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1997 Pontiac Excitement 400
Held on March 2, 1997 at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, VA
400 L, 300 M, 482.8 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	7	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite	Ford	400	135	running	180
2	18	7	Geoffrey Bodine	QVC	Ford	400	18	running	175
3	3	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care, Ford Credit	Ford	400	172	running	175
4	2	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Refinishes	Chevy	399	65	running	165
5	9	43	Bobby Hamilton	STP	Pontiac	399	1	running	160
6	6	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide	Ford	399	0	running	150
7	1	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevy	399	0	running	146
8	11	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	399	1	running	147
9	23	30	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Pennzoil	Pontiac	399	0	running	138
10	37	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	398	0	running	134
11	21	41	Steve Grissom	Kodiak, Manheim Auctions, Okuma, Alydaar Software, Year 2000	Chevy	398	0	running	130
12	26	9	Lake Speed	Melling Engine Parts	Ford	398	0	running	127
13	5	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline	Ford	398	0	running	124
14	12	25	Ricky Craven	Budweiser	Chevy	398	0	running	121
15	17	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's	Ford	398	8	running	123
16	30	17	Darrell Waltrip	Parts America	Chevy	398	0	running	115
17	33	37	Jeremy Mayfield	Kmart, RC Cola	Ford	398	0	running	112
18	20	75	Rick Mast	Remington Arms	Ford	398	0	running	109
19	8	4	Sterling Marlin	Kodak Film	Chevy	397	0	running	106
20	16	16	Ted Musgrave	Family Channel, Primestar	Ford	397	0	running	103
21	39	29	Robert Pressley	Cartoon Network	Chevy	397	0	running	100
22	15	23	Jimmy Spencer	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	397	0	running	97
23	27	11	Brett Bodine	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	397	0	running	94
24	31	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America	Pontiac	397	0	running	91
25	4	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevy	397	0	running	88
26	36	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's	Chevy	397	0	running	85
27	14	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo	Ford	396	0	running	82
28	24	40	Robby Gordon	Coors Light	Chevy	396	0	running	79
29	40	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	395	0	running	76
30	38	36	Derrike Cope	Skittles	Pontiac	395	0	running	73
31	22	98	John Andretti	RCA	Ford	395	0	running	70
32	25	8	Hut Stricklin	Circuit City	Ford	395	0	running	67
33	41	96	David Green	Caterpillar	Chevy	395	0	running	64
34	42	97	Chad Little	John Deere	Pontiac	395	0	running	61
35	28	33	Ken Schrader	Skoal Bandit	Chevy	393	0	running	58
36	10	28	Ernie Irvan	Texaco, Havoline	Ford	391	0	accident	55
37	34	71	Dave Marcis	Realtree	Chevy	391	0	running	52
38	43	19	Gary Bradberry	Child Support Recovery	Ford	389	0	running	49
39	32	42	Joe Nemechek	BellSouth	Chevy	380	0	running	46
40	29	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D	Ford	376	0	engine	43
41	35	77	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Jasper Engines & Transmissions, Federal Mogul	Ford	336	0	rear end	40
42	13	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries	Ford	248	0	running	37
43	19	1	Morgan Shepherd	Delco Remy America	Pontiac	131	0	engine	34
DID NOT QUALIFY
		78	Billy Standridge	Diamond Rio	Ford			DNQ
		20	Greg Sacks	Hardee's	Ford			DNQ
		91	Mike Wallace	Spam	Chevy			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
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