1997 Miller 500

Race 12 of 32

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:21:42
Average speed of winner: 114.635 mph
Margin of victory: 0.091 sec.
Lead changes: 23 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 54 laps
Lap leaders: B. Labonte 1-29, Petty 30-32, D. Waltrip 33, Petty 34-36, Irvan 37-121, Jarrett 122, Martin 123, J. Burton 124, Shepherd 125-126, G. Bodine 127-128, Benson 129, Irvan 130-186, Jarrett 187-228, Gordon 229-235, Jarrett 236-262, Gordon 263-270, Jarrett 271-410, Rudd 411-412, Schrader 413-414, Jarrett 415-450, Gordon 451-453, Jarrett 454-462, Irvan 463-471, Rudd 472-500

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	13	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	150.558	500	2	31	running	95255	180
2	7	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	151.007	500	1	1	running	52405	175
3	34	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	149.726	500	1	1	running	53155	170
4	25	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	149.732	500	0	0	running	37090	160
5	3	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	151.694	500	2	6	running	31820	160
6	11	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	150.754	499	1	2	running	34515	155
7	24	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	149.732	499	0	0	running	32265	146
8	12	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	150.565	499	0	0	running	31765	142
9	40	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	provisional	498	0	0	running	24815	138
10	26	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	152.143	498	0	0	running	39615	134
11	17	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	150.194	498	0	0	running	29540	130
12	30	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	150.483	498	0	0	running	28940	127
13	19	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	149.944	498	0	0	running	28450	124
14	21	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	149.919	497	0	0	running	38940	121
15	4	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	151.471	497	0	0	running	22690	118
16	43	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	provisional	497	0	0	running	33265	115
17	39	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	provisional	497	0	0	running	31780	112
18	8	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	150.981	496	0	0	running	16665	109
19	14	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	150.338	496	0	0	running	27140	106
20	15	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	150.326	495	0	0	running	22440	103
21	29	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	150.703	495	1	1	running	26840	105
22	22	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	149.806	493	0	0	running	26690	97
23	33	Mike Wallace	91	Spam	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	149.800	493	0	0	running	18240	94
24	28	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	151.038	492	0	0	running	26490	91
25	5	Dave Marcis	71	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	151.318	492	0	0	running	21340	88
26	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	151.841	490	3	18	running	33470	90
27	41	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	provisional	485	0	0	handling	26090	82
28	37	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	149.564	482	1	1	running	26040	84
29	23	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	149.750	482	0	0	running	25490	76
30	10	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	150.849	471	3	151	accident	35940	78
31	16	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Pontiac	ppc	Holly	150.269	468	0	0	oil leak	15890	70
32	6	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	151.292	463	6	255	engine	44130	77
33	20	Brett Bodine	11	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	149.938	453	0	0	ignition	22780	64
34	9	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	150.956	435	0	0	running	15730	61
35	42	Gary Bradberry	19	Child Support Recovery International	Ford	Mark Smith		provisional	398	0	0	accident	15530	58
36	31	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	150.294	364	0	0	electrical	22515	55
37	27	Jeff Green	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		151.280	356	0	0	suspension	15485	52
38	36	Morgan Shepherd	1	Cruisin' America Phone Card	Pontiac	Richard Jackson		149.682	323	1	2	accident	22485	54
39	18	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	150.113	316	0	0	engine	32485	46
40	1	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	152.788	283	1	29	running	36485	48
41	32	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers/Simmons	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	149.856	238	0	0	accident	15485	40
42	35	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson	149.713	237	1	2	accident	41485	42
43	38	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	Jasper Engines/Federal Mogul	Ford	Jasper		149.539	234	0	0	accident	19885	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	1812	12	0	0	5	10
2	Jeff Gordon	1775	12	1	5	9	9
3	Mark Martin	1734	12	2	2	6	8
4	Dale Jarrett	1656	12	1	2	7	7
5	Jeff Burton	1602	12	0	1	6	8
6	Dale Earnhardt	1553	12	0	0	1	5
7	Bobby Labonte	1532	12	1	0	4	7
8	Ricky Rudd	1486	12	0	1	3	6
9	Michael Waltrip	1384	12	0	0	0	5
10	Bill Elliott	1365	12	0	0	2	4
11	Bobby Hamilton	1309	12	0	0	2	3
12	Jeremy Mayfield	1307	12	0	0	1	4
13	Rusty Wallace	1303	12	1	1	4	6
14	Johnny Benson, Jr.	1285	12	0	0	0	3
15	Ernie Irvan	1250	12	0	0	1	4
16	Ken Schrader	1242	12	0	0	0	3
17	Ted Musgrave	1233	12	0	0	1	1
18	Darrell Waltrip	1232	12	0	0	1	3
19	Ward Burton	1214	12	0	0	0	3
20	Sterling Marlin	1198	12	0	0	1	3
21	Kyle Petty	1168	12	0	0	1	2
22	Brett Bodine	1167	12	0	0	0	2
23	Mike Skinner	1144	12	1	0	0	1
24	Morgan Shepherd	1134	12	0	0	1	3
25	Jimmy Spencer	1134	12	0	0	0	1