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Drivers · 43

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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
3Dale Earnhardt	7	63	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	4.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	29⁵⁹	15.5¹²	—	7.0⁵	—	-4.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978: P7 from 28	45 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 10.7
24Jeff Gordon	13	61	11.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.4¹⁰	12.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.6¹⁰	29⁵⁹	15.7¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+15.7⁶	9.4³⁵	11.9³⁵	-1.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1993: P5 from 3 · led 2	45 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 16.0
9Bill Elliott	1	61	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁵⁹	17.4¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-11.0⁶	14.0³⁵	11.5³⁵	-6.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1976: P19 from 38	59 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
36Ken Schrader	14	60	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	10.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.5⁴	0⁵⁹	14.5¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-11.0⁶	23.1³⁵	9.8³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1985: P11 from 24	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.4
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	6	60	13.4¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.6¹⁰	15.5%¹⁰	89.5¹	—	—	—	—	-10.0¹⁰	29⁵⁹	10.7¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-21.7⁶	17.0³⁵	12.0³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P13 from 8	35 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 15.1
20Tony Stewart	24	59	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.9¹⁰	6.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.8¹⁰	0⁵⁹	13.6¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-19.0⁶	16.8³⁵	10.9³⁵	+4.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1999: P28 from 2	34 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 18.1
6Mark Martin	22	58	27.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	16.6¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁵⁹	11.0¹²	—	5.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	15.4³⁵	11.4³⁵	-2.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1982: P30 from 26	54 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.6
5Terry Labonte	34	58	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁵⁹	15.4¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+8.0⁶	30.7³⁵	9.8³⁵	+6.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1979: P16 from 19	62 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.5
18Bobby Labonte	37	58	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁵⁹	13.7¹²	—	5.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	17.3³⁵	11.3³⁵	+3.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1993: P20 from 25	47 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.7
99Jeff Burton	8	56	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5⁶	22⁵⁹	19.1¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-7.3⁶	21.9³⁵	11.5³⁵	+6.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1994: P26 from 35	39 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.3
2Rusty Wallace	12	56	20.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁵⁹	17.1¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-6.3⁶	15.2³⁵	11.5³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1982: P37 from 19	44 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.5
10Johnny Benson Jr.	33	56	19.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	3.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0³	0⁵⁹	23.0¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-12.0⁶	17.2³⁵	11.7³⁵	+0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1996: P23 from 27	15 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 21.5
28Ricky Rudd	30	55	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁵⁹	19.3¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	12.6³⁵	13.1³⁵	-0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1976: P10 from 22	59 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.8
31Mike Skinner	4	55	16.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	2.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.8⁹	29⁵⁹	20.1¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	21.7²²	9.9²²	-3.5²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²²	18.2%²²	—	1997: P12 from 1 · led 1	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 21.8
88Dale Jarrett	31	55	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁵⁹	25.3¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-15.3⁶	14.3³⁵	12.3³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1984: P23 from 39	41 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
40Sterling Marlin	3	55	19.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3³	2⁵⁹	18.8¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	15.8³⁵	11.2³⁵	+2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1980: P8 from 36	51 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.6
97Kurt Busch	26	55	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	24.2¹⁰	1.0%¹⁰	83.8³	20.3⁹	15.4⁵	15.4⁵	16.6⁵	+2.0¹⁰	22⁵⁹	10.8¹²	13.4⁵	24.2⁵	—	-1.3⁶	29.5³⁴	12.8³⁴	+4.4³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	2001: P30 from 28	41 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.9
22Ward Burton	10	54	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁵⁹	24.4¹²	—	8.6⁵	—	+7.3⁶	20.7³⁵	13.5³⁵	+1.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1994: P36 from 40	20 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.2
12Jeremy Mayfield	38	53	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁵⁹	20.2¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-10.3⁶	22.4²⁷	13.8²⁷	-1.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1994: P30 from 40	27 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.2
17Matt Kenseth	16	53	22.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	57.5¹	18.8¹	6.0¹	7.0¹	7.0¹	+6.5¹⁰	22⁵⁹	17.3¹²	26.0²	21.4⁵	—	+1.0⁶	28.1³⁵	10.5³⁵	+9.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2000: P10 from 24	36 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.2
26Jimmy Spencer	11	51	20.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0²	22⁵⁹	19.2¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	+9.3⁶	19.9³⁵	11.9³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1989: P27 from 32	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 22.2
4Robby Gordon	41	50	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.4⁸	29⁵⁹	19.0¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	-10.3⁶	31.9¹⁶	12.6¹⁶	+7.8¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁶	6.3%¹⁶	—	1991: P18 from 35	24 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 20.8
21Elliott Sadler	40	49	18.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.0³	22⁵⁹	25.9¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	+13.3⁶	28.1³⁵	10.1³⁵	+5.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P40 from 38	26 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.1
43John Andretti	36	48	25.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.1¹⁰	7.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5²	2⁵⁹	24.5¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	22.1³⁴	9.4³⁴	-4.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	8.8%³⁴	—	1994: P42 from 15	26 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 27.3
15Michael Waltrip	19	48	21.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	29⁵⁹	19.9¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+9.0⁶	21.7³⁵	10.3³⁵	-4.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1986: P18 from 39	55 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 21.4
55Bobby Hamilton	35	48	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-18.5²	29⁵⁹	19.9¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+27.3⁶	22.0³⁵	10.4³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1991: P10 from 20	23 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 23.4
45Kyle Petty	28	47	27.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	12.1¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁵	2⁵⁹	16.9¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+3.3⁶	27.4²³	8.2²³	-4.4²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	34.8%²³	—	1981: P32 from 11	51 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.0
93Dave Blaney	20	47	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	78.7¹	—	—	—	—	+7.5⁶	2⁵⁹	25.3¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	23.3³⁵	10.9³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2000: P27 from 31	25 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 26.2
11Brett Bodine	43	46	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁵⁹	21.8¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	27.5³⁵	9.6³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1987: P11 from 7 · led 1	28 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 23.5
77Robert Pressley	39	45	25.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.0¹	22⁵⁹	24.2¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	+5.3⁶	25.5³³	12.1³³	+1.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21³³	27.3%³³	—	1994: P40 from 19	12 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 24.7
01Jason Leffler	15	45	26.0³	0³	0³	0³	24.3³	0.2%³	59.6²	—	—	—	—	-1.3³	2⁵⁹	20.3³	—	29.8⁵	—	+5.7⁶	29.2²⁹	8.9²⁹	+1.7²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	2001: P24 from 25	3 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 26.0
14Ron Hornaday Jr.	42	45	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁵⁹	30.7³	—	26.0⁵	—	-17.7⁶	27.0³¹	8.0³¹	-3.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	25.8%³¹	—	first start here	—
27Kenny Wallace	23	44	26.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	30.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0⁵	0⁵⁹	19.0¹²	—	32.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	25.4²³	11.3²³	-1.0²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²³	21.7%²³	—	1993: P23 from 24	18 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 27.4
19Casey Atwood	21	44	27.7³	0³	0³	0³	13.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	-7.0¹	2⁵⁹	32.3⁴	—	19.2⁵	—	-4.7⁶	20.1³⁴	10.6³⁴	-4.9³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2001: P28 from 4	3 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 27.7
32Ricky Craven	18	44	22.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	31.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.8³	22⁵⁹	22.8¹²	—	36.4⁵	—	-3.7⁶	20.7³⁵	13.0³⁵	-3.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1995: P16 from 14	17 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 25.2
25Jerry Nadeau	5	43	23.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.8⁵	29⁵⁹	28.3¹¹	—	32.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	22.8³⁵	12.4³⁵	+1.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1997: P30 from 41	10 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 23.0
7Mike Wallace	27	42	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0²	22⁵⁹	21.9¹²	—	36.2⁵	—	+6.3⁶	31.4²⁸	11.2²⁸	+6.8²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1994: P12 from 18	18 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 26.2
33Joe Nemechek	32	41	30.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	27.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.2⁵	29⁵⁹	27.1¹²	—	25.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	21.2³⁰	10.8³⁰	-2.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1994: P39 from 38	37 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 28.8
92Stacy Compton	2	40	29.2⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	24.8⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁵⁹	26.5⁶	—	31.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	24.5³³	9.4³³	-3.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	21.2%³³	—	2000: P26 from 33	6 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 29.2
44Buckshot Jones	29	40	29.0²	0²	0²	0²	21.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁵⁹	24.7⁶	—	33.6⁵	—	+5.0⁶	31.7²⁹	7.3²⁹	-1.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1999: P41 from 23	2 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 29.0
1Steve Park	25	39	33.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+15.0⁶	29⁵⁹	27.6¹⁰	—	25.2⁵	—	+11.0⁶	21.2²³	13.4²³	+5.3²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²³	8.7%²³	—	1998: P41 from 33	11 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 31.7
96Andy Houston	9	33	43.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	6.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+10.0¹	22⁵⁹	21.0¹	—	33.4⁵	—	-3.3⁶	24.9¹⁶	10.4¹⁶	-7.1¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.31¹⁶	50.0%¹⁶	—	2001: P43 from 6	1 st · 0 W · best P43 · avg 43.0
51Jeff Purvis	17	32	31.0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	23.0⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	22⁵⁹	34.8¹¹	—	39.3³	—	—	19.0³	4.6³	-20.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	66.7%³	—	1991: P36 from 22	9 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 31.0