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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	34	67	8.5¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	22.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁰	8.0¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-7.0⁶	24.5³³	10.8³³	+12.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	1979: P1 from 9 · led 163	42 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.2
2Rusty Wallace	1	66	9.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶⁰	17.5¹²	—	3.4⁵	—	-10.0⁶	11.4³³	12.5³³	-4.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	9.1%³³	—	1984: P12 from 11	43 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 9.8
5Terry Labonte	30	65	7.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁰	13.1¹²	—	10.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	24.5³³	11.9³³	+4.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	18.2%³³	—	1979: P7 from 10	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.3
94Bill Elliott	23	64	10.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶⁰	11.5¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-5.3⁶	21.1³³	9.8³³	-1.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1979: P10 from 17	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
24Jeff Gordon	2	61	13.7¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6.8¹⁰	19.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.5¹⁰	18⁶⁰	14.6¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	+4.0⁶	7.5³³	15.0³³	-5.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	21.2%³³	—	1993: P17 from 21	46 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
6Mark Martin	8	60	9.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.2¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶⁰	19.2¹²	—	14.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	8.2³³	10.4³³	-1.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	9.1%³³	—	1982: P14 from 17	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
12Jeremy Mayfield	37	57	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.6¹⁰	7.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶⁰	22.8¹²	—	5.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	18.3³³	12.0³³	-0.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1994: P21 from 25	25 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.0
20Tony Stewart	4	55	18.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	10.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.2¹⁰	1⁶⁰	12.8¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+17.7⁶	12.9³³	9.6³³	+2.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	3.0%³³	—	1999: P5 from 1 · led 225	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
23Jimmy Spencer	21	55	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0¹	22⁶⁰	17.8¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-16.7⁶	26.5³³	10.5³³	+4.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	1989: P8 from 12	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.1
88Dale Jarrett	16	54	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶⁰	20.0¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+25.0⁶	13.1³³	8.8³³	+6.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1986: P29 from 28	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
33Ken Schrader	20	54	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.3⁴	18⁶⁰	16.1¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	14.8³³	10.2³³	-5.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1985: P10 from 16	49 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.3
66Darrell Waltrip	12	54	7.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	4.8¹⁰	11.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶⁰	12.7¹²	—	35.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	31.6²⁶	9.7²⁶	+4.0²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	15.4%²⁶	—	1973: P30 from 13	51 st · 12 W · best P1 · avg 10.9
26Johnny Benson Jr.	42	53	22.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.7⁴	22⁶⁰	20.3¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+8.3⁶	30.0³³	9.8³³	+5.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	12.1%³³	—	1996: P28 from 29	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 23.5
7Michael Waltrip	39	53	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁰	17.7¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	20.6³³	11.1³³	-5.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	30.3%³³	—	1986: P32 from 24	47 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.7
75Ted Musgrave	13	53	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.4⁵	22⁶⁰	18.7¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.7³¹	9.0³¹	+0.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1991: P12 from 27	19 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 19.2
10Ricky Rudd	5	53	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶⁰	12.7¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	20.8³³	12.2³³	-5.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	18.2%³³	—	1975: P10 from 23	57 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.9
60Geoff Bodine	25	53	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	5.5¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0³	18⁶⁰	14.8¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	-17.7⁶	21.6³³	10.0³³	-3.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	15.2%³³	—	1982: P10 from 11	37 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.4
91Dick Trickle	29	53	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	18⁶⁰	12.6¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	+12.3⁶	28.6⁸	6.5⁸	-6.6⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	37.5%⁸	—	1989: P5 from 27	21 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.9
36Ernie Irvan	41	52	17.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	5.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁶⁰	18.8¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	-5.3⁶	27.0²⁰	12.4²⁰	+3.5²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁰	20.0%²⁰	—	1988: P26 from 28	19 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.6
18Bobby Labonte	3	52	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁶⁰	21.8¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-1.3⁶	9.7³³	10.0³³	+1.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	3.0%³³	—	1993: P24 from 33	41 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.1
40Sterling Marlin	24	51	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁰	19.0¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	20.4³³	11.0³³	-1.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	9.1%³³	—	1983: P18 from 19	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.4
99Jeff Burton	31	51	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁶	22⁶⁰	25.8¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+14.3⁶	18.0³³	12.9³³	+6.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1994: P31 from 35	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
44Kyle Petty	14	50	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁶	1⁶⁰	19.3¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-15.3⁶	25.2³¹	12.0³¹	+2.2³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1981: P11 from 23	49 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.3
11Brett Bodine	18	50	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶⁰	20.5¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	30.7³¹	8.1³¹	+0.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1988: P17 from 11	30 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.2
97Chad Little	40	50	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.1⁵	22⁶⁰	23.5¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	28.3³³	10.7³³	+5.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	12.1%³³	—	1991: P14 from 31 · led 6	11 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.1
4Bobby Hamilton	7	49	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0²	18⁶⁰	23.3¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-11.0⁶	24.5³³	10.7³³	+4.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1991: P31 from 28	23 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.1
71Dave Marcis	22	48	14.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁰	20.6¹²	—	31.4⁵	—	-6.0⁶	35.5¹⁹	6.2¹⁹	+2.9¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05¹⁹	15.8%¹⁹	—	1968: P13 from 20	53 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.4
22Ward Burton	38	48	24.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁶⁰	23.5¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	15.0³³	12.8³³	-1.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	1994: P25 from 21	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.4
1Steve Park	43	47	20.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	27.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.4⁸	18⁶⁰	20.8¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+14.7⁶	24.5³³	10.9³³	+3.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1998: P34 from 36	10 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.2
43John Andretti	26	46	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.8⁴	1⁶⁰	20.7¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	+6.7⁶	16.3³³	13.5³³	-6.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³³	30.3%³³	—	1994: P30 from 23	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 26.4
98Rick Mast	32	46	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶⁰	24.7¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-16.0⁶	21.6³³	9.7³³	-5.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1988: P28 from 25 · led 2	27 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.7
58Ricky Craven	9	46	23.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.7³	22⁶⁰	23.8¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	-17.7⁶	29.2²³	8.7²³	-3.9²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13²³	43.5%²³	—	1995: P29 from 7	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.5
31Mike Skinner	33	43	24.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.4¹⁰	18⁶⁰	22.4¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	-11.0⁶	13.2³³	11.3³³	-3.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1996: P36 from 6 · led 10	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 27.4
25Wally Dallenbach Jr.	15	43	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.6⁷	18⁶⁰	23.6¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	+10.3⁶	22.8³³	10.5³³	+1.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	15.2%³³	—	1992: P22 from 32	12 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.6
55Kenny Wallace	6	43	25.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.3³	18⁶⁰	21.9¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	20.2³³	12.8³³	-3.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	21.2%³³	—	1993: P13 from 30	19 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 25.1
9Jerry Nadeau	19	42	24.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.4⁷	22⁶⁰	24.3¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	21.1³³	9.6³³	-6.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	15.2%³³	—	1998: P37 from 23	10 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.7
16Kevin Lepage	28	41	23.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	40.2¹	—	—	—	—	+2.3⁴	22⁶⁰	26.8¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	-4.3⁶	26.8³³	8.5³³	+3.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1998: P27 from 22	11 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 23.6
77Robert Pressley	11	41	26.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶⁰	26.0¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	+6.7⁶	29.7²⁷	9.1²⁷	-0.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1995: P10 from 18	12 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.6
28Kenny Irwin Jr.	10	40	30.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	27.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+16.8⁴	22⁶⁰	25.8¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	-2.0⁶	21.0³³	11.5³³	-1.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	15.2%³³	—	1998: P43 from 27	4 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 30.5
42Joe Nemechek	27	38	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.4⁵	18⁶⁰	26.3¹²	—	34.8⁵	—	+8.7⁶	19.0³³	10.5³³	-6.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	15.2%³³	—	1994: P16 from 6	35 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 31.4
21Elliott Sadler	17	38	26.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.0²	22⁶⁰	26.0¹²	—	35.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	29.2³³	8.1³³	+6.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	1998: P24 from 32	24 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.9
41David Green	35	35	28.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	21.6⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶⁰	33.6⁹	—	30.6⁵	—	+13.7⁶	29.9³¹	9.0³¹	-0.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1997: P22 from 27	5 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 28.8
00Buckshot Jones	36	32	38.7³	0³	0³	0³	31.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	+16.8³	1⁶⁰	34.5⁴	—	24.0⁵	—	-8.3⁶	25.0⁹	6.2⁹	-6.0⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	33.3%⁹	—	2001: P33 from 21	3 st · 0 W · best P33 · avg 38.7