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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	3	64	15.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.7¹⁰	6.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	37⁶⁵	14.7¹²	—	9.8⁵	—	+5.0⁶	20.5³¹	8.5³¹	+8.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	0.0%³¹	—	1978: P12 from 27	43 st · 10 W · best P1 · avg 12.7
33Ken Schrader	6	63	13.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-12.1⁴	37⁶⁵	15.5¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	14.4³¹	10.4³¹	-3.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1985: P20 from 21	46 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.1
94Bill Elliott	10	62	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁶⁵	12.9¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	16.1³¹	11.7³¹	+0.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1976: P38 from 39	56 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.7
6Mark Martin	18	61	10.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.3¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁶⁵	25.4¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	10.8³¹	9.5³¹	+1.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1982: P10 from 11	47 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
5Terry Labonte	36	61	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁶⁵	16.0¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+19.0⁶	18.6³¹	12.4³¹	+5.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1979: P9 from 16 · led 1	60 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.5
24Jeff Gordon	11	60	18.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.9¹⁰	9.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.6¹⁰	37⁶⁵	10.8¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+26.0⁶	9.4³¹	12.4³¹	-0.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1993: P11 from 30	45 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 17.2
10Ricky Rudd	29	57	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	20⁶⁵	22.3¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	20.0³¹	14.1³¹	-1.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1976: P23 from 20	58 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.8
99Jeff Burton	39	56	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.4⁶	20⁶⁵	17.9¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-13.3⁶	20.1³¹	12.7³¹	+7.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1994: P39 from 34	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.6
16Ted Musgrave	38	56	21.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.5⁴	20⁶⁵	16.4¹²	—	13.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	22.0³¹	11.1³¹	+3.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1991: P16 from 38 · led 1	19 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 23.6
18Bobby Labonte	8	55	15.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁶⁵	21.8¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+11.0⁶	13.5³¹	11.8³¹	-0.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1993: P35 from 20	45 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.1
2Rusty Wallace	4	55	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁶⁵	19.8¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	19.1³¹	14.4³¹	+1.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	29.0%³¹	—	1981: P21 from 19	44 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.2
44Kyle Petty	21	54	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.7⁷	1⁶⁵	24.6¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	0.0⁶	26.6³¹	10.4³¹	+8.2³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1979: P9 from 18	52 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.9
31Mike Skinner	5	54	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.6⁸	37⁶⁵	18.7¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+7.0⁶	22.7³⁰	9.7³⁰	-3.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	26.7%³⁰	—	1996: P17 from 6	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 24.5
4Sterling Marlin	16	53	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	37⁶⁵	18.3¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	20.8³¹	12.3³¹	-2.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1983: P41 from 22	49 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.5
43Bobby Hamilton	35	53	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0²	1⁶⁵	23.1¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	-4.7⁶	22.8³¹	11.3³¹	+3.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1991: P12 from 14	20 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.0
88Dale Jarrett	9	53	27.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁶⁵	17.6¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	-9.0⁶	7.1³¹	10.8³¹	-1.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1987: P28 from 38	41 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
25Ricky Craven	33	53	22.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.0²	37⁶⁵	23.4¹²	—	9.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	22.0²⁹	13.1²⁹	+1.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1995: P17 from 38	16 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.7
37Jeremy Mayfield	40	53	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁶⁵	20.3¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+7.3⁶	25.4³¹	9.1³¹	+7.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1994: P37 from 24	24 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.0
77Bobby Hillin Jr.	2	52	15.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.0¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0⁴	20⁶⁵	15.8¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	-12.7⁶	35.4⁹	3.6⁹	-3.8⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	66.7%⁹	—	1982: P19 from 22	24 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
28Ernie Irvan	7	51	19.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	3.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁶⁵	18.0¹²	—	24.8⁵	—	+11.3⁶	19.5³¹	12.9³¹	+0.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	25.8%³¹	—	1988: P32 from 41	20 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
23Jimmy Spencer	20	51	21.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.0²	20⁶⁵	18.9¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	20.9³¹	11.0³¹	-2.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	19.4%³¹	—	1989: P40 from 29	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.2
71Dave Marcis	37	51	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁶⁵	18.9¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	32.3¹⁸	7.9¹⁸	+2.6¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁸	11.1%¹⁸	—	1970: P17 from 24	60 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.7
1Morgan Shepherd	41	50	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁶⁵	21.6¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+10.7⁶	27.0²²	11.2²²	+1.9²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²²	13.6%²²	—	1981: P23 from 30	32 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.3
75Rick Mast	15	50	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁶⁵	18.2¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	-2.7⁶	24.7²⁸	9.0²⁸	-0.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1989: P32 from 37	19 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.6
81Kenny Wallace	30	50	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.3³	20⁶⁵	25.7¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-15.0⁶	23.6³⁰	10.7³⁰	-4.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1993: P14 from 17	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.3
9Lake Speed	14	50	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.0²	20⁶⁵	27.2¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-14.7⁶	23.7²⁴	9.0²⁴	-0.2²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁴	16.7%²⁴	—	1980: P7 from 20 · led 2	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.9
21Michael Waltrip	28	47	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁶⁵	20.3¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+11.0⁶	24.9³¹	10.4³¹	+2.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1986: P35 from 37	59 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.0
8Hut Stricklin	23	47	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	20⁶⁵	24.3¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+11.7⁶	23.4²⁸	8.6²⁸	-2.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1989: P33 from 41	18 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.1
7Geoff Bodine	19	46	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	8.7¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+18.0²	20⁶⁵	17.2¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	+14.0⁶	14.9²⁸	13.5²⁸	-4.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1982: P33 from 5	35 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.5
22Ward Burton	25	46	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-13.0²	1⁶⁵	21.5¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	21.8³⁰	10.9³⁰	-0.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1995: P32 from 42	19 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.3
46Wally Dallenbach Jr.	27	46	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.0⁴	37⁶⁵	21.9¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	-4.0⁶	17.8²¹	9.6²¹	-15.1²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	42.9%²¹	—	1991: P34 from 32	16 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.3
20Greg Sacks	13	44	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.2¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5²	20⁶⁵	24.5¹²	—	30.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	29.6¹¹	7.0¹¹	-4.1¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.36¹¹	54.5%¹¹	—	1984: P14 from 30	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 23.4
11Brett Bodine	31	44	22.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁶⁵	24.6¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.3³⁰	8.7³⁰	+2.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1987: P38 from 23	29 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.9
30Johnny Benson Jr.	17	43	24.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.3⁵	1⁶⁵	19.6¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	22.8³¹	7.7³¹	+4.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1996: P10 from 10	16 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 28.6
17Darrell Waltrip	43	43	26.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁶⁵	17.4¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	25.1³⁰	10.8³⁰	+2.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1972: P38 from 25	54 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 20.1
90Dick Trickle	26	43	25.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-10.5²	20⁶⁵	21.9¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+14.3⁶	21.1²⁷	10.2²⁷	-2.5²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	22.2%²⁷	—	1989: P27 from 13	18 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 28.4
29Robert Pressley	22	43	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	37⁶⁵	24.0¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	-2.7⁶	24.6¹³	10.4¹³	-6.7¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.31¹³	46.2%¹³	—	1995: P18 from 9	12 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.0
41Steve Grissom	24	42	22.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.0¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0²	37⁶⁵	30.6⁸	—	23.6⁵	—	-13.0⁶	25.2³⁰	11.0³⁰	+4.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	13.3%³⁰	—	1994: P10 from 11	11 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.6
97Chad Little	42	40	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4³	1⁶⁵	27.0¹²	—	31.0⁵	—	+9.7⁶	28.7²⁶	10.1²⁶	+0.1²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	19.2%²⁶	—	1989: P34 from 30	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.8
96David Green	34	38	23.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	29.4⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	+13.5¹	37⁶⁵	28.0³	—	31.6⁵	—	+5.3⁶	24.7²⁵	8.1²⁵	-3.2²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁵	20.0%²⁵	—	1997: P16 from 37	5 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 23.6
36Derrike Cope	12	38	26.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁶⁵	26.5¹²	—	29.0⁵	—	-8.3⁶	25.6³⁰	10.1³⁰	+1.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1988: P26 from 31	23 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 26.9
98John Andretti	1	38	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.7³	20⁶⁵	26.5¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	23.7³¹	10.0³¹	-0.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1994: P29 from 36	22 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 25.4
40Joe Nemechek	32	36	28.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0⁵	37⁶⁵	30.3¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	17.1²⁹	10.2²⁹	-7.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	1994: P42 from 37	37 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 27.3