1997 Pontiac Excitement 400

Race 3 of 32

Richmond
400 laps
Time of race: 2:45:54
Average speed of winner: 108.499 mph
Margin of victory: 0.453 sec.
Lead changes: 15 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 12 laps
Lap leaders: T. Labonte pole, J. Gordon 1-65, Jarrett 66-104, B. Labonte 105, Jarrett 106-119, G. Bodine 120-137, Jarrett 138-158, R. Wallace 159-201, Jarrett 202-203, Hamilton 204, Elliott 205-209, Jarrett 210-300, Elliott 301-303, R. Wallace 304-392, Jarrett 393-397, R. Wallace 398-400

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton		400	3	135	running	86775	180
2	18	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson		400	1	18	running	56875	175
3	3	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott		400	6	172	running	50750	175
4	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham		399	1	65	running	46200	165
5	9	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis		399	1	1	running	35595	160
6	6	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long		399	0	0	running	30770	150
7	1	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart		399	0	0	running	35845	146
8	11	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar		399	1	1	running	28945	147
9	23	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt		399	0	0	running	25745	138
10	37	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy		398	0	0	running	18545	134
11	21	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley		398	0	0	running	24345	130
12	26	Lake Speed	9	Melling Auto Parts	Ford	Melling	Buice		398	0	0	running	24045	127
13	5	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig		398	0	0	running	23870	124
14	12	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves		398	0	0	running	23670	121
15	17	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam		398	2	8	running	25330	123
16	30	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond		398	0	0	running	16215	115
17	33	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews		398	0	0	running	15415	112
18	20	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier		398	0	0	running	22265	109
19	8	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer		397	0	0	running	27540	106
20	16	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince		397	0	0	running	24565	103
21	39	Robert Pressley	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge			397	0	0	running	16965	100
22	15	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo		397	0	0	running	21840	97
23	27	Brett Bodine	11	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson		397	0	0	running	21665	94
24	31	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey		397	0	0	running	14540	91
25	4	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds		397	0	0	running	27940	88
26	36	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin		397	0	0	running	12265	85
27	14	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood		396	0	0	running	21340	82
28	24	Robby Gordon	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover		396	0	0	running	21215	79
29	40	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson		395	0	0	running	14190	76
30	38	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton		395	0	0	running	11160	73
31	22	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr		395	0	0	running	20615	70
32	25	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez		395	0	0	running	18090	67
33	41	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns		395	0	0	running	11075	64
34	42	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Pontiac	ppc	Holly		395	0	0	running	19304	61
35	28	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree		393	0	0	running	18065	58
36	10	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno		391	0	0	accident	26065	55
37	34	Dave Marcis	71	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis		391	0	0	running	11065	52
38	43	Gary Bradberry	19	Child Support Recovery International	Ford	Mark Smith			389	0	0	running	19504	49
39	32	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman		380	0	0	running	11065	46
40	29	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin		376	0	0	engine	18065	43
41	35	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	Jasper Engines/Federal Mogul	Ford	Jasper			336	0	0	rear end	11065	40
42	13	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott		248	0	0	running	19065	37
43	19	Morgan Shepherd	1	Delco Remy America	Pontiac	Richard Jackson			131	0	0	engine	11965	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	525	3	0	2	3	3
2	Terry Labonte	462	3	0	0	1	3
3	Dale Jarrett	449	3	0	0	2	2
4	Ricky Rudd	448	3	0	0	1	3
5	Ricky Craven	441	3	0	0	2	2
6	Mark Martin	409	3	1	0	0	1
7	Bill Elliott	385	3	0	0	1	1
8	Geoff Bodine	378	3	0	0	1	2
9	Jeremy Mayfield	377	3	0	0	0	1
10	Rusty Wallace	370	3	0	1	1	2
11	Sterling Marlin	369	3	0	0	1	1
12	Bobby Labonte	368	3	0	0	0	1
13	Bobby Hamilton	357	3	0	0	1	1
14	Ted Musgrave	354	3	0	0	0	0
15	Jeff Burton	337	3	0	0	1	1
16	Lake Speed	336	3	0	0	0	0
17	Kyle Petty	331	3	0	0	0	1
18	Ward Burton	327	3	0	0	0	1
19	Darrell Waltrip	316	3	0	0	0	1
20	Brett Bodine	315	3	0	0	0	0
21	Ernie Irvan	306	3	0	0	0	1
22	Mike Skinner	305	3	1	0	0	0
23	Johnny Benson, Jr.	299	3	0	0	0	1
24	Dale Earnhardt	293	3	0	0	0	0
25	Steve Grissom	264	3	0	0	0	0