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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
5Terry Labonte	7	64	7.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁸	13.1¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	29.4³¹	10.5³¹	+9.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1979: P7 from 10	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.4
6Mark Martin	34	63	9.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.2¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁵⁸	19.2¹²	—	10.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	10.3³³	14.1³³	-3.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	1982: P14 from 17	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
24Jeff Gordon	3	62	13.7¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6.8¹⁰	19.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.5¹⁰	16⁵⁸	14.6¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	12.5³³	11.6³³	-0.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1993: P17 from 21	46 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
3Dale Earnhardt	11	61	8.5¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	8¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	22.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁸	8.0¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	21.4³³	7.0³³	+12.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1979: P1 from 9 · led 163	42 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 8.6
94Bill Elliott	37	59	10.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁵⁸	11.5¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	+9.7⁶	13.0³¹	11.8³¹	-7.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1979: P10 from 17	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
2Rusty Wallace	6	59	9.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁵⁸	17.5¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-15.0⁶	10.1³³	11.1³³	-2.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1984: P12 from 11	43 st · 8 W · best P1 · avg 9.8
66Darrell Waltrip	13	58	7.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	4.8¹⁰	11.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁵⁸	12.7¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	32.1²⁸	7.4²⁸	+0.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1973: P30 from 13	51 st · 12 W · best P1 · avg 10.9
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	12	58	11.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.4¹⁰	14.1%¹⁰	104.9¹	—	—	—	—	-10.5¹⁰	16⁵⁸	14.9¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	+15.3⁶	14.6³³	11.3³³	-5.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	18.2%³³	—	2000: P21 from 12	34 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 12.8
88Dale Jarrett	20	57	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁵⁸	20.0¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+13.0⁶	12.8³³	11.0³³	+2.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1986: P29 from 28	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.5
20Tony Stewart	19	57	16.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.5¹⁰	11.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.6¹⁰	1⁵⁸	12.8¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+17.7⁶	16.7³³	11.8³³	+5.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	12.1%³³	—	1999: P15 from 4 · led 55	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.9
18Bobby Labonte	10	56	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁸	21.8¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	+6.0⁶	11.7³³	6.5³³	+4.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1993: P24 from 33	41 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.9
7Michael Waltrip	23	55	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁸	17.7¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	23.5³³	9.8³³	-4.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	30.3%³³	—	1986: P32 from 24	47 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.7
99Jeff Burton	15	54	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁶	22⁵⁸	25.8¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	+9.3⁶	19.3³³	11.4³³	+9.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	1994: P31 from 35	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.3
28Ricky Rudd	27	53	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁵⁸	12.7¹²	—	31.0⁵	—	+10.7⁶	12.2³³	9.4³³	+0.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1975: P10 from 23	57 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.4
17Matt Kenseth	22	53	13.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	97.8¹	15.7²	20.0²	18.5²	18.0²	-6.7¹⁰	22⁵⁸	17.9¹²	23.3³	26.0⁵	—	-10.0⁶	25.3³³	12.0³³	+6.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	2000: P39 from 22	37 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 13.7
36Ken Schrader	25	52	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.3⁴	1⁵⁸	16.1¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-17.0⁶	23.2³³	8.1³³	+2.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1985: P10 from 16	49 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.2
40Sterling Marlin	28	52	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁸	19.0¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+13.7⁶	26.7³³	10.2³³	+4.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	12.1%³³	—	1983: P18 from 19	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.5
31Mike Skinner	4	52	25.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.1¹⁰	16⁵⁸	22.4¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	-22.0⁶	14.8³³	10.6³³	-2.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	6.1%³³	—	1996: P36 from 6 · led 10	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 27.9
12Jeremy Mayfield	17	51	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.6¹⁰	4.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁵⁸	22.8¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	18.8³⁰	16.1³⁰	-4.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	36.7%³⁰	—	1994: P21 from 25	25 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.0
26Jimmy Spencer	30	51	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0¹	22⁵⁸	17.8¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	23.8³³	11.0³³	-0.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	21.2%³³	—	1989: P8 from 12	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.0
97Chad Little	31	51	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.1⁵	22⁵⁸	23.5¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	31.7²⁶	8.3²⁶	+9.5²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	11.5%²⁶	—	1991: P14 from 31 · led 6	11 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.2
4Bobby Hamilton	8	50	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0²	16⁵⁸	23.3¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	28.5³³	11.2³³	+0.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	33.3%³³	—	1991: P31 from 28	23 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.3
22Ward Burton	5	50	24.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁸	23.5¹²	—	14.0⁵	—	+7.3⁶	15.0³³	11.4³³	-0.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	12.1%³³	—	1994: P25 from 21	23 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.6
60Ted Musgrave	36	50	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.4⁵	16⁵⁸	18.7¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	+4.0⁶	33.2¹⁷	7.8¹⁷	+9.2¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁷	17.6%¹⁷	—	1991: P12 from 27	19 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 17.3
41Rick Mast	41	49	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁵⁸	24.7¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	22.9²⁸	9.8²⁸	-4.1²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1988: P28 from 25 · led 2	27 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.1
44Kyle Petty	35	49	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁶	1⁵⁸	19.3¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	+14.7⁶	26.9¹⁸	8.4¹⁸	-2.7¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	33.3%¹⁸	—	1981: P11 from 23	49 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.9
1Steve Park	1	47	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	31.6¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.8⁷	16⁵⁸	20.8¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	17.6³³	11.7³³	+0.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1998: P34 from 36	10 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.8
11Brett Bodine	24	47	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁵⁸	20.5¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	23.8²⁸	7.9²⁸	-6.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1988: P17 from 11	30 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.2
14Dick Trickle	21	47	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	1⁵⁸	12.6¹²	—	32.6⁵	—	-9.0⁶	29.6⁵	6.5⁵	-2.0⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.40⁵	40.0%⁵	—	1989: P5 from 27	21 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.1
43John Andretti	32	47	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.5⁴	1⁵⁸	20.7¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	23.3³³	10.5³³	0.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	1994: P30 from 23	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 24.9
10Johnny Benson Jr.	33	46	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.7⁵	1⁵⁸	20.3¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	+6.7⁶	20.1³²	9.9³²	+2.1³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	9.4%³²	—	1996: P28 from 29	15 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 25.3
75Wally Dallenbach Jr.	42	46	22.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.4⁷	22⁵⁸	23.6¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	-19.3⁶	28.7²⁹	8.6²⁹	+0.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1992: P22 from 32	12 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.7
42Kenny Irwin Jr.	39	44	23.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	20.5⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+11.3⁴	16⁵⁸	25.8¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	-2.0⁶	26.8¹⁶	10.6¹⁶	+1.2¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	12.5%¹⁶	—	1998: P43 from 27	4 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.3
16Kevin Lepage	38	44	24.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	28.2¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	40.2¹	—	—	—	—	+3.6⁴	22⁵⁸	26.8¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	23.5³¹	10.6³¹	-2.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1998: P27 from 22	11 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 24.1
77Robert Pressley	18	42	28.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁵⁸	26.0¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-11.7⁶	25.5³³	9.7³³	+0.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	30.3%³³	—	1995: P10 from 18	12 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 28.5
55Kenny Wallace	2	41	26.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	14.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0³	16⁵⁸	21.9¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	22.5³³	10.0³³	-4.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	18.2%³³	—	1993: P13 from 30	19 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 24.8
33Joe Nemechek	14	41	26.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.8⁵	16⁵⁸	26.3¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	+9.7⁶	20.3³³	11.9³³	+0.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	18.2%³³	—	1994: P16 from 6	35 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 31.7
25Jerry Nadeau	16	41	27.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.2⁶	16⁵⁸	24.3¹²	—	28.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	15.7³³	12.1³³	-7.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	27.3%³³	—	1998: P37 from 23	10 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 27.0
27Jeff Fuller	43	40	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁸	29.0¹	—	34.8⁵	—	-5.0⁶	19.2⁶	7.2⁶	-16.7⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	33.3%⁶	—	first start here	—
9Stacy Compton	29	39	24.5²	0²	0²	0²	27.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁵⁸	26.3¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	+4.3⁶	27.9²⁶	6.2²⁶	-3.8²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁶	23.1%²⁶	—	2001: P11 from 41	2 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.5
21Elliott Sadler	9	38	24.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.8¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.0²	22⁵⁸	26.0¹²	—	35.6⁵	—	+11.3⁶	27.7³²	10.4³²	+1.4³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	15.6%³²	—	1998: P24 from 32	24 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.3
93Dave Blaney	26	37	27.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	20.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	68.3³	—	—	—	—	+13.4⁵	1⁵⁸	26.3¹²	—	32.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	24.1³²	8.8³²	-3.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³²	18.8%³²	—	2000: P43 from 30	25 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 30.5
13Robby Gordon	40	37	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	51.9²	—	—	—	—	+8.1⁷	22⁵⁸	32.9¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	-12.0⁶	29.3¹⁶	11.9¹⁶	+0.3¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25¹⁶	43.8%¹⁶	—	1997: P43 from 20	21 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 29.1