1997 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400

Race 24 of 32

Richmond
400 laps
Time of race: 2:45:04
Average speed of winner: 109.047 mph
Margin of victory: 1.802 sec.
Lead changes: 10 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 16 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott 1-43, Hamilton 44-85, Irwin 86-97, J. Burton 98-111, Martin 112, Speed 113-115, J. Burton 116-283, R. Wallace 284-285, Nemechek 286-308, J. Burton 309-361, Jarrett 362-400

Race notes: Debut for Kenny Irwin, Jr.

Video links: J. Burton/Irvan/Martin crash

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	23	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	123.513	400	1	39	running	91490	180
2	11	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	123.870	400	3	235	running	70240	180
3	10	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	124.081	400	0	0	running	52355	165
4	31	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson	123.276	400	0	0	running	40005	160
5	14	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	123.791	400	1	2	running	39050	160
6	7	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	124.298	400	1	23	running	29325	155
7	12	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	123.853	399	0	0	running	29325	146
8	2	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	27	Tonka	Ford	David Blair		124.677	399	1	12	running	17825	147
9	38	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	122.755	399	0	0	running	30725	138
10	16	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	123.745	399	0	0	running	24125	134
11	27	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	123.474	398	0	0	running	27625	130
12	33	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	123.215	398	0	0	running	27325	127
13	37	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	122.800	398	0	0	running	27125	124
14	9	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	124.195	398	0	0	running	26825	121
15	22	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	123.570	398	0	0	running	33775	118
16	19	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	123.666	398	0	0	running	19520	115
17	24	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	123.508	398	0	0	running	37320	112
18	21	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	123.592	397	0	0	running	26270	109
19	6	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers/Simmons	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	124.441	397	0	0	running	19145	106
20	17	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	123.694	397	0	0	running	20870	103
21	39	Brett Bodine	11	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	provisional	397	0	0	running	25870	100
22	32	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	123.237	397	0	0	running	25745	97
23	20	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	123.598	397	0	0	running	30470	94
24	5	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	124.516	396	0	0	running	25545	91
25	13	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	123.836	396	1	1	running	30395	93
26	30	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	123.321	396	0	0	running	25370	85
27	15	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	123.768	395	0	0	running	25345	82
28	35	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	122.990	395	0	0	running	30320	79
29	40	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	provisional	395	0	0	running	17800	76
30	1	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	124.723	395	1	43	running	32290	78
31	25	Jeff Green	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		123.508	394	0	0	running	15280	70
32	18	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	123.672	394	0	0	running	22270	67
33	41	Lance Hooper	1	R+L Carriers	Pontiac	Richard Jackson		provisional	394	0	0	running	22260	64
34	34	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	123.125	393	0	0	running	30225	61
35	29	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	123.333	393	0	0	running	22215	58
36	26	Lake Speed	9	Melling Auto Parts	Ford	Melling	Buice	123.479	393	1	3	running	15205	60
37	8	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	124.229	392	0	0	running	15195	52
38	3	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	124.590	347	1	42	rear end	31685	54
39	36	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	122.900	335	0	0	running	31185	46
40	42	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Pontiac	ppc	Eyler	provisional	309	0	0	running	15185	43
41	28	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		123.417	224	0	0	brakes	15185	40
42	4	Robby Gordon	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	124.533	7	0	0	engine	22185	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	3602	24	1	9	18	18
2	Mark Martin	3505	24	2	3	13	18
3	Dale Jarrett	3449	24	2	5	15	17
4	Jeff Burton	3334	24	0	2	12	16
5	Terry Labonte	3292	24	0	0	7	18
6	Dale Earnhardt	3056	24	0	0	3	10
7	Bobby Labonte	2972	24	2	0	5	14
8	Bill Elliott	2839	24	1	0	4	11
9	Ted Musgrave	2816	24	0	0	5	8
10	Ricky Rudd	2773	24	0	2	6	10
11	Jeremy Mayfield	2759	24	0	0	3	8
12	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2699	24	1	0	0	5
13	Ken Schrader	2635	24	1	0	0	5
14	Rusty Wallace	2633	24	1	1	7	10
15	Michael Waltrip	2509	24	0	0	0	6
16	Ernie Irvan	2498	24	1	1	3	9
17	Jimmy Spencer	2425	24	0	0	1	3
18	Darrell Waltrip	2419	24	0	0	1	4
19	Kyle Petty	2394	24	0	0	1	4
20	Bobby Hamilton	2287	24	1	0	2	3
21	Ricky Craven	2273	22	0	0	2	3
22	Sterling Marlin	2268	24	0	0	2	5
23	John Andretti	2263	24	1	1	2	2
24	Steve Grissom	2250	23	0	0	2	4
25	Ward Burton	2238	24	0	0	0	4