NASCAR Winston Cup Series Driver Point Standings after Sears DieHard 500
13 October 1997
1997 Winston Cup Point Analysis After Race 29 The Sears Diehard 500 At Talladega Superspeedway Prior Race Current Behind Driver Pos Points Points Points Leader Gain/Loss 1. Jeff Gordon ( 1) 4258 63 4321 2. Mark Martin ( 2) 4133 78 4211 - 110 + 15 3. Dale Jarrett ( 3) 4061 105 4166 - 155 + 42 4. Jeff Burton ( 4) 3920 121 4041 - 280 + 58 5. Terry Labonte ( 6) 3611 185 3796 - 525 +122 6. Dale Earnhardt ( 5) 3713 81 3794 - 527 + 18 7. Bobby Labonte ( 7) 3512 175 3687 - 634 +112 8. Bill Elliott ( 8) 3412 124 3536 - 785 + 61 9. Ted Musgrave ( 9) 3192 130 3322 - 999 + 67 10. Rusty Wallace (13) 3103 139 3242 -1079 + 76 11. Ken Schrader (14) 3075 165 3240 -1081 +102 12. Johnny Benson Jr (11) 3129 106 3235 -1086 + 43 13. Jeremy Mayfield (10) 3132 85 3217 -1104 + 22 14. Ernie Irvan (15) 3054 160 3214 -1107 + 97 15. Ricky Rudd (12) 3119 61 3180 -1141 - 2 16. Kyle Petty (16) 2914 146 3060 -1261 + 83 17. Bobby Hamilton (17) 2851 103 2954 -1367 + 40 18. Ricky Craven (21) 2703 150 2853 -1468 + 87 19. Michael Waltrip (18) 2764 79 2843 -1478 + 16 20. Jimmy Spencer (19) 2732 96 2828 -1493 + 33 21. John Andretti (24) 2636 170 2806 -1515 +107 22. Steve Grissom (22) 2682 67 2749 -1572 + 4 23. Geoff Bodine (25) 2580 147 2727 -1594 + 84 24. Ward Burton (20) 2722 2722 -1599 - 63 25. Darrell Waltrip (23) 2644 52 2696 -1625 - 11 26. Brett Bodine (27) 2515 97 2612 -1709 + 34 27. Sterling Marlin (26) 2545 54 2599 -1722 - 9 28. Derrike Cope (28) 2414 109 2523 -1798 + 46 29. Rick Mast (31) 2266 138 2404 -1917 + 75 30. Mike Skinner (29) 2333 69 2402 -1919 + 6 31. Joe Nemechek (30) 2312 70 2382 -1939 + 7 32. Dick Trickle (33) 2216 94 2310 -2011 + 31 33. Kenny Wallace (34) 2161 118 2279 -2042 + 55 34. Hut Stricklin (32) 2262 2262 -2059 - 63 35. Lake Speed (35) 1997 55 2052 -2269 - 8 36. Morgan Shepherd (37) 1763 127 1890 -2431 + 64 37. David Green (36) 1765 115 1880 -2441 + 52 38. Chad Little (38) 1721 43 1764 -2557 - 20 39. Robby Gordon (39) 1495 1495 -2826 - 63 40. Wally Dallenbach Jr (40) 1323 45 1368 -2953 - 18 41. Dave Marcis (42) 1256 88 1344 -2977 + 25 42. Jeff Green (41) 1297 1297 -3024 - 63 43. Robert Pressley (44) 729 82 811 -3510 + 19 44. Gary Bradberry (43) 791 791 -3530 - 63 45. Greg Sacks (45) 581 51 632 -3689 - 12 46. Mike Wallace (46) 541 541 -3780 - 63 47. Bobby Hillin Jr (47) 511 511 -3810 - 63 48. Lance Hooper (48) 402 402 -3919 - 63 49. Billy Standridge (49) 329 37 366 -3955 - 26 50. Todd Bodine (50) 310 310 -4011 - 63 51. Rick Wilson (51) 306 306 -4015 - 63 52. Jerry Nadeau (52) 287 287 -4034 - 63 53. Ed Berrier (53) 255 255 -4066 - 63 54. Kenny Irwin, Jr (54) 199 199 -4122 - 63 55. Kevin Lepage (67) 43 112 155 -4166 + 49 56. Jeff Purvis (55) 152 152 -4169 - 63 57. Loy Allen Jr (56) 119 119 -4202 - 63 58. Steve Park (57) 104 104 -4217 - 63 59. Ron Barfield (58) 97 97 -4224 - 63 60. Butch Gilliland (59) 91 91 -4230 - 63 61. Tom Hubert (60) 79 79 -4242 - 63 62. Dorsey Schroeder (61) 70 70 -4251 - 63 Phil Parsons (61) 70 70 -4251 - 63 64. Sean Woodside (63) 64 64 -4257 - 63 65. Rich Bickle (64) 61 61 -4260 - 63 66. Jeff Davis (65) 52 52 -4269 - 63 67. Larry Gunselman (66) 49 49 -4272 - 63 68. Jack Sprague (67) 43 43 -4278 - 63 69. Randy MacDonald (69) 40 40 -4281 - 63 1997 Winston Cup Season Statistics After Race 29 The Sears Diehard 500 At Talladega Superspeedway Driver Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Poles 1. Jeff Gordon 4321 29 10 21 22 1 2. Mark Martin 4211 29 4 15 21 3 3. Dale Jarrett 4166 29 6 17 20 2 4. Jeff Burton 4041 29 3 13 18 0 5. Terry Labonte 3796 29 1 8 19 0 6. Dale Earnhardt 3794 29 0 6 14 0 7. Bobby Labonte 3687 29 0 8 17 2 8. Bill Elliott 3536 29 0 5 14 1 9. Ted Musgrave 3322 29 0 5 8 0 10. Rusty Wallace 3242 29 1 7 11 1 11. Ken Schrader 3240 29 0 1 7 2 12. Johnny Benson Jr 3235 29 0 0 6 1 13. Jeremy Mayfield 3217 29 0 3 8 0 14. Ernie Irvan 3214 29 1 5 13 2 15. Ricky Rudd 3180 29 2 6 11 0 16. Kyle Petty 3060 29 0 2 7 0 17. Bobby Hamilton 2954 29 0 4 5 1 18. Ricky Craven 2853 27 0 3 6 0 19. Michael Waltrip 2843 29 0 0 6 0 20. Jimmy Spencer 2828 29 0 1 4 0 21. John Andretti 2806 29 1 3 3 1 22. Steve Grissom 2749 28 0 3 5 0 23. Geoff Bodine 2727 26 0 3 9 1 24. Ward Burton 2722 28 0 0 6 1 25. Darrell Waltrip 2696 28 0 1 4 0 26. Brett Bodine 2612 29 0 0 2 0 27. Sterling Marlin 2599 29 0 2 5 0 28. Derrike Cope 2523 28 0 0 1 0 29. Rick Mast 2404 26 0 0 2 0 30. Mike Skinner 2402 28 0 0 3 2 31. Joe Nemechek 2382 27 0 0 1 2 32. Dick Trickle 2310 25 0 1 1 0 33. Kenny Wallace 2279 28 0 0 2 2 34. Hut Stricklin 2262 27 0 0 1 0 35. Lake Speed 2052 22 0 0 0 0 36. Morgan Shepherd 1890 21 0 1 3 0 37. David Green 1880 24 0 0 0 0 38. Chad Little 1764 24 0 0 1 0 39. Robby Gordon 1495 20 0 1 1 1 40. Wally Dallenbach Jr 1368 20 0 0 1 0 41. Dave Marcis 1344 18 0 0 0 0 42. Jeff Green 1297 17 0 0 1 0 43. Robert Pressley 811 12 0 0 0 0 44. Gary Bradberry 791 14 0 0 0 0 45. Greg Sacks 632 10 0 0 0 0 46. Mike Wallace 541 7 0 0 0 0 47. Bobby Hillin Jr 511 10 0 0 0 0 48. Lance Hooper 402 6 0 0 0 0 49. Billy Standridge 366 6 0 0 0 0 50. Todd Bodine 310 5 0 0 0 1 51. Rick Wilson 306 3 0 0 0 0 52. Jerry Nadeau 287 5 0 0 0 0 53. Ed Berrier 255 3 0 0 0 0 54. Kenny Irwin, Jr 199 2 0 0 1 0 55. Kevin Lepage 155 2 0 0 0 0 56. Jeff Purvis 152 3 0 0 0 0 57. Loy Allen Jr 119 2 0 0 0 0 58. Steve Park 104 2 0 0 0 0 59. Ron Barfield 97 1 0 0 0 0 60. Butch Gilliland 91 1 0 0 0 0 61. Tom Hubert 79 1 0 0 0 0 62. Dorsey Schroeder 70 1 0 0 0 0 Phil Parsons 70 1 0 0 0 0 64. Sean Woodside 64 1 0 0 0 0 65. Rich Bickle 61 1 0 0 0 0 66. Jeff Davis 52 1 0 0 0 0 67. Larry Gunselman 49 1 0 0 0 0 68. Jack Sprague 43 1 0 0 0 0 69. Randy MacDonald 40 1 0 0 0 0