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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	27	64	15.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.7¹⁰	6.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	33⁶¹	14.7¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-7.0⁶	24.7³³	10.7³³	+12.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	1978: P12 from 27	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 12.7
24Jeff Gordon	14	63	18.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	10.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.6¹⁰	33⁶¹	10.8¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	+4.0⁶	7.2³³	15.0³³	-5.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	21.2%³³	—	1993: P11 from 30	45 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
5Terry Labonte	8	63	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁶¹	16.0¹²	—	10.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	25.1³³	11.7³³	+5.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	18.2%³³	—	1979: P9 from 16 · led 1	60 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.0
94Bill Elliott	38	63	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁶¹	12.9¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-5.3⁶	20.6³³	9.8³³	-2.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1976: P38 from 39	56 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.6
33Ken Schrader	4	63	13.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-12.1⁴	33⁶¹	15.5¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	15.3³³	10.2³³	-5.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1985: P20 from 21	46 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.8
2Rusty Wallace	10	62	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁶¹	19.8¹²	—	3.4⁵	—	-10.0⁶	11.1³³	12.7³³	-4.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	9.1%³³	—	1981: P21 from 19	44 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.8
6Mark Martin	9	61	10.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.3¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁶¹	25.4¹²	—	14.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	8.2³³	10.5³³	-1.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	9.1%³³	—	1982: P10 from 11	47 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.0
12Jeremy Mayfield	15	59	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁶¹	20.3¹²	—	5.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	19.0³³	12.1³³	+0.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1994: P37 from 24	24 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.3
18Bobby Labonte	11	58	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁶¹	21.8¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-1.3⁶	9.5³³	11.2³³	+0.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	3.0%³³	—	1993: P35 from 20	45 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.0
20Tony Stewart	5	58	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.2¹⁰	1⁶¹	19.7¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+17.7⁶	12.9³³	9.6³³	+2.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	3.0%³³	—	1999: P5 from 8 · led 10	34 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.3
26Johnny Benson Jr.	21	57	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.9⁴	20⁶¹	19.6¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	+8.3⁶	30.6³³	9.4³³	+6.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	9.1%³³	—	1996: P10 from 10	16 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 26.5
99Jeff Burton	16	56	21.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.3⁶	20⁶¹	17.9¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+14.3⁶	18.4³³	13.0³³	+7.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1994: P39 from 34	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.6
23Jimmy Spencer	37	54	21.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.0²	20⁶¹	18.9¹²	—	17.6⁵	—	-16.7⁶	26.1³³	10.5³³	+3.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	1989: P40 from 29	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.7
75Ted Musgrave	30	54	21.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.5⁴	20⁶¹	16.4¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.2³¹	9.7³¹	+0.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1991: P16 from 38 · led 1	19 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 23.3
4Bobby Hamilton	23	53	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0²	33⁶¹	23.1¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-11.0⁶	24.0³³	10.5³³	+3.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1991: P12 from 14	20 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.1
7Michael Waltrip	12	52	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁶¹	20.3¹²	—	18.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	21.4³³	11.1³³	-3.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	27.3%³³	—	1986: P35 from 37	59 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.6
60Geoff Bodine	39	52	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	8.7¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+18.0²	33⁶¹	17.2¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	-17.7⁶	21.2³³	10.0³³	-3.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	15.2%³³	—	1982: P33 from 5	35 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.1
44Kyle Petty	31	51	17.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.7⁷	1⁶¹	24.6¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-15.3⁶	24.6³¹	12.2³¹	+2.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1979: P9 from 18	52 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.3
40Sterling Marlin	6	51	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	33⁶¹	18.3¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	21.0³³	11.1³³	-0.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	9.1%³³	—	1983: P41 from 22	49 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.9
31Mike Skinner	26	51	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.9⁸	33⁶¹	18.7¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	-11.0⁶	13.5³³	11.3³³	-3.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1996: P17 from 6	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 24.7
98Rick Mast	40	50	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁶¹	18.2¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-16.0⁶	21.4³³	9.8³³	-5.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1989: P32 from 37	19 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.4
88Dale Jarrett	17	50	27.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁶¹	17.6¹²	—	16.8⁵	—	+25.0⁶	13.1³³	8.8³³	+6.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1987: P28 from 38	41 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
22Ward Burton	13	49	25.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-13.0²	1⁶¹	21.5¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+0.7⁶	15.8³³	12.6³³	-0.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	1995: P32 from 42	19 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.3
71Dave Marcis	25	49	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁶¹	18.9¹²	—	31.4⁵	—	-6.0⁶	35.3¹⁹	6.1¹⁹	+3.0¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05¹⁹	15.8%¹⁹	—	1970: P17 from 24	60 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.6
11Brett Bodine	41	48	22.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁶¹	24.6¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	29.9³¹	8.3³¹	-0.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1987: P38 from 23	29 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.9
10Ricky Rudd	2	48	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	20⁶¹	22.3¹²	—	30.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	20.9³³	11.6³³	-6.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	21.2%³³	—	1976: P23 from 20	58 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.9
97Chad Little	22	47	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.0¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.2²	20⁶¹	27.0¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	28.9³³	10.5³³	+5.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	12.1%³³	—	1989: P34 from 30	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.6
55Kenny Wallace	3	46	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.5²	33⁶¹	25.7¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	20.3³³	12.5³³	-3.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	21.2%³³	—	1993: P14 from 17	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.2
43John Andretti	36	46	25.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	1⁶¹	26.5¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	+6.7⁶	16.0³³	13.8³³	-5.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³³	30.3%³³	—	1994: P29 from 36	22 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 24.2
25Wally Dallenbach Jr.	7	46	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.0⁴	33⁶¹	21.9¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	+10.3⁶	23.0³³	10.4³³	+1.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1991: P34 from 32	16 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.2
30Buckshot Jones	42	44	24.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	20.8⁵	2.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	-13.3²	1⁶¹	29.0³	—	24.0⁵	—	-8.3⁶	24.3⁹	6.5⁹	-8.0⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁹	33.3%⁹	—	1998: P16 from 11	5 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 24.2
01Steve Grissom	19	44	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹	33⁶¹	30.6⁸	—	24.4⁵	—	+12.0⁶	33.4⁵	4.6⁵	-3.8⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.60⁵	60.0%⁵	—	1994: P10 from 11	11 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 23.8
28Kenny Irwin Jr.	20	44	30.5⁴	0⁴	1⁴	1⁴	16.5⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+27.0⁴	20⁶¹	17.3⁶	—	25.0⁵	—	-2.0⁶	20.7³³	11.4³³	-1.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	15.2%³³	—	1998: P40 from 25	4 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 30.5
91Andy Hillenburg	33	43	22.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	23.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁶¹	29.7³	—	29.8⁵	—	-9.3⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1998: P22 from 23	1 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 22.0
9Rich Bickle	32	42	24.3³	0³	0³	0³	35.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁶¹	27.6⁵	—	30.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	32.0²³	9.6²³	+8.0²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²³	8.7%²³	—	1993: P38 from 36	3 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 24.3
36Jerry Nadeau	24	42	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.0⁷	1⁶¹	23.8¹¹	—	29.8⁵	—	-4.7⁶	21.0³³	9.7³³	-6.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	15.2%³³	—	1998: P37 from 12	10 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 27.1
16Kevin Lepage	18	41	25.7⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	28.3⁹	0.1%⁹	49.7²	—	—	—	—	+10.6³	20⁶¹	29.2¹¹	—	29.2⁵	—	-4.3⁶	27.1³³	8.7³³	+3.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1997: P17 from 38	9 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 25.7
41Derrike Cope	29	40	26.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁶¹	26.5¹²	—	32.2⁵	—	-7.0⁶	32.1¹⁴	7.6¹⁴	-1.7¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14¹⁴	28.6%¹⁴	—	1988: P26 from 31	23 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.9
21Elliott Sadler	34	40	28.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.0¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0⁴	20⁶¹	19.4¹²	—	35.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	28.6³³	8.1³³	+5.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	1999: P29 from 41	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.4
45David Green	28	39	27.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	30.6⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	+13.5¹	1⁶¹	28.0³	—	30.6⁵	—	+13.7⁶	30.1³¹	8.7³¹	-0.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1997: P38 from 34	5 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 27.8
1Steve Park	35	38	29.1⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	24.7⁹	0.1%⁹	26.9¹	—	—	—	—	+9.2⁷	33⁶¹	31.7¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+14.7⁶	24.7³³	10.9³³	+3.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1998: P41 from 35	9 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 29.1
42Joe Nemechek	1	36	27.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁵	33⁶¹	30.3¹²	—	34.8⁵	—	+8.7⁶	19.8³³	10.6³³	-6.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	15.2%³³	—	1994: P42 from 37	37 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 27.0
90Ed Berrier	43	36	28.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	23.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	20⁶¹	31.5²	—	33.6⁵	—	-4.3⁶	29.3³	7.0³	-2.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	0.0%³	—	2000: P28 from 23	1 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 28.0