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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 Jr.	5	65	6.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	8¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	8.1%¹⁰	102.1⁵	10.5²	9.0²	10.0²	8.5²	-18.7⁵	33⁵⁹	7.6¹⁰	14.5²	13.6⁵	—	+13.3⁶	8.8³¹	11.9³¹	-1.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1997: P22 from 2 · led 22	13 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 9.0
25Kenny Wallace	16	61	10.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.7¹⁰	3.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁵⁹	9.9¹²	—	15.2⁵	—	+6.3⁶	19.6¹⁷	10.1¹⁷	+4.0¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁷	5.9%¹⁷	—	1989: P5 from 14	36 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
12Jimmy Spencer	7	60	13.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0¹	33⁵⁹	12.6¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	16.1⁸	12.4⁸	+6.1⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13⁸	12.5%⁸	—	1988: P5 from 19	20 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
17Matt Kenseth	3	60	18.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	5.6%¹⁰	100.1¹	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	33⁵⁹	7.1¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	-3.0⁶	11.4³¹	12.0³¹	-1.2³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1997: P20 from 20	17 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
35Elliott Sadler	24	58	13.8¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	106.0⁵	9.2²	—	—	—	+0.6⁷	33⁵⁹	18.9¹²	—	14.4⁵	—	+13.0⁶	24.3¹⁴	12.8¹⁴	+1.8¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14¹⁴	28.6%¹⁴	—	1996: P13 from 24	23 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.6
44Terry Labonte	15	58	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.5⁶	33⁵⁹	13.4¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	+11.7⁶	16.8¹⁵	12.0¹⁵	-2.4¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁵	20.0%¹⁵	—	1993: P9 from 2	10 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 17.1
66Todd Bodine	35	58	16.1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	8.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁵⁹	16.9¹²	—	13.8⁵	—	+10.7⁶	20.2³¹	12.1³¹	+5.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1991: P26 from 7	20 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 15.0
5Dick Trickle	39	57	17.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.4¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0¹	33⁵⁹	16.3¹²	—	13.6⁵	—	+10.3⁶	24.1²⁹	9.9²⁹	+4.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1991: P19 from 7 · led 22	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 18.2
1Randy LaJoie	37	57	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.6¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.8⁴	33⁵⁹	16.9¹²	—	11.4⁵	—	-7.3⁶	21.2³¹	13.1³¹	+0.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1989: P11 from 15	21 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.1
32Jeff Green	1	57	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.6¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	32.2⁴	—	—	—	-5.5¹	33⁵⁹	22.3¹²	—	15.4⁵	—	-14.7⁶	10.8³⁰	10.5³⁰	+0.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1991: P17 from 4	38 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 24.0
34Mike McLaughlin	14	56	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	3.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+20.0¹	33⁵⁹	18.0¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+11.7⁶	20.4³¹	11.3³¹	+2.2³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19³¹	19.4%³¹	—	1995: P30 from 35	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.8
98Elton Sawyer	20	55	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9⁵⁹	11.3¹²	—	18.6⁵	—	+15.7⁶	20.8³¹	10.5³¹	+5.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1986: P12 from 24	22 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.3
57Jason Keller	6	55	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁵⁹	14.5¹²	—	19.4⁵	—	+5.3⁶	13.8³¹	12.3³¹	-4.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1993: P20 from 15	33 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.7
00Buckshot Jones	18	55	22.5⁸	0⁸	0⁸	2⁸	20.1⁸	6.9%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁵⁹	22.6¹⁰	—	10.8⁵	—	-9.3⁶	22.4¹⁸	10.2¹⁸	+1.9¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17¹⁸	22.2%¹⁸	—	1995: P23 from 18	8 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.5
36Tim Fedewa	40	54	16.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.5²	0⁵⁹	17.4¹²	—	19.8⁵	—	-6.3⁶	27.1²⁹	12.6²⁹	+5.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁹	27.6%²⁹	—	1993: P16 from 34	22 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.7
41David Green	43	54	11.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.0¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.7⁶	33⁵⁹	13.8¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	+38.0⁶	20.4¹⁶	10.0¹⁶	+5.1¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁶	12.5%¹⁶	—	1991: P2 from 10	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.6
74Tony Raines	38	54	13.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.3³	33⁵⁹	17.8¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	26.5³⁰	8.1³⁰	+6.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	10.0%³⁰	—	1999: P39 from 26	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.1
14Sterling Marlin	4	54	11.2⁶	1⁶	3⁶	4⁶	15.7⁶	8.4%⁶	78.8²	—	—	—	—	-22.8⁴	33⁵⁹	24.8⁵	—	22.0⁵	—	+3.7⁶	10.3⁶	12.7⁶	-10.8⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33⁶	33.3%⁶	—	1998: P23 from 25	6 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 11.2
10Phil Parsons	26	53	14.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	12.6⁹	3.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0²	33⁵⁹	12.3¹²	—	27.6⁵	—	+9.7⁶	27.2³⁰	11.0³⁰	+4.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1982: P1 from 7 · led 11	19 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.6
21Michael Waltrip	10	53	17.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.7¹⁰	8.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁵⁹	16.0¹²	—	22.8⁵	—	+6.0⁶	23.1¹⁴	14.6¹⁴	+5.6¹⁴	0.0¹⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14¹⁴	28.6%¹⁴	—	1988: P23 from 16	27 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 20.3
37Kevin Grubb	32	51	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.3⁶	33⁵⁹	21.1¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	22.5²⁷	11.4²⁷	-0.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.26²⁷	29.6%²⁷	—	1998: P24 from 4	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 20.8
4Jeff Purvis	13	51	23.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-9.7³	33⁵⁹	17.4¹²	—	20.0⁵	—	-9.0⁶	19.8³¹	12.2³¹	+2.6³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1990: P26 from 26	11 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 23.6
72Curtis Markham	21	51	21.2⁵	0⁵	0⁵	2⁵	23.6⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁵⁹	20.1¹¹	—	20.4⁵	—	-1.7⁶	27.0⁹	11.5⁹	-2.9⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33⁹	55.6%⁹	—	1995: P9 from 5	5 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 21.2
50Mark Green	23	51	24.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁵⁹	21.9¹²	—	18.0⁵	—	-9.7⁶	26.7²⁹	7.7²⁹	-0.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1997: P40 from 14	21 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 27.0
27Casey Atwood	9	50	25.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	36.6³	—	—	—	—	+1.6⁶	33⁵⁹	18.5¹¹	—	19.4⁵	—	+1.7⁶	16.5³⁰	13.2³⁰	-5.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.23³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1998: P40 from 20	10 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 25.3
8Bobby Hillin Jr.	41	50	18.0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	27.4⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹	33⁵⁹	17.6¹¹	—	26.4⁵	—	+8.3⁶	28.4²⁵	10.2²⁵	+5.7²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20²⁵	24.0%²⁵	—	1988: P12 from 28	5 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 18.0
55Brandon Sperling	27	50	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁵⁹	20.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
47Andy Santerre	8	48	19.3³	0³	0³	0³	21.3³	9.6%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁵⁹	26.5²	—	25.8⁵	—	+4.0⁶	24.3⁶	15.2⁶	+1.0⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.33⁶	33.3%⁶	—	1998: P11 from 6	3 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 19.3
42Jeff Fuller	22	47	16.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.9¹⁰	6.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+26.0¹	0⁵⁹	32.5¹²	—	25.8⁵	—	+14.0⁶	20.9²⁶	10.3²⁶	-5.5²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27²⁶	34.6%²⁶	—	1995: P14 from 29 · led 6	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.7
59Mike Dillon	19	47	33.8⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	24.5⁸	0.0%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	+24.0³	33⁵⁹	21.0¹⁰	—	17.4⁵	—	-13.3⁶	26.0²⁹	8.3²⁹	+2.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	6.9%²⁹	—	1997: P31 from 10	8 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 33.8
83Wayne Grubb	25	47	18.0²	0²	0²	1²	24.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	-18.0¹	33⁵⁹	27.4⁵	—	27.8⁵	—	+19.0⁶	27.9¹⁶	9.2¹⁶	-3.1¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50¹⁶	75.0%¹⁶	—	1998: P7 from 31	2 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 18.0
77Brad Teague	42	47	13.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	9.5¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	9⁵⁹	17.4¹²	—	37.8⁵	—	+2.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1982: P5 from 4	33 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 24.3
89Derrike Cope	17	44	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	29.7¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	29.3¹	—	—	—	—	+1.3³	33⁵⁹	30.9¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	-5.0⁶	28.3⁴	9.1⁴	+2.0⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	25.0%⁴	—	1994: P8 from 14	23 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 28.1
93Dave Blaney	31	44	26.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	14.5⁴	0.0%⁴	68.4¹	—	—	—	—	-9.0¹	0⁵⁹	22.0¹²	—	29.4⁵	—	-0.7⁶	12.3³⁰	12.2³⁰	-5.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1998: P22 from 10	4 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 26.3
45Adam Petty	36	43	29.0²	0²	0²	0²	20.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁵⁹	28.0³	—	25.4⁵	—	+7.7⁶	24.2²⁸	11.4²⁸	-2.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.32²⁸	42.9%²⁸	—	1999: P18 from 3	2 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 29.0
43Shane Hall	2	42	28.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁵⁹	27.7¹²	—	28.8⁵	—	+11.7⁶	18.8²⁴	9.7²⁴	-7.4²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25²⁴	37.5%²⁴	—	1996: P35 from 9	11 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 29.3
96Gus Wasson	28	40	31.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	31.0⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁵⁹	30.5²	—	27.2⁵	—	-15.0⁶	32.5⁴	10.5⁴	+3.0⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	25.0%⁴	—	2000: P33 from 18	4 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 31.8
16Mark Day	34	38	35.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	36.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	0⁵⁹	—	—	35.2⁵	—	+3.3⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1997: P35 from 36	1 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 35.0
28Jason A. White (Virginia)	33	37	31.7³	0³	0³	0³	37.0³	0.0%³	44.7¹	—	—	—	—	-2.5¹	33⁵⁹	37.0⁴	—	29.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	28.0¹	—	+2.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹	0.0%¹	—	2003: P32 from 35	3 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 31.7
01Philip Morris	29	36	40.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	15.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+12.0¹	33⁵⁹	42.0¹	—	22.2⁵	—	-19.0⁶	17.0²	19.8²	-4.0²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²	0.0%²	—	2000: P40 from 15	1 st · 0 W · best P40 · avg 40.0
90Brad Loney	11	36	34.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	9.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁵⁹	35.0¹	—	31.4⁵	—	-6.0⁶	25.2¹⁶	12.5¹⁶	-3.5¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.44¹⁶	56.3%¹⁶	—	1999: P34 from 9	1 st · 0 W · best P34 · avg 34.0
7Joe Buford	12	36	38.3³	0³	0³	0³	33.0³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁵⁹	—	—	36.4⁵	—	-2.3⁶	19.5²	18.4²	-10.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	50.0%²	—	1999: P43 from 29	3 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 38.3
19Jamie Skinner	30	33	41.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	9.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	33⁵⁹	—	—	39.0³	—	—	38.5²	7.1²	+0.5²	0.0²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	50.0%²	—	2000: P41 from 9	1 st · 0 W · best P41 · avg 41.0