1997 CMT 300

Race 25 of 32

Loudon
300 laps
Time of race: 3:09:45
Average speed of winner: 100.364 mph
Margin of victory: 0.209 sec.
Lead changes: 15 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 49 laps
Lap leaders: Schrader 1-2, Hamilton 3, Craven 4-64, Hamilton 65-77, Craven 78-81, Hamilton 82-129, Craven 130-148, J. Gordon 149-157, Martin 158, Mast 159, Spencer 160, J. Gordon 161-199, Craven 200-206, J. Gordon 207-222, Irvan 223-227, J. Gordon 228-300

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	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	127.214	300	4	137	running	188625	185
2	40	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	provisional	300	1	5	running	111425	175
3	2	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	128.363	300	3	62	running	84925	170
4	23	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	126.926	300	0	0	running	63225	160
5	6	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	127.581	300	4	91	running	62425	160
6	19	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	127.053	300	0	0	running	52125	150
7	16	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	127.185	300	1	1	running	47725	151
8	30	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	127.121	300	0	0	running	49025	142
9	17	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	127.091	300	1	1	running	47025	143
10	25	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	126.850	300	0	0	running	47325	134
11	10	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	127.295	300	0	0	running	42125	130
12	11	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	127.265	300	0	0	running	33225	127
13	29	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	127.125	300	0	0	running	33725	124
14	39	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	provisional	300	0	0	running	46025	121
15	12	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	127.261	300	0	0	running	45925	118
16	14	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson	127.210	300	0	0	running	38825	115
17	5	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	127.654	300	0	0	running	38000	112
18	9	Lake Speed	9	Melling Auto Parts	Ford	Melling	Buice	127.363	300	0	0	running	30300	109
19	20	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	127.040	300	0	0	running	37000	106
20	7	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	127.508	300	1	1	running	36700	108
21	33	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	126.454	299	0	0	accident	42975	100
22	28	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers/Simmons	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	127.436	299	0	0	running	29175	97
23	35	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	126.324	299	0	0	running	35875	94
24	26	Robby Gordon	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	127.589	299	0	0	running	37575	91
25	27	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	127.440	299	0	0	running	28275	88
26	24	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	126.880	299	0	0	running	27975	85
27	34	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	126.391	298	0	0	running	34750	82
28	38	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Pontiac	ppc	Eyler	125.744	298	0	0	running	27050	79
29	32	Dave Marcis	71	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	126.804	298	0	0	running	24350	76
30	21	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	127.028	297	0	0	running	31150	73
31	8	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		127.393	297	0	0	running	23950	70
32	15	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	127.197	297	0	0	running	30750	67
33	3	Brett Bodine	11	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	128.316	295	0	0	running	32050	64
34	31	Gary Bradberry	78	Hanes	Ford	Triad		126.825	295	0	0	running	23350	61
35	4	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	127.696	295	0	0	running	23150	58
36	22	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	127.002	292	0	0	accident	29950	55
37	1	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	129.182	291	1	2	running	36250	57
38	36	Jeff Green	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		125.977	287	0	0	running	22400	49
39	41	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	provisional	282	0	0	running	38400	46
40	18	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	127.070	274	0	0	running	22400	43
41	43	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	provisional	264	0	0	accident	44000	40
42	37	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	125.919	233	0	0	accident	37400	37
43	42	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines/Federal Mogul	Ford	Jasper		provisional	185	0	0	accident	22400	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	3787	25	1	10	19	19
2	Mark Martin	3648	25	2	3	13	19
3	Dale Jarrett	3599	25	2	5	15	18
4	Jeff Burton	3455	25	0	2	12	16
5	Terry Labonte	3332	25	0	0	7	18
6	Dale Earnhardt	3198	25	0	0	3	11
7	Bobby Labonte	3090	25	2	0	5	14
8	Bill Elliott	2969	25	1	0	4	11
9	Ted Musgrave	2889	25	0	0	5	8
10	Jeremy Mayfield	2847	25	0	0	3	8
11	Ricky Rudd	2810	25	0	2	6	10
12	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2805	25	1	0	0	5
13	Rusty Wallace	2733	25	1	1	7	10
14	Ken Schrader	2692	25	2	0	0	5
15	Ernie Irvan	2673	25	1	1	4	10
16	Jimmy Spencer	2576	25	0	0	1	4
17	Michael Waltrip	2564	25	0	0	0	6
18	Kyle Petty	2521	25	0	0	1	4
19	Darrell Waltrip	2486	25	0	0	1	4
20	Bobby Hamilton	2457	25	1	0	3	4
21	Ricky Craven	2433	23	0	0	3	4
22	Steve Grissom	2410	24	0	0	3	5
23	John Andretti	2375	25	1	1	2	2
24	Geoff Bodine	2341	22	0	0	3	8
25	Ward Burton	2332	25	0	0	0	4