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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
5Terry Labonte	3	67	7.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	13.1¹²	—	7.6⁵	—	-3.3⁶	20.7³²	12.9³²	+3.7³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	12.5%³²	—	1979: P7 from 10	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.5
3Dale Earnhardt	37	64	8.5¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	22.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	8.0¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+12.7⁶	26.1³²	11.0³²	+10.2³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	9.4%³²	—	1979: P1 from 9 · led 163	42 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 8.9
1Darrell Waltrip	43	63	7.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	4.8¹⁰	11.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	12.7¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	34.7³²	10.4³²	+9.9³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	15.6%³²	—	1973: P30 from 13	51 st · 12 W · best P1 · avg 11.0
24Jeff Gordon	2	61	13.7¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6.8¹⁰	19.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.5¹⁰	18⁶²	14.6¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-23.0⁶	7.1³²	8.8³²	+1.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	6.3%³²	—	1993: P17 from 21	46 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 12.4
10Ricky Rudd	35	61	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶²	12.7¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	-13.0⁶	19.8³²	11.9³²	-3.2³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	21.9%³²	—	1975: P10 from 23	57 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.1
6Mark Martin	9	61	9.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.2¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶²	19.2¹²	—	12.6⁵	—	-11.7⁶	8.9³²	11.8³²	+0.2³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	3.1%³²	—	1982: P14 from 17	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.0
94Bill Elliott	38	60	10.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶²	11.5¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-8.0⁶	22.0³¹	12.2³¹	+1.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1979: P10 from 17	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
88Dale Jarrett	6	60	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶²	20.0¹²	—	6.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	8.8³²	13.1³²	-2.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	9.4%³²	—	1986: P29 from 28	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
2Rusty Wallace	1	59	9.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶²	17.5¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	-8.7⁶	9.2³²	10.7³²	-1.9³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	6.3%³²	—	1984: P12 from 11	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.0
46Morgan Shepherd	12	57	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	13.6¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+14.3⁶	24.8¹¹	11.4¹¹	-6.7¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18¹¹	54.5%¹¹	—	1981: P4 from 7 · led 18	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.4
7Geoff Bodine	18	57	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	5.5¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0³	24⁶²	14.8¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+0.3⁶	23.1³¹	11.4³¹	-1.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	25.8%³¹	—	1982: P10 from 11	37 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.1
16Ted Musgrave	29	55	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.4⁵	24⁶²	18.7¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-8.7⁶	23.9³¹	10.7³¹	+1.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1991: P12 from 27	19 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.2
18Bobby Labonte	7	54	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁶²	21.8¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	+10.3⁶	12.8³²	12.5³²	-0.8³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	15.6%³²	—	1993: P24 from 33	41 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.2
36Ernie Irvan	28	53	17.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	5.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁶²	18.8¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	21.0²⁹	12.0²⁹	+2.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1988: P26 from 28	19 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.8
40Sterling Marlin	24	53	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	19.0¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-6.3⁶	19.4³¹	8.7³¹	+2.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1983: P18 from 19	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.8
44Kyle Petty	33	52	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁶	1⁶²	19.3¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-6.7⁶	27.7³²	10.2³²	+0.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	25.0%³²	—	1981: P11 from 23	49 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.6
21Michael Waltrip	32	52	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶²	17.7¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+20.7⁶	26.1³¹	7.7³¹	+5.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1986: P32 from 24	47 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.7
9Lake Speed	36	51	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶²	19.1¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	-7.7⁶	24.6¹⁵	6.2¹⁵	-2.5¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	6.7%¹⁵	—	1981: P9 from 21	21 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.1
99Jeff Burton	5	51	20.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.1⁶	24⁶²	25.8¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	+15.3⁶	18.5³²	13.8³²	+5.7³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	12.5%³²	—	1994: P31 from 35	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
90Dick Trickle	41	50	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	24⁶²	12.6¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	25.1³¹	9.6³¹	-1.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	32.3%³¹	—	1989: P5 from 27	21 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.7
50Randy LaJoie	17	50	12.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	24.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	28.5⁶	—	22.8⁵	—	-5.3⁶	26.4⁸	13.9⁸	-1.9⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.38⁸	37.5%⁸	—	1995: P12 from 24	1 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 12.0
33Ken Schrader	14	50	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.3⁴	18⁶²	16.1¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+11.7⁶	17.3³²	11.0³²	-0.9³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	15.6%³²	—	1985: P10 from 16	49 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.6
12Jeremy Mayfield	10	49	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	7.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶²	22.8¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	-15.7⁶	17.8³²	11.7³²	+3.5³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	3.1%³²	—	1994: P21 from 25	25 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.6
11Brett Bodine	20	49	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶²	20.5¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-4.7⁶	27.1³²	8.4³²	+1.4³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	6.3%³²	—	1988: P17 from 11	30 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.5
26Johnny Benson Jr.	8	48	24.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.9⁴	24⁶²	20.3¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	25.8³¹	12.1³¹	+2.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1996: P28 from 29	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 25.1
23Jimmy Spencer	26	48	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0¹	24⁶²	17.8¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	24.8³⁰	10.0³⁰	+6.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1989: P8 from 12	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.2
4Bobby Hamilton	40	48	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0²	18⁶²	23.3¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-6.3⁶	26.3³²	9.5³²	+9.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	3.1%³²	—	1991: P31 from 28	23 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.1
22Ward Burton	39	47	23.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁶²	23.5¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+6.0⁶	13.6³²	10.8³²	-7.7³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	12.5%³²	—	1994: P25 from 21	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.0
41Steve Grissom	42	47	22.8⁸	0⁸	1⁸	1⁸	29.6⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	17.9¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	0.0⁶	33.3²⁶	9.6²⁶	+5.8²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	11.5%²⁶	—	1994: P12 from 30	8 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.8
75Rick Mast	19	47	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶²	24.7¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	24.3²⁹	10.0²⁹	-4.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1988: P28 from 25 · led 2	27 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.5
97Chad Little	34	47	20.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.5⁵	24⁶²	23.5¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	26.8³¹	10.0³¹	+7.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	19.4%³¹	—	1991: P14 from 31 · led 6	11 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 21.1
31Mike Skinner	4	45	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.5¹⁰	18⁶²	22.4¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	-3.3⁶	19.1²⁹	11.2²⁹	-0.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1996: P36 from 6 · led 10	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 26.8
28Kenny Irwin Jr.	27	45	22.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	23.5⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+8.8⁴	24⁶²	25.8¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	-1.7⁶	19.1³¹	12.2³¹	-6.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1998: P15 from 34	4 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 22.5
8Hut Stricklin	25	44	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0²	18⁶²	18.5¹²	—	30.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	29.5¹²	6.4¹²	-6.5¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33¹²	58.3%¹²	—	1989: P28 from 26	20 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.1
43John Andretti	21	43	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.5⁴	1⁶²	20.7¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	+12.7⁶	15.8³²	11.9³²	-2.1³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	12.5%³²	—	1994: P30 from 23	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 25.6
98Greg Sacks	11	43	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0¹	24⁶²	20.0¹²	—	34.4⁵	—	+3.0⁶	25.7⁶	6.2⁶	-9.5⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33⁶	33.3%⁶	—	1984: P9 from 13	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.4
81Kenny Wallace	13	42	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.5⁴	24⁶²	21.9¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	+15.7⁶	23.7³⁰	13.5³⁰	-2.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	36.7%³⁰	—	1993: P13 from 30	19 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.7
30Derrike Cope	15	40	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁶²	23.6¹²	—	31.6⁵	—	+6.7⁶	23.6²⁷	8.8²⁷	-6.5²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1987: P16 from 28	27 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.0
91Kevin Lepage	22	38	24.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.8¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	40.2¹	—	—	—	—	+5.8⁵	18⁶²	26.8¹²	—	31.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	26.1²⁶	12.3²⁶	-1.2²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁶	34.6%²⁶	—	1998: P10 from 24	11 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 24.4
77Robert Pressley	31	37	27.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	24⁶²	26.0¹²	—	30.0⁵	—	+7.0⁶	26.9²⁹	9.9²⁹	-1.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1995: P10 from 18	12 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 27.6
13Jerry Nadeau	23	37	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.6⁶	24⁶²	24.3¹²	—	35.2⁵	—	+3.7⁶	24.3²⁹	7.2²⁹	-6.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1998: P32 from 18	10 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.2
35Todd Bodine	16	35	28.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0²	1⁶²	24.2¹²	—	34.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	21.8¹³	11.1¹³	-1.0¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	15.4%¹³	—	1994: P26 from 8	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 31.0
96David Green	30	31	31.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	22.6⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	33.6⁹	—	31.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	19.5¹⁴	10.0¹⁴	-13.1¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21¹⁴	35.7%¹⁴	—	1997: P22 from 27	5 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 31.2