NASCAR Winston Cup Series NAPA 500: Results
16 November 1997
HAMPTON, GA - Provisional results for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, NAPA 500 held November 16, 1997 at Atlanta Motor Speedway: Ps.Ql.No. Driver Sponsor Make Laps Notes -- -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- ----- ------- 1 21 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 325 $158,600 2 3 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 325 Running 3 9 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 325 Running 4 7 29 * Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev 325 Running 5 14 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 325 Running 6 20 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 324 Running 7 40 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 324 Running 8 5 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chev 324 Running 9 2 22 Ward Burton MBNA Pont 323 Running 10 12 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 323 Running 11 27 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 323 Running 12 23 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 323 Running 13 35 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 322 Running 14 22 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 322 Running 15 25 14 Steve Park Burger King Chev 322 Running 16 6 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 322 Running 17 37 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 322 Running 18 24 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 321 Running 19 38 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RCA Cola Ford 321 Running 20 13 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 321 Running 21 4 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 321 Running 22 31 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 320 Running 23 28 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 320 Running 24 42 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 320 Running 25 8 27 Kenny Irwin Action Perf/GI Joe Ford 320 Running 26 29 9 Lake Speed Advantage Camo Ford 317 Running 27 36 1 Morgan Shepherd R&L Carriers Pont 317 Running 28 15 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 317 Running 29 26 91 Kevin Lepage Pionite Chev 317 Running 30 19 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 317 Running 31 34 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 315 Running 32 33 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 314 Running 33 1 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 314 Running 34 39 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 313 Running 35 16 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 302 Running 36 10 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 274 Clutch 37 11 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 242 Hndling 38 30 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 231 Running 39 41 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 173 Hndling 40 43 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 114 Igntion 41 18 11 Brett Bodine BDR Motorsports Ford 57 Wreck 42 17 78 Gary Bradberry Hanes Ford 50 Wreck 43 32 00 Buckshot Jones Aquafresh Pont 38 Wreck * Rookie of the Year Contender Time of Race : 3 hours, 7 minutes, 48 seconds Average Speed : 159.905 mph Margin of Victory : 3.801 seconds Lap Leaders : 24 lead changes among 11 drivers GBodine (1-4), WBurton (5-10), Earnhardt (11-18), WBurton (19-25), Earnhardt (26-27), Martin (28-34), Earnhardt (35-47), Nemechek (48-56), Earnhardt (57), Nemechek (58-89), Irvan (90-93), Jarrett (94), Petty (95-99), Little (100-106), BLabonte (107-143), Jarrett (144-146), BLabonte (147-182), Cope (183-184), Martin (185-194), BLabonte (195-232), Martin (233-238), BLabonte (239-284), Jarrett (285), Martin (286-314), BLabonte (315-325) Cautions : 4 cautions for 25 laps #1 - Lap 27-32: Mandatory caution for tire check #2 - Lap 40-47: Accident in turn two involving Brett Bodine and Buckshot Jones #3 - Lap 52-56: Gary Bradberry hit the wall in turn two. #4 - Lap 177-181: Dale Earnhardt hit the wall in turn two. Track Length : 1.5400 Miles