1997 Mountain Dew Southern 500

Race 23 of 32

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 4:08:17
Average speed of winner: 121.149 mph
Margin of victory: 0.144 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 67 laps
Lap leaders: B. Labonte 1-2, Elliott 3-45, J. Burton 46-69, M. Waltrip 70-71, J. Gordon 72-115, Elliott 116-135, Musgrave 136-139, Elliott 140-257, Jarrett 258-295, J. Gordon 296-367

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2 (Start), Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14 (Finish), Part 15 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	169.766	367	2	116	running	1131330	180
2	16	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	168.787	367	1	24	running	57280	175
3	3	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	170.071	367	1	38	running	47505	170
4	2	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	170.513	367	3	181	running	49965	170
5	21	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	168.382	367	0	0	running	39345	155
6	17	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	168.677	367	0	0	running	41315	150
7	1	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	170.661	367	1	2	running	42240	151
8	4	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	169.871	367	0	0	running	33550	142
9	14	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	169.088	367	1	2	running	29020	143
10	5	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	169.801	366	0	0	running	32280	134
11	37	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Pontiac	ppc	Holly	166.794	366	0	0	running	22515	130
12	12	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson	169.135	366	0	0	running	27220	127
13	8	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers/Simmons	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	169.666	366	0	0	running	19930	124
14	24	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	168.250	365	0	0	running	19640	121
15	11	Brett Bodine	11	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	169.170	365	0	0	running	27800	118
16	19	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	168.578	365	0	0	running	18980	115
17	6	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	169.795	365	0	0	running	25710	112
18	23	Lake Speed	9	Melling Auto Parts	Ford	Melling	Buice	168.255	365	0	0	running	18435	109
19	18	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	168.671	365	0	0	running	25155	106
20	40	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	provisional	365	0	0	running	30485	103
21	29	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	167.813	365	0	0	running	24525	100
22	34	Robby Gordon	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	167.208	363	0	0	running	25305	97
23	20	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	168.561	359	0	0	running	17060	94
24	25	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	168.123	354	0	0	running	23785	91
25	27	Gary Bradberry	78	Hanes	Ford	Triad		168.031	354	0	0	running	13575	88
26	38	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	166.197	353	0	0	handling	23415	85
27	13	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	169.106	350	0	0	handling	23305	82
28	30	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	167.785	341	0	0	running	22695	79
29	15	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	169.048	296	1	4	handling	20085	81
30	36	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	166.902	282	0	0	running	30925	73
31	31	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	167.607	236	0	0	engine	19840	70
32	39	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	provisional	202	0	0	engine	12750	67
33	10	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	169.182	183	0	0	engine	27685	64
34	28	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	167.893	177	0	0	accident	19650	61
35	41	Lance Hooper	1	R+L Carriers	Pontiac	Richard Jackson		provisional	175	0	0	accident	19540	58
36	33	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	167.362	130	0	0	accident	12480	55
37	32	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	167.476	117	0	0	accident	19416	52
38	22	Jeff Purvis	12	Opryland USA	Chevrolet	Lockamy		168.376	114	0	0	accident	12270	49
39	42	Jeff Green	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		provisional	104	0	0	electrical	12270	46
40	9	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	169.339	102	0	0	engine	28270	43
41	26	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		168.043	85	0	0	radiator	12270	40
42	35	Todd Bodine	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	166.998	5	0	0	accident	12270	37
43	43	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	provisional	5	0	0	accident	29270	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	3437	23	1	9	17	17
2	Mark Martin	3412	23	2	3	13	18
3	Dale Jarrett	3269	23	2	4	14	16
4	Terry Labonte	3180	23	0	0	7	18
5	Jeff Burton	3154	23	0	2	11	15
6	Dale Earnhardt	2938	23	0	0	3	10
7	Bobby Labonte	2911	23	2	0	5	14
8	Bill Elliott	2761	23	0	0	4	11
9	Ricky Rudd	2694	23	0	2	6	10
10	Ted Musgrave	2678	23	0	0	5	7
11	Jeremy Mayfield	2625	23	0	0	3	7
12	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2575	23	1	0	0	5
13	Ken Schrader	2514	23	1	0	0	5
14	Rusty Wallace	2473	23	1	1	6	9
15	Michael Waltrip	2451	23	0	0	0	6
16	Ernie Irvan	2404	23	1	1	3	9
17	Darrell Waltrip	2352	23	0	0	1	4
18	Jimmy Spencer	2295	23	0	0	1	3
19	Kyle Petty	2291	23	0	0	1	4
20	Bobby Hamilton	2233	23	1	0	2	3
21	Sterling Marlin	2222	23	0	0	2	5
22	John Andretti	2166	23	1	1	2	2
23	Ricky Craven	2164	21	0	0	2	3
24	Steve Grissom	2123	22	0	0	2	4
25	Ward Burton	2092	23	0	0	0	3