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NASCAR Winston Cup Brickyard 400: Results

2 August 1997

INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- Provisional results for the NASCAR Winston Cup 
Series, Brickyard 400:
          
Ps.Ql.No.  Driver                 Sponsor                   Make Laps  Notes
-- -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- ----- -------
 1  7  10  Ricky Rudd             Tide                      Ford 160   571,000
 2 25  18  Bobby Labonte          Interstate Batteries      Pont 160   running
 3  3  88  Dale Jarrett           Quality Care/Ford Credit  Ford 160   running
 4 24  24  Jeff Gordon            DuPont Automotive Refin   Chev 160   running
 5 16  37  Jeremy Mayfield        KMart/RCA Cola            Ford 160   running
 6 31   6  Mark Martin            Valvoline                 Ford 160   running
 7 20  30  Johnny Benson          Pennzoil                  Pont 160   running
 8 15  94  Bill Elliott           McDonald's                Ford 160   running
 9  6  31  * Mike Skinner         Lowe's                    Chev 160   running
10  1  28  Ernie Irvan            Texaco Havoline           Ford 160   running
11  8  33  Ken Schrader           Skoal                     Chev 160   running
12 27   9  Lake Speed             Delta Faucet              Ford 160   running
13 39  44  Kyle Petty             Hot Wheels                Pont 160   running
14  4  17  Darrell Waltrip        Western Auto              Chev 160   running
15 33  99  Jeff Burton            Exide Batteries           Ford 160   running
16 41  25  Ricky Craven           Budweiser                 Chev 160   running
17 35  98  John Andretti          RCA                       Ford 160   running
18 42  11  Brett Bodine           Close Call                Ford 160   running
19 36  22  Ward Burton            MBNA                      Pont 160   running
20 12  43  Bobby Hamilton         STP                       Pont 160   running
21 34  27  Rick Wilson                                      Ford 160   running
22 23  92  Ron Barfield           New Holland               Ford 160   running
23 17  75  Rick Mast              Remington Arms            Ford 160   running
24 40  23  Jimmy Spencer          Camel Cigarettes          Ford 159   running
25 26  29  * Jeff Green           Cartoon Network           Chev 159   running
26 19  41  Steve Grissom          Kodiak                    Chev 159   running
27 30  95  Ed Berrier             Feed the Children         Ford 159   running
28 11  40  * Robby Gordon         Coors Light               Chev 159   running
29  5   3  Dale Earnhardt         GM Goodwrench Serv Plus   Chev 158   running
30 29  81  Kenny Wallace          Square D                  Ford 158   running
31 37  91  Greg Sacks             LJ Racing                 Chev 158   running
32  2  42  Joe Nemechek           BellSouth                 Chev 156   running
33 22  16  Ted Musgrave           Family Channel/Primestar  Ford 155   running
34 10  26  Rich Bickle            KFC Team Twister          Chev 153   running
35  9  96  * David Green          Caterpillar               Chev 137   motor  
36 14  46  Wally Dallenbach, Jr.  First Union               Chev 120   motor  
37 28  12  Jeff Purvis            Opryland USA              Ford 112   running
38 43   2  Rusty Wallace          Miller Lite               Ford  91   motor  
39 18  21  Michael Waltrip        CITGO                     Ford  89   running
40 38   5  Terry Labonte          Kellogg's Corn Flakes     Chev  83   motor  
41 32  36  Derrike Cope           Skittles                  Pont  12   wreck  
42 21  97  Chad Little            John Deere                Pont   2   wreck  
43 13   4  Sterling Marlin        Kodak Gold Film           Chev   2   motor  
    
* Rookie of the Year Contender
     
Time of Race      : 3 hours 3 minutes 26 seconds
Average Speed     : 130.828 MPH
Margin of Victory : 0.183 seconds
Lap Leaders       : 19 lead changes among 11 drivers
Cautions          : 6 flags for 25 laps
08-02-1997 / 19:27:10
Track Length      :  2.5000 Miles