1997 DieHard 500

Race 29 of 32

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:11:36
Average speed of winner: 156.601 mph
Margin of victory: 0.146 sec.
Lead changes: 32 among 16 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 22 laps
Lap leaders: Irvan 1-8, T. Labonte 9-20, B. Labonte 21-25, T. Labonte 26, Gordon 27-29, Earnhardt 30-41, Dallenbach 42, Earnhardt 43-49, Marlin 50, Earnhardt 51, Skinner 52, Marlin 53-65, Martin 66-70, Sacks 71-74, Jarrett 75, Earnhardt 76, R. Wallace 77, Earnhardt 78-79, R. Wallace 80, Jarrett 81-86, Sacks 87, Jarrett 88-93, Earnhardt 94-95, Irvan 96-98, Andretti 99, Spencer 100-107, Marlin 108-120, Spencer 121-123, T. Labonte 124-140, G. Bodine 141-142, T. Labonte 143-180, Schrader 181-186, T. Labonte 187-188

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	192.614	188	5	70	running	116725	185
2	7	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	192.463	188	1	5	running	76670	175
3	2	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	193.166	188	1	1	running	58530	170
4	14	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	192.104	188	1	6	running	53715	165
5	1	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	193.271	188	2	11	running	57275	160
6	15	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	192.019	188	0	0	running	41500	150
7	42	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	provisional	188	0	0	running	32700	146
8	25	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson	191.069	188	1	2	running	38050	147
9	23	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	191.214	188	0	0	running	36920	138
10	9	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	192.393	188	2	2	running	42900	139
11	39	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	provisional	188	0	0	running	38080	130
12	29	Morgan Shepherd	1	R+L Carriers	Pontiac	Richard Jackson		190.571	188	0	0	running	35025	127
13	10	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	192.355	188	0	0	running	35280	124
14	4	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	192.715	188	0	0	running	39410	121
15	35	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	190.011	188	0	0	running	36760	118
16	37	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	189.992	188	0	0	running	28600	115
17	38	Kevin Lepage	91	Pionite	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	189.936	188	0	0	running	23835	112
18	5	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	192.711	188	0	0	running	27280	109
19	19	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	191.486	187	0	0	running	33950	106
20	34	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	190.057	187	0	0	running	39460	103
21	18	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	191.677	187	3	13	running	39930	105
22	17	Brett Bodine	11	BDR Motorsports	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	191.781	187	0	0	running	33300	97
23	21	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers/Simmons	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	191.271	187	0	0	running	26290	94
24	3	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	192.777	187	2	11	running	32940	96
25	32	Dave Marcis	71	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	190.412	187	0	0	running	22460	88
26	40	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	provisional	184	0	0	handling	25360	85
27	11	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines/Federal Mogul	Ford	Jasper		192.339	178	0	0	running	22240	82
28	27	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	190.871	172	0	0	running	32170	79
29	12	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	192.212	167	6	25	running	48500	81
30	31	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	190.442	167	1	5	running	37030	78
31	13	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	192.158	165	0	0	running	24440	70
32	22	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	191.226	163	0	0	running	28870	67
33	16	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	191.819	159	1	1	running	21790	69
34	41	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	provisional	153	0	0	running	36745	61
35	8	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	192.401	153	1	3	running	38915	63
36	20	Lake Speed	9	Melling Auto Parts	Ford	Melling	Buice	191.367	153	0	0	running	21670	55
37	33	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	190.147	147	0	0	accident	28660	52
38	30	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	190.556	139	3	27	accident	37500	54
39	28	Greg Sacks	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	190.635	139	2	5	accident	28500	51
40	36	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Pontiac	ppc	Eyler	189.996	139	0	0	accident	21525	43
41	24	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		191.081	99	1	1	accident	21500	45
42	26	Billy Standridge	47	Jayski's	Ford	Standridge		191.252	51	0	0	oil pump	21500	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	4321	29	1	10	21	22
2	Mark Martin	4211	29	3	4	15	21
3	Dale Jarrett	4166	29	2	6	17	20
4	Jeff Burton	4041	29	0	3	13	18
5	Terry Labonte	3796	29	0	1	8	19
6	Dale Earnhardt	3794	29	0	0	6	14
7	Bobby Labonte	3687	29	2	0	8	17
8	Bill Elliott	3536	29	1	0	5	14
9	Ted Musgrave	3322	29	0	0	5	8
10	Rusty Wallace	3242	29	1	1	7	11
11	Ken Schrader	3240	29	2	0	1	7
12	Johnny Benson, Jr.	3235	29	1	0	0	6
13	Jeremy Mayfield	3217	29	0	0	3	8
14	Ernie Irvan	3214	29	2	1	5	13
15	Ricky Rudd	3185	29	0	2	6	11
16	Kyle Petty	3060	29	0	0	2	7
17	Bobby Hamilton	2954	29	1	0	4	5
18	Ricky Craven	2853	27	0	0	3	6
19	Michael Waltrip	2843	29	0	0	0	6
20	Jimmy Spencer	2828	29	0	0	1	4
21	John Andretti	2806	29	1	1	3	3
22	Steve Grissom	2749	28	0	0	3	5
23	Geoff Bodine	2727	26	1	0	3	9
24	Ward Burton	2722	28	1	0	0	6
25	Darrell Waltrip	2696	28	0	0	1	4