1997 Pepsi 400

Race 16 of 32

Daytona
160 laps
Time of race: 2:32:06
Average speed of winner: 157.791 mph
Margin of victory: 0.029 sec.
Lead changes: 16 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 16 laps
Lap leaders: Skinner 1-2, Andretti 3, J. Gordon 4, Andretti 5-34, Bodine 35, Elliott 36-37, Andretti 38-86, W. Burton 87-89, Earnhardt 90-91, W. Burton 92, Earnhardt 93-97, Petty 98-99, M. Waltrip 100, Andretti 101-109, D. Waltrip 110, Martin 111-136, Andretti 137-160

Race notes: First win for John Andretti.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	189.422	160	5	113	running	109525	185
2	35	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	186.204	160	0	0	running	74975	170
3	30	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	186.811	160	0	0	running	53775	165
4	2	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	189.761	160	2	7	running	52475	165
5	16	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	187.978	160	0	0	running	45975	155
6	6	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	188.853	160	0	0	running	40850	150
7	38	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	185.977	160	1	2	running	30550	151
8	23	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	187.395	160	0	0	running	36500	142
9	24	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	187.395	160	0	0	running	35500	138
10	20	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	187.664	160	0	0	running	40000	134
11	27	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	187.130	160	0	0	running	30565	130
12	22	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	187.422	160	0	0	running	29975	127
13	31	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	186.772	160	0	0	running	22585	124
14	34	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	186.266	160	1	1	running	29245	126
15	14	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	188.072	160	0	0	running	30455	118
16	15	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	188.052	160	0	0	running	28615	115
17	37	Dave Marcis	71	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	186.039	160	0	0	running	23175	112
18	9	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	188.766	160	0	0	running	27860	109
19	36	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	186.162	160	0	0	running	17920	106
20	25	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	187.243	160	0	0	running	32655	103
21	4	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	189.358	160	1	1	running	85135	105
22	26	Robby Gordon	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	187.223	160	0	0	running	26915	97
23	40	Brett Bodine	11	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	provisional	160	1	1	running	26545	99
24	11	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	188.478	160	0	0	running	19325	91
25	12	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers/Simmons	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	188.462	159	0	0	accident	19080	88
26	21	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	187.613	159	2	4	accident	25820	90
27	18	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	187.833	159	1	26	accident	30465	87
28	28	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	187.017	159	0	0	accident	18445	79
29	10	Lake Speed	9	Melling Auto Parts	Ford	Melling	Buice	188.600	159	0	0	accident	18225	76
30	41	Jerry Nadeau	1	R+L Carriers	Pontiac	Richard Jackson		provisional	159	0	0	accident	25130	73
31	5	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	189.004	159	0	0	running	24575	70
32	32	Morgan Shepherd	77	Jasper Engines/Federal Mogul	Ford	Jasper		186.691	159	0	0	running	15045	67
33	17	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	187.840	159	1	2	running	22015	69
34	13	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	188.225	155	0	0	accident	29985	61
35	8	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	188.786	155	1	1	accident	21955	63
36	19	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	187.833	155	0	0	accident	21925	55
37	39	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	provisional	155	0	0	running	21896	52
38	42	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	provisional	153	0	0	running	21850	49
39	33	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		186.447	149	0	0	running	14850	46
40	7	Billy Standridge	78	NC Diamond Rio/Hanes	Ford	Triad		188.790	39	0	0	accident	14850	43
41	1	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	189.777	37	1	2	accident	21850	45
42	29	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Pontiac	ppc	Holly	186.834	32	0	0	accident	15350	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	2400	16	1	7	12	12
2	Terry Labonte	2346	16	0	0	7	13
3	Mark Martin	2290	16	2	2	8	11
4	Dale Jarrett	2278	16	2	2	9	11
5	Jeff Burton	2113	16	0	1	7	10
6	Dale Earnhardt	2113	16	0	0	2	8
7	Bobby Labonte	2029	16	1	0	4	10
8	Ricky Rudd	1936	16	0	1	4	7
9	Jeremy Mayfield	1850	16	0	0	2	5
10	Ted Musgrave	1845	16	0	0	3	4
11	Michael Waltrip	1816	16	0	0	0	5
12	Rusty Wallace	1752	16	1	1	4	7
13	Bill Elliott	1748	16	0	0	3	5
14	Johnny Benson, Jr.	1740	16	0	0	0	4
15	Darrell Waltrip	1728	16	0	0	1	4
16	Ernie Irvan	1701	16	0	1	2	6
17	Sterling Marlin	1653	16	0	0	2	4
18	Bobby Hamilton	1624	16	1	0	2	3
19	Ken Schrader	1602	16	0	0	0	3
20	Kyle Petty	1595	16	0	0	1	3
21	Jimmy Spencer	1588	16	0	0	1	2
22	Brett Bodine	1555	16	0	0	0	2
23	Ward Burton	1500	16	0	0	0	3
24	John Andretti	1494	16	1	1	2	2
25	Morgan Shepherd	1419	15	0	0	1	3