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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
2Rusty Wallace	11	66	14.1⁹	0⁹	2⁹	3⁹	16.9⁹	3.2%⁹	86.1²	—	—	—	—	-11.5⁶	16⁴⁵	18.9¹²	—	3.4⁵	—	-10.0⁶	11.1³³	12.6³³	-4.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	9.1%³³	—	1997: P37 from 9	9 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 14.1
24Jeff Gordon	8	63	15.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.3¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	75.6³	—	—	—	—	-5.5¹⁰	18⁴⁵	16.1¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	+4.0⁶	7.3³³	14.0³³	-4.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	18.2%³³	—	1997: P30 from 2 · led 69	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
3Dale Earnhardt	38	63	16.0³	0³	0³	2³	22.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	-6.3³	18⁴⁵	16.4¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-7.0⁶	24.4³³	10.8³³	+12.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	1997: P6 from 15	3 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 16.0
6Mark Martin	6	62	11.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	102.7³	—	—	—	—	-5.2¹⁰	16⁴⁵	19.5¹²	—	14.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	8.3³³	9.6³³	-0.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	9.1%³³	—	1997: P38 from 6 · led 10	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.0
5Terry Labonte	4	61	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	43.9³	—	—	—	—	-1.0¹⁰	18⁴⁵	14.8¹²	—	10.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	25.2³³	11.4³³	+4.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	18.2%³³	—	1997: P4 from 3 · led 104	11 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.9
20Tony Stewart	19	61	14.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	13.5%¹⁰	113.6⁵	—	—	—	—	-10.6¹⁰	0⁴⁵	13.2¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+14.7⁶	12.5³³	9.6³³	+2.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	3.0%³³	—	2000: P9 from 38	27 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.3
12Jeremy Mayfield	27	57	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	4.7%¹⁰	68.0³	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁷	16⁴⁵	24.3¹²	—	5.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	18.6³³	11.8³³	-0.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1997: P32 from 20	12 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 24.8
26Johnny Benson Jr.	24	57	23.3⁷	0⁷	2⁷	2⁷	23.3⁷	1.2%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	-10.5¹	16⁴⁵	18.9¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+8.3⁶	30.5³³	9.5³³	+5.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	12.1%³³	—	1997: P28 from 13	7 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.3
94Bill Elliott	9	56	25.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	2.5%¹⁰	42.4³	—	—	—	—	+1.4⁶	16⁴⁵	18.4¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-5.3⁶	21.5³³	9.8³³	-1.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1997: P11 from 16	15 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 27.3
99Jeff Burton	20	56	18.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	4.3%¹⁰	72.3³	—	—	—	—	+2.1¹⁰	16⁴⁵	24.3¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+14.3⁶	18.3³³	12.9³³	+6.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1997: P1 from 5 · led 60	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
97Chad Little	37	56	13.7³	0³	1³	1³	19.7³	4.9%³	—	—	—	—	—	-6.8²	16⁴⁵	27.5¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	28.4³³	10.6³³	+4.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	12.1%³³	—	1997: P26 from 38	3 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 13.7
88Dale Jarrett	12	55	14.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	11.0%¹⁰	73.4³	—	—	—	—	-9.3¹⁰	16⁴⁵	30.5¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+25.0⁶	13.2³³	8.8³³	+6.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1997: P2 from 1 · led 42	13 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.6
33Ken Schrader	7	54	21.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	63.9³	—	—	—	—	—	18⁴⁵	22.1¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	15.2³³	10.2³³	-5.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1997: P18 from 27	15 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 25.3
18Bobby Labonte	2	53	22.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.7¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	60.3³	—	—	—	—	+6.6⁸	0⁴⁵	25.8¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-1.3⁶	9.7³³	11.1³³	+0.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	3.0%³³	—	1997: P3 from 4 · led 2	25 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 26.4
22Ward Burton	5	52	21.1⁸	0⁸	0⁸	1⁸	21.4⁸	1.0%⁸	43.3¹	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁴	0⁴⁵	25.9¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	16.0³³	12.8³³	-0.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	1997: P7 from 12	8 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.1
7Michael Waltrip	29	52	22.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	70.9³	—	—	—	—	+11.7⁶	18⁴⁵	24.4¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	20.9³³	11.2³³	-5.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	30.3%³³	—	1997: P9 from 21	15 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 24.8
4Bobby Hamilton	33	51	22.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	25.6⁵	0.1%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	-15.0²	18⁴⁵	26.0¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-11.0⁶	23.7³³	10.6³³	+4.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1997: P20 from 17	5 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 22.2
1Steve Park	3	51	20.0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	1⁴	9.3⁴	6.4%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+2.8⁴	18⁴⁵	20.4¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+14.7⁶	25.7³³	10.7³³	+5.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	2000: P19 from 6 · led 6	4 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.0
10Ricky Rudd	34	51	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	63.6³	—	—	—	—	+1.8⁴	16⁴⁵	18.8¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	19.9³³	12.3³³	-6.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	21.2%³³	—	1997: P5 from 8 · led 26	11 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.2
40Sterling Marlin	39	51	21.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	69.4³	—	—	—	—	+9.8⁹	18⁴⁵	22.0¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	20.0³³	10.8³³	-2.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	9.1%³³	—	1997: P8 from 22 · led 2	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.7
11Brett Bodine	17	51	25.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	27.0⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁴⁵	17.8¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	30.7³¹	8.0³¹	+0.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1997: P19 from 26	6 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 25.8
58Ricky Craven	35	51	22.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	30.0⁴	0.2%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0¹	16⁴⁵	22.6¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	-17.7⁶	28.1²³	8.8²³	-5.7²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13²³	43.5%²³	—	2001: P27 from 32	4 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 22.5
23Jimmy Spencer	41	50	26.0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	2⁸	31.6⁸	0.1%⁸	25.6¹	—	—	—	—	-1.7³	16⁴⁵	25.3¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-16.7⁶	25.9³³	10.4³³	+3.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	15.2%³³	—	1997: P39 from 33	8 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 26.0
14Randy LaJoie	14	49	25.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	24.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+6.5¹	16⁴⁵	28.2¹¹	—	17.6⁵	—	+7.3⁶	24.0¹	—	-13.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	1998: P25 from 24	1 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 25.0
43John Andretti	15	48	27.6⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	32.2⁹	0.0%⁹	40.9³	—	—	—	—	-1.1⁵	0⁴⁵	22.7¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	+6.7⁶	16.6³³	13.6³³	-4.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³³	27.3%³³	—	1997: P12 from 30	9 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 27.6
60Geoff Bodine	26	48	28.0³	0³	0³	0³	26.0³	0.0%³	31.0¹	—	—	—	—	+3.0¹	18⁴⁵	22.1¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	-17.7⁶	21.5³³	9.8³³	-2.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	15.2%³³	—	1997: P14 from 7	3 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 28.0
25Wally Dallenbach Jr.	10	47	19.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	22.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+10.0¹	18⁴⁵	26.6¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	+10.3⁶	22.9³³	10.6³³	+1.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	15.2%³³	—	1998: P19 from 22	1 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 19.0
75Ted Musgrave	25	47	32.5²	0²	0²	0²	20.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	+18.1²	16⁴⁵	20.7¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.3³¹	9.7³¹	+1.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1997: P35 from 11	2 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 32.5
55Kenny Wallace	42	46	26.9⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	35.0⁷	0.0%⁷	28.1²	—	—	—	—	-2.5²	18⁴⁵	21.9¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	19.2³³	12.6³³	-3.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	18.2%³³	—	1997: P13 from 31	7 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 26.9
41David Green	43	46	18.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	9.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁴⁵	31.4¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+13.7⁶	29.6³¹	9.0³¹	-0.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1998: P18 from 9	1 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 18.0
16Kevin Lepage	40	46	23.6⁵	0⁵	1⁵	1⁵	22.0⁵	1.1%⁵	34.2²	—	—	—	—	-9.3¹	16⁴⁵	25.5¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	-4.3⁶	26.4³³	8.2³³	+3.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	6.1%³³	—	1998: P37 from 16	5 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.6
28Kenny Irwin Jr.	1	44	28.0²	0²	0²	0²	15.5²	0.2%²	—	—	—	—	—	+5.5²	16⁴⁵	27.3¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	-2.0⁶	21.3³³	11.6³³	-0.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	15.2%³³	—	1998: P39 from 4	2 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 28.0
77Robert Pressley	16	43	24.0³	0³	1³	1³	23.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁴⁵	31.2¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	+6.7⁶	29.5²⁷	9.1²⁷	-1.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1998: P3 from 8	3 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 24.0
45Rich Bickle	30	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁴⁵	30.8¹²	—	30.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	32.0²³	9.9²³	+6.9²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	13.0%²³	—	first start here	—
21Elliott Sadler	13	43	23.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	4.4%¹⁰	68.3⁵	—	—	—	—	+5.1⁷	16⁴⁵	25.0¹²	—	35.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	29.3³³	7.8³³	+5.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	2000: P39 from 35	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.6
36Ernie Irvan	22	43	39.5²	0²	0²	0²	14.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	+34.0¹	0⁴⁵	18.9¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	-5.3⁶	27.9²⁰	12.8²⁰	+4.2²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁰	20.0%²⁰	—	1997: P36 from 10	2 st · 0 W · best P36 · avg 39.5
42Joe Nemechek	28	43	25.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	56.4⁴	30.6¹	—	—	—	+0.8¹⁰	18⁴⁵	23.9¹²	—	34.8⁵	—	+8.7⁶	18.9³³	10.6³³	-6.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	15.2%³³	—	1997: P29 from 40	23 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 31.7
98Rick Mast	18	42	30.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	27.5⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁴⁵	28.2¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-16.0⁶	22.0³³	9.8³³	-4.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1997: P31 from 28	4 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 30.3
00Buckshot Jones	31	42	29.5²	0²	0²	0²	33.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	+3.3²	0⁴⁵	33.0¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	-8.3⁶	25.6⁹	6.7⁹	-5.9⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	22.2%⁹	—	2001: P33 from 24	2 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 29.5
31Mike Skinner	23	41	28.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	34.8⁴	—	—	—	—	+10.0⁷	18⁴⁵	31.1¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	-11.0⁶	13.5³³	10.3³³	-2.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1997: P22 from 25 · led 10	12 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 31.0
66Darrell Waltrip	32	41	34.3³	0³	0³	0³	26.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0¹	16⁴⁵	14.9¹²	—	35.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	30.8²⁶	9.8²⁶	+2.9²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	15.4%²⁶	—	1997: P43 from 14	3 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 34.3
9Jerry Nadeau	21	40	27.0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	1⁴	21.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+24.2³	16⁴⁵	33.5¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	21.1³³	9.9³³	-7.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	2000: P43 from 8	4 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 27.0
30Derrike Cope	36	32	39.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	36.5⁴	0.0%⁴	27.3²	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	0⁴⁵	33.6¹²	—	32.2⁵	—	-7.0⁶	31.6¹⁴	6.9¹⁴	-3.3¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14¹⁴	28.6%¹⁴	—	1997: P41 from 37	4 st · 0 W · best P37 · avg 39.0