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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	13	65	8.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	12.0¹⁰	2.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁴⁵	21.7¹²	—	5.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	15.6³⁵	11.7³⁵	-2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1982: P7 from 20	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.5
20Tony Stewart	33	64	13.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.6¹⁰	3⁴⁵	9.3¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-19.0⁶	16.6³⁵	11.5³⁵	+3.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1999: P6 from 10	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.3
29Kevin Harvick	5	63	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	75.5³	9.5¹⁰	7.0⁹	7.6⁹	7.1⁹	-0.5¹⁰	14⁴⁵	7.4¹²	11.4¹²	12.2⁵	—	-7.3⁶	16.4³⁴	10.3³⁴	+2.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁴	2.9%³⁴	—	2001: P14 from 3	31 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.8
18Bobby Labonte	10	62	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁴⁵	18.4¹²	—	5.4⁵	—	-3.0⁶	18.0³⁵	12.0³⁵	+3.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1993: P18 from 36	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
9Bill Elliott	9	60	8.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	11.6¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁴⁵	25.6¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-11.0⁶	13.8³⁵	11.5³⁵	-6.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1977: P10 from 16	51 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 9.4
24Jeff Gordon	2	60	12.2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.7¹⁰	17.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.9¹⁰	14⁴⁵	14.3¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+15.7⁶	9.7³⁵	12.2³⁵	-1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1993: P24 from 5 · led 1	35 st · 7 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
5Terry Labonte	19	59	16.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁴⁵	14.4¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+8.0⁶	31.1³⁵	9.6³⁵	+6.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1978: P4 from 19	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
2Rusty Wallace	4	57	15.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.7¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁴⁵	19.5¹²	—	15.6⁵	—	-6.3⁶	15.5³⁵	11.6³⁵	+1.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1984: P30 from 24 · led 1	42 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.5
28Ricky Rudd	26	57	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁴⁵	20.9¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	12.7³⁵	13.2³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1977: P22 from 27	57 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
36Ken Schrader	8	56	16.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.6⁴	3⁴⁵	20.8¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-11.0⁶	23.2³⁵	9.7³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1985: P13 from 25	43 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.5
10Johnny Benson Jr.	17	56	20.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.0⁵	3⁴⁵	22.8¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-12.0⁶	17.7³⁵	11.8³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1996: P24 from 38	15 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.9
99Jeff Burton	23	55	11.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	16.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.3⁶	13⁴⁵	29.9¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	-7.3⁶	21.4³⁵	11.4³⁵	+5.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	2.9%³⁵	—	1994: P20 from 22	30 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.8
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	18	54	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	90.5¹	—	—	—	—	-9.7¹⁰	14⁴⁵	17.8¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-21.7⁶	16.7³⁵	12.2³⁵	+1.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P40 from 10	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.2
11Brett Bodine	32	54	13.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁴⁵	18.8¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-1.0⁶	27.8³⁵	9.8³⁵	+0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1987: P20 from 39	31 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.1
40Sterling Marlin	12	54	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁴⁵	23.7¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	+4.7⁶	15.5³⁵	11.3³⁵	+2.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1980: P11 from 33	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.0
97Kurt Busch	1	53	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.2¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	73.3³	12.8⁸	13.2⁶	15.5⁶	12.5⁶	+2.3¹⁰	13⁴⁵	20.1¹²	10.4¹²	24.2⁵	—	-1.3⁶	30.3³⁴	12.9³⁴	+5.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	20.6%³⁴	—	2001: P30 from 27	28 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.5
12Jeremy Mayfield	3	52	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁴⁵	24.1¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-10.3⁶	23.7²⁷	14.0²⁷	-0.3²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁷	14.8%²⁷	—	1994: P33 from 25	22 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.2
21Elliott Sadler	20	52	13.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-21.0³	13⁴⁵	23.1¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	+13.3⁶	28.7³⁵	10.0³⁵	+6.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1999: P36 from 15	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.2
22Ward Burton	37	51	23.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁴⁵	35.4¹²	—	8.6⁵	—	+7.3⁶	20.0³⁵	13.3³⁵	-0.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1994: P21 from 38	20 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.1
17Matt Kenseth	28	51	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	18.0⁴	15.3³	16.3³	12.3³	+5.5⁹	13⁴⁵	16.3¹²	21.8¹²	21.4⁵	—	+1.0⁶	27.8³⁵	10.5³⁵	+9.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1999: P37 from 31	27 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.8
88Dale Jarrett	27	50	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁴⁵	34.0¹²	—	10.2⁵	—	-15.3⁶	14.4³⁵	11.9³⁵	+1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1987: P15 from 38	35 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 17.3
43John Andretti	6	50	21.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-15.0²	1⁴⁵	28.3¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	-4.0⁶	23.0³⁴	9.6³⁴	-3.7³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	1994: P38 from 18	18 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.3
19Casey Atwood	30	49	26.7³	0³	0³	0³	35.7³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	+2.0²	1⁴⁵	22.8¹²	—	18.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	19.9³⁴	10.6³⁴	-5.0³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2001: P26 from 32	3 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 26.7
45Kyle Petty	42	48	23.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.4⁵	1⁴⁵	18.1¹²	—	27.2⁵	—	+3.3⁶	26.8²³	8.7²³	-4.6²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²³	34.8%²³	—	1981: P25 from 21	50 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.6
15Michael Waltrip	25	48	16.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	14⁴⁵	23.4¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	+9.0⁶	21.5³⁵	11.0³⁵	-4.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1985: P24 from 35	42 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 22.1
4Kevin Lepage	29	48	22.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.5¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	35.2²	—	—	—	—	+1.9⁵	14⁴⁵	23.1¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	28.5²⁸	10.5²⁸	+2.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	10.7%²⁸	—	1998: P34 from 10	11 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.6
55Bobby Hamilton	21	48	18.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.0²	14⁴⁵	25.2¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+27.3⁶	22.4³⁵	10.7³⁵	+0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1991: P20 from 34	23 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 18.4
1Kenny Wallace	34	48	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3³	14⁴⁵	23.0¹²	—	32.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	25.0²³	10.9²³	-0.7²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13²³	21.7%²³	—	1993: P32 from 26	19 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.2
66Todd Bodine	31	46	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	30.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+29.0¹	13⁴⁵	22.8¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	-8.3⁶	16.3³⁴	11.6³⁴	-10.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³⁴	32.4%³⁴	—	1993: P27 from 17	15 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 29.9
33Joe Nemechek	24	46	27.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	34.7¹	—	—	—	+1.3⁵	14⁴⁵	23.0¹²	—	25.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	21.5³⁰	10.9³⁰	-1.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1994: P19 from 29	28 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 26.1
26Jimmy Spencer	15	46	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+24.0¹	13⁴⁵	23.4¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	+9.3⁶	19.8³⁵	11.8³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1989: P37 from 27	27 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 25.5
90Hut Stricklin	36	45	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+15.8³	13⁴⁵	20.7¹²	—	30.2⁵	—	-6.3⁶	28.8²¹	9.2²¹	+1.4²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	14.3%²¹	—	1989: P30 from 39	21 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 22.9
31Mike Skinner	35	45	31.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+15.0¹⁰	14⁴⁵	23.7¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	+2.3⁶	20.3²²	9.9²²	-5.0²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18²²	18.2%²²	—	1993: P35 from 36	16 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 31.0
27Rick Mast	43	45	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.4¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	3⁴⁵	25.3¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	31.1¹⁶	7.9¹⁶	-0.1¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	18.8%¹⁶	—	1988: P32 from 22	25 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 25.2
93Dave Blaney	14	44	24.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	49.9³	—	—	—	—	+15.1⁴	1⁴⁵	29.7¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	-4.7⁶	23.5³⁵	11.3³⁵	-0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	2000: P26 from 15	17 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 27.1
77Robert Pressley	16	44	25.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁴⁵	27.4¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	+5.3⁶	26.2³³	12.0³³	+2.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³³	24.2%³³	—	1995: P30 from 9	12 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 25.7
7Mike Wallace	39	42	27.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	34.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	46.9¹	—	—	—	—	—	13⁴⁵	25.8¹²	—	30.0⁵	—	-10.3⁶	30.9²⁸	11.5²⁸	+6.6²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1994: P18 from 23	10 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 27.9
32Ricky Craven	7	40	29.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+29.8²	13⁴⁵	22.1¹²	—	36.4⁵	—	-3.7⁶	21.0³⁵	12.9³⁵	-3.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1995: P42 from 14	13 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 26.1
44Buckshot Jones	41	38	31.3³	0³	0³	0³	36.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	+10.8²	1⁴⁵	31.2¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	+1.7⁶	31.3²⁹	7.3²⁹	-1.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁹	34.5%²⁹	—	1999: P34 from 32	3 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 31.3
14Ron Hornaday Jr.	40	37	42.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	24.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁴⁵	31.3¹²	—	21.0⁵	—	-11.0⁶	27.1³¹	8.3³¹	-3.2³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	25.8%³¹	—	2001: P42 from 24	1 st · 0 W · best P42 · avg 42.0
92Stacy Compton	22	37	33.0³	0³	0³	0³	34.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁴⁵	31.2¹²	—	31.2⁵	—	0.0⁶	23.8³³	9.6³³	-3.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	2000: P29 from 42	3 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 33.0
01Jason Leffler	38	37	34.3³	0³	0³	0³	33.7³	0.0%³	36.6¹	—	—	—	—	+29.3²	1⁴⁵	26.9¹²	—	33.2⁵	—	+2.3⁶	28.4²⁹	8.5²⁹	+1.2²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	2001: P39 from 40	3 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 34.3
25Jerry Nadeau	11	36	32.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	17.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.5⁶	14⁴⁵	33.0¹²	—	32.6⁵	—	-4.7⁶	22.7³⁵	12.3³⁵	+1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1998: P31 from 25	10 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 32.6