NASCAR Winston Cup Series Hanes 500: Results
30 September 1997
MARTINSVILLE, VA - Provisional results for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series,
Hanes 500 held September 29, 1997 at Martinsville Speedway:
Ps.Ql.No. Driver Sponsor Make Laps Notes
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1 10 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 500 $78,675
2 13 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 500 Running
3 22 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 500 Running
4 11 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 500 Running
5 16 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 500 Running
6 6 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 500 Running
7 1 22 Ward Burton MBNA Pont 500 Running
8 36 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 500 Running
9 9 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 500 Running
10 30 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 500 Running
11 2 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 500 Running
12 21 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 500 Running
13 5 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 500 Running
14 24 9 Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts Ford 500 Running
15 7 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 500 Running
16 4 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 499 Running
17 41 11 Brett Bodine Bodine Racing Ford 499 Running
18 39 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RCA Cola Ford 499 Running
19 26 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 499 Running
20 32 96 David Green Caterpillar Chev 499 Running
21 23 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 499 Running
22 25 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 499 Running
23 38 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 499 Running
24 18 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 498 Running
25 8 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chev 498 Running
26 29 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 498 Running
27 20 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 495 Running
28 37 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 490 Running
29 15 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 489 Running
30 33 29 * Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev 464 Running
31 19 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 453 Wreck
32 27 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 444 Wreck
33 12 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 428 DrvShft
34 35 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 401 Running
35 34 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 394 Running
36 42 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 289 Engine
37 3 27 Kenny Irwin Hasbro/Action Perf Ford 257 FuelPmp
38 17 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Engines Ford 240 OilLeak
39 14 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 239 Wreck
40 40 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 198 Engine
41 28 40 Steve Park Coors Light Chev 198 Engine
42 31 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 145 Wreck
* Rookie of the Year Contender
Time of Race : 3 hours, 35 minutes, 56 seconds
Average Speed : 73.078 mph
Margin of Victory : 0.778-second
Lap Leaders : 16 lead changes among 7 drivers
WBurton (1-5), Martin (6-38), WBurton (39-57),
MWaltrip (58), WBurton (59-68), Hamilton (69-132),
Gordon (133-139), JBurton (140-198), Gordon (199-209),
RWallace (210-263), WBurton (264-292), RWallace (293-442),
JBurton (443-463), RWallace (464-478), JBurton (479-482),
Hamilton (483-488), JBurton (489-500)
Cautions : 11 cautions for 91 laps
Track Length : 0.5260 Miles
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