NASCAR® Winston Cup® Series 1997
Mountain Dew Southern 500
Race 23 of 32 - August 31, 1997
Darlington Raceway - Darlington, SC


Finish
Qual
Driver
Team
Laps
Points
Status
1 7 Jeff Gordon 24 DuPont / Quaker State Chevrolet 367180 Running
216 Jeff Burton 99 Exide / Parts Plus Ford 367175 Running
3 3 Dale Jarrett 88 Quality Care / Ford Credit Ford 367170 Running
4 2 Bill Elliott 94 McDonald's / Super 8 Motels Ford 367170 Running
521 Ricky Rudd 10 Tide / Whirlpool Ford 367155 Running
617 Terry Labonte   5 Kellogg's / Quaker State Chevrolet 367150 Running
7 1 Bobby Labonte 18 Interstate / Shell Pontiac 367151 Running
8 4 Mark Martin   6 Valvoline / Cummins Ford 367142 Running
914 Michael Waltrip 21 Citgo / Grand Ford 367143 Running
10 5 Ken Schrader 33 Skoal Bandit / Dayco Chevrolet 366134 Running
1137 Chad Little 97 John Deere Pontiac 366130 Running
1212 Geoff Bodine   7 QVC / Tanya Tucker's Salsa Ford 366127 Running
13 8 Dick Trickle 90 Heilig-Meyers / Beautyrest Ford 366124 Running
1424 Derrike Cope 36 Skittles / Starburst Pontiac 365121 Running
1511 Brett Bodine 11 Close Call / Wilco Ford 365118 Running
1619 Jeremy Mayfield 37 K Mart / RC Cola Ford 365115 Running
17 6 Hut Stricklin   8 Circuit City / Kendall Ford 365112 Running
1823 Lake Speed   9 Melling Engine Parts Ford 365109 Running
1918 Johnny Benson 30 Pennzoil / Gumout Pontiac 365106 Running
2040 Bobby Hamilton 43 STP / Kohler Pontiac 365103 Running
2129 Steve Grissom 41 Kodiak / Manheim Chevrolet 365100 Running
2234 Robby Gordon 40 Coors Light / BellSouth Chevrolet 363 97 Running
2320 Joe Nemechek 42 BellSouth / First Union Chevrolet 359 94 Running
2425 Kenny Wallace 81 Square D Ford 354 91 Running
2527 Gary Bradberry 78 Hanes Ford 354 88 Running
2638 Darrell Waltrip 17 Parts America / DieHard Chevrolet 353 85 Handling
2713 Ward Burton 22 MBNA / Clemson Tigers Pontiac 350 82 Handling
2830 Jimmy Spencer 23 Camel / Zippo Ford 341 79 Running
2915 Ted Musgrave 16 Family Channel / Primestar Ford 296 81 Handling
3036 Dale Earnhardt   3 Goodwrench / Burger King Chevrolet 282 73 Running
3131 Ricky Craven 25 Budweiser / Quaker State Chevrolet 236 70 Engine
3239 Kyle Petty 44 Hot Wheels / Spree Pontiac 202 67 Engine
3310 Ernie Irvan 28 Havoline / Raybestos Ford 183 64 Engine
3428 Rick Mast 75 Remington / Stren Ford 177 61 Accident
3541 Lance Hooper   1 R+L Carriers / Time Warner Pontiac 175 58 Accident
3633 Mike Skinner 31 Lowe's / MTD Chevrolet 130 55 Accident
3732 John Andretti 98 RCA / RadioShack Ford 117 52 Accident
3822 Jeff Purvis 12 Opryland USA Chevrolet 114 49 Accident
3942 Jeff Green 29 Cartoon Network / Crayola Chevrolet 104 46 Electrical
40 9 Sterling Marlin   4 Kodak Gold Film Chevrolet 102 43 Engine
4126 Wally Dallenbach Jr. 46 First Union Chevrolet 85 40 Radiator
4235 Todd Bodine 96 Caterpillar / Sunoco Chevrolet 5 37 Accident
4343 Rusty Wallace   2 Miller Lite / Fleetwood Ford 5 34 Accident
 
Relief drivers: Mike Dillon (#3)
 
Time of race : 4h 08m 17s
Average speed : 121.149 mph
Margin of victory: 0.144 second
Caution flags : 11 for 67 laps
Lead changes : 9 among 7 drivers
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