1997 Dura Lube 500 Presented by Kmart

Race 31 of 32

Phoenix
312 laps
Time of race: 2:48:55
Average speed of winner: 110.824 mph
Margin of victory: 2.105 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 23 laps
Lap leaders: Hamilton pole, Spencer 1, Hamilton 2-28, Spencer 29-30, Hamilton 31-42, J. Burton 43-49, Marlin 50-64, Hamilton 65-116, R. Wallace 117-221, Earnhardt 222, G. Bodine 223-224, Benson 225-227, R. Wallace 228-239, Jarrett 240-312

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	9	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	130.020	312	1	73	running	99830	180
2	3	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	130.596	312	2	117	running	63355	180
3	1	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	131.579	312	3	91	running	47225	170
4	6	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	130.194	312	0	0	running	38588	160
5	7	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	130.147	312	1	1	running	39300	160
6	14	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	129.706	312	0	0	running	33265	150
7	8	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	130.039	312	1	3	running	29015	151
8	20	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	129.543	311	0	0	running	27505	142
9	34	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	128.958	311	0	0	running	19905	138
10	17	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson	129.650	311	1	2	running	29905	139
11	29	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	129.180	311	0	0	running	36105	130
12	19	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	129.548	311	0	0	running	25205	127
13	37	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	128.663	311	1	7	running	30705	129
14	2	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	130.933	311	2	3	running	24605	126
15	36	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	128.760	311	0	0	running	25330	118
16	16	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	129.660	311	0	0	running	16580	115
17	12	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	129.898	310	0	0	running	29880	112
18	25	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	129.399	310	0	0	running	27555	109
19	22	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	129.501	310	0	0	running	16155	106
20	11	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	27	Tonka	Ford	David Blair		129.940	310	0	0	running	12170	103
21	28	Greg Sacks	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	129.194	310	0	0	running	15745	100
22	23	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	129.487	310	0	0	running	22620	97
23	4	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	130.279	310	0	0	running	27095	94
24	18	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	129.566	310	0	0	running	15445	91
25	42	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Pontiac	ppc	Eyler	provisional	310	0	0	running	15320	88
26	30	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	129.171	310	0	0	running	22195	85
27	26	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	129.343	310	1	15	running	27970	87
28	32	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	129.083	309	0	0	running	16045	79
29	41	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	provisional	309	0	0	running	14920	76
30	33	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	129.032	309	0	0	running	21895	73
31	5	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	130.213	309	0	0	running	21370	70
32	40	Jeff Green	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge		provisional	309	0	0	running	11595	67
33	15	Brett Bodine	11	Scandia-Bodine Racing	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	129.697	309	0	0	running	18570	64
34	38	Dave Marcis	71	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	128.581	309	0	0	running	11545	61
35	21	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	129.543	308	0	0	running	18520	58
36	39	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	provisional	308	0	0	running	26495	55
37	10	Lake Speed	9	Melling Auto Parts	Ford	Melling	Buice	130.011	307	0	0	running	11450	52
38	24	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines/Federal Mogul	Ford	Jasper		129.403	302	0	0	running	11390	49
39	35	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	128.954	299	0	0	running	18390	46
40	13	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers/Simmons	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	129.889	294	0	0	ignition	11390	43
41	31	Steve Park	14	Burger King	Chevrolet	DEI		129.088	240	0	0	engine	11390	40
42	27	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	129.334	128	0	0	accident	18390	37
43	43	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	provisional	39	0	0	accident	18390	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	4598	31	1	10	22	23
2	Dale Jarrett	4521	31	2	7	19	22
3	Mark Martin	4511	31	3	4	15	23
4	Jeff Burton	4224	31	0	3	13	18
5	Dale Earnhardt	4096	31	0	0	7	16
6	Terry Labonte	4077	31	0	1	8	20
7	Bobby Labonte	3916	31	3	0	8	17
8	Bill Elliott	3781	31	1	0	5	14
9	Rusty Wallace	3531	31	1	1	8	12
10	Ted Musgrave	3486	31	0	0	5	8
11	Ken Schrader	3473	31	2	0	2	8
12	Jeremy Mayfield	3441	31	0	0	3	8
13	Johnny Benson, Jr.	3441	31	1	0	0	7
14	Ernie Irvan	3402	31	2	1	5	13
15	Bobby Hamilton	3304	31	2	1	6	7
16	Kyle Petty	3300	31	0	0	2	8
17	Ricky Rudd	3283	31	0	2	6	11
18	Ricky Craven	3062	29	0	0	4	7
19	Michael Waltrip	3049	31	0	0	0	6
20	Jimmy Spencer	2988	31	0	0	1	4
21	Steve Grissom	2982	30	0	0	3	6
22	Geoff Bodine	2977	28	1	0	3	10
23	John Andretti	2922	31	1	1	3	3
24	Darrell Waltrip	2899	30	0	0	1	4
25	Ward Burton	2844	30	1	0	0	6