1997 Pennsylvania 500

Race 18 of 32

Pocono
200 laps
Time of race: 3:31:10
Average speed of winner: 142.068 mph
Margin of victory: 2.948 sec.
Lead changes: 23 among 14 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 18 laps
Lap leaders: Nemechek 1-11, J. Gordon 12-36, Irvan 37, Spencer 38, G. Bodine 39-40, J. Gordon 41-54, Jarrett 55-72, Musgrave 73-75, Irvan 76-77, J. Gordon 78-83, Jarrett 84-111, Musgrave 112-116, Jarrett 117-126, J. Gordon 127-133, Jarrett 134-164, J. Gordon 165, Martin 166, Benson 167, Petty 168-171, Elliott 172-173, Cope 174-175, Earnhardt 176-177, J. Burton 178-179, Jarrett 180-200

Race notes: Jeff Gordon took the points lead from Terry Labonte.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	167.763	200	5	108	running	104570	185
2	6	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	167.635	200	5	53	running	56745	175
3	20	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	166.242	200	1	2	running	44195	170
4	22	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	166.236	200	2	8	running	39070	165
5	9	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	167.451	200	1	1	running	36040	160
6	11	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	167.271	200	0	0	running	21690	150
7	14	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	167.168	200	1	1	running	30890	151
8	34	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	166.356	200	1	4	running	19090	147
9	17	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	166.522	200	0	0	running	18490	138
10	15	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	167.044	200	1	2	running	28240	139
11	10	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	167.355	200	0	0	running	28340	130
12	5	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	167.751	200	1	2	running	29490	132
13	40	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	provisional	200	1	1	running	25990	129
14	7	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	167.517	200	0	0	running	23690	121
15	32	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	166.568	200	0	0	running	24490	118
16	29	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	166.827	200	1	2	running	16090	120
17	38	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson	165.828	200	1	2	running	22890	117
18	37	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	165.951	200	0	0	running	22690	109
19	27	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers/Simmons	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	166.874	199	0	0	running	15440	106
20	23	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	166.184	199	0	0	running	29765	103
21	1	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	168.881	199	1	11	running	22715	105
22	25	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	166.079	199	0	0	running	21790	97
23	24	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	166.110	199	0	0	running	21565	94
24	13	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	167.261	199	0	0	running	21415	91
25	26	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	166.902	199	0	0	running	21840	88
26	16	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	166.799	199	0	0	running	20790	85
27	33	Morgan Shepherd	77	Jasper Engines/Federal Mogul	Ford	Jasper		166.454	199	0	0	running	11240	82
28	36	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Pontiac	ppc	Holly	165.963	199	0	0	running	11190	79
29	31	Brett Bodine	11	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	166.636	198	0	0	running	18115	76
30	12	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	167.264	198	0	0	running	18065	73
31	8	Jeff Green	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		167.479	197	0	0	running	11015	70
32	28	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	166.840	197	0	0	running	25965	67
33	35	Jerry Nadeau	1	R+L Carriers	Pontiac	Richard Jackson		166.046	197	0	0	running	17865	64
34	18	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	166.429	195	0	0	running	17790	61
35	21	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	166.236	193	0	0	running	33815	58
36	19	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	166.325	192	0	0	running	25640	55
37	39	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	provisional	174	0	0	engine	27575	52
38	3	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		168.108	158	0	0	engine	10450	49
39	42	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	provisional	157	0	0	engine	10450	46
40	2	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	168.464	136	2	3	accident	25450	48
41	41	Dave Marcis	71	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	provisional	35	0	0	engine	10450	40
42	30	Robby Gordon	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	166.735	0	0	0	engine	17450	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	2669	18	1	7	13	13
2	Mark Martin	2605	18	2	2	10	13
3	Terry Labonte	2555	18	0	0	7	14
4	Dale Jarrett	2517	18	2	3	10	12
5	Jeff Burton	2468	18	0	2	9	12
6	Dale Earnhardt	2415	18	0	0	3	9
7	Bobby Labonte	2241	18	1	0	4	10
8	Ricky Rudd	2129	18	0	1	4	8
9	Jeremy Mayfield	2100	18	0	0	2	6
10	Ted Musgrave	2095	18	0	0	4	5
11	Bill Elliott	2037	18	0	0	3	7
12	Michael Waltrip	1989	18	0	0	0	5
13	Johnny Benson, Jr.	1978	18	0	0	0	4
14	Rusty Wallace	1969	18	1	1	5	8
15	Ernie Irvan	1896	18	0	1	2	7
16	Darrell Waltrip	1877	18	0	0	1	4
17	Jimmy Spencer	1866	18	0	0	1	3
18	Kyle Petty	1866	18	0	0	1	4
19	Ken Schrader	1858	18	1	0	0	3
20	Sterling Marlin	1853	18	0	0	2	4
21	Bobby Hamilton	1766	18	1	0	2	3
22	John Andretti	1711	18	1	1	2	2
23	Ward Burton	1673	18	0	0	0	3
24	Brett Bodine	1668	18	0	0	0	2
25	Derrike Cope	1630	17	0	0	0	1