1997 Pocono 500

Race 13 of 32

Pocono
200 laps
Time of race: 3:34:33
Average speed of winner: 139.828 mph
Margin of victory: 1.415 sec.
Lead changes: 25 among 15 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 22 laps
Lap leaders: Hamilton 1-19, Gordon 20, Hamilton 21-23, W. Burton 24-35, T. Labonte 36-38, Craven 39, Skinner 40-41, Elliott 42-47, Andretti 48, J. Green 49-53, D. Waltrip 54-58, Jarrett 59-60, B. Bodine 61-62, Jarrett 63-65, D. Waltrip 66, J. Green 67-73, D. Waltrip 74-76, W. Burton 77-95, Mayfield 96-97, Musgrave 98, J. Green 99-101, G. Bodine 102-103, W. Burton 104-132, Gordon 133-174, Musgrave 175-184, Gordon 185-200

Race notes: Jeff Gordon took the points lead from Terry Labonte.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	11	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	166.991	200	3	59	running	166080	180
2	18	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	166.445	200	0	0	running	52550	170
3	2	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	168.026	200	2	5	running	53245	170
4	14	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	166.583	200	0	0	running	39620	160
5	27	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	167.302	200	1	2	running	33070	160
6	31	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	166.608	200	2	11	running	28875	155
7	8	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	167.261	200	3	9	running	30775	151
8	24	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson	166.159	200	1	2	running	25975	147
9	7	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	167.264	200	1	3	running	35675	143
10	12	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	166.719	200	0	0	running	34025	134
11	38	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	166.144	200	0	0	running	19525	130
12	20	Morgan Shepherd	1	Cruisin' America Phone Card	Pontiac	Richard Jackson		166.309	200	0	0	running	24175	127
13	32	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	166.599	200	0	0	running	23875	124
14	40	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	provisional	200	0	0	running	16575	121
15	28	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	166.722	200	0	0	running	30225	118
16	22	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	166.174	200	1	1	running	23075	120
17	13	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		166.676	200	0	0	running	12175	112
18	35	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	166.460	200	0	0	running	22775	109
19	34	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	166.546	200	0	0	running	22525	106
20	10	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	167.150	200	0	0	running	24750	103
21	6	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	167.364	199	0	0	running	26505	100
22	16	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	166.516	199	0	0	running	28405	97
23	39	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	provisional	199	0	0	running	21680	94
24	15	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	166.546	199	0	0	running	21530	91
25	37	Brett Bodine	11	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	166.263	199	1	2	running	21605	93
26	42	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers/Simmons	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	provisional	199	0	0	running	14205	85
27	21	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	166.208	198	0	0	running	21055	82
28	25	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	166.147	198	0	0	running	12005	79
29	19	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	166.380	197	0	0	running	25930	76
30	17	Mike Wallace	91	Spam	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	166.469	197	0	0	running	10880	73
31	23	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	166.165	197	0	0	running	25830	70
32	5	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	167.383	196	1	6	running	20780	72
33	36	Gary Bradberry	19	Child Support Recovery International	Ford	Mark Smith		166.362	196	0	0	running	10730	64
34	30	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	166.670	196	0	0	running	20105	61
35	29	Jeff Green	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		166.701	189	3	15	handling	20530	63
36	26	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	167.645	166	0	0	engine	10955	55
37	33	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	Jasper Engines/Federal Mogul	Ford	Jasper		166.593	146	0	0	running	10390	52
38	3	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	167.507	141	3	60	engine	18765	59
39	1	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	168.089	129	2	22	accident	27990	51
40	9	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	167.246	121	1	1	engine	17265	48
41	41	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	provisional	79	1	2	engine	10265	45
42	4	Greg Sacks	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	167.470	8	0	0	accident	17265	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	1955	13	1	6	10	10
2	Terry Labonte	1955	13	0	0	5	11
3	Mark Martin	1894	13	2	2	7	9
4	Dale Jarrett	1826	13	1	2	8	8
5	Jeff Burton	1772	13	0	1	7	9
6	Dale Earnhardt	1687	13	0	0	1	6
7	Bobby Labonte	1602	13	1	0	4	7
8	Ricky Rudd	1586	13	0	1	3	6
9	Michael Waltrip	1508	13	0	0	0	5
10	Jeremy Mayfield	1467	13	0	0	2	5
11	Bill Elliott	1437	13	0	0	2	4
12	Rusty Wallace	1400	13	1	1	4	6
13	Ted Musgrave	1388	13	0	0	1	2
14	Darrell Waltrip	1383	13	0	0	1	4
15	Johnny Benson, Jr.	1367	13	0	0	0	3
16	Bobby Hamilton	1360	13	1	0	2	3
17	Ken Schrader	1336	13	0	0	0	3
18	Ernie Irvan	1326	13	0	0	1	4
19	Sterling Marlin	1316	13	0	0	1	3
20	Kyle Petty	1289	13	0	0	1	2
21	Ward Burton	1273	13	0	0	0	3
22	Morgan Shepherd	1261	13	0	0	1	3
23	Brett Bodine	1260	13	0	0	0	2
24	Jimmy Spencer	1240	13	0	0	0	1
25	Mike Skinner	1189	13	1	0	0	1