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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
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	3	65	7.4¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	14.8¹⁰	24.6%¹⁰	92.4¹	—	—	—	—	-12.2¹⁰	32⁵⁹	11.6¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	+15.3⁶	14.9³³	11.6³³	-6.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	21.2%³³	—	2000: P42 from 6	34 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 15.4
24Jeff Gordon	8	64	18.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	10.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.6¹⁰	32⁵⁹	10.8¹²	—	9.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	12.4³³	11.5³³	-0.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1993: P11 from 30	45 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 17.2
6Mark Martin	27	63	10.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.3¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁹	25.4¹²	—	10.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	10.5³³	14.1³³	-3.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	1982: P10 from 11	47 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
18Bobby Labonte	6	61	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁹	21.8¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	+6.0⁶	11.8³³	6.5³³	+4.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1993: P35 from 20	45 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.9
5Terry Labonte	17	60	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁵⁹	16.0¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	29.1³¹	10.5³¹	+9.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1979: P9 from 16 · led 1	60 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.5
36Ken Schrader	14	60	13.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-12.1⁴	1⁵⁹	15.5¹²	—	20.8⁵	—	-17.0⁶	23.5³³	7.7³³	+2.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1985: P20 from 21	46 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.6
20Tony Stewart	5	59	13.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.8¹⁰	1⁵⁹	19.7¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+17.7⁶	17.1³³	12.7³³	+5.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	15.2%³³	—	1999: P5 from 8 · led 10	34 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.6
99Jeff Burton	37	59	21.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.3⁶	19⁵⁹	17.9¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	+9.3⁶	18.6³³	10.9³³	+8.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	1994: P39 from 34	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.1
31Mike Skinner	24	58	20.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.8⁸	32⁵⁹	18.7¹²	—	10.4⁵	—	-22.0⁶	14.2³³	10.4³³	-3.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	6.1%³³	—	1996: P17 from 6	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 25.2
94Bill Elliott	2	57	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁹	12.9¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	+9.7⁶	14.1³¹	12.1³¹	-7.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	25.8%³¹	—	1976: P38 from 39	56 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.6
3Dale Earnhardt	20	57	15.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.7¹⁰	6.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0¹	32⁵⁹	14.7¹²	—	23.0⁵	—	-7.7⁶	21.1³³	8.7³³	+11.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1978: P12 from 27	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 12.7
4Bobby Hamilton	19	54	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0²	32⁵⁹	23.1¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	28.2³³	11.4³³	+0.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	30.3%³³	—	1991: P12 from 14	20 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.8
2Rusty Wallace	38	54	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁹	19.8¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-15.0⁶	9.1³³	11.3³³	-3.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	1981: P21 from 19	44 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.8
12Jeremy Mayfield	40	54	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁹	20.3¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	18.1³⁰	16.0³⁰	-3.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	33.3%³⁰	—	1994: P37 from 24	24 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.3
7Michael Waltrip	18	53	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁵⁹	20.3¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	23.6³³	10.2³³	-3.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	30.3%³³	—	1986: P35 from 37	59 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.7
14Rick Mast	29	53	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁹	18.2¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	23.3²⁸	9.9²⁸	-3.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	17.9%²⁸	—	1989: P32 from 37	19 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.2
88Dale Jarrett	12	53	27.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁹	17.6¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+13.0⁶	13.1³³	11.2³³	+2.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1987: P28 from 38	41 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
22Ward Burton	21	53	23.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.0¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-20.0¹	1⁵⁹	21.5¹²	—	14.0⁵	—	+7.3⁶	14.5³³	11.5³³	-0.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	12.1%³³	—	1995: P32 from 42	19 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.3
40Sterling Marlin	32	51	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	32⁵⁹	18.3¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+13.7⁶	26.5³³	9.8³³	+5.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	9.1%³³	—	1983: P41 from 22	49 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.5
10Johnny Benson Jr.	23	51	22.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.6⁴	1⁵⁹	19.6¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	+6.7⁶	20.4³²	9.9³²	+3.4³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	9.4%³²	—	1996: P10 from 10	16 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 27.1
01Ted Musgrave	30	50	21.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.5⁴	32⁵⁹	16.4¹²	—	27.8⁵	—	+4.0⁶	33.5¹⁷	8.9¹⁷	+8.9¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁷	17.6%¹⁷	—	1991: P16 from 38 · led 1	19 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 23.2
17Matt Kenseth	36	50	19.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.6¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	86.6¹	21.9²	26.0²	20.0²	26.0²	+2.3¹⁰	19⁵⁹	21.3¹²	6.0¹	26.0⁵	—	-10.0⁶	24.8³³	12.0³³	+5.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	2000: P18 from 42 · led 2	37 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.5
26Jimmy Spencer	22	50	21.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.0²	19⁵⁹	18.9¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	+9.0⁶	24.1³³	10.7³³	+0.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	18.2%³³	—	1989: P40 from 29	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.2
71Dave Marcis	9	50	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁵⁹	18.9¹²	—	28.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	37.8¹⁰	5.4¹⁰	+5.8¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10¹⁰	30.0%¹⁰	—	1970: P17 from 24	60 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.6
97Chad Little	39	48	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.0¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.2²	19⁵⁹	27.0¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	31.4²⁶	8.3²⁶	+9.0²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁶	11.5%²⁶	—	1989: P34 from 30	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.9
77Robert Pressley	41	48	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁹	24.0¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-11.7⁶	24.8³³	9.8³³	+0.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	30.3%³³	—	1995: P18 from 9	12 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.3
28Ricky Rudd	11	47	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	19⁵⁹	22.3¹²	—	31.0⁵	—	+10.7⁶	12.7³³	9.5³³	+1.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	3.0%³³	—	1976: P23 from 20	58 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.8
66Darrell Waltrip	34	46	26.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁹	17.4¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	-4.3⁶	31.4²⁸	7.4²⁸	-0.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1972: P38 from 25	54 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 20.1
11Brett Bodine	42	46	22.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁹	24.6¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	23.1²⁸	8.0²⁸	-6.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	25.0%²⁸	—	1987: P38 from 23	29 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.1
16Kevin Lepage	16	45	22.9⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	28.6⁹	0.1%⁹	49.7²	—	—	—	—	-0.8³	19⁵⁹	29.2¹¹	—	23.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	24.3³¹	10.1³¹	-1.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1997: P17 from 38	9 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.9
43John Andretti	15	45	25.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	1⁵⁹	26.5¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-0.3⁶	23.8³³	10.6³³	+0.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	21.2%³³	—	1994: P29 from 36	22 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 24.7
55Kenny Wallace	7	45	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.5²	32⁵⁹	25.7¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	+1.3⁶	22.4³³	9.1³³	-4.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	18.2%³³	—	1993: P14 from 17	23 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.4
50Ricky Craven	26	43	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.5¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.2³	32⁵⁹	23.4¹²	—	33.2⁵	—	-6.3⁶	22.4¹⁵	9.3¹⁵	-7.7¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	40.0%¹⁵	—	1995: P17 from 38	16 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.5
32Scott Pruett	35	43	20.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	15.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁹	29.5²	—	32.2⁵	—	+7.7⁶	24.2²⁷	9.5²⁷	-7.0²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33²⁷	37.0%²⁷	—	2000: P20 from 15	1 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 20.0
93Dave Blaney	33	41	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	63.9²	—	—	—	—	+4.5⁶	1⁵⁹	24.8¹²	—	32.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	23.9³²	8.9³²	-3.7³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16³²	21.9%³²	—	2000: P30 from 16	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 25.4
60Rich Bickle	28	41	31.0³	0³	0³	0³	36.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	32⁵⁹	27.6⁵	—	21.8⁵	—	+16.3⁶	36.5²	3.5²	+4.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	1993: P38 from 36	3 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 31.0
33Joe Nemechek	1	41	27.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁵	32⁵⁹	30.3¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	+9.7⁶	20.7³³	11.5³³	-0.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	18.2%³³	—	1994: P42 from 37	37 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 27.7
25Jerry Nadeau	4	40	29.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.8⁶	32⁵⁹	23.8¹¹	—	28.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	16.0³³	12.0³³	-7.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	27.3%³³	—	1998: P37 from 12	10 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 29.8
27Mike Bliss	43	40	25.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	25.2⁵	0.0%⁵	51.9⁴	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁹	25.1⁷	—	33.2⁵	—	+4.3⁶	30.4²⁴	6.9²⁴	-1.7²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29²⁴	33.3%²⁴	—	2000: P24 from 18	5 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 25.6
1Steve Park	10	40	28.6⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	27.4⁹	0.1%⁹	26.9¹	—	—	—	—	+9.9⁶	32⁵⁹	31.7¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	17.4³³	11.9³³	+0.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1998: P41 from 35	9 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 28.6
21Elliott Sadler	25	39	28.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.9¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0⁴	19⁵⁹	19.4¹²	—	35.6⁵	—	+11.3⁶	27.2³²	10.6³²	+0.1³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³²	15.6%³²	—	1999: P29 from 41	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.6
9Stacy Compton	13	39	27.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	14.4⁵	0.6%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁹	26.4⁷	—	33.0⁵	—	+4.3⁶	28.5²⁶	6.0²⁶	-3.4²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁶	23.1%²⁶	—	2000: P33 from 22	5 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 27.2
44Steve Grissom	31	37	24.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	1⁵⁹	30.6⁸	—	37.2⁵	—	+6.7⁶	40.3⁴	4.7⁴	+11.3⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	0.0%⁴	—	1994: P10 from 11	11 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 24.9