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Drivers · 43

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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	1	66	11.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.4¹⁰	12.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.6¹⁰	32⁶³	15.7¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	+4.0⁶	7.5³³	14.9³³	-5.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	21.2%³³	—	1993: P5 from 3 · led 2	45 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
94Bill Elliott	37	62	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	23⁶³	17.4¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-5.3⁶	20.6³³	9.8³³	-2.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1976: P19 from 38	59 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 15.8
3Dale Earnhardt	4	62	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	4.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	32⁶³	15.5¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-7.0⁶	25.4³³	10.7³³	+13.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	1978: P7 from 28	45 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 10.9
33Ken Schrader	7	62	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	10.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.5⁴	32⁶³	14.5¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	15.2³³	9.9³³	-5.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1985: P11 from 24	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.5
5Terry Labonte	19	61	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁶³	15.4¹²	—	10.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	24.8³³	11.5³³	+5.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	15.2%³³	—	1979: P16 from 19	62 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.3
2Rusty Wallace	10	61	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	23⁶³	17.1¹²	—	3.4⁵	—	-10.0⁶	11.1³³	12.7³³	-4.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	9.1%³³	—	1982: P37 from 19	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.4
12Jeremy Mayfield	6	59	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	23⁶³	20.2¹²	—	5.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	19.3³³	12.1³³	+0.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1994: P30 from 40	27 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.8
20Tony Stewart	2	58	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	6.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.1¹⁰	0⁶³	13.6¹²	—	14.2⁵	—	+10.7⁶	13.0³³	9.1³³	+3.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	3.0%³³	—	1999: P6 from 6	34 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 18.3
99Jeff Burton	5	58	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁶	23⁶³	19.1¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+14.3⁶	18.8³³	12.3³³	+8.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1994: P26 from 35	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
26Johnny Benson Jr.	39	55	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	3.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0²	23⁶³	23.0¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+8.3⁶	30.1³³	9.7³³	+4.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	12.1%³³	—	1996: P23 from 27	15 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.3
75Ted Musgrave	27	54	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.3⁴	23⁶³	21.2¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.3³¹	9.5³¹	+0.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1991: P30 from 37	17 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.3
6Mark Martin	9	54	27.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	23⁶³	11.0¹²	—	14.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	8.2³³	9.8³³	-0.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	6.1%³³	—	1982: P30 from 26	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.7
23Jimmy Spencer	11	54	20.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0²	23⁶³	19.2¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-16.7⁶	26.8³³	9.9³³	+5.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	15.2%³³	—	1989: P27 from 32	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.7
36Ernie Irvan	31	54	20.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.1¹⁰	12.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁶³	16.1¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	-5.3⁶	27.5²⁰	12.9²⁰	+2.5²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁰	25.0%²⁰	—	1988: P25 from 31	20 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.5
18Bobby Labonte	3	53	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁶³	13.7¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-1.3⁶	9.7³³	10.8³³	+1.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	3.0%³³	—	1993: P20 from 25	47 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.0
60Geoff Bodine	30	52	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.9¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁶³	22.7¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	-17.7⁶	21.4³³	9.7³³	-2.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1979: P29 from 16 · led 6	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.2
7Michael Waltrip	13	52	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁶³	19.9¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	21.4³³	10.8³³	-4.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	30.3%³³	—	1986: P18 from 39	55 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 21.3
98Rick Mast	21	52	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	23⁶³	22.2¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-16.0⁶	21.9³³	9.3³³	-5.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1989: P6 from 11 · led 9	19 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.6
40Sterling Marlin	17	51	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3³	32⁶³	18.8¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	20.6³³	10.9³³	-0.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	6.1%³³	—	1980: P8 from 36	51 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
88Dale Jarrett	8	51	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	23⁶³	25.3¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+25.0⁶	13.4³³	7.0³³	+7.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1984: P23 from 39	41 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 15.9
31Mike Skinner	12	50	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.3¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.1⁹	32⁶³	20.1¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	-11.0⁶	13.9³³	11.1³³	-3.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1997: P12 from 1 · led 1	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.3
4Bobby Hamilton	16	50	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-18.5²	32⁶³	19.9¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-11.0⁶	24.2³³	10.6³³	+4.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	6.1%³³	—	1991: P10 from 20	23 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.4
71Dave Marcis	35	50	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁶³	17.7¹²	—	31.4⁵	—	-6.0⁶	34.8¹⁹	4.7¹⁹	+1.3¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05¹⁹	15.8%¹⁹	—	1968: P20 from 35	66 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.9
22Ward Burton	18	49	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁶³	24.4¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	15.6³³	12.7³³	-0.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	1994: P36 from 40	20 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.8
58Ricky Craven	28	48	22.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.9⁴	23⁶³	22.8¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	-17.7⁶	28.4²³	8.7²³	-5.4²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13²³	43.5%²³	—	1995: P16 from 14	17 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 25.0
28Kenny Irwin Jr.	41	47	20.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	23.8⁵	1.8%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	-1.2⁵	23⁶³	26.4⁵	—	25.0⁵	—	-2.0⁶	20.1³³	11.1³³	-2.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	15.2%³³	—	1998: P19 from 38	5 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 20.2
90Mike Wallace	42	47	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0²	23⁶³	21.9¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	-19.7⁶	29.0¹	—	+5.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	1994: P12 from 18	18 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.2
55Kenny Wallace	33	47	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.6⁵	32⁶³	19.0¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	19.4³³	12.4³³	-3.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	18.2%³³	—	1993: P23 from 24	18 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 26.5
44Kyle Petty	24	46	27.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁵	0⁶³	16.9¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-15.3⁶	24.8³¹	11.9³¹	+1.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1981: P32 from 11	51 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.2
10Ricky Rudd	29	46	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	23⁶³	19.3¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	20.1³³	12.3³³	-6.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	21.2%³³	—	1976: P10 from 22	59 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.3
21Elliott Sadler	38	46	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.0³	23⁶³	25.9¹²	—	33.6⁵	—	+1.3⁶	28.5³³	7.6³³	+5.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1999: P22 from 29 · led 1	26 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.2
43John Andretti	36	46	25.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	7.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	0⁶³	24.5¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	+6.7⁶	16.0³³	13.4³³	-5.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³³	27.3%³³	—	1994: P42 from 15	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 27.1
11Brett Bodine	40	45	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	23⁶³	21.8¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	30.0³¹	8.1³¹	-0.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1987: P11 from 7 · led 1	28 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.2
25Wally Dallenbach Jr.	34	44	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.8⁶	32⁶³	23.8¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	+10.3⁶	22.2³³	10.5³³	+0.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	15.2%³³	—	1991: P34 from 40	14 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 24.1
66Darrell Waltrip	43	44	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	23⁶³	25.7¹²	—	35.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	30.4²⁶	9.7²⁶	+2.3²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	15.4%²⁶	—	1973: P12 from 11	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.2
97Chad Little	26	43	29.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	23⁶³	25.2¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	28.8³³	10.4³³	+5.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	12.1%³³	—	1989: P36 from 28	15 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 26.1
77Robert Pressley	15	43	24.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.0¹	23⁶³	24.2¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	+6.7⁶	29.5²⁷	9.1²⁷	-1.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1994: P40 from 19	12 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.3
9Jerry Nadeau	25	40	25.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.1⁶	23⁶³	28.3¹¹	—	29.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	20.9³³	9.5³³	-7.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	1997: P30 from 41	10 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 25.1
30Derrike Cope	20	39	26.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	39.7¹	—	—	—	—	0⁶³	25.5¹²	—	32.2⁵	—	-7.0⁶	32.7¹⁴	6.2¹⁴	-2.4¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14¹⁴	28.6%¹⁴	—	1987: P33 from 23	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 29.6
45Rich Bickle	22	39	26.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	31.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁶³	28.5⁴	—	30.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	32.4²³	10.1²³	+8.1²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	8.7%²³	—	1990: P28 from 29	4 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 26.3
16Kevin Lepage	14	37	30.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	45.5³	—	—	—	—	+21.4⁴	23⁶³	24.9¹⁰	—	29.2⁵	—	-4.3⁶	27.2³³	8.6³³	+3.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1998: P43 from 20	10 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 30.8
42Joe Nemechek	32	36	28.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.0¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.2⁵	32⁶³	27.1¹²	—	34.8⁵	—	+8.7⁶	18.8³³	10.5³³	-6.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	12.1%³³	—	1994: P39 from 38	37 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 28.1
1Steve Park	23	35	33.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+17.1⁷	32⁶³	27.6¹⁰	—	27.2⁵	—	+14.7⁶	25.1³³	10.7³³	+4.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1998: P41 from 33	11 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 31.4