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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
2Rusty Wallace	4	63	9.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	4.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵²	17.5¹²	—	10.0⁵	—	+5.0⁶	16.4³⁵	11.9³⁵	-2.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1984: P12 from 11	43 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 9.5
9Bill Elliott	5	63	10.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵²	11.5¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	-12.0⁶	14.9³⁵	11.2³⁵	-1.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1979: P10 from 17	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
48Jimmie Johnson	23	62	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.5¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	75.1⁵	12.1⁶	9.0²	11.5²	7.0²	-0.9¹⁰	13⁵²	14.1¹²	13.3³	11.6⁵	—	+11.0⁶	12.0³⁵	10.2³⁵	+0.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	2002: P7 from 33	37 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.2
40Sterling Marlin	16	62	16.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵²	19.0¹²	—	4.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	21.6³⁵	12.3³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1983: P18 from 19	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.6
24Jeff Gordon	2	61	13.7¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	6.8¹⁰	19.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.5¹⁰	13⁵²	14.6¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	-7.7⁶	8.8³⁵	11.6³⁵	-4.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1993: P17 from 21	46 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 12.3
6Mark Martin	19	61	9.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	5¹⁰	6¹⁰	8.2¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵²	19.2¹²	—	13.4⁵	—	-6.0⁶	20.7³⁵	12.3³⁵	+0.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	1982: P14 from 17	46 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.5
5Terry Labonte	17	60	7.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	9¹⁰	7.3¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵²	13.1¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	+7.0⁶	20.5³⁵	7.9³⁵	+4.5³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	1979: P7 from 10	57 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.8
8Dale Earnhardt Jr.	8	59	13.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	14.1%¹⁰	104.9¹	—	—	—	—	-6.3¹⁰	13⁵²	14.9¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	+20.3⁶	12.6³⁵	12.4³⁵	-0.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P38 from 12	34 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.5
21Ricky Rudd	34	59	12.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵²	12.7¹²	—	20.2⁵	—	+11.3⁶	27.0³⁵	12.1³⁵	+4.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1975: P10 from 23	57 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.5
17Matt Kenseth	37	58	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	20.3¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	97.8¹	15.7²	20.0²	18.5²	18.0²	-6.5¹⁰	19⁵²	17.9¹²	23.3³	12.0⁵	—	+10.0⁶	20.9³⁵	9.7³⁵	+10.4³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	2000: P12 from 22	37 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 14.0
97Kurt Busch	9	57	13.0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	8.1%¹⁰	98.2³	14.0⁷	17.3³	18.0³	16.7³	-5.6¹⁰	19⁵²	22.0¹²	15.0¹¹	15.0⁵	—	-1.3⁶	16.9³⁵	14.5³⁵	-1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	2001: P42 from 39	40 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 14.5
20Tony Stewart	10	57	17.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	15.4¹⁰	11.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3¹⁰	13⁵²	12.8¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	0.0⁶	14.0³⁵	12.6³⁵	-0.3³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1999: P15 from 4 · led 55	32 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.4
12Ryan Newman	1	57	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.5¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	77.1⁵	20.5⁸	26.3⁴	23.8⁴	25.8⁴	+4.6¹⁰	3⁵²	15.0¹²	23.3¹⁰	8.0⁵	—	-9.0⁶	6.9³⁵	14.8³⁵	-6.8³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	20.0%³⁵	—	2002: P37 from 8	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.5
29Kevin Harvick	27	57	10.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	16.0¹⁰	6.7%¹⁰	103.8³	13.2⁹	9.8⁵	6.0⁵	8.6⁵	-12.7¹⁰	13⁵²	19.0¹²	11.4¹²	24.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	17.4³⁵	9.8³⁵	+4.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	0.0%³⁵	—	2001: P24 from 3 · led 137	42 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.6
7Jimmy Spencer	7	54	16.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0¹	3⁵²	17.8¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	24.5³⁴	11.0³⁴	-0.5³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	23.5%³⁴	—	1989: P8 from 12	27 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.3
99Jeff Burton	29	53	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.2¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+4.4⁶	19⁵²	25.8¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	-10.3⁶	24.1³⁵	11.6³⁵	+6.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	1994: P31 from 35	40 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.2
42Jamie McMurray	26	52	21.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.8¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	63.5⁷	26.2²	—	—	—	+2.7¹⁰	3⁵²	18.8¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	-14.3⁶	18.7³⁵	12.0³⁵	-0.1³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2003: P3 from 31	31 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.9
16Greg Biffle	15	52	10.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	15.7¹⁰	4.0%¹⁰	103.2⁷	—	—	—	—	-8.1¹⁰	19⁵²	18.8¹²	37.0¹	28.4⁵	—	-7.0⁶	20.3³⁴	9.6³⁴	+0.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	2003: P22 from 34	27 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 13.5
88Dale Jarrett	38	52	16.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.4¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵²	20.0¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-6.3⁶	25.5³⁵	12.4³⁵	+2.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	22.9%³⁵	—	1986: P29 from 28	43 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.1
15Michael Waltrip	28	51	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵²	17.7¹²	—	24.4⁵	—	-6.0⁶	17.2³⁵	13.3³⁵	-1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1986: P32 from 24	47 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.4
22Ward Burton	11	50	24.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵²	23.5¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	-9.3⁶	22.9³⁵	9.4³⁵	+1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1994: P25 from 21	23 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.3
18Bobby Labonte	12	50	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵²	21.8¹²	—	21.4⁵	—	-4.7⁶	11.9³⁵	13.9³⁵	-4.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	14.3%³⁵	—	1993: P24 from 33	41 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.0
45Kyle Petty	32	49	17.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.3⁶	3⁵²	19.3¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+22.3⁶	33.3³²	7.5³²	+3.5³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³²	12.5%³²	—	1981: P11 from 23	49 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.7
19Jeremy Mayfield	18	49	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.6¹⁰	4.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	3⁵²	22.8¹²	—	21.8⁵	—	+5.7⁶	18.9³⁵	13.7³⁵	-1.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1994: P21 from 25	25 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.2
49Ken Schrader	3	48	20.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.3⁴	3⁵²	16.1¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	+2.0⁶	30.6³¹	9.2³¹	+2.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1985: P10 from 16	49 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 19.0
10Johnny Benson Jr.	20	48	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+8.7⁵	1⁵²	20.3¹²	—	25.0⁵	—	-11.3⁶	24.6³⁵	10.1³⁵	+1.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1996: P28 from 29	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 24.1
1Steve Park	35	47	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	28.2¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.6⁷	13⁵²	20.8¹²	—	28.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	26.8³⁴	10.1³⁴	+0.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18³⁴	17.6%³⁴	—	1998: P34 from 36	10 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 19.5
38Elliott Sadler	30	47	26.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.7¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+31.0¹	19⁵²	26.0¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	-0.3⁶	14.0³⁵	12.7³⁵	-8.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁵	25.7%³⁵	—	1998: P24 from 32	24 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 23.1
32Ricky Craven	14	46	26.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-8.7³	1⁵²	23.8¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-2.0⁶	26.7³⁵	13.1³⁵	+2.2³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	1995: P29 from 7	14 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.4
11Brett Bodine	33	46	18.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	19⁵²	20.5¹²	—	31.4⁵	—	-10.3⁶	34.0⁵	5.8⁵	-1.2⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.40⁵	40.0%⁵	—	1988: P17 from 11	30 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.1
23Kenny Wallace	40	45	26.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	14.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0³	3⁵²	21.9¹²	—	24.2⁵	—	-2.7⁶	27.4³⁵	7.6³⁵	+0.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	8.6%³⁵	—	1993: P13 from 30	19 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 25.4
01Jerry Nadeau	13	44	26.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.4⁷	1⁵²	24.3¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	+4.0⁶	17.1⁹	11.6⁹	-9.2⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	33.3%⁹	—	1998: P37 from 23	10 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 26.1
4Mike Skinner	6	44	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.1¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.3¹⁰	1⁵²	22.4¹²	—	28.2⁵	—	+7.3⁶	23.9²⁵	8.8²⁵	-5.1²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.24²⁵	28.0%²⁵	—	1996: P36 from 6 · led 10	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 26.2
43John Andretti	43	44	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+3.5⁴	3⁵²	20.7¹²	—	29.2⁵	—	-1.3⁶	26.6²⁸	10.2²⁸	-0.4²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1994: P30 from 23	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 25.0
77Dave Blaney	31	43	27.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	68.3³	—	—	—	—	+16.5⁶	19⁵²	26.3¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	+0.3⁶	24.1³⁵	9.8³⁵	-0.6³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	11.4%³⁵	—	2000: P35 from 26	25 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 30.4
54Todd Bodine	41	42	27.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0²	19⁵²	24.2¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	+10.0⁶	26.9³⁴	11.3³⁴	+1.1³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21³⁴	23.5%³⁴	—	1994: P26 from 8	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 30.1
25Joe Nemechek	25	41	26.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.8⁵	13⁵²	26.3¹²	—	26.8⁵	—	+2.3⁶	19.1³⁵	11.2³⁵	-4.0³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁵	17.1%³⁵	—	1994: P16 from 6	35 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 31.6
41Casey Mears	39	39	28.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	57.5⁷	—	—	—	—	+11.4¹⁰	3⁵²	28.8¹²	37.0²	25.8⁵	—	-4.0⁶	21.3³⁵	8.0³⁵	-8.7³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁵	28.6%³⁵	—	2003: P21 from 41	27 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 27.5
30Jeff Green	21	39	29.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.6¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	65.5²	—	—	—	—	+8.7⁹	13⁵²	28.6¹²	—	27.0⁵	—	-8.0⁶	28.1³⁰	8.1³⁰	+1.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1997: P21 from 30	15 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 25.8
37Derrike Cope	24	39	24.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	13⁵²	23.6¹²	—	37.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	39.8¹⁷	4.1¹⁷	+0.9¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁷	64.7%¹⁷	—	1987: P16 from 28	27 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 25.4
31Robby Gordon	36	38	28.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	51.9²	—	—	—	—	+8.9⁶	13⁵²	32.9¹²	—	25.2⁵	—	+0.7⁶	22.7³⁵	11.1³⁵	+2.9³⁵	0.0³⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³⁵	5.7%³⁵	—	1997: P43 from 20	21 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 29.8
74Tony Raines	22	36	28.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	31.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	44.4⁸	—	—	—	—	+3.8⁴	13⁵²	26.7¹²	—	36.2⁵	—	+2.7⁶	32.8³⁴	9.0³⁴	+5.2³⁴	0.0³⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³⁴	11.8%³⁴	—	2003: P20 from 12	10 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 28.3
0Jack Sprague	42	32	40.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	40.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+38.0¹	1⁵²	27.5²	—	29.6⁵	—	+8.7⁶	26.9¹⁷	8.5¹⁷	-3.4¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12¹⁷	23.5%¹⁷	—	1997: P40 from 40	1 st · 0 W · best P40 · avg 40.0