1997 Kenwood Home & Car Audio 300

Race 28 of 30

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150 laps
Time of race: 2:04:04
Average speed of winner: 145.083 mph
Margin of victory: 15.903 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 18 laps
Lap leaders: Park 1-37, B. Labonte 38-54, Park 55-58, Parsons 59, Dillon 60-61, Bodine 62-69, Schwantz 70-72, Pressley 73-74, McLaughlin 75, Dillon 76-81, B. Labonte 82-140, Bodine 141-150

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	28	Todd Bodine	36	Stanley	Pontiac			171.858	150	2	18	running	67200	180
2	1	Steve Park	3	ACDelco	Chevrolet			175.157	150	2	41	running	56950	170
3	5	Matt Kenseth	17	Kraft Singles	Chevrolet			173.754	150	0	0	running	41225	165
4	17	Michael Waltrip	21	Band-Aid	Ford			172.645	150	0	0	running	24000	160
5	32	Robert Pressley	47	Sunoco/360	Chevrolet			171.625	150	1	2	running	24300	155
6	15	Mike Dillon	72	Detroit Gasket	Chevrolet			172.927	149	2	8	running	24750	150
7	12	Glenn Allen, Jr.	99	Luxaire	Chevrolet			173.256	149	0	0	running	18800	146
8	36	Dennis Setzer	43	Lance Snacks	Chevrolet			171.042	149	0	0	running	17550	142
9	23	Mike McLaughlin	34	Royal Oak Charcoal	Chevrolet			172.327	149	1	1	running	19500	138
10	18	Randy LaJoie	74	FINA	Chevrolet			172.629	149	0	0	running	21400	134
11	39	Jeff Fuller	45	Hunter's Specialties	Chevrolet			provisional	149	0	0	running	16850	130
12	13	Kevin Lepage	4	Phoenix Racing	Ford			173.202	149	0	0	running	16650	127
13	27	Ed Berrier	77	Lear Corporation/UAW	Ford			172.687	149	0	0	running	14210	124
14	7	Stanton Barrett	81	Northstar Water	Chevrolet			173.645	149	0	0	running	13400	121
15	35	Tracy Leslie	63	Lysol	Pontiac			171.314	148	0	0	running	15725	118
16	25	Joe Bessey	6	Power Team	Chevrolet			171.920	148	0	0	running	15200	115
17	33	Jason Keller	57	Slim Jim	Chevrolet			171.563	148	0	0	running	17350	112
18	29	Terry Labonte	5	Bayer/Alka-Seltzer	Chevrolet			171.756	148	0	0	running	13000	109
19	20	Elton Sawyer	38	Barbasol	Ford			172.501	148	0	0	running	14900	106
20	26	Blaise Alexander	20	Lisa Express	Chevrolet			173.410	148	0	0	running	13725	103
21	37	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford			170.819	148	0	0	running	12450	0
22	14	Ron Barfield, Jr.	94	New Holland Tractors	Ford			172.952	148	0	0	running	14740	97
23	40	Peter Gibbons	09	Serengeti Eyewear	Chevrolet			provisional	147	0	0	running	12300	94
24	19	Jeff Krogh	56	CFI	Chevrolet			172.554	146	0	0	running	12530	91
25	9	Dick Trickle	64	Dura Lube	Chevrolet			173.578	146	0	0	running	12250	88
26	4	Elliott Sadler	29	Phillips 66	Chevrolet			174.174	146	0	0	running	16750	85
27	21	Hermie Sadler	1	DeWalt Tools	Chevrolet			172.430	145	0	0	running	13850	82
28	34	Scott Lagasse	22	Pest Offense	Chevrolet			171.347	143	0	0	running	11750	79
29	38	Lyndon Amick	35	Team Amick	Pontiac			169.177	142	0	0	running	11850	76
30	2	Bobby Labonte	44	Shell	Chevrolet			174.783	141	2	76	running	14775	73
31	22	Kevin Schwantz	88	Ryder	Chevrolet			172.393	141	1	3	wheel bearing	13700	70
32	30	Phil Parsons	10	ChannelLock	Chevrolet			171.641	140	1	1	running	13350	67
33	3	Tim Fedewa	33	Kleenex	Chevrolet			174.406	135	0	0	engine	14000	64
34	11	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	31	Manheim	Chevrolet			173.260	129	0	0	handling	11150	61
35	42	Loy Allen, Jr.	48	Unifirst Uniforms	Ford			provisional	123	0	0	running	11050	58
36	8	Shane Hall	85	Luck's Foods	Chevrolet			173.603	109	0	0	running	13300	55
37	6	Stevie Reeves	96	Big A Auto Parts	Ford			173.653	104	0	0	running	11850	52
38	24	Chris Diamond	68	J&L Motors	Chevrolet			172.105	101	0	0	running	11160	0
39	10	Mark Krogh	80	CFI	Chevrolet			173.377	47	0	0	engine	12130	46
40	16	Buckshot Jones	00	Aquafresh	Pontiac			172.873	16	0	0	running	14000	43
41	31	Mark Green	37	Timber Wolf	Chevrolet			171.625	8	0	0	accident	11750	40
42	41	Johnny Chapman	89	Bowl Fresh/Honeywell	Chevrolet			provisional	3	0	0	engine	11950	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Randy LaJoie	4108	28	2	5	14	20
2	Todd Bodine	3908	28	0	1	9	21
3	Steve Park	3803	28	1	3	12	19
4	Mike McLaughlin	3371	28	1	2	7	13
5	Elliott Sadler	3337	28	4	3	6	10
6	Phil Parsons	3320	28	0	0	5	12
7	Buckshot Jones	3234	28	0	0	5	14
8	Elton Sawyer	3225	28	0	0	6	9
9	Tim Fedewa	3158	28	1	0	4	10
10	Hermie Sadler	3097	28	2	0	1	6
11	Jason Keller	3075	28	0	0	2	9
12	Kevin Lepage	3072	28	0	0	3	6
13	Mark Green	3010	28	0	0	1	4
14	Dick Trickle	2864	26	2	1	6	7
15	Mike Dillon	2814	28	0	0	1	4
16	Tracy Leslie	2725	27	0	0	1	5
17	Glenn Allen, Jr.	2709	27	0	0	0	5
18	Joe Bessey	2600	28	1	1	1	4
19	Stevie Reeves	2443	27	0	0	0	1
20	Jeff Fuller	2351	26	0	0	1	4
21	Dennis Setzer	2329	24	0	0	0	4
22	Matt Kenseth	2209	19	0	0	2	6
23	Shane Hall	2161	27	1	0	0	1
24	Johnny Chapman	1979	24	0	0	0	0
25	Bobby Labonte	1912	16	0	1	4	8