1997 Brickyard 400

Race 19 of 32

Indianapolis
160 laps
Time of race: 3:03:28
Average speed of winner: 130.814 mph
Margin of victory: 0.183 sec.
Lead changes: 19 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 25 laps
Lap leaders: Irvan 1-39, J. Gordon 40, Benson 41, Dallenbach 42-54, Spencer 55, T. Labonte 56, Craven 57, Jarrett 58-77, J. Gordon 78-80, Benson 81, Spencer 82-83, Dallenbach 84, J. Gordon 85-88, J. Burton 89-109, J. Gordon 110-113, Rudd 114, Skinner 115-122, J. Gordon 123-135, Jarrett 136-146, Rudd 147-160

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	176.184	160	2	15	running	571000	185
2	25	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	175.043	160	0	0	running	242275	170
3	3	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	177.494	160	2	31	running	223900	170
4	24	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	175.056	160	5	25	running	223675	165
5	16	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	175.812	160	0	0	running	142445	155
6	31	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	174.917	160	0	0	running	125960	150
7	20	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	175.223	160	2	2	running	121760	151
8	15	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	175.833	160	0	0	running	110460	142
9	6	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	176.415	160	1	8	running	132560	143
10	1	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	177.736	160	1	39	running	143560	144
11	8	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	176.170	160	0	0	running	95235	130
12	27	Lake Speed	9	Melling Auto Parts	Ford	Melling	Buice	175.210	160	0	0	running	83135	127
13	39	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	provisional	160	0	0	running	78035	124
14	4	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	176.866	160	0	0	running	85085	121
15	33	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	174.869	160	1	21	running	96885	123
16	41	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	provisional	160	1	1	running	82135	120
17	35	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	174.791	160	0	0	running	80095	112
18	42	Brett Bodine	11	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	provisional	160	0	0	running	79535	109
19	36	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	174.757	160	0	0	running	78435	106
20	12	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	176.053	160	0	0	running	82935	103
21	34	Rick Wilson	27	Indianapolis Colts	Ford	David Blair		174.832	160	0	0	running	65935	100
22	23	Ron Barfield, Jr.	92	New Holland	Ford	Elliott		175.087	160	0	0	running	64935	97
23	17	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	175.709	160	0	0	running	74335	94
24	40	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	provisional	159	2	3	running	74435	96
25	26	Jeff Green	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		176.153	159	0	0	running	67735	88
26	19	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	175.415	159	0	0	running	71010	85
27	30	Ed Berrier	95	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Sadler Brothers		175.012	159	0	0	running	62210	82
28	11	Robby Gordon	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	176.074	159	0	0	running	68910	79
29	5	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	176.536	158	0	0	running	76310	76
30	29	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	175.097	158	0	0	running	67910	73
31	37	Greg Sacks	91	LJ Racing	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	174.689	158	0	0	running	57410	70
32	2	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	177.550	156	0	0	running	67910	67
33	22	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	175.128	155	0	0	running	63660	64
34	10	Rich Bickle	26	KFC	Chevrolet	Waltrip		176.087	153	0	0	accident	56410	61
35	9	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	176.149	137	0	0	accident	56160	58
36	14	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		175.884	120	2	14	engine	61510	60
37	28	Jeff Purvis	12	QVC	Chevrolet	Lockamy		175.169	112	0	0	running	55876	52
38	43	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	provisional	91	0	0	engine	72755	49
39	18	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	175.671	89	0	0	running	62755	46
40	38	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	174.635	83	1	1	engine	77755	48
41	32	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	174.900	12	0	0	accident	55755	40
42	21	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Pontiac	ppc	Holly	175.145	2	0	0	accident	55755	37
43	13	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	175.977	2	0	0	engine	71755	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	2834	19	1	7	14	14
2	Mark Martin	2755	19	2	2	10	14
3	Dale Jarrett	2687	19	2	3	11	13
4	Terry Labonte	2603	19	0	0	7	14
5	Jeff Burton	2591	19	0	2	9	12
6	Dale Earnhardt	2491	19	0	0	3	9
7	Bobby Labonte	2411	19	1	0	5	11
8	Ricky Rudd	2314	19	0	2	5	9
9	Jeremy Mayfield	2255	19	0	0	3	7
10	Bill Elliott	2179	19	0	0	3	8
11	Ted Musgrave	2159	19	0	0	4	5
12	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2129	19	0	0	0	5
13	Ernie Irvan	2040	19	1	1	2	8
14	Michael Waltrip	2035	19	0	0	0	5
15	Rusty Wallace	2018	19	1	1	5	8
16	Darrell Waltrip	1998	19	0	0	1	4
17	Kyle Petty	1990	19	0	0	1	4
18	Ken Schrader	1988	19	1	0	0	3
19	Jimmy Spencer	1962	19	0	0	1	3
20	Sterling Marlin	1887	19	0	0	2	4
21	Bobby Hamilton	1869	19	1	0	2	3
22	John Andretti	1823	19	1	1	2	2
23	Ward Burton	1779	19	0	0	0	3
24	Brett Bodine	1777	19	0	0	0	2
25	Mike Skinner	1728	19	2	0	0	3