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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
24Jeff Gordon	5	65	12.2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.7¹⁰	17.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.9¹⁰	18⁵¹	14.3¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-23.0⁶	7.0³²	8.8³²	+1.2³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	6.3%³²	—	1993: P24 from 5 · led 1	35 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
5Terry Labonte	35	64	16.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁵¹	14.4¹²	—	7.6⁵	—	-3.3⁶	19.7³²	13.1³²	+3.4³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	12.5%³²	—	1978: P4 from 19	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
6Mark Martin	10	63	8.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵¹	21.7¹²	—	12.6⁵	—	-11.7⁶	8.8³²	10.4³²	+1.2³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	0.0%³²	—	1982: P7 from 20	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.1
3Dale Earnhardt	18	61	12.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	7.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁵¹	14.3¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+12.7⁶	26.7³²	10.9³²	+10.2³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	9.4%³²	—	1978: P16 from 14	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 11.6
18Bobby Labonte	24	61	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵¹	18.4¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	+10.3⁶	12.2³²	13.0³²	-2.0³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	18.8%³²	—	1993: P18 from 36	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
35Darrell Waltrip	43	60	12.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.3¹⁰	7.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵¹	17.8¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	34.7³²	10.1³²	+10.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	12.5%³²	—	1973: P24 from 13	54 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
94Bill Elliott	7	58	8.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵¹	25.6¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-8.0⁶	23.0³¹	12.1³¹	+2.2³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1977: P10 from 16	51 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 9.3
2Rusty Wallace	3	57	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵¹	19.5¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	-8.7⁶	9.1³²	11.3³²	-2.8³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	6.3%³²	—	1984: P30 from 24 · led 1	42 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.9
99Jeff Burton	12	57	11.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	11.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.5⁶	14⁵¹	29.9¹²	—	13.0⁵	—	+15.3⁶	18.3³²	13.8³²	+5.4³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	12.5%³²	—	1994: P20 from 22	30 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.9
7Geoff Bodine	15	57	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.1¹⁰	10.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+21.0²	14⁵¹	22.3¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+0.3⁶	23.2³¹	11.3³¹	-2.2³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	29.0%³¹	—	1981: P30 from 20	36 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.8
10Ricky Rudd	14	57	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵¹	20.9¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	-13.0⁶	20.4³²	12.0³²	-2.8³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	21.9%³²	—	1977: P22 from 27	57 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
11Brett Bodine	36	56	13.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵¹	18.8¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-4.7⁶	26.6³²	8.2³²	+1.9³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	3.1%³²	—	1987: P20 from 39	31 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.6
36Ernie Irvan	26	55	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵¹	19.8¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	21.0²⁹	11.7²⁹	+1.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1988: P22 from 31	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.5
26Johnny Benson Jr.	11	54	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.2⁴	14⁵¹	22.8¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	25.7³¹	12.5³¹	+3.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1996: P24 from 38	15 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.5
15Ted Musgrave	32	54	22.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.8⁴	14⁵¹	19.9¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-8.7⁶	23.8³¹	10.4³¹	+2.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	19.4%³¹	—	1991: P21 from 29	20 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.5
21Michael Waltrip	20	54	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵¹	23.4¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	+20.7⁶	26.5³¹	7.9³¹	+6.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1985: P24 from 35	42 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.6
40Sterling Marlin	8	53	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁵¹	23.7¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-6.3⁶	19.9³¹	9.4³¹	+1.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1980: P11 from 33	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.1
33Ken Schrader	6	53	16.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.6⁴	18⁵¹	20.8¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+11.7⁶	17.6³²	11.2³²	-0.4³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	15.6%³²	—	1985: P13 from 25	43 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.5
12Jeremy Mayfield	27	53	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	5.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵¹	24.1¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	-15.7⁶	17.2³²	11.6³²	+2.7³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	3.1%³²	—	1994: P33 from 25	22 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.6
4Bobby Hamilton	23	52	18.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.0²	18⁵¹	25.2¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-6.3⁶	26.8³²	9.4³²	+10.0³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	3.1%³²	—	1991: P20 from 34	23 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 18.1
44Kyle Petty	28	52	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.4⁵	3⁵¹	18.1¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-6.7⁶	27.8³²	10.4³²	+0.5³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	25.0%³²	—	1981: P25 from 21	50 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.6
88Dale Jarrett	1	51	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵¹	34.0¹²	—	6.0⁵	—	+8.0⁶	9.0³²	13.1³²	-2.5³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	9.4%³²	—	1987: P15 from 38	35 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.1
90Dick Trickle	19	49	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	14⁵¹	22.5¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	25.8³¹	9.8³¹	-0.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	32.3%³¹	—	1989: P13 from 28	18 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.2
41Steve Grissom	38	48	22.3⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	29.4⁹	0.1%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	-11.0¹	18⁵¹	23.8¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	0.0⁶	33.5²⁶	9.8²⁶	+6.2²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	11.5%²⁶	—	1994: P14 from 28	9 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.3
81Kenny Wallace	39	48	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.3⁴	14⁵¹	23.0¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	+15.7⁶	22.8³⁰	13.5³⁰	-4.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	40.0%³⁰	—	1993: P32 from 26	19 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.8
75Rick Mast	25	48	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	14⁵¹	25.3¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	24.1²⁹	10.0²⁹	-4.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1988: P32 from 22	25 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 25.0
13Dennis Setzer	42	47	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵¹	24.0¹	—	29.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	28.7⁶	8.1⁶	-2.0⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁶	16.7%⁶	—	first start here	—
22Ward Burton	2	46	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵¹	35.4¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+6.0⁶	14.7³²	10.7³²	-6.7³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	12.5%³²	—	1994: P21 from 38	20 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.6
43John Andretti	4	46	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.9¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-19.0²	3⁵¹	28.3¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	+12.7⁶	16.3³²	11.9³²	-1.8³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	12.5%³²	—	1994: P38 from 18	18 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.7
16Kevin Lepage	16	45	21.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	35.2²	—	—	—	—	-2.4⁴	14⁵¹	23.1¹²	—	31.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	26.3²⁶	12.0²⁶	-0.5²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁶	30.8%²⁶	—	1998: P34 from 10	11 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.6
97Chad Little	17	45	28.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹	14⁵¹	24.2¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	27.4³¹	10.4³¹	+7.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1989: P37 from 41	15 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 25.7
46Jeff Green	41	45	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	49.0²	—	—	—	—	-10.4⁷	18⁵¹	26.9¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	+8.0⁶	25.3²¹	8.2²¹	-4.0²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19²¹	33.3%²¹	—	1997: P39 from 42	11 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 23.6
1Steve Park	31	44	20.9⁹	0⁹	1⁹	3⁹	28.7⁹	6.9%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+5.1⁷	18⁵¹	26.9¹²	—	32.6⁵	—	+3.3⁶	29.8¹⁶	10.2¹⁶	+1.1¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19¹⁶	31.3%¹⁶	—	1999: P12 from 29 · led 1	9 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.9
31Mike Skinner	13	43	31.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.4¹⁰	18⁵¹	23.7¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	-3.3⁶	18.8²⁹	11.3²⁹	-1.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	10.3%²⁹	—	1993: P35 from 36	16 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 30.9
23Jimmy Spencer	29	43	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+24.0¹	14⁵¹	23.4¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	24.7³⁰	9.6³⁰	+7.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	6.7%³⁰	—	1989: P37 from 27	27 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.4
77Robert Pressley	21	41	26.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵¹	27.4¹²	—	30.0⁵	—	+7.0⁶	27.2²⁹	9.9²⁹	-0.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1995: P30 from 9	12 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 26.3
30Derrike Cope	22	41	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	36.7¹	—	—	—	—	3⁵¹	31.4¹²	—	31.6⁵	—	+6.7⁶	23.3²⁷	8.9²⁷	-6.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	33.3%²⁷	—	1988: P26 from 34	26 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 24.8
98Rich Bickle	40	41	22.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	36.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵¹	31.7¹²	—	31.4⁵	—	+4.7⁶	24.8²⁰	10.2²⁰	-1.9²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁰	25.0%²⁰	—	1991: P24 from 35	4 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 22.8
50Wally Dallenbach Jr.	34	41	28.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+17.9⁷	18⁵¹	27.5¹²	—	29.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	25.4²²	10.1²²	-2.5²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²²	22.7%²²	—	1992: P30 from 31	11 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 27.3
42Joe Nemechek	30	41	27.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	34.7¹	—	—	—	-2.1⁵	18⁵¹	23.0¹²	—	33.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	17.3³¹	11.1³¹	-7.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1994: P19 from 29	28 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 26.0
28Kenny Irwin Jr.	37	40	35.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	9.5⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+25.3⁴	14⁵¹	26.5¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	-1.7⁶	18.7³¹	12.3³¹	-6.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1998: P39 from 5	4 st · 0 W · best P31 · avg 35.8
9Jerry Nadeau	9	34	30.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.3⁷	14⁵¹	33.0¹²	—	35.2⁵	—	+3.7⁶	24.8²⁹	7.3²⁹	-5.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1998: P31 from 25	10 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 30.3
78Gary Bradberry	33	30	32.7³	0³	0³	0³	24.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁵¹	35.3¹²	—	39.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	23.9¹²	7.0¹²	-10.0¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17¹²	33.3%¹²	—	1996: P35 from 32	3 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 32.7