Brickyard 400 Results: IMS Scoring
2 August 1997
UNOFFICIAL BOX SCORE 4TH BRICKYARD 400 - AUGUEST 2, 1997 - PURSE: $4,965,217 INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY / NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES Laps Status/ Prize FP SP Car Driver Car Name Comp Reason Money ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 7 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 160 Running $571,000 2 25 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pontiac 160 Running 242,275 3 3 88 W Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 160 Running 223,900 4 24 24 W Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes Chevrolet 160 Running 223,675 5 16 37 Jeremy Mayfield Kmart/RC Cola Ford 160 Running 142,445 6 31 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 160 Running 125,960 7 20 30 Johnny Benson Jr. Pennzoil Pontiac 160 Running 121,760 8 15 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 160 Running 110,460 9 6 31 #R Mike Skinner Lowe's Chevrolet 160 Running 132,560 10 1 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 160 Running 143,560 11 8 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chevrolet 160 Running 95,235 12 27 9 Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts Ford 160 Running 83,135 13 39 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pontiac 160 Running 78,035 14 4 17 Darrell Waltrip Parts America Chevrolet 160 Running 85,085 15 33 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 160 Running 96,885 16 41 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chevrolet 160 Running 82,135 17 35 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 160 Running 80,095 18 42 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford 160 Running 79,535 19 36 22 Ward Burton MBNA America Pontiac 160 Running 78,435 20 12 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pontiac 160 Running 82,935 21 34 27 # Rick Wilson Indianapolis Colts Ford 160 Running 65,935 22 23 92 # Ron Barfield Jr. New Holland Ford 160 Running 64,935 23 17 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 160 Running 74,335 24 40 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Ford 159 Running 74,435 25 26 29 #R Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chevrolet 159 Running 67,735 26 19 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chevrolet 159 Running 71,010 27 30 95 # Ed Berrier Realtree Chevrolet 159 Running 59,910 28 11 40 #R Robby Gordon Coors Light Chevrolet 159 Running 68,910 29 5 3 W Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet 158 Running 76,310 30 29 81 Kenny Wallace SquareD Ford 158 Running 67,910 31 37 91 Greg Sacks Kruse International Chevrolet 158 Running 57,410 32 2 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chevrolet 156 Running 67,910 33 22 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/PRIMESTAR Ford 155 Running 63,660 34 10 26 Rich Bickle KFC Team Twister Chevrolet 153 Accident T3 56,410 35 9 96 #R David Green Caterpillar Chevrolet 137 Engine 56,160 36 14 46 Wally Dallenbach Jr. First Union Chevrolet 120 Ignition 61,510 37 28 12 Jeff Purvis Gazelle/QVC Chevrolet 112 Running 55,876 38 43 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 91 Engine 72,755 39 18 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 89 Running 62,755 40 38 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Chevrolet 83 Engine 77,755 41 32 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pontiac 12 Accident T2 55,755 42 21 97 # Chad Little John Deere Pontiac 2 Accident T1 55,755 43 13 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Film Chevrolet 2 Engine 71,755 Time of Race: 3:03:26.841 Average Speed:130.828 Margin of Victory: 0.183 of a second Fastest Lap: #24 Jeff Gordon, Lap 10 - 172.639 Fastest Leading Lap: #28 Ernie Irvan, Lap 22 - 172.506 Legend: W- Former Winner; # - First-Time Brickyard 400 Starter; R - NASCAR Rookie Lap Leaders: 1-39 #28 Ernie Irvan 40 #24 Jeff Gordon 41 #30 Johnny Benson, Jr. 42-54 #46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. 55 #23 Jimmy Spencer 56 #5 Terry Labonte 57 #25 Ricky Craven 58-77 #88 Dale Jarrett 78-80 #24 Jeff Gordon 81 #30 Johnny Benson, Jr. 82-83 #23 Jimmy Spencer 84 #46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. 85-88 #24 Jeff Gordon 89-109 #99 Jeff Burton 110-113 #24 Jeff Gordon 114 #10 Ricky Rudd 115-122 #31 Mike Skinner 123-135 #24 Jeff Gordon 136-146 #88 Dale Jarrett 147-160 #10 Ricky Rudd 19 changes among 11 drivers. Lap Leader Recap: Ernie Irvan 1 - 39 Dale Jarrett 2 - 31 Jeff Gordon 4 - 25 Jeff Burton 1 - 21 Ricky Rudd 2 - 15 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. 2 - 14 Mike Skinner 1 - 8 Jimmy Spencer 1 - 3 Johnny Benson, Jr. 1 - 2 Terry Labonte 1 - 1 Ricky Craven 1 - 1 Caution Flags: 6 for 25 laps 4-6 (3) Accident Turn 1: #97 15-20 (6) Accident Turn 2: #36, #21, #94, #16 84-88 (5) Blown Engine #5 114-117 (4) Accident Short Chute:#42 147 - 150 (4) Debris on track: #40 155 - 157 (3) Accident Turn 3: #26 NASCAR Winston Cup Points Report: 1 Jeff Gordon 2834 2 Mark Martin 2755 3 Dale Jarrett 2687 4 Terry Labonte 2603 5 Jeff Burton 2591 6 Dale Earnhardt 2491 7 Bobby Labonte 2411 8 Ricky Rudd 2309 9 Jeremy Mayfield 2255 10 Bill Elliott 2179
