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Drivers · 43

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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
24Jeff Gordon	11	66	11.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.4¹⁰	12.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.6¹⁰	31⁶¹	15.7¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	12.3³³	11.0³³	+0.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1993: P5 from 3 · led 2	45 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 15.9
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	8	62	12.3¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	16.2%¹⁰	89.5¹	—	—	—	—	-9.6¹⁰	31⁶¹	10.7¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	+13.3⁶	14.8³³	11.6³³	-6.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	21.2%³³	—	2000: P35 from 31	35 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 14.8
99Jeff Burton	14	61	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁶	22⁶¹	19.1¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	+9.3⁶	19.3³³	11.3³³	+8.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	1994: P26 from 35	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.7
31Mike Skinner	4	60	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.9⁹	31⁶¹	20.1¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	-22.0⁶	14.8³³	10.6³³	-2.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	6.1%³³	—	1997: P12 from 1 · led 1	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.5
5Terry Labonte	25	60	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁶¹	15.4¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	28.8³¹	10.6³¹	+9.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1979: P16 from 19	62 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.8
36Ken Schrader	23	59	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	10.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.5⁴	0⁶¹	14.5¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-17.0⁶	23.2³³	7.9³³	+1.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1985: P11 from 24	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.4
18Bobby Labonte	13	58	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁶¹	13.7¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	+6.0⁶	11.6³³	6.5³³	+4.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1993: P20 from 25	47 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.4
6Mark Martin	9	58	27.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶¹	11.0¹²	—	10.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	11.1³³	14.1³³	-2.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	1982: P30 from 26	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.1
94Bill Elliott	3	57	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶¹	17.4¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	+9.7⁶	14.1³¹	11.7³¹	-7.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	25.8%³¹	—	1976: P19 from 38	59 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.2
3Dale Earnhardt	21	56	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	4.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	31⁶¹	15.5¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	21.1³³	8.6³³	+12.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1978: P7 from 28	45 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 10.5
20Tony Stewart	7	56	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	6.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.7¹⁰	0⁶¹	13.6¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+17.7⁶	17.0³³	12.9³³	+4.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	15.2%³³	—	1999: P28 from 2	34 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 18.6
41Rick Mast	28	56	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁶¹	22.2¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	23.4²⁸	9.9²⁸	-3.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1989: P6 from 11 · led 9	19 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 20.7
12Jeremy Mayfield	19	55	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶¹	20.2¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	18.8³⁰	16.3³⁰	-3.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	36.7%³⁰	—	1994: P30 from 40	27 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.1
2Rusty Wallace	5	55	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶¹	17.1¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-15.0⁶	10.1³³	11.2³³	-2.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1982: P37 from 19	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.4
88Dale Jarrett	1	55	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶¹	25.3¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+13.0⁶	13.4³³	11.0³³	+2.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1984: P23 from 39	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
7Michael Waltrip	10	54	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	31⁶¹	19.9¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	23.9³³	10.0³³	-3.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	27.3%³³	—	1986: P18 from 39	55 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 20.6
4Bobby Hamilton	37	53	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-18.5²	31⁶¹	19.9¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.6³³	11.2³³	+0.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	30.3%³³	—	1991: P10 from 20	23 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 21.8
40Sterling Marlin	38	52	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3³	31⁶¹	18.8¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+13.7⁶	26.4³³	10.4³³	+4.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	12.1%³³	—	1980: P8 from 36	51 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.3
22Ward Burton	6	52	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁶¹	24.4¹²	—	14.0⁵	—	+7.3⁶	15.0³³	11.5³³	-0.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	12.1%³³	—	1994: P36 from 40	20 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.6
26Jimmy Spencer	22	50	20.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0²	22⁶¹	19.2¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	24.1³³	11.0³³	+0.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	21.2%³³	—	1989: P27 from 32	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.1
10Johnny Benson Jr.	27	50	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0³	0⁶¹	23.0¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	+6.7⁶	20.3³²	10.2³²	+2.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	9.4%³²	—	1996: P23 from 27	15 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.6
42Kenny Irwin Jr.	18	49	18.0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	1⁵	28.4⁵	1.8%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0⁵	31⁶¹	26.4⁵	—	25.0⁵	—	-2.0⁶	28.1¹⁶	10.7¹⁶	+0.9¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	12.5%¹⁶	—	1998: P19 from 38	5 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.0
17Matt Kenseth	24	49	23.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	57.5¹	18.8¹	6.0¹	7.0¹	7.0¹	+6.2¹⁰	22⁶¹	17.3¹²	26.0²	26.0⁵	—	-19.0⁶	25.2³³	12.0³³	+6.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	2000: P20 from 22	36 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.5
66Darrell Waltrip	43	49	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶¹	25.7¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	31.1²⁸	7.4²⁸	-0.7²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1973: P12 from 11	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.0
75Wally Dallenbach Jr.	34	48	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.8⁶	22⁶¹	23.8¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	-19.3⁶	29.0²⁹	8.3²⁹	+1.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	1991: P34 from 40	14 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.1
77Robert Pressley	32	48	24.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.0¹	22⁶¹	24.2¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-11.7⁶	25.0³³	9.8³³	+0.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	30.3%³³	—	1994: P40 from 19	12 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.2
44Kyle Petty	42	47	27.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁵	0⁶¹	16.9¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	+14.7⁶	26.5¹⁸	8.4¹⁸	-3.0¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	33.3%¹⁸	—	1981: P32 from 11	51 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.8
97Chad Little	29	47	29.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶¹	25.2¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	31.8²⁶	8.3²⁶	+9.6²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	11.5%²⁶	—	1989: P36 from 28	15 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 25.2
43John Andretti	30	47	25.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	7.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	0⁶¹	24.5¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	23.4³³	10.6³³	-0.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	21.2%³³	—	1994: P42 from 15	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 28.0
13Robby Gordon	17	46	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.4⁸	22⁶¹	19.0¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	-10.0⁶	30.7¹⁶	11.6¹⁶	+0.8¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25¹⁶	43.8%¹⁶	—	1991: P18 from 35	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.6
28Ricky Rudd	2	46	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶¹	19.3¹²	—	31.0⁵	—	+10.7⁶	13.0³³	9.4³³	+1.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1976: P10 from 22	59 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.6
55Kenny Wallace	39	46	25.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.2⁵	31⁶¹	19.0¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	21.4³³	10.0³³	-4.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	18.2%³³	—	1993: P23 from 24	18 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 27.2
21Elliott Sadler	40	45	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.0³	22⁶¹	25.9¹²	—	35.6⁵	—	+11.3⁶	26.7³²	10.6³²	+0.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³²	12.5%³²	—	1999: P40 from 38	26 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.3
25Jerry Nadeau	20	44	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.4¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.7⁵	31⁶¹	28.3¹¹	—	28.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	15.5³³	11.9³³	-7.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	27.3%³³	—	1997: P30 from 41	10 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.7
16Kevin Lepage	41	44	28.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	45.5³	—	—	—	—	+12.4⁴	22⁶¹	24.9¹⁰	—	23.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	23.5³¹	10.5³¹	-2.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1998: P43 from 20	10 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 28.5
14Mike Bliss	35	43	23.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	28.0⁶	0.0%⁶	52.2⁴	—	—	—	—	+13.0¹	0⁶¹	22.8⁶	—	33.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	30.7²⁴	8.4²⁴	-0.3²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29²⁴	33.3%²⁴	—	2000: P28 from 24	6 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.8
93Dave Blaney	31	42	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	78.7¹	—	—	—	—	+5.5⁶	0⁶¹	25.3¹²	—	32.2⁵	—	+6.3⁶	24.0³²	8.9³²	-3.7³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16³²	21.9%³²	—	2000: P24 from 4	25 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 26.8
15Derrike Cope	12	42	26.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	39.7¹	—	—	—	—	22⁶¹	25.5¹²	—	29.8⁵	—	-1.7⁶	31.0²	12.7²	+3.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	1987: P33 from 23	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 28.6
33Joe Nemechek	16	40	30.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.2⁵	31⁶¹	27.1¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	+9.7⁶	20.3³³	11.3³³	+0.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	15.2%³³	—	1994: P39 from 38	37 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 27.9
9Stacy Compton	33	39	26.5⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	19.7⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶¹	26.5⁶	—	34.2⁵	—	+1.3⁶	27.7²⁶	6.2²⁶	-4.1²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁶	23.1%²⁶	—	2000: P39 from 13	6 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.5
1Steve Park	36	39	33.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+16.9⁶	31⁶¹	27.6¹⁰	—	24.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	16.6³³	11.6³³	-0.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1998: P41 from 33	11 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 31.7
90Ed Berrier	26	38	26.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	11.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶¹	30.5²	—	32.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	34.1⁹	4.9⁹	+1.1⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	33.3%⁹	—	2000: P26 from 11	1 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 26.0
32Scott Pruett	15	30	40.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	36.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁶¹	29.5²	—	32.4⁵	—	+8.0⁶	24.9²⁷	9.2²⁷	-7.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	2000: P40 from 36	1 st · 0 W · best P40 · avg 40.0