1997 Save Mart Supermarkets 300

Race 9 of 32

Sonoma
74 laps
Time of race: 2:27:38
Average speed of winner: 75.788 mph
Margin of victory: 0.563 sec.
Lead changes: 6 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 9 laps
Lap leaders: Martin 1-3, R. Wallace 4-5, Martin 6-23, Jarrett 24-25, Martin 26-43, T. Labonte 44, Martin 45-74

Race notes: Debut for Tom Hubert. Finale for Jeff Davis. Only start for Sean Woodside.

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	1	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	92.807	74	4	69	running	113995	185
2	3	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	92.471	74	0	0	running	66065	170
3	4	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	92.433	74	1	1	running	63700	170
4	8	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	91.979	74	1	2	running	50135	165
5	26	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Hammond	92.152	74	0	0	running	35920	155
6	5	Brett Bodine	11	Close Call Phone Card	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	92.230	74	0	0	running	40795	150
7	6	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	92.059	74	0	0	running	37345	146
8	24	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	Reno	91.090	74	0	0	running	40145	142
9	20	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	91.277	74	0	0	running	39595	138
10	14	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	91.677	74	0	0	running	32440	134
11	12	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Ince	91.776	74	0	0	running	34880	130
12	32	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	91.344	74	0	0	running	39580	127
13	11	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Kennedy	91.836	74	0	0	running	22980	124
14	25	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	91.051	74	0	0	running	33680	121
15	9	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	46	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		91.943	74	0	0	running	23930	118
16	19	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	91.278	74	0	0	running	22830	115
17	33	Steve Grissom	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	91.327	74	0	0	running	32855	112
18	21	Derrike Cope	36	Skittles	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	91.177	74	0	0	running	21705	109
19	23	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	91.094	74	0	0	running	36680	106
20	29	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	91.651	74	0	0	running	41105	103
21	35	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	91.075	74	0	0	running	32555	100
22	34	Mike Wallace	91	Spam	Chevrolet	Falk	Richert	91.105	74	0	0	running	23505	97
23	41	Morgan Shepherd	1	Cruisin' America Phone Card	Pontiac	Richard Jackson		provisional	74	0	0	running	32280	94
24	28	Butch Gilliland	38	Stroppe Motorsports	Ford	Stroppe		91.731	74	0	0	running	21410	91
25	30	Dave Marcis	71	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	91.420	74	0	0	running	25350	88
26	16	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Brewer	91.551	74	0	0	running	37380	85
27	39	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford	Kranefuss	Andrews	provisional	73	0	0	running	24965	82
28	27	Tom Hubert	78	Haines/Diamond Rio	Ford	Triad		91.856	73	0	0	running	21350	79
29	22	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	91.128	73	0	0	running	31840	76
30	17	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	91.530	73	0	0	running	31710	73
31	15	Ken Schrader	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	91.583	73	0	0	running	31290	70
32	13	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	91.678	70	0	0	running	31140	67
33	43	Sean Woodside	07	Cinema Vehicle Services	Pontiac	Claridge		provisional	69	0	0	running	20905	64
34	10	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Long	91.882	66	0	0	running	45890	61
35	31	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	Jasper Engines/Federal Mogul	Ford	Jasper		91.408	64	0	0	running	23965	58
36	36	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	90.997	61	0	0	accident	30850	55
37	42	Jeff Davis	9	Ultra Shield	Ford	Melling	Buice	provisional	60	0	0	accident	30745	52
38	44	Larry Gunselman	35	Caterpillar	Ford	Tamara Turner		provisional	60	0	0	rear end	20720	49
39	40	Ricky Craven	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Graves	provisional	58	0	0	running	30220	46
40	2	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	92.533	47	1	2	engine	38720	48
41	18	Robby Gordon	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	91.348	43	0	0	engine	27720	40
42	37	Lance Hooper	20	Hardee's	Ford	Ranier		provisional	40	0	0	engine	21820	37
43	38	Gary Bradberry	19	Child Support Recovery International	Ford	Mark Smith		provisional	31	0	0	engine	20720	34
44	7	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Tryson	92.011	10	0	0	engine	29220	31

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Jarrett	1434	9	1	2	7	7
2	Terry Labonte	1394	9	0	0	5	8
3	Jeff Gordon	1345	9	0	4	7	7
4	Mark Martin	1214	9	2	1	3	5
5	Bobby Labonte	1164	9	0	0	3	5
6	Jeff Burton	1130	9	0	1	4	5
7	Dale Earnhardt	1107	9	0	0	0	3
8	Ward Burton	1061	9	0	0	0	3
9	Bobby Hamilton	1051	9	0	0	2	3
10	Ricky Rudd	1042	9	0	0	2	4
11	Rusty Wallace	1025	9	1	1	3	5
12	Michael Waltrip	1000	9	0	0	0	4
13	Darrell Waltrip	976	9	0	0	1	3
14	Jeremy Mayfield	974	9	0	0	0	3
15	Sterling Marlin	970	9	0	0	1	2
16	Brett Bodine	954	9	0	0	0	2
17	Bill Elliott	949	9	0	0	1	2
18	Johnny Benson, Jr.	924	9	0	0	0	2
19	Ted Musgrave	913	9	0	0	1	1
20	Geoff Bodine	911	9	0	0	1	3
21	Ken Schrader	901	9	0	0	0	2
22	Ernie Irvan	899	9	0	0	1	3
23	Morgan Shepherd	863	9	0	0	1	2
24	Kyle Petty	844	9	0	0	0	1
25	Mike Skinner	825	9	1	0	0	0