1997 Hanes 500

Race 27 of 32

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:35:57
Average speed of winner: 73.072 mph
Margin of victory: 0.778 sec.
Lead changes: 15 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 83 laps
Lap leaders: W. Burton 1-5, Martin 6-39, W. Burton 40-56, M. Waltrip 57, W. Burton 58-68, Hamilton 69-132, Gordon 133-140, Hamilton 141, J. Burton 142-199, Gordon 200-212, R. Wallace 213-264, W. Burton 265-292, R. Wallace 293-442, J. Burton 443-454, R. Wallace 455-478, J. Burton 479-500

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	10	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	92.787	500	3	92	running	78675	180
2	13	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	92.646	500	0	0	running	65800	170
3	22	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	92.371	500	2	65	running	40075	170
4	11	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	92.696	500	2	21	running	40225	165
5	16	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	92.565	500	0	0	running	34775	155
6	6	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	93.010	500	0	0	running	27875	150
7	1	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	93.410	500	4	61	running	35275	151
8	36	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	92.047	500	0	0	running	26050	142
9	9	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	92.828	500	0	0	running	25345	138
10	30	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	92.407	500	0	0	running	33345	134
11	2	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	93.354	500	1	34	running	34485	135
12	21	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	92.389	500	0	0	running	28800	127
13	5	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	93.065	500	0	0	running	27065	124
14	24	Lake Speed	9	Melling Auto Parts	Ford	Melling	Buice	92.258	500	0	0	running	15865	121
15	7	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	92.992	500	3	226	running	39065	128
16	4	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	93.148	499	0	0	engine	23065	115
17	41	Brett Bodine	11	BDR Motorsports	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	provisional	499	0	0	running	22365	112
18	39	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	provisional	499	0	0	running	16770	109
19	26	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	92.965	499	0	0	running	21365	106
20	32	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	92.231	499	0	0	running	15915	103
21	23	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	92.276	499	0	0	running	20465	100
22	25	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	92.249	499	0	0	running	31515	97
23	38	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	91.958	499	0	0	running	20265	94
24	18	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	92.493	498	0	0	running	20115	91
25	8	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	92.851	498	0	0	running	12965	88
26	29	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	92.429	498	0	0	running	12815	85
27	20	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	92.438	495	0	0	running	24665	82
28	37	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson	91.971	490	0	0	running	19615	79
29	15	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	92.583	489	0	0	running	19565	76
30	33	Jeff Green	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		92.213	464	0	0	running	12015	73
31	19	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	92.470	453	0	0	engine	9465	70
32	27	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	92.683	444	1	1	accident	16440	72
33	12	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	92.665	428	0	0	engine	16415	64
34	35	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		92.115	401	0	0	running	9390	61
35	34	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Pontiac	ppc	Eyler	92.173	394	0	0	running	9365	58
36	42	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	provisional	289	0	0	engine	9340	55
37	3	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	27	Tonka	Ford	David Blair		93.152	257	0	0	fuel pump	9325	52
38	17	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines/Federal Mogul	Ford	Jasper		92.556	240	0	0	engine	7075	49
39	14	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	92.619	239	0	0	accident	23075	46
40	40	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	provisional	198	0	0	radiator	14075	43
41	28	Steve Park	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	92.497	198	0	0	engine	14075	40
42	31	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers/Simmons	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	92.258	145	0	0	accident	7075	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	4103	27	1	10	20	21
2	Mark Martin	3968	27	3	4	14	20
3	Dale Jarrett	3881	27	2	5	16	19
4	Jeff Burton	3765	27	0	3	13	17
5	Dale Earnhardt	3543	27	0	0	5	13
6	Terry Labonte	3481	27	0	0	7	18
7	Bobby Labonte	3332	27	2	0	6	15
8	Bill Elliott	3266	27	1	0	5	13
9	Ricky Rudd	3084	27	0	2	6	11
10	Ted Musgrave	3080	27	0	0	5	8
11	Jeremy Mayfield	3050	27	0	0	3	8
12	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2990	27	1	0	0	5
13	Rusty Wallace	2976	27	1	1	7	10
14	Ken Schrader	2957	27	2	0	0	6
15	Ernie Irvan	2945	27	1	1	4	12
16	Kyle Petty	2776	27	0	0	2	5
17	Bobby Hamilton	2751	27	1	0	4	5
18	Jimmy Spencer	2695	27	0	0	1	4
19	Michael Waltrip	2673	27	0	0	0	6
20	Darrell Waltrip	2644	27	0	0	1	4
21	Ricky Craven	2615	25	0	0	3	5
22	Ward Burton	2580	27	1	0	0	5
23	John Andretti	2569	27	1	1	2	2
24	Steve Grissom	2553	26	0	0	3	5
25	Geoff Bodine	2541	24	0	0	3	8