1997 MBNA 400

Race 26 of 32

Dover
400 laps
Time of race: 3:00:50
Average speed of winner: 132.719 mph
Margin of victory: 10.334 sec
Lead changes: 10 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 11 laps
Lap leaders: Martin 1-4, J. Gordon 5-15, Martin 16-161, Petty 162-188, Martin 189-197, Earnhardt 198, Petty 199-282, Martin 283-296, Earnhardt 297-299, Petty 300-379, Martin 380-400

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	152.033	400	5	194	running	195305	185
2	33	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	148.779	400	2	4	running	63105	175
3	23	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	149.626	400	3	191	running	40205	170
4	5	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	150.918	400	0	0	running	41465	160
5	3	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	151.464	399	0	0	running	39845	155
6	16	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	150.000	399	0	0	running	34440	150
7	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	151.783	398	1	11	running	38190	151
8	13	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	150.131	398	0	0	running	29990	142
9	31	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	149.000	397	0	0	running	32340	138
10	9	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	150.288	396	0	0	running	32390	134
11	39	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	provisional	396	0	0	running	33190	130
12	14	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	150.113	396	0	0	running	27090	127
13	34	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	148.773	396	0	0	running	30390	124
14	25	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson	149.595	396	0	0	running	26390	121
15	6	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	150.817	396	0	0	running	26990	118
16	22	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	149.663	395	0	0	running	31590	115
17	8	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	150.691	395	0	0	running	25590	112
18	4	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers/Simmons	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	151.064	395	0	0	running	18375	109
19	30	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	149.235	394	0	0	running	19090	106
20	7	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	150.716	394	0	0	running	19190	103
21	28	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	149.508	394	0	0	running	24790	100
22	27	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	149.564	393	0	0	running	24640	97
23	24	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	149.620	393	0	0	running	17490	94
24	40	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	provisional	393	0	0	running	24340	91
25	11	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	150.181	393	0	0	running	17415	88
26	17	Brett Bodine	11	BDR Motorsports	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	149.913	393	0	0	running	24015	85
27	21	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	149.669	393	0	0	running	29865	82
28	29	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	149.489	392	0	0	running	23815	79
29	12	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Pontiac	ppc	Eyler	150.175	392	0	0	running	16765	76
30	38	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	147.541	392	0	0	running	16215	73
31	15	Morgan Shepherd	1	R+L Carriers	Pontiac	Richard Jackson		150.044	392	0	0	running	20665	70
32	41	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	provisional	391	0	0	running	20605	67
33	35	Robby Gordon	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	148.699	389	0	0	running	20555	64
34	37	Dave Marcis	71	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	148.197	388	0	0	running	13505	61
35	26	Gary Bradberry	78	Hanes	Ford	Triad		149.994	384	0	0	running	13830	58
36	18	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	149.856	384	0	0	running	20305	55
37	36	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	148.576	382	0	0	running	34905	52
38	19	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	149.825	363	0	0	running	20305	49
39	32	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines/Federal Mogul	Ford	Jasper		148.853	230	0	0	drive shaft	13305	46
40	42	Jeff Green	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		provisional	166	0	0	steering	13305	43
41	10	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	150.188	109	0	0	engine	21805	40
42	20	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	149.750	86	0	0	accident	20305	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	3938	26	1	10	19	20
2	Mark Martin	3833	26	3	4	14	20
3	Dale Jarrett	3754	26	2	5	16	19
4	Jeff Burton	3585	26	0	2	12	16
5	Terry Labonte	3384	26	0	0	7	18
6	Dale Earnhardt	3373	26	0	0	4	12
7	Bobby Labonte	3250	26	2	0	6	15
8	Bill Elliott	3111	26	1	0	4	12
9	Ted Musgrave	2980	26	0	0	5	8
10	Ricky Rudd	2960	26	0	2	6	11
11	Jeremy Mayfield	2941	26	0	0	3	8
12	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2884	26	1	0	0	5
13	Rusty Wallace	2848	26	1	1	7	10
14	Ken Schrader	2819	26	2	0	0	5
15	Ernie Irvan	2811	26	1	1	4	11
16	Kyle Petty	2691	26	0	0	2	5
17	Jimmy Spencer	2631	26	0	0	1	4
18	Michael Waltrip	2601	26	0	0	0	6
19	Bobby Hamilton	2581	26	1	0	3	4
20	Darrell Waltrip	2553	26	0	0	1	4
21	Steve Grissom	2510	25	0	0	3	5
22	John Andretti	2493	26	1	1	2	2
23	Ricky Craven	2473	24	0	0	3	4
24	Geoff Bodine	2462	23	0	0	3	8
25	Ward Burton	2429	26	0	0	0	4