1997 Hanes 500

Race #27 of 32 in the 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1997 Hanes 500
*Held on September 28, 1997 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, VA*
500 L, 263 M, 423.5 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	10	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries	Ford	500	92	running	180
2	13	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevy	500	0	running	170
3	22	43	Bobby Hamilton	STP	Pontiac	500	65	running	170
4	11	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Refinishes	Chevy	500	21	running	165
5	16	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's Mac Tonight	Ford	500	0	running	155
6	6	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D	Ford	500	0	running	150
7	1	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America	Pontiac	500	61	running	151
8	36	25	Ricky Craven	Budweiser	Chevy	500	0	running	142
9	9	33	Ken Schrader	Skoal Bandit	Chevy	500	0	running	138
10	30	28	Ernie Irvan	Texaco, Havoline	Ford	500	0	running	134
11	2	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline	Ford	500	34	running	135
12	21	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care, Ford Credit	Ford	500	0	running	127
13	5	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide	Ford	500	0	running	124
14	24	9	Lake Speed	Melling Engine Parts	Ford	500	0	running	121
15	7	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite	Ford	500	226	running	128
16	4	8	Hut Stricklin	Circuit City	Ford	499	0	running	115
17	41	11	Brett Bodine	BDR Motorsports	Ford	499	0	running	112
18	39	37	Jeremy Mayfield	Kmart, RC Cola	Ford	499	0	running	109
19	26	30	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Pennzoil	Pontiac	499	0	running	106
20	32	96	David Green	Caterpillar	Chevy	499	0	running	103
21	23	16	Ted Musgrave	Family Channel, Primestar	Ford	499	0	running	100
22	25	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevy	499	0	running	97
23	38	75	Rick Mast	Remington Arms	Ford	499	0	running	94
24	18	17	Darrell Waltrip	Parts America	Chevy	498	0	running	91
25	8	42	Joe Nemechek	BellSouth	Chevy	498	0	running	88
26	29	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	498	0	running	85
27	20	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	495	0	running	82
28	37	7	Geoffrey Bodine	QVC	Ford	490	0	running	79
29	15	98	John Andretti	RCA	Ford	489	0	running	76
30	33	29	Jeff Green	Cartoon Network	Chevy	464	0	running	73
31	19	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's	Chevy	453	0	suspension	70
32	27	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo	Ford	444	1	accident	72
33	12	23	Jimmy Spencer	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	428	0	rear end	64
34	35	46	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	First Union	Chevy	401	0	running	61
35	34	97	Chad Little	John Deere	Pontiac	394	0	running	58
36	42	36	Derrike Cope	Skittles	Pontiac	289	0	engine	55
37	3	27	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	Tonka, Winner's Circle	Ford	257	0	fuel pump	52
38	17	77	Robert Pressley	Jasper Engines & Transmissions, Federal Mogul	Ford	240	0	engine	49
39	14	4	Sterling Marlin	Kodak Film	Chevy	239	0	accident	46
40	40	41	Steve Grissom	Kodiak, Manheim Auctions, Okuma, Alydaar Software, Year 2000	Chevy	198	0	overheating	43
41	28	40	Steve Park	Coors Light	Chevy	198	0	engine	40
42	31	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers, Simmons	Ford	145	0	accident	37
DID NOT QUALIFY
		78	Gary Bradberry	Hanes	Ford			DNQ
		1	Morgan Shepherd	R&L Carriers	Pontiac			DNQ
		71	Dave Marcis	Realtree	Chevy			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
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Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}\|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}\|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}\|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}\|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}\|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}\|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered