1997 Primestar 500

Race 4 of 32

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:45:40
Average speed of winner: 132.731 mph
Margin of victory: 1.380 sec.
Lead changes: 16 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 45 laps
Lap leaders: R. Gordon 1, Martin 2-9, R. Gordon 10-50, Jarrett 51-133, Irvan 134-138, Jarrett 139-164, Irvan 165, T. Labonte 166, B. Labonte 167, Martin 168, Jarrett 169-190, Irvan 191-194, Jarrett 195-229, B. Labonte 230-231, Jarrett 232-259, Shepherd 260-269, Jarrett 270-328

Race notes: Only pole for Robby Gordon. Dale Jarrett took the points lead from Jeff Gordon.

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	184.640	328	6	253	running	137650	185
2	17	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	184.039	328	3	10	running	73000	175
3	21	Morgan Shepherd	1	Delco Remy America	Pontiac	Richard Jackson		183.792	328	1	10	running	59400	170
4	29	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	183.343	328	2	3	running	46000	165
5	27	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	183.619	328	0	0	running	41000	155
6	2	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	185.918	328	2	9	running	45000	155
7	31	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	183.220	328	0	0	running	34825	146
8	26	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	183.693	328	0	0	running	40975	142
9	22	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	183.786	328	1	1	running	43275	143
10	18	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	183.965	328	0	0	running	41375	134
11	40	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	provisional	328	0	0	running	33925	130
12	36	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	182.835	327	0	0	running	24425	127
13	30	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	183.318	327	0	0	running	19905	124
14	1	Robby Gordon	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	186.507	327	2	42	running	42935	126
15	33	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	183.079	327	0	0	running	31805	118
16	3	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	185.334	327	0	0	running	30495	115
17	16	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Charpentier	184.088	327	0	0	running	30185	112
18	41	Brett Bodine	11	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	provisional	326	0	0	running	29965	109
19	32	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Pontiac	ppc	Holly	183.214	324	0	0	running	18435	106
20	8	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson	184.671	324	0	0	running	32035	103
21	24	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	183.650	323	0	0	running	18925	100
22	6	Lake Speed	9	Melling Auto Parts	Ford	Melling	Buice	184.858	323	0	0	running	29365	97
23	20	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	183.829	323	0	0	running	34755	94
24	19	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Buz McCall	Johns	183.853	323	0	0	running	18620	91
25	35	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	182.884	321	0	0	running	29165	88
26	37	Mike Wallace	91	Spam	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	182.798	311	0	0	running	26649	85
27	28	Greg Sacks	20	Hardee's	Ford	Ranier		183.496	305	0	0	running	18350	82
28	40	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	provisional	304	0	0	engine	21575	79
29	10	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	184.423	299	0	0	accident	28335	76
30	25	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	183.638	293	0	0	running	32975	73
31	38	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	182.774	284	0	0	accident	34915	70
32	12	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	184.268	282	0	0	accident	27955	67
33	39	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	provisional	281	0	0	accident	28760	64
34	7	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	184.765	267	0	0	accident	27725	61
35	13	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	184.193	266	0	0	accident	27190	58
36	11	Billy Standridge	78	NC Diamond Rio/Hanes	Ford	Triad		184.292	261	0	0	engine	25804	55
37	14	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	184.119	260	0	0	engine	17650	52
38	15	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	184.107	253	0	0	engine	24570	49
39	42	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Hillman	provisional	252	0	0	accident	17570	46
40	34	Gary Bradberry	19	Child Support Recovery International	Ford	Mark Smith		182.975	252	0	0	accident	17570	43
41	5	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	184.983	226	0	0	engine	24570	40
42	23	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	183.681	59	0	0	engine	34770	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Jarrett	634	4	0	1	3	3
2	Terry Labonte	605	4	0	0	1	4
3	Mark Martin	564	4	1	0	0	2
4	Jeff Gordon	562	4	0	2	3	3
5	Bobby Labonte	533	4	0	0	1	2
6	Ricky Rudd	521	4	0	0	1	3
7	Ricky Craven	499	4	0	0	2	2
8	Jeff Burton	492	4	0	0	2	2
9	Bobby Hamilton	491	4	0	0	1	2
10	Geoff Bodine	481	4	0	0	1	2
11	Ernie Irvan	481	4	0	0	1	2
12	Sterling Marlin	463	4	0	0	1	1
13	Kyle Petty	455	4	0	0	0	1
14	Ward Burton	454	4	0	0	0	1
15	Rusty Wallace	440	4	0	1	1	2
16	Dale Earnhardt	435	4	0	0	0	1
17	Bill Elliott	434	4	0	0	1	1
18	Lake Speed	433	4	0	0	0	0
19	Darrell Waltrip	431	4	0	0	0	1
20	Jeremy Mayfield	429	4	0	0	0	1
21	Johnny Benson, Jr.	429	4	0	0	0	1
22	Brett Bodine	424	4	0	0	0	0
23	Ted Musgrave	415	4	0	0	0	0
24	Morgan Shepherd	414	4	0	0	1	2
25	Mike Skinner	405	4	1	0	0	0