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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	26	68	12.4¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	16.4%¹⁰	72.3²	—	—	—	—	-2.2¹⁰	17³²	4.9¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	11.8³³	11.6³³	-1.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1997: P1 from 3 · led 113	25 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 11.8
18Bobby Labonte	36	63	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	68.0²	—	—	—	—	-6.7⁸	0³²	12.0¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	+6.0⁶	10.9³³	6.4³³	+3.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1997: P6 from 15	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.2
6Mark Martin	5	63	14.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	10.4%¹⁰	109.5²	—	—	—	—	-1.0¹⁰	10³²	15.9¹²	—	10.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	11.2³³	14.1³³	-2.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	1997: P10 from 12 · led 11	21 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.7
2Rusty Wallace	11	60	14.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.4¹⁰	6.6%¹⁰	85.0²	—	—	—	—	-2.0⁷	10³²	10.2¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-15.0⁶	9.9³³	11.3³³	-2.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1997: P14 from 16	10 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.1
99Jeff Burton	13	59	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.8¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	63.1²	—	—	—	—	+3.8¹⁰	10³²	17.1¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	+9.3⁶	19.3³³	11.4³³	+8.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	1997: P30 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.6
17Matt Kenseth	23	59	11.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	10.3%¹⁰	116.4⁵	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹⁰	10³²	8.5¹²	23.5²	26.0⁵	—	-10.0⁶	25.2³³	11.7³³	+5.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	2001: P17 from 23 · led 2	24 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.5
3Dale Earnhardt	35	59	12.3³	0³	0³	1³	22.0³	0.3%³	—	—	—	—	—	-13.7³	17³²	11.7¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	20.7³³	8.7³³	+11.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1997: P16 from 14	3 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 12.3
5Terry Labonte	34	58	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	46.0²	—	—	—	—	+2.1⁹	17³²	15.8¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	28.5³¹	10.5³¹	+9.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1997: P2 from 10 · led 41	11 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.4
88Dale Jarrett	33	57	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	71.8²	—	—	—	—	+4.2¹⁰	10³²	22.8¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+13.0⁶	12.5³³	11.2³³	+1.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1997: P8 from 9 · led 49	14 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.0
20Tony Stewart	32	56	18.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.3¹⁰	7.4%¹⁰	100.3⁴	—	—	—	—	+1.3¹⁰	0³²	14.0¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+17.7⁶	16.3³³	12.9³³	+3.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	15.2%³³	—	1999: P4 from 7 · led 1	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.7
12Jeremy Mayfield	24	56	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	10.3¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	55.2²	—	—	—	—	+8.9⁷	10³²	18.7¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	18.6³⁰	15.9³⁰	-4.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	36.7%³⁰	—	1997: P12 from 21	14 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.4
97Chad Little	38	56	15.7³	0³	0³	1³	26.7³	0.3%³	—	—	—	—	—	-5.1²	10³²	24.4¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	31.4²⁶	8.2²⁶	+9.0²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	11.5%²⁶	—	1997: P19 from 24	3 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 15.7
66Darrell Waltrip	7	55	11.7³	0³	1³	1³	15.7³	0.3%³	—	—	—	—	—	-21.0¹	10³²	16.4¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	32.4²⁸	7.4²⁸	+0.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1997: P15 from 8 · led 2	3 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 11.7
22Ward Burton	4	53	21.0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	2⁸	24.6⁸	0.4%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	-3.3³	0³²	25.6¹²	—	14.0⁵	—	+7.3⁶	15.0³³	11.5³³	-0.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	12.1%³³	—	1997: P28 from 40	8 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.0
42Kenny Irwin Jr.	39	53	14.5²	0²	0²	0²	21.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	-8.5²	17³²	21.8⁵	—	25.0⁵	—	-2.0⁶	26.8¹⁶	10.5¹⁶	+1.3¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	6.3%¹⁶	—	1998: P16 from 18	2 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 14.5
7Michael Waltrip	21	52	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.9¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	69.9²	—	—	—	—	-2.6⁷	17³²	24.8¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	23.5³³	10.2³³	-3.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	30.3%³³	—	1997: P11 from 18	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.8
31Mike Skinner	1	52	26.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	26.8⁶	0.1%⁶	34.0¹	—	—	—	—	+9.5⁴	17³²	25.5¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	-22.0⁶	14.9³³	10.4³³	-2.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	6.1%³³	—	1997: P33 from 28	6 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.8
10Johnny Benson Jr.	14	52	21.0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	15.5⁶	1.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	+9.3²	0³²	18.3¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	+6.7⁶	20.7³²	10.2³²	+3.4³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	9.4%³²	—	1997: P13 from 13	6 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 21.0
40Sterling Marlin	37	52	17.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	85.8²	—	—	—	—	-5.1⁹	17³²	21.3¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+13.7⁶	26.4³³	10.3³³	+4.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	12.1%³³	—	1997: P36 from 29	13 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.1
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	20	51	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.7¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	68.5⁵	—	—	—	—	-1.8¹⁰	17³²	20.8¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	+15.3⁶	14.4³³	11.6³³	-6.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	21.2%³³	—	2001: P3 from 38 · led 1	24 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.8
28Ricky Rudd	3	50	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	29.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	57.1²	—	—	—	—	-10.5²	10³²	17.1¹²	—	31.0⁵	—	+10.7⁶	13.0³³	9.4³³	+1.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1997: P3 from 39	12 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.9
94Bill Elliott	27	49	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	31.2³	—	—	—	—	-1.6⁸	10³²	17.6¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	+9.7⁶	13.3³¹	12.1³¹	-7.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	25.8%³¹	—	1997: P32 from 17	12 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 26.5
36Ken Schrader	18	49	26.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	56.2²	—	—	—	—	-13.0¹	0³²	18.9¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-17.0⁶	23.4³³	8.2³³	+2.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1997: P34 from 5 · led 8	16 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 28.8
77Robert Pressley	16	49	22.0³	0³	0³	1³	31.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	10³²	25.9¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-11.7⁶	25.5³³	9.8³³	+0.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	30.3%³³	—	1998: P17 from 20	3 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.0
4Bobby Hamilton	12	48	29.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	29.2⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0²	17³²	23.8¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	28.4³³	11.3³³	+0.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	33.3%³³	—	1997: P23 from 30	5 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 29.2
43John Andretti	10	47	26.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	40.2⁴	—	—	—	—	-10.0⁵	0³²	22.3¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	24.0³³	10.6³³	+0.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	21.2%³³	—	1997: P21 from 35	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 26.0
1Steve Park	9	47	25.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	14.0⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	+8.2³	17³²	21.5¹¹	—	24.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	17.4³³	11.9³³	+0.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1999: P24 from 30	4 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 25.3
75Wally Dallenbach Jr.	22	47	25.3³	0³	0³	1³	22.7³	0.8%³	—	—	—	—	—	+9.8²	10³²	22.5¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	-19.3⁶	29.4²⁹	8.6²⁹	+1.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1997: P39 from 4 · led 6	3 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.3
26Jimmy Spencer	2	46	24.9⁸	0⁸	1⁸	2⁸	23.1⁸	4.4%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	+6.7³	10³²	21.9¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	24.7³³	10.6³³	+1.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	1997: P5 from 19 · led 4	8 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.9
32Scott Pruett	6	46	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10³²	18.0²	—	32.2⁵	—	+7.7⁶	25.3²⁷	9.6²⁷	-6.1²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	first start here	—
14Rick Mast	15	46	32.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	32.5⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	0³²	22.3¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	23.8²⁸	9.6²⁸	-3.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1997: P41 from 37	4 st · 0 W · best P25 · avg 32.3
44Kyle Petty	30	46	31.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	44.9²	—	—	—	—	+6.3¹⁰	0³²	13.7¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	+14.7⁶	27.2¹⁸	8.5¹⁸	-2.3¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	33.3%¹⁸	—	1997: P31 from 38	16 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 31.1
33Joe Nemechek	28	45	24.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	98.5²	—	—	—	—	-0.6⁹	17³²	25.9¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	+9.7⁶	19.9³³	12.0³³	-0.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	18.2%³³	—	1997: P18 from 1 · led 1	23 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 30.3
11Brett Bodine	31	45	26.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	30.2⁵	0.1%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	10³²	21.0¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	23.5²⁸	7.7²⁸	-5.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1997: P26 from 36 · led 1	5 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 26.4
25Jerry Nadeau	25	45	22.0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	21.7⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	-3.9³	17³²	28.5¹⁰	—	28.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	15.4³³	12.0³³	-8.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	27.3%³³	—	1997: P38 from 33	6 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.0
13Robby Gordon	29	44	26.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	55.4⁶	—	—	—	—	-6.8⁴	10³²	27.2¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-10.3⁶	29.9¹⁶	11.9¹⁶	+0.9¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25¹⁶	43.8%¹⁶	—	2002: P12 from 40	16 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 28.3
21Elliott Sadler	19	44	19.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	74.1⁴	—	—	—	—	-2.1⁷	10³²	24.0¹²	—	35.6⁵	—	+11.3⁶	27.3³²	10.3³²	+1.1³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	12.5%³²	—	1999: P21 from 39	18 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.3
93Dave Blaney	17	42	27.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.1¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	52.2⁷	—	—	—	—	+2.0⁴	0³²	22.2¹²	—	32.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	24.4³²	8.7³²	-2.9³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16³²	21.9%³²	—	2001: P29 from 15	18 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 30.3
16Kevin Lepage	40	40	32.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	31.8⁵	0.0%⁵	36.0³	—	—	—	—	-8.3¹	10³²	31.3¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	23.5³¹	10.6³¹	-2.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1998: P40 from 13	5 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 32.4
60Dick Trickle	42	39	29.5²	0²	0²	0²	35.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	17³²	24.6¹²	—	32.6⁵	—	-9.0⁶	25.4⁵	6.0⁵	-4.2⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20⁵	20.0%⁵	—	1997: P22 from 42	2 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 29.5
55Kenny Wallace	41	38	30.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	31.7⁶	0.0%⁶	26.2²	—	—	—	—	+7.0²	17³²	30.3¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	21.3³³	9.9³³	-4.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	18.2%³³	—	1998: P19 from 34	6 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 30.8
27Mike Bliss	43	34	32.4⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	29.6⁷	0.0%⁷	43.5⁷	—	—	—	—	—	0³²	35.4⁹	—	33.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	30.4²⁴	8.3²⁴	-0.6²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29²⁴	33.3%²⁴	—	2005: P12 from 10	7 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 32.4
9Stacy Compton	8	31	39.5²	0²	0²	0²	39.0²	0.2%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	10³²	32.0⁴	—	33.0⁵	—	+4.3⁶	28.7²⁶	6.2²⁶	-3.0²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁶	23.1%²⁶	—	2001: P38 from 43	2 st · 0 W · best P38 · avg 39.5