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1997 TranSouth Financial 400
Held on March 23, 1997 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC
293 L, 400.238 M, 644.014 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care, Ford Credit	Ford	293	171	running	185
2	21	16	Ted Musgrave	Family Channel, Primestar	Ford	293	0	running	170
3	10	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Refinishes	Chevy	293	16	running	170
4	6	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries	Ford	293	49	running	165
5	3	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	293	0	running	155
6	15	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite	Ford	293	0	running	150
7	27	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo	Ford	293	0	running	146
8	13	33	Ken Schrader	Skoal Bandit	Chevy	293	0	running	142
9	4	7	Geoffrey Bodine	QVC	Ford	293	0	running	138
10	36	30	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Pennzoil	Pontiac	293	0	running	134
11	41	17	Darrell Waltrip	Parts America	Chevy	293	0	running	130
12	23	1	Morgan Shepherd	Delco Remy America	Pontiac	293	0	running	127
13	12	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevy	292	0	running	124
14	30	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D	Ford	292	0	running	121
15	43	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevy	292	0	running	118
16	18	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's	Ford	292	0	running	115
17	19	37	Jeremy Mayfield	Kmart, RC Cola	Ford	292	0	running	112
18	40	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America	Pontiac	292	0	running	109
19	42	75	Rick Mast	Remington Arms	Ford	292	0	running	106
20	25	36	Derrike Cope	Skittles	Pontiac	292	0	running	103
21	8	28	Ernie Irvan	Texaco, Havoline	Ford	291	36	running	105
22	26	23	Jimmy Spencer	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	291	0	running	97
23	16	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide	Ford	291	0	running	94
24	5	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline	Ford	291	0	running	91
25	33	98	John Andretti	RCA	Ford	291	0	running	88
26	7	8	Hut Stricklin	Circuit City	Ford	291	6	running	90
27	32	97	Chad Little	John Deere	Pontiac	290	0	running	82
28	20	71	Dave Marcis	Realtree	Chevy	290	0	running	79
29	24	20	Greg Sacks	Hardee's	Ford	289	0	running	76
30	34	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's	Chevy	289	8	running	78
31	29	42	Phil Parsons	BellSouth	Chevy	289	0	running	70
32	9	4	Sterling Marlin	Kodak Film	Chevy	278	0	running	67
33	28	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	264	0	running	64
34	38	40	Robby Gordon	Coors Light	Chevy	232	0	accident	61
35	31	11	Brett Bodine	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	224	0	oil leak	58
36	11	9	Lake Speed	Melling Engine Parts	Ford	188	0	transmission	55
37	39	43	Bobby Hamilton	STP	Pontiac	183	0	oil pump	52
38	14	19	Gary Bradberry	Child Support Recovery	Ford	169	0	running	49
39	35	29	Robert Pressley	Cartoon Network	Chevy	161	7	accident	51
40	2	25	Ricky Craven	Budweiser	Chevy	160	0	accident	43
41	22	96	David Green	Caterpillar	Chevy	69	0	accident	40
42	37	77	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Jasper Engines & Transmissions, Federal Mogul	Ford	62	0	oil leak	37
43	17	91	Mike Wallace	Spam	Chevy	26	0	accident	34
DID NOT QUALIFY
		90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers	Ford			DNQ
		78	Billy Standridge	Diamond Rio, Hanes	Ford			DNQ
		41	Steve Grissom	Kodiak, Manheim Auctions, Okuma, Alydaar Software, Year 2000	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
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Joe Nemechek was replaced by Phil Parsons for this race due to the death of John Nemechek.