1997 Food City 500

Race 7 of 32

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:33:06
Average speed of winner: 75.035 mph
Margin of victory: 0.499 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 20 for 132 laps
Lap leaders: R. Wallace 1-49, Spencer 50-85, R. Wallace 86-134, Elliott 135-157, Pressley 158-159, Elliott 160-162, J. Gordon 163-226, Marlin 227-233, Elliott 234-238, R. Wallace 239-295, Elliott 296-354, J. Gordon 355-414, R. Wallace 415-499, J. Gordon 500

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	122.913	500	3	125	running	83640	180
2	1	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	123.586	500	4	240	running	64090	180
3	17	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	121.767	500	0	0	running	51490	165
4	6	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	122.795	500	0	0	running	39265	160
5	23	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	121.405	500	0	0	running	37520	155
6	29	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	121.098	500	0	0	running	32970	150
7	18	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	121.736	500	4	90	running	27770	151
8	21	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Pontiac	ppc	Holly	121.520	500	0	0	running	18370	142
9	32	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	120.816	500	0	0	running	21565	138
10	12	Brett Bodine	11	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	122.115	500	0	0	running	28215	134
11	19	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers/Simmons	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	121.659	500	0	0	running	18745	130
12	16	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	121.774	500	0	0	running	25390	127
13	34	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	120.748	500	0	0	running	29015	124
14	15	Robert Pressley	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		121.813	500	1	2	running	17965	126
15	10	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	122.372	499	1	36	running	25965	123
16	36	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	120.687	499	0	0	running	13640	115
17	25	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	121.259	499	0	0	running	24390	112
18	35	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	120.740	499	0	0	running	17240	109
19	24	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	121.405	499	0	0	running	17130	106
20	2	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	123.411	498	1	7	running	32421	108
21	39	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	provisional	497	0	0	running	23765	100
22	27	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	121.228	496	0	0	running	14215	97
23	30	Ed Berrier	95	Feed the Children	Chevrolet	Sadler Brothers		120.991	495	0	0	running	13165	94
24	26	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	121.228	491	0	0	running	23490	91
25	43	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	provisional	485	0	0	running	23595	88
26	7	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	122.623	484	0	0	running	23215	85
27	22	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	121.405	483	0	0	running	27991	82
28	41	Morgan Shepherd	1	Cruisin' America Phone Card	Pontiac	Richard Jackson		provisional	479	0	0	running	23040	79
29	14	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	121.906	477	0	0	running	12910	76
30	42	Dave Marcis	71	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	provisional	468	0	0	running	15585	73
31	33	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	120.770	455	0	0	running	21815	70
32	9	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	122.451	441	0	0	accident	22795	67
33	8	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson	122.576	432	0	0	accident	18775	64
34	13	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	122.100	425	0	0	running	26735	61
35	28	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	121.159	365	0	0	engine	11715	58
36	31	Lake Speed	9	Melling Auto Parts	Ford	Melling	Buice	120.930	325	0	0	accident	18695	55
37	37	Gary Bradberry	19	Child Support Recovery International	Ford	Mark Smith		120.634	317	0	0	running	11675	52
38	3	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	123.150	296	0	0	accident	18950	49
39	38	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	120.626	281	0	0	engine	26650	46
40	40	Jack Sprague	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	provisional	256	0	0	accident	18650	43
41	4	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	123.134	223	0	0	accident	18750	40
42	11	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	122.240	157	0	0	engine	26650	37
43	20	Robby Gordon	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	121.589	91	0	0	accident	18650	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Jarrett	1154	7	1	2	6	6
2	Terry Labonte	1064	7	0	0	3	6
3	Jeff Gordon	990	7	0	3	5	5
4	Bobby Labonte	919	7	0	0	3	4
5	Jeff Burton	874	7	0	1	4	4
6	Mark Martin	864	7	1	0	1	3
7	Ricky Rudd	857	7	0	0	2	4
8	Dale Earnhardt	853	7	0	0	0	3
9	Bill Elliott	830	7	0	0	1	2
10	Rusty Wallace	822	7	1	1	2	4
11	Ward Burton	818	7	0	0	0	2
12	Geoff Bodine	804	7	0	0	1	3
13	Sterling Marlin	785	7	0	0	1	2
14	Bobby Hamilton	770	7	0	0	1	2
15	Michael Waltrip	769	7	0	0	0	3
16	Jeremy Mayfield	746	7	0	0	0	2
17	Brett Bodine	722	7	0	0	0	1
18	Johnny Benson, Jr.	712	7	0	0	0	2
19	Morgan Shepherd	711	7	0	0	1	2
20	Ken Schrader	697	7	0	0	0	1
21	Ted Musgrave	692	7	0	0	1	1
22	Ernie Irvan	687	7	0	0	1	2
23	Darrell Waltrip	683	7	0	0	0	1
24	Kyle Petty	677	7	0	0	0	1
25	Lake Speed	658	7	0	0	0	0