NASCAR Cup Series

Best dirt track average start

Driver	Average start
Dick Hutcherson	3.1429
Tim Flock	4.1062
Bobby Isaac	4.8000
Fonty Flock	5.0000
Herb Thomas	5.5000
Richard Petty	5.5325
Ned Jarrett	5.5586
David Pearson	5.7500
Paul Goldsmith	6.1538
Fireball Roberts	6.2289
Speedy Thompson	6.4530
Junior Johnson	6.6786
Curtis Turner	6.8267
Rex White	6.9512
Gober Sosebee	7.0370
Dick Rathman	7.0484
John Sears	7.1707
Ralph Moody	7.2286
Joe Weatherly	7.3077
Buck Baker	7.3646
Marvin Panch	7.4110
Jack Smith	7.5891
Cotton Owens	7.7711
James Hylton	7.7857
Bill Amick	7.8125
Bob Flock	8.0000
Dick Linder	8.1000
Lee Petty	8.2933
Doug Yates	8.6341
Emanuel Zervakis	8.9167
LeeRoy Yarbrough	8.9333
Gwyn Staley	8.9565
Hershel McGriff	9.0833
Jim Reed	9.3704
Bob Welborn	9.5570
Billy Myers	9.6833
G.C. Spencer	9.8211
Eddie Pagan	9.9310
Tom Pistone	10.0244
Ralph Earnhardt	10.0476
Joe Eubanks	10.0864
Dink Widenhouse	10.1111
Tommy Irwin	10.1556
Ken Rush	10.2143
Lloyd Dane	10.2174
Cale Yarborough	10.2727
Al Keller	10.3077
Jim Paschal	10.3136
Frank Mundy	10.4762
Elmo Langley	10.4865
Tiny Lund	10.8333
Laird Bruner	11.0000
Jimmy Pardue	11.0118
Billy Carden	11.0204
Buddy Shuman	11.0714
J.T. Putney	11.6333
Doug Cooper	11.6486
Darel Dieringer	11.7931
Buddy Baker	11.9444
Perk Brown	11.9444
Bill Champion	12.3704
Bill Blair	12.8909
Jimmie Lewallen	12.9701
Jim Cook	13.0000
Paul Lewis	13.2581
Jimmy Florian	13.3333
Donald Thomas	13.4286
Wendell Scott	13.4800
Fred Harb	13.5065
Larry Frank	13.5652
Stick Elliott	13.6571
Johnny Allen	13.8228
Lloyd Moore	13.8333
Curtis Crider	13.9800
Larry Thomas	14.0000
Bill Widenhouse	14.2308
Clyde Lynn	14.5000
Clyde Minter	14.5000
Jimmy Massey	14.5833
J.D. McDuffie	14.6897
Doug Cox	14.8696
Bub King	15.2143
Buddy Arrington	15.2667
Dave Terrell	15.3235
Ralph Liguori	15.6571
Dick Beaty	15.7143
George Green	15.7500
Neil Castles	15.8889
Billy Rafter	15.9091
Ray Duhigg	15.9545
Earl Brooks	16.1071
Slick Smith	16.2308
Larry Manning	16.2857
Blackie Pitt	16.5349
Harvey Henderson	16.6061
Arden Mounts	16.6364
Herman Beam	16.6989
Eddie Skinner	16.7179
Bob Derrington	16.8462
Henley Gray	16.9184
E.J. Trivette	17.2558
Roy Tyner	17.2990
Brownie King	17.3220
Bobby Keck	17.3729
Bobby Waddell	17.4091
Bill Seifert	17.4483
Gene Simpson	17.8947
Clarence DeZalia	18.0513
Jimmy Helms	18.0968
Fred Dove	18.1875
L.D. Austin	18.5161
Shep Langdon	18.5455
Erick Erickson	19.6429
Elton Hildreth	20.1667
Bill Rexford	20.6154
Ted Chamberlain	21.7586
Ed Cole	21.7727
Coleman Lawrence	26.0769