1997 Las Vegas 300

Race 5 of 30

Las Vegas
200 laps
Time of race: 2:37:41
Average speed of winner: 114.153 mph
Margin of victory: 2.8 sec.
Lead changes: 25 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 47 laps
Lap leaders: J. Green pole, Nemechek 1-38, Robertson 39-41, Sacks 42-43, Nemechek 44-54, J. Green 55-74, Bodine 75-77, J. Green 78-86, Bodine 87, J. Green 88-112, Parsons 113-118, Bodine 119-123, Waltrip 124-127, Park 128-131, Steele 132-133, Dillon 134, Steele 135-138, Bodine 139, Steele 140-143, Reeves 144, Steele 145-155, J. Green 156-157, Steele 158-160, Bodine 161-170, Trickle 171-185, J. Green 186-200

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	Jeff Green	8	Diamond Ridge	Chevrolet			159.311	200	5	109	running	89250	180
2	23	Dick Trickle	64	Dura Lube	Chevrolet			154.803	200	1	15	running	48875	170
3	9	Todd Bodine	36	Stanley	Pontiac			156.726	200	5	20	running	41375	165
4	35	Michael Waltrip	21	Band-Aid	Ford			153.929	200	1	4	running	24600	160
5	12	Tim Steele	4	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet			156.581	200	5	24	running	24275	155
6	27	Greg Sacks	45	Hunter's Specialties	Chevrolet			155.445	200	1	2	running	19000	150
7	17	Phil Parsons	10	ChannelLock	Chevrolet			155.593	200	1	6	running	23000	146
8	28	Steve Park	3	ACDelco	Chevrolet			155.168	200	1	4	running	21600	142
9	10	Glenn Allen, Jr.	99	Luxaire	Chevrolet			156.631	200	0	0	running	19000	138
10	15	Mike Dillon	72	Detroit Gasket	Chevrolet			155.966	200	1	1	running	21850	134
11	31	Dale Jarrett	32	White Rain	Ford			154.621	200	0	0	running	15000	130
12	25	Bobby Labonte	44	Shell	Chevrolet			154.732	200	0	0	running	14500	127
13	20	Kevin Lepage	88	HYPE	Ford			155.347	200	0	0	running	19250	124
14	24	Shane Hall	85	Luck's Foods	Chevrolet			154.746	200	0	0	running	14500	121
15	8	Tim Fedewa	33	Kleenex	Chevrolet			156.763	200	0	0	running	16725	118
16	37	Stevie Reeves	96	Big A Auto Parts	Ford			153.235	199	1	1	running	16100	115
17	18	Rodney Combs	43	Lance Snacks	Chevrolet			155.557	199	0	0	running	16000	112
18	21	Tracy Leslie	63	Lysol	Pontiac			154.941	199	0	0	running	14900	109
19	36	Randy Porter	48	Unifirst Uniforms	Ford			153.689	199	0	0	running	12800	106
20	39	Johnny Chapman	89	Northstar Motorsports	Chevrolet			provisional	199	0	0	running	15025	103
21	4	Hermie Sadler	1	DeWalt Tools	Chevrolet			158.390	199	0	0	running	14600	100
22	19	Jerry Robertson	40	MHCO USA	Chevrolet			155.494	197	1	3	running	12500	97
23	40	Jeff McClure	77	Lear	Ford			provisional	197	0	0	running	12400	94
24	14	Mike McLaughlin	34	Royal Oak Charcoal	Chevrolet			156.038	194	0	0	running	16550	91
25	7	Mark Green	37	Timber Wolf	Chevrolet			156.899	188	0	0	running	14400	88
26	42	Brad Payne	79	Perry Racing	Ford			provisional	185	0	0	running	12100	85
27	34	Jimmy Spencer	20	Zippo	Chevrolet			154.035	170	0	0	engine	12000	82
28	22	Terry Labonte	5	Alka-Seltzer/Bayer	Chevrolet			154.856	164	0	0	engine	11900	79
29	32	Randy LaJoie	74	FINA	Chevrolet			154.475	161	0	0	running	17050	76
30	2	Elliott Sadler	29	Diamond Ridge	Chevrolet			158.651	140	0	0	accident	13925	73
31	6	Elton Sawyer	38	Barbasol	Ford			157.324	125	0	0	handling	13600	70
32	13	Jason Keller	57	Slim Jim	Chevrolet			156.255	122	0	0	accident	15750	67
33	3	Joe Nemechek	87	BellSouth Mobility	Chevrolet			158.586	122	1	11	accident	11400	64
34	38	Tim Bender	17	Kraft Singles	Chevrolet			151.668	122	0	0	accident	13300	61
35	30	Mike Wallace	7	Clabber Girl	Chevrolet			154.675	121	0	0	accident	11200	58
36	16	Jeff Fuller	47	Sunoco	Chevrolet			155.952	97	0	0	engine	14375	55
37	26	Joe Bessey	6	Power Team	Chevrolet			156.191	84	0	0	engine	12075	52
38	11	Ron Barfield, Jr.	94	New Holland	Ford			156.603	58	0	0	accident	12000	49
39	5	Buckshot Jones	00	Aquafresh	Pontiac			157.512	57	0	0	accident	14450	46
40	33	Jimmy Foster	11	Outdoor Life/Speedvision	Ford			154.475	35	0	0	accident	11000	43
41	29	Doug Taylor	0	MHCO USA	Chevrolet			154.728	30	0	0	brakes	11000	0
42	41	Ed Spencer III	2	Zippo	Chevrolet			provisional	2	0	0	transmission	11000	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Todd Bodine	777	5	0	0	2	5
2	Phil Parsons	742	5	0	0	2	5
3	Randy LaJoie	678	5	0	1	2	3
4	Jeff Green	662	5	1	1	2	2
5	Elton Sawyer	612	5	0	0	1	1
6	Mark Green	602	5	0	0	0	1
7	Mark Martin	598	4	1	3	3	3
8	Dick Trickle	582	5	0	0	1	1
9	Buckshot Jones	581	5	0	0	1	1
10	Elliott Sadler	569	5	1	0	1	2
11	Tim Fedewa	568	5	0	0	0	2
12	Steve Park	557	5	0	0	1	3
13	Hermie Sadler	524	5	0	0	0	0
14	Mike Dillon	519	5	0	0	0	1
15	Rodney Combs	494	5	0	0	0	0
16	Mike McLaughlin	491	5	0	0	0	1
17	Greg Sacks	488	4	0	0	0	2
18	Glenn Allen, Jr.	474	5	0	0	0	2
19	Stevie Reeves	473	5	0	0	0	0
20	Kevin Lepage	467	5	0	0	0	0
21	Bobby Labonte	466	4	0	0	1	2
22	Johnny Chapman	461	5	0	0	0	0
23	Michael Waltrip	443	3	0	0	2	2
24	Tracy Leslie	438	5	0	0	1	1
25	Jeff Fuller	437	5	0	0	0	0