1997 Daytona 500

Race 1 of 32

Daytona
200 laps
Time of race: 3:22:18
Average speed of winner: 148.295 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 12 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 29 laps
Lap leaders: Skinner 1, Earnhardt 2-49, M. Waltrip 50-54, Irvan 55-56, J. Gordon 57-90, Sacks 91-93, Martin 94-145, Irvan 146-154, Elliott 155-167, Marlin 168-175, Irvan 176-177, Elliott 178-194, J. Gordon 195-200

Race notes: First pole for Mike Skinner.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	187.274	200	2	40	running	377410	180
2	18	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	186.904	200	0	0	running	194925	170
3	40	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	186.811	200	0	0	running	155625	165
4	8	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	187.516	200	2	30	running	133200	165
5	9	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	186.378	200	1	8	running	121080	160
6	21	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	187.438	200	0	0	running	100355	150
7	11	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	186.951	200	1	52	running	105515	156
8	17	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	185.670	200	0	0	running	82390	142
9	13	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	187.301	200	0	0	running	88590	138
10	22	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	187.762	200	0	0	running	78840	134
11	23	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	185.904	200	0	0	running	79040	130
12	1	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	189.813	200	1	1	running	77615	132
13	41	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	185.981	200	0	0	running	76570	124
14	30	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	186.869	200	0	0	running	62080	121
15	39	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	186.278	200	0	0	running	77415	118
16	20	Robby Gordon	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	188.021	200	0	0	running	69545	115
17	24	Dave Marcis	71	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	186.324	200	0	0	running	61225	112
18	37	Brett Bodine	11	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	187.052	200	0	0	running	67155	109
19	28	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	186.262	200	0	0	running	65935	106
20	5	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	188.826	200	3	13	running	72325	108
21	15	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	187.363	200	0	0	running	69445	100
22	36	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	187.453	200	0	0	running	65465	97
23	3	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	189.286	200	0	0	running	70510	94
24	35	Lake Speed	9	Melling Auto Parts	Ford	Melling	Buice	188.162	199	0	0	running	64405	91
25	32	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	188.834	198	0	0	running	63325	88
26	33	Loy Allen, Jr.	19	Child Support Recovery International	Ford	Mark Smith		188.474	198	0	0	running	55570	85
27	38	Joe Nemechek	73	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	186.889	196	0	0	running	52240	82
28	16	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	185.897	195	0	0	accident	61935	79
29	42	Morgan Shepherd	1	Delco Remy America	Pontiac	Richard Jackson		185.052	195	0	0	accident	61655	76
30	27	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	187.801	195	0	0	accident	53900	73
31	4	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	188.151	195	1	48	running	72945	75
32	12	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	186.343	188	1	5	running	57990	72
33	10	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	187.231	173	0	0	running	57790	64
34	25	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson	188.048	148	0	0	accident	57605	61
35	7	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	187.543	146	0	0	running	57300	58
36	29	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	187.469	124	0	0	handling	50145	55
37	34	Greg Sacks	20	Hardee's	Ford	Ranier		188.281	120	1	3	accident	50040	57
38	31	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	Jasper Engines/Federal Mogul	Ford	Jasper		189.111	111	0	0	engine	49605	49
39	19	Robert Pressley	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		186.436	91	0	0	accident	49605	46
40	2	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	189.318	88	0	0	accident	57565	43
41	14	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	189.179	47	0	0	engine	66605	40
42	26	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		187.336	32	0	0	engine	49065	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	180	1	0	1	1	1
2	Terry Labonte	170	1	0	0	1	1
3	Ricky Craven	165	1	0	0	1	1
4	Bill Elliott	165	1	0	0	1	1
5	Sterling Marlin	160	1	0	0	1	1
6	Mark Martin	156	1	0	0	0	1
7	Jeremy Mayfield	150	1	0	0	0	1
8	Ward Burton	142	1	0	0	0	1
9	Ricky Rudd	138	1	0	0	0	1
10	Darrell Waltrip	134	1	0	0	0	1
11	Mike Skinner	132	1	1	0	0	0
12	Jeff Burton	130	1	0	0	0	0
13	Ted Musgrave	124	1	0	0	0	0
14	Kyle Petty	121	1	0	0	0	0
15	Bobby Hamilton	118	1	0	0	0	0
16	Robby Gordon	115	1	0	0	0	0
17	Dave Marcis	112	1	0	0	0	0
18	Brett Bodine	109	1	0	0	0	0
19	Ernie Irvan	108	1	0	0	0	0
20	Hut Stricklin	106	1	0	0	0	0
21	Bobby Labonte	100	1	0	0	0	0
22	Kenny Wallace	97	1	0	0	0	0
23	Dale Jarrett	94	1	0	0	0	0
24	Lake Speed	91	1	0	0	0	0
25	John Andretti	88	1	0	0	0	0