1997 Winston 500

Race #10 of 32 in the 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1997 Winston 500
*Held on May 10, 1997 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, AL*
188 L, 500.08 M, 804.828 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	18	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline	Ford	188	47	running	180
2	3	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevy	188	76	running	180
3	8	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	188	0	running	165
4	1	98	John Andretti	RCA	Ford	188	19	running	165
5	11	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Refinishes	Chevy	188	13	running	160
6	36	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevy	188	0	running	150
7	20	23	Jimmy Spencer	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	188	0	running	146
8	39	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries	Ford	188	13	running	147
9	17	30	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Pennzoil	Pontiac	188	0	running	138
10	7	28	Ernie Irvan	Texaco, Havoline	Ford	188	2	running	139
11	29	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide	Ford	188	0	running	130
12	6	33	Ken Schrader	Skoal Bandit	Chevy	188	1	running	132
13	12	36	Derrike Cope	Skittles	Pontiac	188	0	running	124
14	28	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo	Ford	188	1	running	126
15	26	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	188	0	running	118
16	5	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's	Chevy	187	2	running	120
17	27	46	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	First Union	Chevy	187	0	running	112
18	10	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's	Ford	187	0	running	109
19	32	40	Joe Nemechek	Coors Light	Chevy	187	0	running	106
20	2	77	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Jasper Engines & Transmissions, Federal Mogul	Ford	187	0	running	103
21	14	9	Lake Speed	Ace Hardware	Ford	187	0	running	100
22	15	75	Rick Mast	Remington Arms	Ford	187	0	running	97
23	40	37	Jeremy Mayfield	Kmart, RC Cola	Ford	187	0	running	94
24	38	16	Ted Musgrave	Family Channel, Primestar	Ford	187	1	running	96
25	13	20	Greg Sacks	Hardee's	Ford	187	0	running	88
26	30	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D	Ford	187	0	running	85
27	33	25	Ricky Craven	Budweiser	Chevy	186	0	running	82
28	41	1	Morgan Shepherd	Cruisin' America	Pontiac	186	0	running	79
29	22	29	Robert Pressley	Cartoon Network	Chevy	186	0	running	76
30	37	71	Dave Marcis	Realtree	Chevy	186	0	running	73
31	35	43	Bobby Hamilton	STP	Pontiac	186	0	running	70
32	43	17	Darrell Waltrip	Parts America	Chevy	186	0	running	67
33	31	11	Brett Bodine	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	186	0	running	64
34	42	97	Chad Little	John Deere	Pontiac	185	0	running	61
35	9	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care, Ford Credit	Ford	184	0	running	58
36	23	8	Hut Stricklin	Circuit City	Ford	183	0	running	55
37	4	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite	Ford	180	1	engine	57
38	34	96	David Green	Caterpillar	Chevy	169	0	engine	49
39	16	4	Sterling Marlin	Kodak Film	Chevy	113	10	engine	51
40	21	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	109	0	running	43
41	24	41	Steve Grissom	Kodiak	Chevy	93	0	engine	40
42	25	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America	Pontiac	85	0	engine	37
43	19	7	Geoffrey Bodine	QVC	Ford	78	2	engine	39
QUALIFIED CAR
		40	Robby Gordon	Coors Light	Chevy			qualified car
DID NOT QUALIFY
		19	Gary Bradberry	Child Support Recovery	Ford			DNQ
		42	Joe Nemechek	BellSouth	Chevy			DNQ
		73	Phil Barkdoll	X-1R	Chevy			DNQ
		78	Billy Standridge	Diamond Rio, Hanes	Ford			DNQ
		95	Ed Berrier, III	Shoney's Inn, Feed the Children	Chevy			DNQ
		91	Mike Wallace	Spam	Chevy			DNQ

OTHER AVAILABLE SESSIONS
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RACE DATA
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Time of Race: 2h:39:18
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: John Andretti - 49.456 sec.
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Margin of Victory: 0.146 seconds
Average Speed: 188.354 mph
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps - none
Lead Changes: 26 among 13 drivers - John Andretti (1-18); Dale Earnhardt (19-26); Martin Martin (27); Jeff Gordon (28-30); Dale Earnhardt (31-38); John Andretti (39); Dale Earnhardt (40); Jeff Gordon (41); Sterling Marlin (42-49); Mike Skinner (50-51); Ted Musgrave (52); Geoffrey Bodine (53-54); Dale Earnhardt (55-89); Rusty Wallace (90); Dale Earnhardt (91-104); Michael Waltrip (105); Sterling Marlin (106-107); Jeff Burton (108-117); Ken Schrader (118); Jeff Gordon (119-126); Dale Earnhardt (127-128); Jeff Burton (129-131); Dale Earnhardt (132-139); Mark Martin (140-154); Ernie Irvan (155-156); Jeff Gordon (157); Mark Martin (158-188)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Joe Nemechek failed to qualify the #42 car, but drove the #40 car in the race as Robby Gordon was qualifying for the Indianapolis 500. This is the fastest 500-mile race in NASCAR history Race was originally scheduled for April 27th but delayed two weeks due to rain.