NASCAR Winston Cup Series Mountain Dew 500: Results
1 September 1997
DARLINGTON, SC - Provisional results for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Mountain Dew Southern 500 held August 31, 1997 at Darlington Raceway: Ps.Ql.No. Driver Sponsor Make Laps Notes -- -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- ----- ------- 1 7 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 367 $131,330 2 16 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 367 Running 3 3 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 367 Running 4 2 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 367 Running 5 21 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 367 Running 6 17 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 367 Running 7 1 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 367 Running 8 4 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 367 Running 9 14 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 367 Running 10 5 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 366 Running 11 37 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 366 Running 12 12 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 366 Running 13 8 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 366 Running 14 24 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 365 Running 15 11 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford 365 Running 16 19 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RCA Cola Ford 365 Running 17 6 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 365 Running 18 23 9 Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts Ford 365 Running 19 18 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 365 Running 20 40 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 365 Running 21 29 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 365 Running 22 34 40 * Robby Gordon Coors Light Chev 363 Running 23 20 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chev 358 Running 24 25 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 354 Running 25 27 78 Gary Bradberry Hanes Ford 354 Running 26 38 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 353 Engine 27 13 22 Ward Burton MBNA Pont 350 Wreck 28 30 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 341 Running 29 15 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 296 Handlng 30 36 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 282 Running 31 31 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 236 OvrHeat 32 39 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 202 Engine 33 10 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 183 Engine 34 28 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 177 Wreck 35 41 1 Lance Hooper R&L Carriers Pont 175 Wreck 36 33 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 130 Wreck 37 32 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 117 Wreck 38 22 12 Jeff Purvis Opryland USA Ford 114 Wreck 39 42 29 * Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev 104 Electrc 40 9 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 102 Engine 41 26 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 85 Engine 42 35 96 Todd Bodine Caterpillar Chev 5 Wreck 43 43 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 5 Wreck * Rookie of the Year Contender Time of Race : 4 hours, 8 minutes, 17 seconds Average Speed : 121.149 mph Margin of Victory : 0.144-second Lap Leaders : 9 lead changes among 7 drivers BLabonte (1-2), Elliott (3-45), JBurton (46-69), MWaltrip (70-71), JGordon (72-115), Elliott (116-135), Musgrave (136-139), Elliott (140-257), Jarrett (258-295), JGordon (296-367) Cautions : 11 cautions for 67 laps Track Length : 1.3660 Miles ###