	13.7¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6.5¹⁰	18.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.9¹⁰	18⁶⁴	14.6¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+26.0⁶	9.6³¹	12.3³¹	-0.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1993: P17 from 21	46 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
17Darrell Waltrip	43	57	7.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	4.8¹⁰	11.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	12.7¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	25.1³⁰	10.9³⁰	+1.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1973: P30 from 13	51 st · 12 W · best P1 · avg 11.0
16Ted Musgrave	3	57	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.4⁵	25⁶⁴	18.7¹²	—	13.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	23.1³¹	10.5³¹	+5.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1991: P12 from 27	19 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 17.6
4Sterling Marlin	2	55	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	19.0¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	21.3³¹	12.6³¹	-3.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	25.8%³¹	—	1983: P18 from 19	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.3
99Jeff Burton	11	55	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0⁶	25⁶⁴	25.8¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-13.3⁶	21.0³¹	11.4³¹	+9.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1994: P31 from 35	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
33Ken Schrader	16	54	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.3⁴	18⁶⁴	16.1¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	14.1³¹	10.4³¹	-3.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1985: P10 from 16	49 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.5
44Kyle Petty	14	54	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁶	2⁶⁴	19.3¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	0.0⁶	26.8³¹	10.9³¹	+8.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1981: P11 from 23	49 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.8
23Jimmy Spencer	10	53	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0¹	25⁶⁴	17.8¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	21.2³¹	11.3³¹	-1.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	19.4%³¹	—	1989: P8 from 12	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.1
1Morgan Shepherd	41	53	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁶⁴	13.6¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+10.7⁶	27.0²²	11.2²²	+1.9²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²²	13.6%²²	—	1981: P4 from 7 · led 18	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.3
71Dave Marcis	42	52	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	20.6¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	32.0¹⁸	7.9¹⁸	+2.3¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	11.1%¹⁸	—	1968: P13 from 20	53 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.4
90Dick Trickle	19	51	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	25⁶⁴	12.6¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+14.3⁶	21.3²⁷	10.0²⁷	-2.4²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	22.2%²⁷	—	1989: P5 from 27	21 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.8
37Jeremy Mayfield	32	51	20.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.1¹⁰	7.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁶⁴	22.8¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+7.3⁶	25.6³¹	9.0³¹	+7.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1994: P21 from 25	25 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.8
21Michael Waltrip	39	51	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁶⁴	17.7¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+11.0⁶	24.6³¹	10.5³¹	+2.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1986: P32 from 24	47 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.5
28Ernie Irvan	38	51	17.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	5.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁶⁴	18.8¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+11.3⁶	18.5³¹	12.5³¹	-0.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1988: P26 from 28	19 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.8
9Lake Speed	31	50	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁶⁴	19.1¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-14.7⁶	23.0²⁴	8.6²⁴	-0.3²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁴	12.5%²⁴	—	1981: P9 from 21	21 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.8
43Bobby Hamilton	34	50	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0²	2⁶⁴	23.3¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	-4.7⁶	22.8³¹	11.4³¹	+3.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1991: P31 from 28	23 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.4
18Bobby Labonte	13	50	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁶⁴	21.8¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+11.0⁶	13.3³¹	11.4³¹	+0.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1993: P24 from 33	41 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.2
41Steve Grissom	9	50	20.8⁸	0⁸	1⁸	1⁸	33.8⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	17.9¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	-13.0⁶	25.7³⁰	11.5³⁰	+4.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1994: P12 from 30	8 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.8
7Geoff Bodine	8	49	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	5.5¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0³	25⁶⁴	14.8¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	+14.0⁶	15.3²⁸	14.0²⁸	-4.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1982: P10 from 11	37 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.2
81Kenny Wallace	4	49	23.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.5⁴	25⁶⁴	21.9¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-15.0⁶	24.4³⁰	10.5³⁰	-3.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	26.7%³⁰	—	1993: P13 from 30	19 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.7
31Mike Skinner	28	49	23.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.6¹⁰	18⁶⁴	22.4¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+7.0⁶	21.9³⁰	9.8³⁰	-4.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1996: P36 from 6 · led 10	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 26.6
75Rick Mast	25	48	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁶⁴	24.7¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-2.7⁶	24.4²⁸	8.9²⁸	-0.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1988: P28 from 25 · led 2	27 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.8
11Brett Bodine	12	48	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁶⁴	20.5¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.9³⁰	8.4³⁰	+2.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1988: P17 from 11	30 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.6
8Hut Stricklin	7	47	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0²	25⁶⁴	18.5¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+11.7⁶	24.0²⁸	8.8²⁸	-2.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1989: P28 from 26	20 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.9
30Johnny Benson Jr.	33	45	22.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.7⁵	2⁶⁴	20.3¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	22.3³¹	7.5³¹	+5.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1996: P28 from 29	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 23.3
22Ward Burton	35	44	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁶⁴	23.5¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	21.5³⁰	11.5³⁰	-1.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1994: P25 from 21	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.0
98John Andretti	26	43	25.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.6⁵	25⁶⁴	20.7¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	22.9³¹	10.7³¹	-0.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1994: P30 from 23	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 25.4
36Derrike Cope	36	43	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁶⁴	23.6¹²	—	29.0⁵	—	-8.3⁶	24.8³⁰	10.2³⁰	+1.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1987: P16 from 28	27 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.4
97Chad Little	21	43	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.8⁶	2⁶⁴	23.5¹²	—	31.0⁵	—	+9.7⁶	29.5²⁶	9.3²⁶	-0.1²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	19.2%²⁶	—	1991: P14 from 31 · led 6	11 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 23.6
42Joe Nemechek	24	41	27.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.6⁵	18⁶⁴	26.3¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	17.4²⁹	10.2²⁹	-6.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1994: P16 from 6	35 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 31.9
29Robert Pressley	15	40	28.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	26.0¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	-2.7⁶	25.2¹³	9.0¹³	-7.3¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.31¹³	46.2%¹³	—	1995: P10 from 18	12 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 28.8
95Ed Berrier	30	40	28.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	21.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	—	—	32.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	25.5²	0.7²	-2.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	50.0%²	—	1997: P28 from 21	1 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 28.0
40Robby Gordon	20	36	26.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	51.9²	—	—	—	—	+5.5⁶	18⁶⁴	32.9¹²	—	34.2⁵	—	+15.0⁶	25.5¹⁹	11.0¹⁹	-3.5¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16¹⁹	31.6%¹⁹	—	2000: P32 from 40	21 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 28.6
25Jack Sprague	40	33	35.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	42.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	27.5²	—	33.0⁵	—	+7.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2003: P35 from 42	1 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 35.0
96David Green	27	32	31.0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	23.2⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁴	33.6⁹	—	34.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	25.0²⁵	8.2²⁵	-3.6²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁵	24.0%²⁵	—	1997: P40 from 8	5 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 31.0
19Gary Bradberry	37	32	33.5²	0²	0²	0²	26.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁶⁴	35.5²	—	31.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	32.1¹⁵	4.6¹⁵	-4.1¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27¹⁵	40.0%¹⁵	—	1996: P30 from 27	2 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 33.5