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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
5Ron Hornaday Jr.	8	63	9.0³	0³	2³	2³	4.0³	15.9%³	—	—	—	—	—	-20.5²	24³³	17.6⁷	—	15.0⁵	—	-6.0⁶	18.1²⁹	11.8²⁹	-0.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁹	24.1%²⁹	—	2000: P20 from 6 · led 29	3 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 9.0
60Greg Biffle	7	61	18.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	2⁶	23.3⁶	0.9%⁶	81.3⁴	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁴	3³³	15.0¹²	—	8.0⁵	—	-5.3⁶	10.8³³	11.5³³	+1.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	12.1%³³	—	2001: P9 from 31	6 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 18.8
37Jeff Purvis	11	61	11.8⁸	0⁸	3⁸	5⁸	12.8⁸	6.1%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0²	1³³	20.9⁹	—	13.4⁵	—	+3.7⁶	19.5¹¹	8.8¹¹	+0.5¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09¹¹	18.2%¹¹	—	1992: P7 from 27	8 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 11.8
48Kenny Wallace	20	59	19.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	21.9¹⁰	0.8%¹⁰	58.1³	—	—	—	—	+1.0²	1³³	14.5¹²	—	11.8⁵	—	+2.7⁶	16.6³³	8.0³³	+1.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	1992: P26 from 29	15 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.7
87Joe Nemechek	3	59	14.3¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	12.3%¹⁰	—	23.9²	32.0¹	31.0¹	32.0¹	—	1³³	18.9¹²	33.0¹	16.6⁵	—	-4.0⁶	12.2¹³	14.5¹³	-0.8¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹³	15.4%¹³	—	1992: P13 from 17	21 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.3
10Scott Riggs	5	59	17.5²	0²	0²	0²	16.0²	0.0%²	90.6¹	—	—	—	—	-4.0¹	3³³	14.6⁵	—	14.6⁵	—	+3.7⁶	10.7³³	12.4³³	-5.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	18.2%³³	—	2003: P24 from 8	2 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 17.5
57Jason Keller	12	57	26.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	21.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.3³	3³³	17.8¹²	—	6.0⁵	—	-0.3⁶	6.7³³	11.1³³	-5.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	15.2%³³	—	1993: P37 from 42	15 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.2
1Jimmy Spencer	28	56	18.0⁷	0⁷	2⁷	2⁷	18.9⁷	6.9%⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	1³³	20.6¹⁰	—	15.6⁵	—	+19.7⁶	14.0²²	13.4²²	-5.4²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²²	40.9%²²	—	1992: P32 from 10	7 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.0
18Mike McLaughlin	19	56	19.7⁹	1⁹	2⁹	3⁹	11.4⁹	5.5%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	-15.8²	24³³	28.5¹²	—	9.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	13.0³³	10.3³³	-0.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	1994: P7 from 12	9 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.7
19Tim Sauter	10	56	16.0³	0³	0³	0³	24.0³	0.0%³	61.3²	—	—	—	—	—	24³³	18.2⁵	—	21.4⁵	—	-9.3⁶	22.8³³	8.5³³	+4.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	2001: P15 from 7	3 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 16.0
14Larry Foyt	31	55	12.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	17.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	24³³	20.8⁴	—	25.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	24.9³³	7.2³³	+1.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	9.1%³³	—	2001: P12 from 17	1 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 12.0
24Jack Sprague	6	55	22.0²	0²	0²	0²	18.5²	0.4%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	24³³	27.3⁷	—	9.4⁵	—	-3.7⁶	14.4³³	11.2³³	-0.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	12.1%³³	—	1992: P29 from 24 · led 1	2 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 22.0
7Randy LaJoie	15	54	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.3¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.5²	24³³	13.3¹²	—	23.6⁵	—	+7.0⁶	15.1³³	10.4³³	-0.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	12.1%³³	—	1993: P2 from 3	11 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.8
66Casey Mears	24	54	14.5²	0²	1²	1²	12.5²	21.7%²	108.7²	—	—	—	—	-9.5²	1³³	17.6⁵	—	26.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	18.3³³	8.4³³	-5.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	9.1%³³	—	2005: P26 from 21	2 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 14.5
20Coy Gibbs	26	54	9.0¹	0¹	0¹	1¹	14.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0¹	1³³	28.0²	—	26.2⁵	—	-7.0⁶	31.0⁴	7.1⁴	+8.0⁴	0.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.25⁴	25.0%⁴	—	2003: P9 from 14	1 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 9.0
21Jay Sauter	4	54	16.3³	0³	0³	1³	21.0³	0.0%³	70.2¹	—	—	—	—	—	24³³	25.5⁴	—	19.0⁵	—	-8.3⁶	14.8¹³	11.0¹³	-3.3¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15¹³	23.1%¹³	—	2000: P27 from 15	3 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 16.3
92Todd Bodine	17	54	19.9⁸	0⁸	2⁸	3⁸	15.1⁸	0.8%⁸	—	—	—	—	—	-2.0²	24³³	24.3¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	-6.0⁶	16.9²⁷	13.0²⁷	-2.6²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11²⁷	18.5%²⁷	—	1992: P3 from 9	8 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.9
99Michael Waltrip	13	53	15.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	9.8%¹⁰	62.8²	—	—	—	—	+29.0¹	24³³	20.8¹²	—	26.4⁵	—	+4.7⁶	13.2¹⁸	14.1¹⁸	-0.6¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17¹⁸	16.7%¹⁸	—	1992: P2 from 7 · led 55	12 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.7
27Jamie McMurray	18	52	25.8⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	15.7⁶	5.8%⁶	79.5⁴	—	—	—	—	+12.3³	1³³	13.8¹⁰	—	19.0⁵	—	-2.0⁶	16.3³³	10.8³³	+1.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	12.1%³³	—	2001: P29 from 13	6 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 25.8
33Tony Raines	14	52	18.0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	2⁶	24.8⁶	0.1%⁶	75.4²	—	—	—	—	-8.0²	1³³	23.2¹¹	—	22.0⁵	—	+12.7⁶	20.4³³	10.7³³	+2.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	18.2%³³	—	1999: P24 from 31	6 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.0
23Scott Wimmer	34	52	24.5⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	23.2⁶	0.1%⁶	62.5⁴	—	—	—	—	-1.7³	1³³	19.8¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	+0.7⁶	21.8³³	10.0³³	+10.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	2001: P42 from 10	6 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 24.5
54Kevin Grubb	38	52	19.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	18.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3³	24³³	20.2⁵	—	23.2⁵	—	-3.7⁶	23.4²⁹	12.2²⁹	+0.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21²⁹	37.9%²⁹	—	1999: P30 from 29	4 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 19.5
25Bobby Hamilton Jr.	37	51	19.1⁷	0⁷	2⁷	2⁷	24.9⁷	0.1%⁷	82.0²	—	—	—	—	-12.0²	3³³	22.2¹²	—	23.4⁵	—	+3.3⁶	13.6³³	11.8³³	-2.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	18.2%³³	—	1999: P33 from 34	7 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.1
12Kerry Earnhardt	23	51	11.3³	0³	1³	1³	23.7³	0.3%³	89.6²	—	—	—	—	-29.0¹	24³³	29.9⁹	—	27.8⁵	—	-6.0⁶	26.2³³	10.9³³	+2.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	21.2%³³	—	2003: P17 from 17 · led 1	3 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 11.3
59Stacy Compton	2	51	26.5⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	24.3⁴	0.0%⁴	45.1²	—	—	—	—	+13.0³	24³³	24.3¹⁰	—	14.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	12.9³³	9.3³³	-3.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	2003: P32 from 5	4 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 26.5
4Mike Wallace	27	50	21.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	26.3¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	72.7³	—	—	—	—	+7.0²	1³³	18.0¹²	—	26.2⁵	—	+11.3⁶	29.1¹⁶	8.8¹⁶	+4.9¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06¹⁶	25.0%¹⁶	—	1993: P35 from 34	16 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.5
47Shane Hmiel	16	50	23.0²	0²	1²	1²	21.5²	0.0%²	47.1¹	—	—	—	—	—	1³³	21.0⁵	—	22.4⁵	—	+9.3⁶	17.4³³	10.7³³	-3.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	15.2%³³	—	2003: P3 from 25	2 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.0
2Johnny Sauter	1	48	29.6⁵	0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	14.6⁵	0.2%⁵	64.3³	—	—	—	—	+15.3³	24³³	19.3¹²	—	18.8⁵	—	-17.7⁶	17.8³²	11.1³²	-1.1³²	0.0³²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16³²	15.6%³²	—	2003: P26 from 9	5 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 29.6
46Ashton Lewis	30	48	21.0⁵	0⁵	1⁵	1⁵	28.6⁵	0.0%⁵	62.6²	—	—	—	—	-4.0²	24³³	19.6¹¹	—	30.4⁵	—	+3.0⁶	20.1³³	12.0³³	-2.4³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21³³	33.3%³³	—	2001: P31 from 30	5 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.0
07Tim Fedewa	32	48	22.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.1¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.5⁶	1³³	24.5¹²	—	26.2⁵	—	+10.3⁶	25.6⁸	9.8⁸	+0.3⁸	0.0⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.38⁸	37.5%⁸	—	1993: P12 from 7	11 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.4
63Shane Hall	33	46	23.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	29.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	24³³	29.1⁷	—	23.4⁵	—	-7.0⁶	33.0²³	8.4²³	+6.2²³	0.0²³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²³	43.5%²³	—	1997: P22 from 31	4 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 23.8
36Hank Parker Jr.	9	44	33.7³	0³	0³	0³	23.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	+16.0¹	1³³	19.3⁴	—	23.2⁵	—	-10.3⁶	19.5³³	12.6³³	-1.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.24³³	27.3%³³	—	1999: P19 from 42	3 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 33.7
26Lyndon Amick	25	44	27.8⁵	0⁵	1⁵	1⁵	20.4⁵	0.0%⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	1³³	28.3⁴	—	24.4⁵	—	+8.3⁶	21.5¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	-4.0¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.30¹⁰	30.0%¹⁰	—	1998: P33 from 32	5 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 27.8
51Joe Ruttman	21	44	24.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	13.0¹	0.0%¹	55.8¹	—	—	—	—	—	1³³	28.7³	—	29.0⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2005: P24 from 13	1 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 24.0
38Christian Elder	29	44	26.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	35.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	+20.0¹	3³³	32.5²	—	23.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	31.0⁷	5.9⁷	-3.3⁷	0.0⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.57⁷	71.4%⁷	—	2001: P26 from 35	1 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 26.0
49Andy Kirby	39	43	17.5²	0²	0²	0²	39.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	3³³	37.0¹	—	32.2⁵	—	-11.7⁶	35.2¹¹	5.8¹¹	+1.1¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.36¹¹	63.6%¹¹	—	2000: P19 from 38	2 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 17.5
16Chad Chaffin	40	39	26.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	29.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	1³³	39.6⁵	—	28.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	34.8²⁵	6.6²⁵	+0.7²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.16²⁵	56.0%²⁵	—	2000: P26 from 29	1 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 26.0
67Skip Smith	35	39	25.5²	0²	0²	0²	22.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	24³³	36.3⁴	—	31.8⁵	—	+4.7⁶	30.0¹	—	0.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.00¹	100.0%¹	—	2001: P36 from 27	2 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 25.5
84Larry Gunselman	42	39	30.5²	0²	0²	0²	37.0²	0.0%²	36.6¹	—	—	—	—	+4.0¹	24³³	28.0⁴	—	31.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	39.0¹⁶	5.9¹⁶	+5.7¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.19¹⁶	56.3%¹⁶	—	2003: P18 from 40	2 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 30.5
88Jeff Fuller	22	38	27.5⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	29.2⁶	0.0%⁶	—	—	—	—	—	+36.5²	1³³	32.2⁹	—	33.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	5.0¹	—	-37.0¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.00¹	100.0%¹	—	1995: P14 from 23	6 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 27.5
77Jimmy Kitchens	36	37	29.7³	0³	0³	0³	39.3³	0.0%³	45.3¹	—	—	—	—	-5.0²	3³³	30.5⁴	—	36.0⁵	—	-2.7⁶	36.9¹³	8.4¹³	+4.0¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15¹³	53.8%¹³	—	1999: P42 from 33	3 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 29.7
44Mike Harmon	41	34	32.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	33.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	34.3⁶	31.7⁵	36.3³	36.3³	35.3³	—	24³³	30.8¹²	32.5²	37.4⁵	—	+2.0⁶	38.8²⁴	5.3²⁴	+2.2²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13²⁴	83.3%²⁴	—	1996: P40 from 28	15 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 30.4
52Brad Teague	43	33	33.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	35.0¹	0.9%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	3³³	31.9¹¹	—	37.8⁵	—	+2.0⁶	38.1¹⁸	7.7¹⁸	+2.8¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	55.6%¹⁸	—	2003: P33 from 35 · led 1	1 st · 0 W · best P33 · avg 33.0