1997 Jiffy Lube 300

Race 17 of 32

Loudon
300 laps
Time of race: 2:42:35
Average speed of winner: 117.134 mph
Margin of victory: 5.372 sec.
Lead changes: 14 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 10 laps
Lap leaders: Schrader 1-12, Hamilton 13-30, Jarrett 31-85, Craven 86, Hamilton 87-111, Irvan 112-137, Jarrett 138-173, J. Burton 174, Andretti 175, Jarrett 176-182, Irvan 183-195, J. Burton 196-284, Irvan 285-287, T. Labonte 288-291, J. Burton 292-300

Race notes: Finale for Randy MacDonald. Terry Labonte took the points lead from Jeff Gordon.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	15	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	128.247	300	3	99	running	117875	185
2	26	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	127.859	300	0	0	running	82950	170
3	12	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	128.597	300	0	0	running	55525	165
4	6	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	128.941	300	0	0	running	47675	160
5	16	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	128.225	300	0	0	running	44650	155
6	23	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	127.954	300	0	0	running	39825	150
7	10	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	128.880	300	1	4	running	46325	151
8	11	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	128.715	300	3	42	running	38625	147
9	18	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	128.100	300	0	0	running	38325	138
10	14	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson	128.281	300	0	0	running	38225	134
11	1	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	129.423	300	1	12	running	40825	135
12	30	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	127.636	300	0	0	running	35025	127
13	7	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	128.928	300	0	0	running	26725	124
14	8	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	128.928	299	1	1	accident	33425	126
15	40	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	provisional	299	0	0	running	34525	118
16	3	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	129.274	299	1	1	running	34225	120
17	22	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	127.992	299	0	0	running	25400	112
18	32	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	127.564	299	0	0	running	32150	109
19	36	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	127.240	299	0	0	running	31900	106
20	31	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	127.581	299	0	0	running	26600	103
21	27	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	127.855	298	0	0	running	25375	100
22	13	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	128.454	298	0	0	running	36925	97
23	29	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	127.786	298	0	0	running	37975	94
24	21	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	128.023	298	0	0	running	20625	91
25	28	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers/Simmons	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	127.821	298	0	0	running	23675	88
26	25	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	127.868	298	0	0	running	30425	85
27	17	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	128.100	298	0	0	running	35150	82
28	24	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	127.945	298	0	0	running	30000	79
29	33	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	127.513	297	0	0	running	29850	76
30	4	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Pontiac	ppc	Holly	128.998	297	0	0	running	22225	73
31	2	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	129.375	297	2	43	running	37100	75
32	34	Jeff Green	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		127.491	296	0	0	running	19475	67
33	20	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	128.070	296	0	0	running	26350	64
34	42	Robby Gordon	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	provisional	296	0	0	running	26225	61
35	41	Dave Marcis	71	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	provisional	295	0	0	running	19100	58
36	35	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	127.397	294	0	0	running	25975	55
37	38	Morgan Shepherd	77	Jasper Engines/Federal Mogul	Ford	Jasper		126.082	293	0	0	running	18850	52
38	5	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	128.981	293	3	98	running	51900	54
39	9	Jerry Nadeau	1	R+L Carriers	Pontiac	Richard Jackson		128.885	281	0	0	brakes	25600	46
40	19	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	128.087	275	0	0	running	18600	43
41	37	Randy MacDonald	79	Southern Foods/Colony Apparel	Chevrolet	TRIX		127.206	148	0	0	brakes	20600	40
42	39	Brett Bodine	11	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	provisional	55	0	0	accident	25600	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	2497	17	0	0	7	14
2	Jeff Gordon	2494	17	1	7	12	12
3	Mark Martin	2445	17	2	2	9	12
4	Dale Jarrett	2332	17	2	2	9	11
5	Jeff Burton	2298	17	0	2	8	11
6	Dale Earnhardt	2283	17	0	0	3	9
7	Bobby Labonte	2111	17	1	0	4	10
8	Ricky Rudd	2074	17	0	1	4	8
9	Jeremy Mayfield	1962	17	0	0	2	5
10	Ted Musgrave	1930	17	0	0	3	4
11	Rusty Wallace	1917	17	1	1	5	8
12	Bill Elliott	1898	17	0	0	3	6
13	Michael Waltrip	1892	17	0	0	0	5
14	Johnny Benson, Jr.	1849	17	0	0	0	4
15	Ernie Irvan	1848	17	0	1	2	7
16	Darrell Waltrip	1792	17	0	0	1	4
17	Sterling Marlin	1750	17	0	0	2	4
18	Ken Schrader	1737	17	1	0	0	3
19	Kyle Petty	1719	17	0	0	1	3
20	Jimmy Spencer	1715	17	0	0	1	2
21	Bobby Hamilton	1699	17	1	0	2	3
22	John Andretti	1620	17	1	1	2	2
23	Brett Bodine	1592	17	0	0	0	2
24	Ward Burton	1555	17	0	0	0	3
25	Derrike Cope	1510	16	0	0	0	1