1997 Goodwrench Service 400

Race 2 of 32

Rockingham
393 laps
Time of race: 3:17:35
Average speed of winner: 121.371 mph
Margin of victory: 2.692 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 47 laps
Lap leaders: Martin 1-12, Jarrett 13-46, Martin 47-56, Jarrett 57-126, Irvan 127-129, Green 130, Jarrett 131-303, J. Burton 304, Jarrett 305-350, J. Gordon 351-393

Race notes: Debut for David Green.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2 (Pre-race), Part 3 (Start), Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19 (Finish), Part 20 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	156.155	393	1	43	running	93115	180
2	3	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	156.475	393	4	323	running	68760	180
3	17	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	155.011	393	1	1	running	42260	170
4	10	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	155.518	393	0	0	running	39210	160
5	8	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	155.743	393	0	0	running	35050	155
6	23	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	154.683	393	0	0	running	35325	150
7	15	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	155.096	393	0	0	running	40525	146
8	5	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson	156.848	393	0	0	running	32025	142
9	32	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	153.994	393	1	3	running	36325	143
10	16	Morgan Shepherd	1	Delco Remy America	Pontiac	Richard Jackson		155.057	393	0	0	running	31575	134
11	27	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	154.312	393	0	0	running	32000	130
12	28	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	154.292	392	0	0	running	26600	127
13	1	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	157.885	392	2	22	running	31800	129
14	2	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	156.495	392	0	0	running	30150	121
15	22	Lake Speed	9	Melling Auto Parts	Ford	Melling	Buice	154.723	392	0	0	running	27550	118
16	24	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	154.520	392	0	0	running	18500	115
17	9	Brett Bodine	11	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	155.544	392	0	0	running	25100	112
18	6	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	155.928	392	0	0	running	24800	109
19	37	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	153.593	392	0	0	running	17450	106
20	35	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	153.722	392	0	0	running	32150	103
21	38	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	153.272	392	0	0	running	31939	100
22	43	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	provisional	392	0	0	running	25700	97
23	11	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	155.478	391	0	0	running	16450	94
24	7	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	155.875	391	0	0	running	23250	91
25	12	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	155.419	391	0	0	running	14200	88
26	39	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	provisional	390	0	0	running	22940	85
27	21	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	154.723	390	0	0	running	22740	82
28	19	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	154.781	390	0	0	running	27690	79
29	20	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	154.749	389	0	0	running	12515	76
30	34	Dave Marcis	71	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	153.761	389	0	0	running	15465	73
31	26	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	154.422	388	0	0	running	12265	70
32	30	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	154.046	388	0	0	running	14715	67
33	41	Robby Gordon	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	provisional	388	0	0	running	19640	64
34	25	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	154.501	388	0	0	running	19015	61
35	33	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	153.832	387	0	0	running	11915	58
36	29	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	154.175	379	0	0	running	18840	55
37	18	Robert Pressley	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		155.011	334	0	0	accident	11800	52
38	14	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	155.175	303	1	1	running	19919	54
39	36	Greg Sacks	20	Hardee's	Ford	Ranier		153.722	271	0	0	engine	11730	46
40	40	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	provisional	264	0	0	overheating	19730	43
41	13	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	155.412	180	0	0	engine	18730	40
42	31	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	Jasper Engines/Federal Mogul	Ford	Jasper		154.000	136	0	0	engine	11730	37
43	42	Loy Allen, Jr.	19	Child Support Recovery International	Ford	Mark Smith		provisional	68	0	0	clutch	11730	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	360	2	0	2	2	2
2	Ricky Craven	320	2	0	0	2	2
3	Terry Labonte	316	2	0	0	1	2
4	Jeff Burton	300	2	0	0	1	1
5	Ricky Rudd	298	2	0	0	1	2
6	Mark Martin	285	2	1	0	0	1
7	Dale Jarrett	274	2	0	0	1	1
8	Jeremy Mayfield	265	2	0	0	0	1
9	Sterling Marlin	263	2	0	0	1	1
10	Bill Elliott	262	2	0	0	1	1
11	Ernie Irvan	251	2	0	0	0	1
12	Ted Musgrave	251	2	0	0	0	0
13	Ward Burton	236	2	0	0	0	1
14	Bobby Labonte	221	2	0	0	0	0
15	Brett Bodine	221	2	0	0	0	0
16	Mike Skinner	220	2	1	0	0	0
17	Morgan Shepherd	210	2	0	0	0	1
18	Lake Speed	209	2	0	0	0	0
19	Dale Earnhardt	205	2	0	0	0	0
20	Geoff Bodine	203	2	0	0	0	1
21	Darrell Waltrip	201	2	0	0	0	1
22	Kyle Petty	197	2	0	0	0	0
23	Bobby Hamilton	197	2	0	0	0	0
24	Rusty Wallace	190	2	0	0	0	1
25	Dave Marcis	185	2	0	0	0	0