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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	6	67	13.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	6.6%¹⁰	85.0²	—	—	—	—	-2.0⁷	11³²	10.2¹²	—	3.4⁵	—	-10.0⁶	11.2³³	12.7³³	-4.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	9.1%³³	—	1997: P14 from 16	10 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
24Jeff Gordon	5	66	13.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	10.3%¹⁰	72.3²	—	—	—	—	-2.6¹⁰	16³²	4.9¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	+4.0⁶	7.4³³	14.9³³	-5.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	21.2%³³	—	1997: P1 from 3 · led 113	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.2
3Dale Earnhardt	9	64	14.0³	0³	0³	1³	30.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	-11.0³	16³²	11.7¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-7.0⁶	25.3³³	10.8³³	+13.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	1997: P16 from 14	3 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 14.0
6Mark Martin	3	61	11.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	10.3%¹⁰	109.5²	—	—	—	—	-2.4¹⁰	11³²	15.9¹²	—	14.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	8.4³³	9.2³³	-0.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	6.1%³³	—	1997: P10 from 12 · led 11	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.5
12Jeremy Mayfield	14	61	17.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.3¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	55.2²	—	—	—	—	+8.9⁷	11³²	18.7¹²	—	5.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	19.0³³	11.9³³	-0.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1997: P12 from 21	14 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.0
18Bobby Labonte	4	60	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	68.0²	—	—	—	—	-7.6⁸	0³²	12.0¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-1.3⁶	9.7³³	11.1³³	+0.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	3.0%³³	—	1997: P6 from 15	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.1
5Terry Labonte	8	59	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.6¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	46.0²	—	—	—	—	+3.9⁹	16³²	15.8¹²	—	10.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	25.1³³	11.8³³	+4.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	18.2%³³	—	1997: P2 from 10 · led 41	11 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.6
26Johnny Benson Jr.	24	59	17.7⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	13.8⁶	1.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	-4.5¹	11³²	18.3¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+8.3⁶	30.5³³	9.3³³	+6.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	9.1%³³	—	1997: P13 from 13	6 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 17.7
20Tony Stewart	7	56	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	7.3%¹⁰	100.3⁴	—	—	—	—	+1.9¹⁰	0³²	14.0¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+17.7⁶	12.8³³	9.6³³	+2.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	3.0%³³	—	2000: P10 from 32	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.9
99Jeff Burton	1	56	20.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	63.1²	—	—	—	—	+5.8¹⁰	11³²	17.1¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+14.3⁶	18.9³³	12.9³³	+7.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1997: P30 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.8
97Chad Little	16	56	13.3³	0³	0³	1³	34.0³	0.3%³	—	—	—	—	—	-1.5²	11³²	24.4¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	29.1³³	10.7³³	+5.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	12.1%³³	—	1997: P19 from 24	3 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 13.3
94Bill Elliott	19	55	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	31.2³	—	—	—	—	-1.6⁸	11³²	17.6¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-5.3⁶	21.2³³	9.8³³	-1.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1997: P32 from 17	12 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 26.5
75Ted Musgrave	35	55	18.5²	0²	1²	1²	22.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	+5.4²	11³²	17.4¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.0³¹	9.7³¹	+0.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1997: P4 from 20	2 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.5
60Geoff Bodine	34	54	21.0²	0²	0²	1²	16.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	16³²	13.4¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	-17.7⁶	21.3³³	9.8³³	-3.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	12.1%³³	—	1997: P35 from 6	2 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.0
88Dale Jarrett	2	53	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.4¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	71.8²	—	—	—	—	+5.5¹⁰	11³²	22.8¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+25.0⁶	13.5³³	8.9³³	+6.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1997: P8 from 9 · led 49	14 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.3
10Ricky Rudd	36	53	13.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	57.1²	—	—	—	—	-8.7³	11³²	17.1¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	19.8³³	12.1³³	-5.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	18.2%³³	—	1997: P3 from 39	12 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.8
22Ward Burton	11	51	21.0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	2⁸	23.8⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	-10.5⁴	0³²	25.6¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	15.8³³	12.7³³	-0.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	1997: P28 from 40	8 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.0
33Ken Schrader	13	51	27.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.4¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	56.2²	—	—	—	—	—	16³²	18.9¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	15.0³³	10.1³³	-5.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1997: P34 from 5 · led 8	16 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 29.4
36Ernie Irvan	26	50	25.0²	0²	0²	0²	12.0²	1.2%²	—	—	—	—	—	+29.0¹	0³²	17.4¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	-5.3⁶	27.7²⁰	12.9²⁰	+3.9²⁰	0.0²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁰	25.0%²⁰	—	1997: P37 from 2 · led 6	2 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 25.0
23Jimmy Spencer	20	50	25.4⁸	0⁸	1⁸	2⁸	20.9⁸	4.7%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	+3.3³	11³²	21.9¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-16.7⁶	26.6³³	10.2³³	+4.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	15.2%³³	—	1997: P5 from 19 · led 4	8 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 25.4
7Michael Waltrip	15	50	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	69.9²	—	—	—	—	-2.6⁷	16³²	24.8¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	21.3³³	11.4³³	-4.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	30.3%³³	—	1997: P11 from 18	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.2
40Sterling Marlin	17	50	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	85.8²	—	—	—	—	-3.5⁹	16³²	21.3¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	20.6³³	11.0³³	-1.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	9.1%³³	—	1997: P36 from 29	13 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.4
58Ricky Craven	41	49	24.0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	19.8⁵	0.7%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	+14.8²	11³²	21.1¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	-17.7⁶	27.8²³	8.9²³	-5.6²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13²³	43.5%²³	—	1997: P9 from 11 · led 8	5 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 24.0
66Darrell Waltrip	28	49	16.3³	0³	1³	1³	8.7³	0.4%³	—	—	—	—	—	-11.0¹	11³²	16.4¹²	—	35.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	31.0²⁶	9.4²⁶	+2.7²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	15.4%²⁶	—	1997: P15 from 8 · led 2	3 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 16.3
77Robert Pressley	31	49	16.0³	0³	0³	1³	26.0³	0.1%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	11³²	25.9¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	+6.7⁶	28.9²⁷	9.2²⁷	-0.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1998: P17 from 20	3 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 16.0
4Bobby Hamilton	18	48	26.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	28.0⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0²	16³²	23.8¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-11.0⁶	24.1³³	10.6³³	+4.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1997: P23 from 30	5 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 26.8
43John Andretti	12	48	27.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	40.2⁴	—	—	—	—	-8.4⁵	0³²	22.3¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	+6.7⁶	16.7³³	13.8³³	-5.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³³	30.3%³³	—	1997: P21 from 35	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 26.7
44Kyle Petty	32	47	31.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.6¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	44.9²	—	—	—	—	+5.5¹⁰	0³²	13.7¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-15.3⁶	24.6³¹	12.3³¹	+2.2³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1997: P31 from 38	16 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 31.1
1Steve Park	30	47	23.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	8.8⁴	0.2%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+7.1⁴	16³²	21.5¹¹	—	27.2⁵	—	+14.7⁶	24.8³³	10.9³³	+4.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	2000: P16 from 9 · led 2	4 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 23.3
11Brett Bodine	29	46	29.0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	30.6⁵	0.1%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	11³²	21.0¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	30.3³¹	8.3³¹	+0.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1997: P26 from 36 · led 1	5 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 29.0
28Kenny Irwin Jr.	25	45	29.0²	0²	0²	0²	28.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5²	11³²	21.8⁵	—	25.0⁵	—	-2.0⁶	20.5³³	11.5³³	-1.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	15.2%³³	—	1998: P16 from 18	2 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 29.0
9Jerry Nadeau	33	44	20.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	20.3⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	-5.2⁴	11³²	28.5¹⁰	—	29.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	20.7³³	9.8³³	-7.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	1997: P38 from 33	6 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 20.8
41David Green	40	44	21.5²	0²	0²	0²	26.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	16³²	28.8⁴	—	30.6⁵	—	+13.7⁶	29.7³¹	9.0³¹	-0.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1997: P25 from 34	2 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 21.5
31Mike Skinner	10	44	26.3⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	25.3⁶	4.3%⁶	34.0¹	—	—	—	—	+7.5⁴	16³²	25.5¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	-11.0⁶	13.9³³	11.2³³	-2.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1997: P33 from 28	6 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 26.3
21Elliott Sadler	39	43	21.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.1¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	74.1⁴	—	—	—	—	-2.1⁷	11³²	24.0¹²	—	35.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	28.5³³	8.1³³	+5.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	2000: P43 from 19	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.5
45Rich Bickle	37	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0³²	30.4⁷	—	30.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	31.7²³	10.1²³	+7.4²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	13.0%²³	—	first start here	—
42Joe Nemechek	38	42	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.9¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	98.5²	—	—	—	—	-5.1⁹	16³²	25.9¹²	—	34.8⁵	—	+8.7⁶	18.6³³	10.3³³	-6.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1997: P18 from 1 · led 1	23 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 29.4
98Rick Mast	21	41	34.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	31.0⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	11³²	22.3¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-16.0⁶	21.9³³	9.7³³	-4.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1997: P41 from 37	4 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 34.3
25Wally Dallenbach Jr.	22	41	31.7³	0³	0³	0³	22.7³	0.8%³	—	—	—	—	—	+16.5¹	16³²	22.5¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	+10.3⁶	22.6³³	10.3³³	+0.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	15.2%³³	—	1997: P39 from 4 · led 6	3 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 31.7
55Kenny Wallace	23	39	32.3⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	34.7⁶	0.0%⁶	26.2²	—	—	—	—	+8.5²	16³²	30.3¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	19.7³³	12.9³³	-3.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	21.2%³³	—	1998: P19 from 34	6 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 32.3
71Dave Marcis	42	37	40.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	32.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	16³²	18.7¹²	—	31.4⁵	—	-6.0⁶	34.4¹⁹	6.2¹⁹	+1.8¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05¹⁹	15.8%¹⁹	—	1997: P40 from 32	1 st · 0 W · best P40 · avg 40.0
16Kevin Lepage	27	37	33.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	34.4⁵	0.0%⁵	36.0³	—	—	—	—	+12.8¹	11³²	31.3¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	-4.3⁶	26.8³³	8.7³³	+3.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1998: P40 from 13	5 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 33.2
30Derrike Cope	43	36	36.7⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	35.0⁶	0.0%⁶	24.2¹	—	—	—	—	+4.0¹	0³²	25.7¹²	—	32.2⁵	—	-7.0⁶	31.1¹⁴	7.3¹⁴	-2.4¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14¹⁴	21.4%¹⁴	—	1997: P29 from 23	6 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 36.7