NASCAR Winston Cup Series Miscellaneous Award Standings after Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400
8 September 1997
DAYTONA BEACH, FL - Miscellaneous award standings following the NASCAR Winston Cup Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 held September 6, 1997 at Richmond International Raceway: BUSCH POLE AWARDS Dale Jarrett 3 Bobby Labonte 2 Mark Martin 2 Joe Nemechek 2 Mike Skinner 2 Kenny Wallace 2 John Andretti 1 Johnny Benson 1 Todd Bodine 1 Bill Elliott 1 Jeff Gordon 1 Robby Gordon 1 Ernie Irvan 1 Kenny Schrader 1 Rusty Wallace 1 WESTERN AUTO MECHANIC OF THE YEAR Car # Points Brian Whitesell 24 1665 Jimmy Fennig 6 1600 Gary DeHart 5 1434 UNOCAL 76 POINT FUND STANDINGS Dale Earnhardt 3056 Ken Schrader 2635 Jimmy Spencer 2425 NASCAR WINSTON CUP ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Mike Skinner 208 Robby Gordon 177 David Green 170 Jeff Green 129 GATORADE FRONT RUNNER AWARD (FINAL) Jeff Gordon 2400 Terry Labonte 2346 Mark Martin 2290 EXIDE ALL CHARGED UP AWARD Car # Points Johnny Benson 30 107 Ted Musgrave 16 96 Bill Elliott 94 75 MCI FAST PACE AWARD Car # Points Jeff Gordon 24 7 Dale Jarrett 88 7 Terry Labonte 5 2 MANUFACATURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Ford 187 15 Chevrolet 163 9 Pontiac 106 0 PLASTI-KOTE QUALITY FINISH AWARD Car # Avg Finish Ray Evernham 24 8.00 Jimmy Fennig 6 8.04 Todd Parrott 88 10.67 RCA PIT STRATEGY AWARD Car # Points Jimmy Fennig 6 3 Gary DeHart 5 3 Jim Long 10 3 RAYBESTOS TOP-STOPPER AWARD Car # Points Jeff Gordon 24 4777 Dale Jarrett 88 4149 Jeff Burton 99 3759 AE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE YEAR AWARD Car # Points Charlie Siegars 24 189 Robert Yates 88 146 Ben Mens 6 129 NEXT EVENT: September 14, CMT 300, New Hampshire International Speedway, Loudon, NH. ###