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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