NASCAR Winston Cup Series MBNA 400: Results
22 September 1997
DOVER, DE - Provisional results for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, MBNA 400 held September 21, 1997 at Dover Downs International Speedway: Ps.Ql.No. Driver Sponsor Make Laps Notes -- -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- ----- ------- 1 1 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 400 $195305 2 33 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 400 Running 3 23 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 400 Running 4 5 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 400 Running 5 3 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 399 Running 6 16 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 399 Running 7 2 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 398 Running 8 13 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 398 Running 9 31 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 397 Running 10 9 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 396 Running 11 39 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 396 Running 12 14 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 396 Running 13 34 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 396 Running 14 25 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 396 Running 15 6 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 396 Running 16 22 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 395 Running 17 8 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 395 Running 18 4 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 395 Running 19 30 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 394 Running 20 7 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chev 394 Running 21 28 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 394 Running 22 27 22 Ward Burton MBNA Pont 393 Running 23 24 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RCA Cola Ford 393 Running 24 40 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 393 Running 25 11 96 David Green Caterpillar Chev 393 Running 26 17 11 Brett Bodine Bodine Enterprises Ford 393 Running 27 21 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 393 Running 28 29 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 392 Running 29 12 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 392 Running 30 38 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 392 Running 31 15 1 Morgan Shepherd R&L Carriers Pont 392 Running 32 41 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 391 Running 33 35 40 * Robby Gordon Coors Light Chev 389 Running 34 37 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev 388 Running 35 26 78 Gary Bradberry Hanes Ford 384 Running 36 18 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 384 Running 37 36 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 382 Running 38 19 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 363 Running 39 32 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Engines Ford 230 Drshaft 40 42 29 * Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev 166 Steerng 41 10 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 109 Engine 42 20 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 86 Wreck * Rookie of the Year Contender Time of Race : 3 hours, 50 seconds Average Speed : 132.719 mph Margin of Victory : 10.334 seconds Lap Leaders : 10 lead changes among 4 drivers Martin (1-4), JGordon (5-15), Martin (16-161), Petty (162-188), Martin (189-197), Earnhardt (198), Petty (199-282), Martin (283-296), Earnhardt (297-299), Petty (300-379), Martin (380-400) Cautions : 1 caution for 11 laps Track Length : 1.0000 Miles