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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	10	65	12.2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.7¹⁰	17.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.9¹⁰	16⁴⁷	14.3¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	12.3³³	11.5³³	-0.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1993: P24 from 5 · led 1	35 st · 7 W · best P1 · avg 11.8
6Mark Martin	5	64	8.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁴⁷	21.7¹²	—	10.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	11.2³³	14.1³³	-2.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	1982: P7 from 20	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.7
20Tony Stewart	29	62	12.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.3¹⁰	2⁴⁷	9.3¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+17.7⁶	16.4³³	12.9³³	+3.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	15.2%³³	—	1999: P6 from 10	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.1
18Bobby Labonte	37	61	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁴⁷	18.4¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	+6.0⁶	10.9³³	6.4³³	+3.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1993: P18 from 36	32 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.1
99Jeff Burton	35	60	11.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	16.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.3⁶	13⁴⁷	29.9¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	+9.3⁶	18.7³³	11.3³³	+8.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	1994: P20 from 22	30 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.9
5Terry Labonte	38	59	16.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁴⁷	14.4¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	28.4³¹	10.8³¹	+9.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1978: P4 from 19	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
3Dale Earnhardt	6	58	12.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.9¹⁰	7.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁴⁷	14.3¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	21.5³³	8.7³³	+12.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1978: P16 from 14	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 11.6
2Rusty Wallace	16	56	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁴⁷	19.5¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-15.0⁶	9.8³³	10.9³³	-2.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1984: P30 from 24 · led 1	42 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.3
7Michael Waltrip	11	56	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁴⁷	23.4¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	23.8³³	10.0³³	-3.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	27.3%³³	—	1985: P24 from 35	42 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.0
66Darrell Waltrip	43	55	12.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	6.3¹⁰	7.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁴⁷	17.8¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	31.1²⁸	7.1²⁸	-0.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1973: P24 from 13	54 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	13	55	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.4¹⁰	3.6%¹⁰	90.5¹	—	—	—	—	-11.9¹⁰	16⁴⁷	17.8¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	+15.3⁶	14.6³³	11.5³³	-6.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	21.2%³³	—	2000: P40 from 10	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.5
36Ken Schrader	8	54	16.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.6⁴	2⁴⁷	20.8¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-17.0⁶	23.7³³	8.1³³	+2.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1985: P13 from 25	43 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.4
12Jeremy Mayfield	1	54	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁴⁷	24.1¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	19.4³⁰	16.1³⁰	-2.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	33.3%³⁰	—	1994: P33 from 25	22 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.9
4Bobby Hamilton	19	54	18.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.0²	16⁴⁷	25.2¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	28.2³³	11.4³³	0.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	33.3%³³	—	1991: P20 from 34	23 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 18.1
11Brett Bodine	18	53	13.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁴⁷	18.8¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	24.0²⁸	8.0²⁸	-5.9²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1987: P20 from 39	31 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.1
10Johnny Benson Jr.	2	52	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.8⁴	2⁴⁷	22.8¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	+6.7⁶	21.1³²	9.6³²	+4.2³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	6.3%³²	—	1996: P24 from 38	15 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.3
40Sterling Marlin	33	51	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	16⁴⁷	23.7¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+13.7⁶	26.5³³	10.4³³	+4.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	12.1%³³	—	1980: P11 from 33	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.0
17Matt Kenseth	24	51	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	18.0⁴	15.3³	16.3³	12.3³	+3.2⁹	13⁴⁷	16.3¹²	21.8¹²	26.0⁵	—	-10.0⁶	25.2³³	11.8³³	+6.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1999: P37 from 31	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.4
60Geoff Bodine	23	51	16.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.1¹⁰	10.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+21.0²	16⁴⁷	22.3¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	29.5¹³	11.5¹³	+0.5¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.39¹³	38.5%¹³	—	1981: P30 from 20	36 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.0
31Mike Skinner	4	50	29.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.6¹⁰	16⁴⁷	23.7¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	-22.0⁶	14.8³³	9.5³³	-1.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	3.0%³³	—	1993: P35 from 36	16 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 29.8
88Dale Jarrett	9	49	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁴⁷	34.0¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+13.0⁶	13.2³³	11.1³³	+1.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1987: P15 from 38	35 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 18.1
14Rick Mast	31	49	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	2⁴⁷	25.3¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	23.3²⁸	9.5²⁸	-4.5²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1988: P32 from 22	25 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 26.0
55Kenny Wallace	14	49	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3³	16⁴⁷	23.0¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	22.2³³	9.9³³	-4.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	15.2%³³	—	1993: P32 from 26	19 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.5
28Ricky Rudd	17	48	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁴⁷	20.9¹²	—	31.0⁵	—	+10.7⁶	12.5³³	9.4³³	+0.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1977: P22 from 27	57 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
22Ward Burton	3	48	23.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁴⁷	35.4¹²	—	14.0⁵	—	+7.3⁶	15.1³³	11.5³³	-0.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	12.1%³³	—	1994: P21 from 38	20 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
97Chad Little	26	48	28.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	29.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹	13⁴⁷	24.2¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	31.9²⁶	8.3²⁶	+9.7²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	11.5%²⁶	—	1989: P37 from 41	15 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 25.5
43John Andretti	34	48	21.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-15.0²	2⁴⁷	28.3¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	23.3³³	10.3³³	+0.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	1994: P38 from 18	18 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.4
01Ted Musgrave	27	47	22.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.8⁴	16⁴⁷	19.9¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	+4.0⁶	33.7¹⁷	8.5¹⁷	+8.0¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁷	23.5%¹⁷	—	1991: P21 from 29	20 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 24.0
71Dave Marcis	28	47	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-30.0¹	16⁴⁷	25.1¹²	—	28.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	35.9¹⁰	4.9¹⁰	+2.2¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	40.0%¹⁰	—	1969: P9 from 13	57 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.2
16Kevin Lepage	30	47	24.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	35.2²	—	—	—	—	+4.9⁴	13⁴⁷	23.1¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	23.8³¹	10.0³¹	-2.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	16.1%³¹	—	1998: P34 from 10	11 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 26.4
1Steve Park	39	47	22.4⁹	0⁹	1⁹	2⁹	27.8⁹	6.8%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+6.1⁶	16⁴⁷	26.9¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	16.5³³	11.8³³	-0.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1998: P24 from 31	9 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.4
21Elliott Sadler	21	47	15.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-21.0³	13⁴⁷	23.1¹²	—	35.6⁵	—	+11.3⁶	27.3³²	10.6³²	+0.3³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	15.6%³²	—	1999: P36 from 15	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.8
90Hut Stricklin	32	46	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+15.8³	13⁴⁷	20.7¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	+6.0⁶	33.7⁶	10.9⁶	+0.2⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33⁶	66.7%⁶	—	1989: P30 from 39	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.9
77Robert Pressley	41	46	25.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁴⁷	27.4¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-11.7⁶	24.8³³	9.6³³	+0.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	30.3%³³	—	1995: P30 from 9	12 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 25.8
33Joe Nemechek	25	45	27.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	34.7¹	—	—	—	+1.3⁵	16⁴⁷	23.0¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	+9.7⁶	20.0³³	11.8³³	+0.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	15.2%³³	—	1994: P19 from 29	28 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 26.1
26Jimmy Spencer	12	44	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+24.0¹	13⁴⁷	23.4¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	24.4³³	10.9³³	+0.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	21.2%³³	—	1989: P37 from 27	27 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.4
75Wally Dallenbach Jr.	42	43	29.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+19.6⁷	13⁴⁷	27.5¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	-19.3⁶	28.7²⁹	8.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1992: P30 from 31	11 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 28.4
44Steve Grissom	36	42	21.7⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	29.7⁹	0.1%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁴⁷	23.8¹²	—	37.2⁵	—	+6.7⁶	39.0⁴	8.2⁴	+12.5⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	0.0%⁴	—	1994: P14 from 28	9 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.7
93Dave Blaney	22	40	24.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	49.9³	—	—	—	—	+16.1⁴	2⁴⁷	29.7¹²	—	32.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	24.3³²	8.8³²	-3.6³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16³²	21.9%³²	—	2000: P26 from 15	17 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 27.1
32Scott Pruett	7	40	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁴⁷	37.4¹¹	—	32.2⁵	—	+7.7⁶	25.2²⁷	9.5²⁷	-6.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33²⁷	40.7%²⁷	—	first start here	—
25Jerry Nadeau	15	37	30.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.6⁶	16⁴⁷	33.0¹²	—	28.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	15.7³³	12.1³³	-7.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	24.2%³³	—	1998: P31 from 25	10 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 30.6
27Mike Bliss	20	37	26.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	34.8⁴	0.0%⁴	44.2³	—	—	—	—	—	2⁴⁷	33.7¹²	—	33.2⁵	—	+4.3⁶	31.3²⁴	8.4²⁴	+0.1²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29²⁴	33.3%²⁴	—	2004: P10 from 30	4 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 26.0
94David Green	40	36	37.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	27.8⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁴⁷	27.7¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-11.7⁶	26.0¹	—	-10.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1997: P41 from 22	4 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 37.8