NASCAR® Winston Cup® Series 1997
California 500 Presented by NAPA
Race 15 of 32 - June 22, 1997
California Speedway - Fontana, CA


Finish
Qual
Driver
Team
Laps
Points
Status
1 3 Jeff Gordon 24 DuPont / Quaker State Chevrolet 250185 Running
210 Terry Labonte   5 Kellogg's / Quaker State Chevrolet 250175 Running
339 Ricky Rudd 10 Tide / Whirlpool Ford 250165 Running
420 Ted Musgrave 16 Family Channel / Primestar Ford 250160 Running
519 Jimmy Spencer 23 Camel / Zippo Ford 250160 Running
615 Bobby Labonte 18 Interstate / Shell Pontiac 250150 Running
7 7 Jeff Green 29 Cartoon Network / Crayola Chevrolet 250146 Running
8 9 Dale Jarrett 88 Quality Care / Ford Credit Ford 250147 Running
911 Ricky Craven 25 Budweiser / Quaker State Chevrolet 250143 Running
1012 Mark Martin   6 Valvoline / Cummins Ford 249139 Out of fuel
1118 Michael Waltrip 21 Citgo / Grand Ford 249130 Running
1221 Jeremy Mayfield 37 K Mart / RC Cola Ford 249127 Running
1313 Johnny Benson 30 Pennzoil / Gumout Pontiac 249124 Running
1416 Rusty Wallace   2 Miller Lite / Fleetwood Ford 249121 Running
15 8 Darrell Waltrip 17 Parts America / DieHard Chevrolet 249123 Running
1614 Dale Earnhardt   3 Goodwrench / Burger King Chevrolet 249115 Running
1741 Steve Grissom 41 Kodiak / Manheim Chevrolet 249112 Running
18 1 Joe Nemechek 42 BellSouth / First Union Chevrolet 248114 Running
1924 Chad Little 97 John Deere Pontiac 248106 Running
2022 Lake Speed   9 Pierry / Melling Ford 248103 Running
2135 John Andretti 98 RCA / RadioShack Ford 248100 Running
2242 Dick Trickle 90 Heilig-Meyers / Beautyrest Ford 248 97 Running
2330 Bobby Hamilton 43 STP / Kohler Pontiac 247 94 Running
2431 Morgan Shepherd 77 Jasper / Federal-Mogul Ford 247 91 Running
2534 David Green 96 Caterpillar / Sunoco Chevrolet 247 88 Running
2636 Brett Bodine 11 Close Call / Cruisin' America Ford 247 90 Running
2726 Greg Sacks 40 Coors / BellSouth Chevrolet 246 82 Running
2840 Ward Burton 22 MBNA / Anaheim Mighty Ducks Pontiac 246 79 Running
2923 Derrike Cope 36 Skittles / Starburst Pontiac 245 76 Running
3025 Jeff Burton 99 Exide / Parts Plus Ford 244 73 Running
3138 Kyle Petty 44 Hot Wheels / Spree Pontiac 243 70 Running
3217 Bill Elliott 94 McDonald's / Super 8 Motels Ford 241 67 Out of fuel
3328 Mike Skinner 31 Lowe's / Sylvania Chevrolet 225 64 Running
34 5 Ken Schrader 33 Skoal Bandit / Dayco Chevrolet 219 66 Engine
35 6 Geoff Bodine   7 QVC / Tanya Tucker's Salsa Ford 215 58 Engine
3629 Sterling Marlin   4 Kodak Gold Film Chevrolet 206 55 Engine
37 2 Ernie Irvan 28 Havoline / Raybestos Ford 202 57 Engine
3833 Jerry Nadeau   1 R+L Carriers / Time Warner Pontiac 174 49 Running
39 4 Wally Dallenbach Jr. 46 First Union Chevrolet 173 51 Electrical
4032 Dave Marcis 71 Realtree / STG Chevrolet 146 43 Engine
4137 Rick Mast 75 Remington / Smokey Mountain Ford 94 40 Engine
4227 Hut Stricklin   8 Circuit City / Kendall Ford 28 37 Accident
 
Time of race : 3h 13m 32s
Average speed : 155.012 mph
Margin of victory: 1.074 seconds
Caution flags : 4 for 22 laps
Lead changes : 21 among 12 drivers
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