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1997 Interstate Batteries 500 |
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| Held on April 6, 1997 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, TX | |
| 334 L, 501 M, 806.276 KM - Scheduled Distance |
| FEATURE RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries | Ford | 334 | 60 | running | 180 |
| 2 | 1 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care, Ford Credit | Ford | 334 | 42 | running | 175 |
| 3 | 4 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries 500 | Pontiac | 334 | 2 | running | 170 |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes | Chevy | 334 | 104 | running | 170 |
| 5 | 8 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide | Ford | 334 | 26 | running | 160 |
| 6 | 15 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service | Chevy | 334 | 0 | running | 150 |
| 7 | 12 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA America | Pontiac | 334 | 0 | running | 146 |
| 8 | 22 | 4 | Sterling Marlin | Kodak Film | Chevy | 334 | 2 | running | 147 |
| 9 | 21 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | Citgo | Ford | 333 | 0 | running | 138 |
| 10 | 35 | 41 | Steve Grissom | Kodiak | Chevy | 332 | 0 | running | 134 |
| 11 | 16 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's | Ford | 332 | 0 | running | 130 |
| 12 | 30 | 98 | John Andretti | RCA | Ford | 332 | 0 | running | 127 |
| 13 | 31 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D | Ford | 332 | 0 | running | 124 |
| 14 | 7 | 7 | Geoffrey Bodine | QVC | Ford | 331 | 0 | running | 121 |
| 15 | 36 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Realtree | Chevy | 331 | 0 | running | 118 |
| 16 | 24 | 9 | Lake Speed | Ace Hardware | Ford | 331 | 0 | running | 115 |
| 17 | 42 | 91 | Mike Wallace | Spam | Chevy | 330 | 0 | running | 112 |
| 18 | 27 | 33 | Ken Schrader | Skoal Bandit | Chevy | 330 | 0 | running | 109 |
| 19 | 26 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Close Call Phone Card | Ford | 327 | 0 | running | 106 |
| 20 | 17 | 43 | Bobby Hamilton | STP | Pontiac | 325 | 0 | running | 103 |
| 21 | 43 | 78 | Billy Standridge | Diamond Rio | Ford | 325 | 0 | running | 100 |
| 22 | 25 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Lowe's | Chevy | 324 | 10 | running | 102 |
| 23 | 32 | 90 | Dick Trickle | Heilig-Meyers, Simmons | Ford | 319 | 0 | running | 94 |
| 24 | 19 | 1 | Morgan Shepherd | Delco Remy America | Pontiac | 304 | 0 | running | 91 |
| 25 | 18 | 25 | Todd Bodine | Budweiser | Chevy | 284 | 9 | running | 93 |
| 26 | 38 | 97 | Chad Little | John Deere | Pontiac | 283 | 0 | running | 85 |
| 27 | 23 | 44 | Kyle Petty | Hot Wheels | Pontiac | 266 | 0 | running | 82 |
| 28 | 13 | 30 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | Pennzoil | Pontiac | 256 | 0 | accident | 79 |
| 29 | 40 | 42 | Joe Nemechek | BellSouth | Chevy | 255 | 0 | accident | 76 |
| 30 | 2 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Refinishes | Chevy | 247 | 69 | running | 78 |
| 31 | 28 | 75 | Rick Mast | Remington Arms | Ford | 246 | 0 | engine | 70 |
| 32 | 20 | 37 | Jeremy Mayfield | Kmart, RC Cola | Ford | 200 | 0 | accident | 67 |
| 33 | 34 | 8 | Hut Stricklin | Circuit City | Ford | 192 | 0 | clutch | 64 |
| 34 | 29 | 40 | Robby Gordon | Coors Light | Chevy | 174 | 0 | running | 61 |
| 35 | 11 | 16 | Ted Musgrave | Family Channel, Primestar | Ford | 167 | 0 | valve train | 58 |
| 36 | 10 | 28 | Ernie Irvan | Texaco, Havoline | Ford | 161 | 0 | accident | 55 |
| 37 | 9 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite True to Texas | Ford | 160 | 0 | accident | 52 |
| 38 | 6 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline | Ford | 143 | 10 | engine | 54 |
| 39 | 33 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Camel Cigarettes | Ford | 95 | 0 | accident | 46 |
| 40 | 39 | 20 | Greg Sacks | Hardee's | Ford | 84 | 0 | accident | 43 |
| 41 | 37 | 36 | Derrike Cope | Skittles | Pontiac | 21 | 0 | accident | 40 |
| 42 | 41 | 77 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | Jasper Engines & Transmissions | Ford | 17 | 0 | accident | 37 |
| 43 | 14 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Parts America | Chevy | 0 | 0 | accident | 34 |
| DID NOT QUALIFY | |||||||||
| 19 | Gary Bradberry | Child Support Recovery | Ford | DNQ | |||||
| 74 | Randy LaJoie | Fina | Chevy | DNQ | |||||
| 46 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | First Union | Chevy | DNQ | |||||
| 29 | Robert Pressley | Cartoon Network | Chevy | DNQ | |||||
| 66 | H.B. Bailey | Almeda Auto Parts, Bailey Racing | Pontiac | DNQ | |||||
| 02 | Mike Bliss | Team ASE | Ford | DNQ | |||||
| 27 | Rick Wilson | Blair Motorsports | Ford | DNQ | |||||
| 96 | David Green | Caterpillar | Chevy | DNQ | |||||
| 95 | Ed Berrier, III | Feed the Children | Chevy | DNQ | |||||
| PRACTICED CAR | |||||||||
| 25 | Ricky Craven | Budweiser | Chevy | practiced car | |||||
| RACE DATA | |||||||||
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| Time of Race: 4h:00:16 | |||||||||
| Starting Lineup Set By: Rulebook due to weather | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: 4.067 seconds | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 125.111 mph | |||||||||
| Cautions: 10 for 73 laps - Laps 2-11 (#1,3,8,9,11,17,25,30,31,37,40,43,44,75,94 accident turn 1); Laps 19-25 (#20,36,77 accident turn 1); Laps 98-105 (#23,24 accident turn 1); Laps 144-149 (#6 fluid on track frontstretch); Laps 163-174 (#2,4,11,20,90 accident frontstretch/#20,24,28 accident frontstretch); Laps 177-179 (#30 accident turn 2); Laps 184-187 (#16 fluid on track backstretch); Laps 251-257 (#41 spun turn 2); Laps 259-270 (#22,30,42,97 accident backstretch); Laps 278-281 (#25,99 accident backstretch/#9 spun backstretch) | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: 19 among 10 drivers - Dale Jarrett (1-13); Jeff Gordon (14-66); Terry Labonte (67-69); Mark Martin (70); Bobby Labonte (71-72); Mike Skinner (73-82); Jeff Gordon (83-98); Terry Labonte (99-107); Dale Jarrett (108-134); Mark Martin (135-143); Dale Jarrett (144-145); Ricky Rudd (146-154); Terry Labonte (155-233); Jeff Burton (234-235); Todd Bodine (236); Sterling Marlin (237-238); Terry Labonte (239-251); Ricky Rudd (252-268); Todd Bodine (269-276); Jeff Burton (277-334) | |||||||||
| Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered |
