1997 Coca-Cola 600

Race 11 of 32

Charlotte
333 laps
Time of race: 3:39:10
Average speed of winner: 136.745 mph
Margin of victory: 0.468 sec.
Lead changes: 27 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 50 laps
Lap leaders: J. Gordon pole, Jarrett 1, Craven 2-4, J. Gordon 5-17, Jarrett 18-23, J. Gordon 24-27, Schrader 28-42, Elliott 43-62, Jarrett 63-67, Craven 68-77, Irvan 78-113, D. Waltrip 114, Craven 115-122, Irvan 123-137, Jarrett 138-150, J. Green 151-153, Craven 154-156, Irvan 157-184, B. Labonte 185-217, Irvan 218-220, T. Labonte 221-240, R. Wallace 241-275, Elliott 276-285, J. Gordon 286-295, Earnhardt 296-297, T. Labonte 298-306, R. Wallace 307-316, J. Gordon 317-333

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	184.300	333	4	44	running	224900	180
2	21	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	181.873	333	2	45	running	108025	175
3	11	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	182.525	333	0	0	running	77500	165
4	10	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	182.537	333	2	30	running	73300	165
5	16	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	182.278	333	0	0	running	61750	155
6	14	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	182.359	333	1	33	running	58600	155
7	33	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	180.608	333	1	2	running	54400	151
8	9	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	182.611	333	2	29	running	71600	147
9	25	Morgan Shepherd	1	Cruisin' America Phone Card	Pontiac	Richard Jackson		181.592	333	0	0	running	44000	138
10	18	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	181.922	333	0	0	running	50050	134
11	27	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	181.452	333	0	0	running	41500	130
12	24	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	181.812	333	0	0	running	33400	127
13	13	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	182.488	333	4	82	running	55200	134
14	31	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	181.032	333	0	0	running	31300	121
15	40	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	provisional	333	0	0	running	39200	118
16	32	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	181.014	333	0	0	running	24500	115
17	22	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	181.837	333	0	0	running	33600	112
18	19	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	181.916	332	0	0	running	32700	109
19	5	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	183.243	332	0	0	running	26375	106
20	17	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	182.113	332	0	0	running	33650	103
21	8	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	182.815	332	1	1	running	30525	105
22	4	Jeff Green	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		183.355	332	1	3	running	26175	102
23	37	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	180.331	332	0	0	running	29600	94
24	30	Lake Speed	9	Melling Auto Parts	Ford	Melling	Buice	181.263	332	0	0	running	29225	91
25	42	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	provisional	332	0	0	running	29175	88
26	36	Brett Bodine	11	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	180.331	332	0	0	running	28725	85
27	3	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	183.399	332	4	25	running	40875	87
28	35	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	180.331	331	0	0	running	21525	79
29	7	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	182.964	331	0	0	running	34075	76
30	26	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	181.507	331	0	0	running	28450	73
31	38	Gary Bradberry	19	Child Support Recovery International	Ford	Mark Smith		180.180	331	0	0	running	18440	70
32	34	Billy Standridge	78	NC Diamond Rio/Hanes	Ford	Triad		180.463	328	0	0	running	18435	67
33	15	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers/Simmons	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	182.285	323	0	0	running	20930	64
34	12	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	182.506	292	0	0	running	18425	61
35	20	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		181.886	246	0	0	engine	18420	58
36	39	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	provisional	239	0	0	engine	18415	55
37	2	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	184.193	233	4	24	rear end	36710	57
38	6	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	183.194	231	1	15	running	29100	54
39	23	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	181.812	192	0	0	accident	25400	46
40	29	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	181.318	188	0	0	accident	34400	43
41	28	Robby Gordon	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	181.433	186	0	0	accident	25400	40
42	41	Todd Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson	provisional	47	0	0	accident	25400	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	1691	11	0	0	5	10
2	Jeff Gordon	1685	11	1	5	9	9
3	Dale Jarrett	1579	11	1	2	7	7
4	Mark Martin	1559	11	2	2	5	7
5	Bobby Labonte	1484	11	0	0	4	7
6	Dale Earnhardt	1438	11	0	0	1	5
7	Jeff Burton	1432	11	0	1	5	7
8	Ricky Rudd	1306	11	0	0	2	5
9	Rusty Wallace	1257	11	1	1	4	6
10	Michael Waltrip	1238	11	0	0	0	4
11	Bill Elliott	1223	11	0	0	2	3
12	Bobby Hamilton	1197	11	0	0	2	3
13	Johnny Benson, Jr.	1180	11	0	0	0	3
14	Ernie Irvan	1172	11	0	0	1	4
15	Ward Burton	1153	11	0	0	0	3
16	Darrell Waltrip	1148	11	0	0	1	3
17	Jeremy Mayfield	1147	11	0	0	0	3
18	Ted Musgrave	1103	11	0	0	1	1
19	Brett Bodine	1103	11	0	0	0	2
20	Ken Schrader	1087	11	0	0	0	2
21	Morgan Shepherd	1080	11	0	0	1	3
22	Sterling Marlin	1064	11	0	0	1	2
23	Jimmy Spencer	1037	11	0	0	0	1
24	John Andretti	1033	11	1	0	1	1
25	Kyle Petty	1008	11	0	0	0	1