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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
6Mark Martin	5	63	10.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.3¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁷	25.4¹²	—	5.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	15.9³⁵	11.5³⁵	-2.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1982: P10 from 11	47 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.2
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	19	63	8.0¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	7¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	24.3%¹⁰	92.4¹	—	—	—	—	-10.6¹⁰	30⁵⁷	11.6¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-21.7⁶	16.6³⁵	12.1³⁵	+1.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P42 from 6	34 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 15.6
29Kevin Harvick	9	61	14.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	70.6³	11.1¹⁰	17.3⁸	18.5⁸	13.4⁸	-3.9¹⁰	30⁵⁷	14.9¹²	17.3⁸	12.2⁵	—	-7.3⁶	16.3³⁴	10.4³⁴	+2.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁴	2.9%³⁴	—	2001: P32 from 19	45 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
18Bobby Labonte	30	61	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁷	21.8¹²	—	5.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	17.5³⁵	12.0³⁵	+3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1993: P35 from 20	45 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.1
9Bill Elliott	3	60	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.1¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁷	12.9¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-11.0⁶	14.0³⁵	11.6³⁵	-5.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1976: P38 from 39	56 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.4
36Ken Schrader	36	60	13.0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	18.5¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-12.1⁴	1⁵⁷	15.5¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-11.0⁶	22.4³⁵	9.5³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1985: P20 from 21	46 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.5
20Tony Stewart	7	59	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹⁰	1⁵⁷	19.7¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-19.0⁶	17.3³⁵	11.5³⁵	+4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1999: P5 from 8 · led 10	34 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
5Terry Labonte	31	59	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	9.6¹⁰	3.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁵⁷	16.0¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+8.0⁶	30.7³⁵	9.6³⁵	+6.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1979: P9 from 16 · led 1	60 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.4
24Jeff Gordon	13	59	18.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	10.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.6¹⁰	30⁵⁷	10.8¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+15.7⁶	9.4³⁵	12.0³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1993: P11 from 30	45 st · 6 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
97Kurt Busch	27	57	12.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	93.6³	13.7⁹	13.4⁵	19.2⁵	10.6⁵	-9.3¹⁰	19⁵⁷	20.3¹²	15.4⁵	24.2⁵	—	-1.3⁶	29.5³⁴	12.5³⁴	+3.3³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	2001: P29 from 27	42 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.3
28Ricky Rudd	32	55	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	19⁵⁷	22.3¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	12.5³⁵	13.2³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1976: P23 from 20	58 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.8
2Rusty Wallace	26	55	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁷	19.8¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-6.3⁶	14.8³⁵	11.7³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1981: P21 from 19	44 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.7
22Ward Burton	39	55	23.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.0¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-20.0¹	1⁵⁷	21.5¹²	—	8.6⁵	—	+7.3⁶	19.9³⁵	13.5³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1995: P32 from 42	19 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.7
99Jeff Burton	22	55	21.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.3⁶	19⁵⁷	17.9¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-7.3⁶	21.5³⁵	11.5³⁵	+6.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1994: P39 from 34	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.6
31Mike Skinner	12	54	18.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	4.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.3⁸	30⁵⁷	18.7¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	21.3²²	9.9²²	-3.7²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²²	18.2%²²	—	1996: P17 from 6	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 23.7
10Johnny Benson Jr.	37	54	24.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.3⁵	1⁵⁷	19.6¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-12.0⁶	17.1³⁵	11.7³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1996: P10 from 10	16 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 28.7
40Sterling Marlin	2	53	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0¹	1⁵⁷	18.3¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	15.8³⁵	11.1³⁵	+3.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1983: P41 from 22	49 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.8
88Dale Jarrett	6	53	27.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁷	17.6¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-15.3⁶	15.0³⁵	12.4³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1987: P28 from 38	41 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
12Jeremy Mayfield	41	52	21.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁷	20.3¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-10.3⁶	22.3²⁷	14.0²⁷	-0.9²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1994: P37 from 24	24 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.5
17Matt Kenseth	40	52	18.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	27.2¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	86.6¹	21.9²	26.0²	20.0²	26.0²	-0.5¹⁰	19⁵⁷	21.3¹²	6.0¹	21.4⁵	—	+1.0⁶	27.5³⁵	10.5³⁵	+8.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	2000: P18 from 42 · led 2	37 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.2
26Jimmy Spencer	34	50	21.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.0²	19⁵⁷	18.9¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	+9.3⁶	19.3³⁵	11.6³⁵	-0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1989: P40 from 29	29 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.2
55Bobby Hamilton	14	49	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	32.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.0²	30⁵⁷	23.1¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+27.3⁶	22.6³⁵	10.1³⁵	+0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1991: P12 from 14	20 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.5
66Todd Bodine	20	48	24.7⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	17.9⁷	0.8%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0¹	19⁵⁷	20.4⁹	—	24.2⁵	—	-8.3⁶	16.6³⁴	11.6³⁴	-9.8³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	32.4%³⁴	—	1994: P28 from 3 · led 10	7 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.7
11Brett Bodine	23	48	22.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁷	24.6¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	28.1³⁵	9.8³⁵	+0.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1987: P38 from 23	29 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.1
71Dave Marcis	15	48	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁵⁷	18.9¹²	—	34.0⁵	—	+5.7⁶	20.5²	2.8²	-13.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	1970: P17 from 24	60 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.6
43John Andretti	35	47	25.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	1⁵⁷	26.5¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	22.2³⁴	9.5³⁴	-4.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	1994: P29 from 36	22 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.9
15Michael Waltrip	8	47	22.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	30⁵⁷	20.3¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+9.0⁶	22.0³⁵	11.2³⁵	-3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1986: P35 from 37	59 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.8
21Elliott Sadler	38	46	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.0⁴	19⁵⁷	19.4¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	+13.3⁶	28.1³⁵	9.7³⁵	+5.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P29 from 41	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.6
77Robert Pressley	28	46	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁷	24.0¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	+5.3⁶	25.8³³	12.3³³	+2.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21³³	27.3%³³	—	1995: P18 from 9	12 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 24.4
4Kevin Lepage	18	46	23.0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	28.3⁹	0.1%⁹	49.7²	—	—	—	—	+6.1⁴	30⁵⁷	29.2¹¹	—	24.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	28.9²⁸	10.0²⁸	+3.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	7.1%²⁸	—	1997: P17 from 38	9 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 23.0
93Dave Blaney	16	44	26.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	63.9²	—	—	—	—	+8.2⁶	1⁵⁷	24.8¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	23.4³⁵	11.3³⁵	-0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2000: P30 from 16	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 25.9
7Mike Wallace	43	44	23.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	29.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.0²	19⁵⁷	25.0¹²	—	30.0⁵	—	-10.3⁶	30.8²⁸	11.3²⁸	+6.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1994: P15 from 19	17 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 23.8
14Ron Hornaday Jr.	42	44	35.0²	0²	0²	0²	35.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0¹	1⁵⁷	17.0¹	—	21.0⁵	—	-11.0⁶	27.0³¹	8.3³¹	-3.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	25.8%³¹	—	2001: P38 from 42	2 st · 0 W · best P32 · avg 35.0
01Jason Leffler	25	44	20.5²	0²	0²	0²	29.5²	1.6%²	53.4¹	—	—	—	—	+5.8²	1⁵⁷	28.0⁴	—	33.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	28.8²⁹	8.9²⁹	+0.9²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	2001: P15 from 41 · led 6	2 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 20.5
92Stacy Compton	1	44	23.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	16.8⁵	0.6%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁵⁷	26.4⁷	—	31.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	24.5³³	9.6³³	-2.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	18.2%³³	—	2000: P33 from 22	5 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 23.2
19Casey Atwood	21	43	33.0³	0³	0³	0³	27.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	+19.0¹	1⁵⁷	25.8⁴	—	18.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	20.1³⁴	10.6³⁴	-4.6³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2001: P39 from 26	3 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 33.0
33Joe Nemechek	10	42	27.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁵	30⁵⁷	30.3¹²	—	25.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	21.9³⁰	10.6³⁰	-1.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1994: P42 from 37	37 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 27.6
32Ricky Craven	4	42	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.8²	19⁵⁷	23.4¹²	—	36.4⁵	—	-3.7⁶	21.1³⁵	12.9³⁵	-3.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1995: P17 from 38	16 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.4
1Steve Park	17	42	27.2⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	26.7⁹	0.1%⁹	26.9¹	—	—	—	—	+8.6⁶	30⁵⁷	31.7¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	+11.0⁶	21.5²³	13.4²³	+5.7²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²³	8.7%²³	—	1998: P41 from 35	9 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 27.2
25Jerry Nadeau	11	41	28.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.2⁶	30⁵⁷	23.8¹¹	—	32.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	22.7³⁵	12.5³⁵	+1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1998: P37 from 12	10 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 28.6
44Buckshot Jones	29	41	26.4⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	23.4⁵	2.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	-5.5¹	1⁵⁷	29.0³	—	31.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	31.7²⁹	6.5²⁹	-1.8²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1998: P16 from 11	5 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 26.4
96Andy Houston	24	38	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁷	40.5²	—	33.4⁵	—	-9.0⁶	24.0¹⁶	10.1¹⁶	-9.1¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.38¹⁶	56.3%¹⁶	—	first start here	—
51Jeff Purvis	33	29	34.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵⁷	32.2¹⁰	—	42.3³	—	—	13.7³	0.6³	-28.7³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	100.0%³	—	1991: P30 from 39	10 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 34.9