NASCAR® Winston Cup® Series 1997
Pontiac Excitement 400
Race 3 of 32 - March 2, 1997
Richmond International Raceway - Henrico County, VA


Finish
Qual
Driver
Team
Laps
Points
Status
1 7 Rusty Wallace   2 Miller Lite / Fleetwood Ford 400180 Running
218 Geoff Bodine   7 QVC / Tanya Tucker's Salsa Ford 400175 Running
3 3 Dale Jarrett 88 Quality Care / Ford Credit Ford 400175 Running
4 2 Jeff Gordon 24 DuPont / Quaker State Chevrolet 399165 Running
5 9 Bobby Hamilton 43 STP / Kohler Pontiac 399160 Running
6 6 Ricky Rudd 10 Tide / Whirlpool Ford 399150 Running
7 1 Terry Labonte   5 Kellogg's / Quaker State Chevrolet 399146 Running
811 Bobby Labonte 18 Interstate / Shell Pontiac 399147 Running
923 Johnny Benson 30 Pennzoil / Gumout Pontiac 399138 Running
1037 Kyle Petty 44 Hot Wheels / Spree Pontiac 398134 Running
1121 Steve Grissom 41 Kodiak / Manheim Chevrolet 398130 Running
1226 Lake Speed   9 CAR / Melling Ford 398127 Running
13 5 Mark Martin   6 Valvoline / Cummins Ford 398124 Running
1412 Ricky Craven 25 Budweiser / Quaker State Chevrolet 398121 Running
1517 Bill Elliott 94 McDonald's / Super 8 Motels Ford 398123 Running
1630 Darrell Waltrip 17 Parts America / DieHard Chevrolet 398115 Running
1733 Jeremy Mayfield 37 K Mart / RC Cola Ford 398112 Running
1820 Rick Mast 75 Remington / Smokey Mountain Ford 398109 Running
19 8 Sterling Marlin   4 Kodak Film Chevrolet 397106 Running
2016 Ted Musgrave 16 Family Channel / Primestar Ford 397103 Running
2139 Robert Pressley 29 Cartoon Network / Crayola Chevrolet 397100 Running
2215 Jimmy Spencer 23 Camel / Zippo Ford 397 97 Running
2327 Brett Bodine 11 Close Call / Cruisin' America Ford 397 94 Running
2431 Ward Burton 22 MBNA / MasterCard Pontiac 397 91 Running
25 4 Dale Earnhardt   3 Goodwrench / Burger King Chevrolet 397 88 Running
2636 Mike Skinner 31 Lowe's / MTD Chevrolet 397 85 Running
2714 Michael Waltrip 21 Citgo / Grand Ford 396 82 Running
2824 Robby Gordon 40 Coors Light / BellSouth Chevrolet 396 79 Running
2940 Dick Trickle 90 Heilig-Meyers / Beautyrest Ford 395 76 Running
3038 Derrike Cope 36 Skittles / Starburst Pontiac 395 73 Running
3122 John Andretti 98 RCA / RadioShack Ford 395 70 Running
3225 Hut Stricklin   8 Circuit City / Kendall Ford 395 67 Running
3341 David Green 96 Caterpillar / Sunoco Chevrolet 395 64 Running
3442 Chad Little 97 John Deere Pontiac 395 61 Running
3528 Ken Schrader 33 Skoal Bandit / Dayco Chevrolet 393 58 Running
3610 Ernie Irvan 28 Havoline / Raybestos Ford 391 55 Accident
3734 Dave Marcis 71 Realtree / STG Chevrolet 391 52 Running
3843 Gary Bradberry 19 Child Support Recovery Ford 389 49 Running
3932 Joe Nemechek 42 BellSouth / First Union Chevrolet 380 46 Running
4029 Kenny Wallace 81 Square D Ford 376 43 Engine
4135 Bobby Hillin Jr. 77 Jasper / Federal-Mogul Ford 336 40 Rear end
4213 Jeff Burton 99 Exide / Parts Plus Ford 248 37 Running
4319 Morgan Shepherd   1 Delco Remy / Cruisin' America Pontiac 131 34 Engine
 
Time of race : 2h 45m 54s
Average speed : 108.499 mph
Margin of victory: 0.453 second
Caution flags : 3 for 12 laps
Lead changes : 15 among 7 drivers
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