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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	25	63	12.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	7.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁴⁹	14.3¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-7.0⁶	24.8³³	10.7³³	+13.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	1978: P16 from 14	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 11.2
24Jeff Gordon	4	63	12.2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.7¹⁰	17.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.9¹⁰	18⁴⁹	14.3¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	+4.0⁶	7.5³³	15.0³³	-5.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	21.2%³³	—	1993: P24 from 5 · led 1	35 st · 7 W · best P1 · avg 11.6
2Rusty Wallace	24	63	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁴⁹	19.5¹²	—	3.4⁵	—	-10.0⁶	10.7³³	12.7³³	-4.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	9.1%³³	—	1984: P30 from 24 · led 1	42 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.9
20Tony Stewart	19	62	12.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	19.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.2¹⁰	3⁴⁹	9.3¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+17.7⁶	12.5³³	9.6³³	+2.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	3.0%³³	—	1999: P6 from 10	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.0
5Terry Labonte	37	61	16.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁴⁹	14.4¹²	—	10.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	24.2³³	11.9³³	+4.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	18.2%³³	—	1978: P4 from 19	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
94Bill Elliott	10	61	8.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁴⁹	25.6¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-5.3⁶	21.5³³	9.6³³	-1.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1977: P10 from 16	51 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 9.3
6Mark Martin	16	60	8.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁴⁹	21.7¹²	—	14.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	8.0³³	10.5³³	-1.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	9.1%³³	—	1982: P7 from 20	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.9
12Jeremy Mayfield	11	58	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁴⁹	24.1¹²	—	5.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	19.1³³	11.7³³	-0.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1994: P33 from 25	22 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.7
18Bobby Labonte	7	57	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁴⁹	18.4¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-1.3⁶	9.6³³	11.0³³	+0.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	3.0%³³	—	1993: P18 from 36	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
26Johnny Benson Jr.	20	56	18.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.1⁴	12⁴⁹	22.8¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+8.3⁶	30.6³³	9.8³³	+5.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	12.1%³³	—	1996: P24 from 38	15 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.7
33Ken Schrader	21	56	16.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.6⁴	18⁴⁹	20.8¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	14.8³³	10.0³³	-6.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1985: P13 from 25	43 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.6
11Brett Bodine	33	55	13.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁴⁹	18.8¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	30.2³¹	8.2³¹	+0.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1987: P20 from 39	31 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.1
99Jeff Burton	15	55	11.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	16.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.3⁶	12⁴⁹	29.9¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+14.3⁶	18.5³³	12.8³³	+6.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1994: P20 from 22	30 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.0
17Matt Kenseth	31	54	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	18.0⁴	15.3³	16.3³	12.3³	+5.1¹⁰	12⁴⁹	16.3¹²	21.8¹²	19.8⁵	—	-20.3⁶	20.5⁴	17.1⁴	-2.8⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	50.0%⁴	—	2000: P6 from 16 · led 3	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.3
7Michael Waltrip	38	54	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁴⁹	23.4¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	20.6³³	11.0³³	-4.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	27.3%³³	—	1985: P24 from 35	42 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.0
60Geoff Bodine	14	52	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.1¹⁰	10.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+21.0²	18⁴⁹	22.3¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	-17.7⁶	21.9³³	10.0³³	-2.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	15.2%³³	—	1981: P30 from 20	36 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.4
4Bobby Hamilton	5	51	18.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.0²	18⁴⁹	25.2¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-11.0⁶	24.5³³	10.5³³	+4.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1991: P20 from 34	23 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 18.8
75Ted Musgrave	29	51	22.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.8⁴	12⁴⁹	19.9¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.2³¹	9.5³¹	+1.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1991: P21 from 29	20 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.8
66Darrell Waltrip	35	51	12.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.3¹⁰	7.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁴⁹	17.8¹²	—	35.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	30.7²⁶	9.8²⁶	+3.0²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	15.4%²⁶	—	1973: P24 from 13	54 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
40Sterling Marlin	13	50	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁴⁹	23.7¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	20.8³³	10.6³³	-0.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	6.1%³³	—	1980: P11 from 33	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.5
55Kenny Wallace	12	50	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3³	18⁴⁹	23.0¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	20.1³³	12.7³³	-2.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	21.2%³³	—	1993: P32 from 26	19 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.5
44Kyle Petty	28	49	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.4⁵	3⁴⁹	18.1¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-15.3⁶	24.7³¹	12.2³¹	+2.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1981: P25 from 21	50 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.6
9Steve Grissom	18	49	20.2⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	31.7⁹	0.1%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	-11.0¹	12⁴⁹	23.8¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	+12.0⁶	33.6⁵	5.9⁵	-1.4⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.40⁵	40.0%⁵	—	1994: P14 from 28	9 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.2
10Ricky Rudd	26	49	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁴⁹	20.9¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	20.2³³	12.3³³	-5.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	21.2%³³	—	1977: P22 from 27	57 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
23Jimmy Spencer	23	48	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+24.0¹	12⁴⁹	23.4¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-16.7⁶	26.5³³	10.4³³	+3.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	1989: P37 from 27	27 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 26.1
43John Andretti	30	48	21.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-15.0²	3⁴⁹	28.3¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	+6.7⁶	16.2³³	13.9³³	-6.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³³	30.3%³³	—	1994: P38 from 18	18 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.5
97Chad Little	17	47	28.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹	12⁴⁹	24.2¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	29.0³³	10.7³³	+5.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	12.1%³³	—	1989: P37 from 41	15 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 25.6
21Elliott Sadler	6	47	15.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.7¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-21.0³	12⁴⁹	23.1¹²	—	35.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	29.5³³	8.0³³	+6.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	1999: P36 from 15	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.1
88Dale Jarrett	36	46	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁴⁹	34.0¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+25.0⁶	12.5³³	8.7³³	+6.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1987: P15 from 38	35 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.8
71Dave Marcis	43	46	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-30.0¹	18⁴⁹	25.1¹²	—	31.4⁵	—	-6.0⁶	34.4¹⁹	6.2¹⁹	+1.8¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05¹⁹	15.8%¹⁹	—	1969: P9 from 13	57 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.0
98Rick Mast	32	46	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	12⁴⁹	25.3¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-16.0⁶	21.6³³	9.8³³	-4.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1988: P32 from 22	25 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 25.2
22Ward Burton	2	45	23.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁴⁹	35.4¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	16.1³³	12.6³³	-0.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	1994: P21 from 38	20 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.1
1Steve Park	39	45	22.4⁹	0⁹	1⁹	2⁹	27.8⁹	6.7%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+5.1⁷	18⁴⁹	26.9¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+14.7⁶	24.6³³	10.8³³	+3.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1998: P24 from 31	9 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.4
16Kevin Lepage	9	44	25.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.5¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	35.2²	—	—	—	—	+4.6⁴	12⁴⁹	23.1¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	-4.3⁶	27.3³³	8.1³³	+3.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1998: P34 from 10	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 26.6
45Rich Bickle	40	42	21.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	36.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁴⁹	31.7¹²	—	30.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	31.6²³	10.2²³	+6.9²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	13.0%²³	—	1991: P24 from 35	4 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 21.8
77Robert Pressley	42	42	26.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.2¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	12⁴⁹	27.4¹²	—	28.4⁵	—	+6.7⁶	28.5²⁷	9.3²⁷	-1.8²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1995: P30 from 9	12 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 26.8
31Mike Skinner	8	42	30.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+15.2¹⁰	18⁴⁹	23.7¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	-11.0⁶	14.0³³	10.7³³	-2.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1993: P35 from 36	16 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 30.3
58Hut Stricklin	27	41	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+15.8³	12⁴⁹	20.7¹²	—	38.0⁵	—	-1.0⁶	31.8⁹	10.4⁹	+8.3⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	11.1%⁹	—	1989: P30 from 39	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 23.2
25Wally Dallenbach Jr.	34	40	29.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+19.6⁷	18⁴⁹	27.5¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	+10.3⁶	22.2³³	10.6³³	+0.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	15.2%³³	—	1992: P30 from 31	11 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 28.2
42Joe Nemechek	22	39	30.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	34.7¹	—	—	—	+9.3⁵	18⁴⁹	23.0¹²	—	34.8⁵	—	+8.7⁶	19.1³³	10.0³³	-7.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	15.2%³³	—	1994: P19 from 29	28 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 27.0
36Jerry Nadeau	3	38	29.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.3⁷	3⁴⁹	33.0¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	21.6³³	9.6³³	-6.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	15.2%³³	—	1998: P31 from 25	10 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 29.2
28Kenny Irwin Jr.	1	38	38.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	18.5⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+31.0⁴	12⁴⁹	26.5¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	-2.0⁶	21.3³³	11.5³³	-0.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	15.2%³³	—	1998: P39 from 5	4 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 38.3
41David Green	41	37	33.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	27.5⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁴⁹	27.7¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+13.7⁶	29.7³¹	8.8³¹	-0.2³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	19.4%³¹	—	1997: P41 from 22	4 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 33.5