1997 Goody's Headache Powder 500

Race 8 of 32

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:44:19
Average speed of winner: 70.347 mph
Margin of victory: 0.356 sec.
Lead changes: 4 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 99 laps
Lap leaders: K. Wallace pole, Nemechek 1-20, J. Gordon 21-327, Hamilton 328-375, J. Gordon 376-500

Race notes: First pole for Kenny Wallace.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3 (Finish), Part 4 (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	93.341	500	2	432	running	99225	185
2	8	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	93.148	500	1	48	running	50575	175
3	39	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	provisional	500	0	0	running	42375	165
4	7	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	93.189	500	0	0	running	42925	160
5	15	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	92.978	500	0	0	running	33875	155
6	1	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	93.961	500	0	0	running	35375	150
7	29	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	92.389	500	0	0	running	19775	146
8	14	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	93.024	500	0	0	running	29650	142
9	17	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	92.887	500	0	0	running	25445	138
10	26	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	93.143	500	0	0	running	30945	134
11	11	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	93.070	500	0	0	running	23685	130
12	25	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	92.411	500	0	0	running	28400	127
13	5	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	93.226	500	0	0	running	27065	124
14	6	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	93.198	500	0	0	running	22765	121
15	19	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	92.619	500	0	0	running	28215	118
16	23	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	92.520	499	0	0	running	28265	115
17	22	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	92.524	499	0	0	running	22365	112
18	18	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	92.642	499	0	0	running	14770	109
19	2	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	93.724	499	1	20	running	15865	111
20	28	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	92.402	498	0	0	running	23115	103
21	38	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	92.110	498	0	0	running	25965	100
22	35	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	92.254	498	0	0	running	20415	97
23	13	Robert Pressley	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		93.047	498	0	0	running	13265	94
24	12	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	93.052	497	0	0	running	20115	91
25	20	Lake Speed	9	Melling Auto Parts	Ford	Melling	Buice	92.569	497	0	0	running	20215	88
26	34	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	92.317	496	0	0	running	19815	85
27	37	Brett Bodine	11	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	92.204	496	0	0	running	19665	82
28	27	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	92.824	496	0	0	running	19615	79
29	3	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson	93.553	495	0	0	running	20065	76
30	31	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers/Simmons	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	92.380	495	0	0	running	9515	73
31	30	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	92.389	494	0	0	running	24465	70
32	16	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	92.928	490	0	0	running	10440	67
33	42	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	Jasper Engines/Federal Mogul	Ford	Jasper		provisional	489	0	0	running	9415	64
34	24	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	92.488	481	0	0	running	11140	61
35	21	Morgan Shepherd	1	Cruisin' America Phone Card	Pontiac	Richard Jackson		92.547	479	0	0	running	16365	58
36	32	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	92.371	477	0	0	running	16340	55
37	9	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	93.139	454	0	0	running	14075	52
38	41	Dave Marcis	71	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	provisional	417	0	0	running	7075	49
39	36	Mike Wallace	91	Spam	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	92.222	414	0	0	running	7075	46
40	10	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	93.074	398	0	0	handling	7075	43
41	40	Robby Gordon	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	provisional	395	0	0	accident	7075	40
42	33	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Pontiac	ppc	Holly	92.321	394	0	0	running	7075	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Jarrett	1269	8	1	2	6	6
2	Terry Labonte	1224	8	0	0	4	7
3	Jeff Gordon	1175	8	0	4	6	6
4	Bobby Labonte	1061	8	0	0	3	5
5	Mark Martin	1029	8	1	0	2	4
6	Jeff Burton	992	8	0	1	4	4
7	Ricky Rudd	981	8	0	0	2	4
8	Dale Earnhardt	980	8	0	0	0	3
9	Rusty Wallace	977	8	1	1	3	5
10	Bobby Hamilton	945	8	0	0	2	3
11	Ward Burton	927	8	0	0	0	2
12	Jeremy Mayfield	892	8	0	0	0	3
13	Sterling Marlin	885	8	0	0	1	2
14	Bill Elliott	882	8	0	0	1	2
15	Geoff Bodine	880	8	0	0	1	3
16	Michael Waltrip	854	8	0	0	0	3
17	Ken Schrader	831	8	0	0	0	2
18	Johnny Benson, Jr.	824	8	0	0	0	2
19	Darrell Waltrip	821	8	0	0	0	2
20	Brett Bodine	804	8	0	0	0	1
21	Ted Musgrave	783	8	0	0	1	1
22	Morgan Shepherd	769	8	0	0	1	2
23	Ernie Irvan	757	8	0	0	1	2
24	Lake Speed	746	8	0	0	0	0
25	John Andretti	722	8	0	0	0	0