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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
6Mark Martin	10	63	13.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	12.2¹⁰	5.1%¹⁰	102.7³	—	—	—	—	-3.5¹⁰	16⁴⁵	19.5¹²	—	10.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	11.0³³	14.1³³	-2.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	1997: P38 from 6 · led 10	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.9
24Jeff Gordon	23	62	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	75.6³	—	—	—	—	-2.3¹⁰	18⁴⁵	16.1¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	11.9³³	11.4³³	-0.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1997: P30 from 2 · led 69	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
20Tony Stewart	38	61	14.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	13.5%¹⁰	113.6⁵	—	—	—	—	-10.9¹⁰	0⁴⁵	13.2¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+17.7⁶	16.1³³	12.9³³	+3.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	15.2%³³	—	1999: P6 from 19	27 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.2
88Dale Jarrett	5	59	11.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	11.6%¹⁰	73.4³	—	—	—	—	-12.9¹⁰	16⁴⁵	30.5¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+13.0⁶	13.3³³	10.5³³	+2.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1997: P2 from 1 · led 42	13 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.2
5Terry Labonte	1	59	18.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	6.8%¹⁰	43.9³	—	—	—	—	-1.6¹⁰	18⁴⁵	14.8¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	29.6³¹	10.6³¹	+10.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1997: P4 from 3 · led 104	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.3
2Rusty Wallace	19	58	14.1⁹	0⁹	2⁹	3⁹	16.0⁹	1.3%⁹	86.1²	—	—	—	—	-11.5⁶	16⁴⁵	18.9¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-15.0⁶	9.7³³	11.2³³	-3.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1997: P37 from 9	9 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 14.1
99Jeff Burton	37	58	19.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	72.3³	—	—	—	—	+1.6¹⁰	16⁴⁵	24.3¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	+9.3⁶	18.6³³	11.3³³	+8.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	1997: P1 from 5 · led 60	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.1
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	4	58	14.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	7.7%¹⁰	97.2⁶	—	—	—	—	-5.4¹⁰	18⁴⁵	17.8¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	+15.3⁶	14.9³³	11.1³³	-6.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	21.2%³³	—	2001: P8 from 1 · led 107	29 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.3
17Matt Kenseth	13	57	8.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	11.2%¹⁰	103.2⁶	27.4²	25.5²	27.0²	21.0¹	-10.3¹⁰	16⁴⁵	22.0¹²	21.5¹¹	26.0⁵	—	-10.0⁶	25.5³³	11.9³³	+7.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	2001: P20 from 27	31 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 10.0
97Chad Little	16	57	13.7³	0³	1³	1³	26.7³	4.9%³	—	—	—	—	—	-12.3²	16⁴⁵	27.5¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	32.3²⁶	8.1²⁶	+9.7²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	11.5%²⁶	—	1997: P26 from 38	3 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 13.7
3Dale Earnhardt	17	56	16.3³	0³	0³	2³	29.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	-16.0³	18⁴⁵	16.4¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	21.2³³	8.8³³	+11.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1997: P6 from 15	3 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 16.3
18Bobby Labonte	14	56	22.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	60.3³	—	—	—	—	+7.0⁸	0⁴⁵	25.8¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	+6.0⁶	11.6³³	6.5³³	+4.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1997: P3 from 4 · led 2	25 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 26.4
10Johnny Benson Jr.	26	54	18.9⁷	0⁷	2⁷	2⁷	23.0⁷	1.2%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	-11.6²	0⁴⁵	18.9¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	+6.7⁶	20.3³²	9.3³²	+3.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³²	6.3%³²	—	1997: P28 from 13	7 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.9
7Michael Waltrip	21	54	20.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	70.9³	—	—	—	—	+11.7⁶	18⁴⁵	24.4¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	23.5³³	10.2³³	-3.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	27.3%³³	—	1997: P9 from 21	15 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 23.8
22Ward Burton	9	54	21.4⁸	0⁸	0⁸	1⁸	20.9⁸	3.1%⁸	43.3¹	—	—	—	—	+6.7³	0⁴⁵	25.9¹²	—	14.0⁵	—	+7.3⁶	14.9³³	11.6³³	-0.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	12.1%³³	—	1997: P7 from 12	8 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.4
40Sterling Marlin	39	52	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	69.4³	—	—	—	—	+5.2⁹	18⁴⁵	22.0¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+13.7⁶	26.3³³	10.2³³	+4.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	9.1%³³	—	1997: P8 from 22 · led 2	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.6
36Ken Schrader	36	52	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	63.9³	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	0⁴⁵	22.1¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-17.0⁶	22.8³³	8.2³³	+1.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1997: P18 from 27	15 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 25.2
12Jeremy Mayfield	31	52	23.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	68.0³	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁷	16⁴⁵	24.3¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	18.4³⁰	16.1³⁰	-4.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	36.7%³⁰	—	1997: P32 from 20	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.7
94Bill Elliott	22	51	24.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	2.5%¹⁰	42.4³	—	—	—	—	+1.4⁶	16⁴⁵	18.4¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	+9.7⁶	13.5³¹	12.0³¹	-7.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	25.8%³¹	—	1997: P11 from 16	15 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 26.7
4Bobby Hamilton	42	50	24.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	23.8⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	-15.0²	18⁴⁵	26.0¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.5³³	11.3³³	-0.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	33.3%³³	—	1997: P20 from 17	5 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 24.8
45Adam Petty	33	50	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁴⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
1Steve Park	6	50	23.3⁴	0⁴	1⁴	1⁴	8.5⁴	6.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	-2.3³	18⁴⁵	20.4¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	17.5³³	11.9³³	+0.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1999: P32 from 3	4 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 23.3
28Ricky Rudd	20	49	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	1.6%¹⁰	63.6³	—	—	—	—	+10.0³	16⁴⁵	18.8¹²	—	31.0⁵	—	+10.7⁶	12.5³³	9.5³³	+0.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1997: P5 from 8 · led 26	11 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 19.0
11Brett Bodine	25	48	25.0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	25.7⁶	0.1%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁴⁵	17.8¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	23.8²⁸	7.9²⁸	-6.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1997: P19 from 26	6 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 25.0
77Robert Pressley	43	48	22.0³	0³	1³	1³	14.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁴⁵	31.2¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-11.7⁶	24.7³³	9.8³³	+0.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	27.3%³³	—	1998: P3 from 8	3 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.0
31Mike Skinner	11	47	31.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	23.5¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	34.8⁴	—	—	—	—	+14.1⁷	18⁴⁵	31.1¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	-22.0⁶	14.6³³	10.6³³	-2.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	6.1%³³	—	1997: P22 from 25 · led 10	12 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 33.5
43John Andretti	40	47	28.2⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	29.4⁹	0.0%⁹	40.9³	—	—	—	—	+0.6⁴	0⁴⁵	22.7¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	23.1³³	10.5³³	-0.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	21.2%³³	—	1997: P12 from 30	9 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 28.2
33Joe Nemechek	12	47	25.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	56.4⁴	30.6¹	—	—	—	+1.6¹⁰	18⁴⁵	23.9¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	+9.7⁶	20.4³³	11.6³³	+0.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	15.2%³³	—	1997: P29 from 40	23 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 31.5
60Dick Trickle	28	46	22.5²	0²	0²	0²	36.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁴⁵	21.2¹²	—	32.6⁵	—	-9.0⁶	28.2⁵	6.7⁵	-3.2⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.40⁵	40.0%⁵	—	1997: P23 from 32	2 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 22.5
9Stacy Compton	15	45	17.0²	0²	0²	0²	16.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁴⁵	32.8¹²	—	33.0⁵	—	+4.3⁶	28.4²⁶	6.2²⁶	-3.0²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁶	23.1%²⁶	—	2001: P15 from 26	2 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 17.0
93Dave Blaney	24	45	22.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	51.9⁶	—	—	—	—	-4.3⁵	0⁴⁵	25.3¹²	—	32.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	24.2³²	8.9³²	-3.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16³²	21.9%³²	—	2001: P6 from 43	22 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 29.3
42Kenny Irwin Jr.	27	44	27.0²	0²	0²	0²	2.5²	4.8%²	—	—	—	—	—	+20.5²	18⁴⁵	27.3¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	-2.0⁶	27.6¹⁶	11.0¹⁶	+0.5¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	12.5%¹⁶	—	1998: P39 from 4	2 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 27.0
26Jimmy Spencer	41	44	27.6⁸	0⁸	0⁸	2⁸	31.6⁸	0.0%⁸	25.6¹	—	—	—	—	+2.3³	16⁴⁵	25.3¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	23.5³³	10.9³³	-0.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	21.2%³³	—	1997: P39 from 33	8 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 27.6
21Elliott Sadler	35	44	20.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	4.4%¹⁰	68.3⁵	—	—	—	—	+5.1⁷	16⁴⁵	25.0¹²	—	35.6⁵	—	+11.3⁶	26.8³²	10.5³²	+0.5³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	15.6%³²	—	1999: P10 from 13 · led 2	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.0
25Jerry Nadeau	8	44	22.3⁴	0⁴	1⁴	1⁴	25.0⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+23.0²	18⁴⁵	33.5¹²	—	28.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	15.9³³	11.6³³	-6.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	24.2%³³	—	1999: P24 from 21	4 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.3
14Rick Mast	34	44	32.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	23.5⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁴⁵	28.2¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	23.1²⁸	9.8²⁸	-4.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1997: P31 from 28	4 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 32.8
16Kevin Lepage	2	43	30.8⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	29.6⁵	0.0%⁵	34.2²	—	—	—	—	+24.8¹	16⁴⁵	25.5¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	24.7³¹	9.9³¹	-1.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1998: P37 from 16	5 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 30.8
66Darrell Waltrip	30	43	34.7³	0³	0³	0³	27.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	16⁴⁵	14.9¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	31.5²⁸	7.2²⁸	-0.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1997: P43 from 14	3 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 34.7
55Kenny Wallace	32	43	29.4⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	36.4⁷	0.0%⁷	28.1²	—	—	—	—	+16.5²	18⁴⁵	21.9¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	21.6³³	10.0³³	-4.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	18.2%³³	—	1997: P13 from 31	7 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 29.4
90Ed Berrier	18	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁴⁵	30.8⁴	—	33.0⁵	—	+1.7⁶	35.0⁹	5.0⁹	+1.8⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11⁹	33.3%⁹	—	first start here	—
32Scott Pruett	3	41	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁴⁵	37.2⁶	—	30.8⁵	—	+5.3⁶	25.4²⁷	9.5²⁷	-6.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	first start here	—
27Jeff Fuller	7	40	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁴⁵	36.7⁶	—	34.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	25.2⁶	7.2⁶	-10.5⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	33.3%⁶	—	first start here	—
41Gary Bradberry	29	37	24.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	10.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁴⁵	35.7¹²	—	37.0³	—	—	43.0¹	—	+10.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1998: P24 from 10	1 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 24.0