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Over the past 10 years of Winston Cup racing, the series has amassed an impressive body of statistics on virtually every aspect of competition. Our number crunchers ground out some surprising figures about who wins and how they do it.

Only 13.8% of all races from '87 to '96 were won from the pole. Driver Wins Rusty Wallace 7 Rusty Wallace photograph by Sam Sharpe Bill Elliott 6 Dale Earnhardt 4 Jeff Gordon 4 Mark Martin 4 Geoff Bodine 3 Kyle Petty 3 Davey Allison 2 Ernie Irvan 2 Bobby Labonte 2 Terry Labonte 2 Alan Kulwicki 1 Sterling Marlin 1

At the '88 Firecracker 400, Bill Elliott epitomized a come-from-behind win by weaving his way to Victory Lane. Other drivers have also won from the back of the pack: Year Starting Position Track Driver 1988 38 Daytona B. Elliott 1995 37 Dover Downs K. Petty 1993 33 Loudon R. Wallace 1988 30 Rockingham N. Bonnett 1995 29 Phoenix R. Rudd 1995 27 Pocono T. Labonte 1994 24 Bristol D. Earnhardt 1992 24 Brooklyn H. Gant 1996 24 Indianapolis D. Jarrett 1995 24 Richmond T. Labonte Bill Elliott photograph by Jim Gund

Driver Wins Dale Earnhardt photograph by Sam Sharpe Dale Earnhardt 50 Rusty Wallace 44 Bill Elliott 23 Davey Allison 19 Jeff Gordon 19 Mark Martin 18 Ernie Irvan 14 Darrell Waltrip 14 Geoff Bodine 13 Terry Labonte 12 Ricky Rudd 11 Harry Gant 9 Dale Jarrett 8 Kyle Petty 7 Sterling Marlin 6 Alan Kulwicki 5 Bobby Labonte 4 Ken Schrader 4 Bobby Allison 2 Neil Bonnett 2 Derrike Cope 2 Tim Richmond 2 Morgan Shepherd 2 Jimmy Spencer 2 Brett Bodine 1 Ward Burton 1 Bobby Hamilton 1 Phil Parsons 1 Lake Speed 1