1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series standings

1997 season results

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Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Money	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Races Led	Races Led Most	X Led	Laps Led	Races Led Points	Avg % Led	% Beat	Laps	DNFs
1	Jeff Gordon	4710	32	1	10	22	23	4201227	9.41	9.56	24	4	63	1648	21	15.35	79.40	9276	2
2	Dale Jarrett	4696	32	2	7	20	23	2512382	7.19	9.56	22	7	72	2085	6	19.27	79.40	9769	1
3	Mark Martin	4681	32	3	4	16	24	1877139	11.03	8.97	20	4	49	798	1	10.84	80.83	9599	3
4	Jeff Burton	4285	32	0	3	13	18	1858234	20.69	12.41	17	2	31	685	0	6.42	72.56	9275	2
5	Dale Earnhardt	4216	32	0	0	7	16	1663019	19.97	12.13	10	1	28	220	0	3.18	73.23	9693	0
6	Terry Labonte	4177	32	0	1	8	20	1951844	19.16	12.91	11	2	19	256	4	3.12	71.35	9605	3
7	Bobby Labonte	4101	32	3	1	9	18	1943239	13.31	13.72	12	2	22	484	0	4.43	69.40	9483	1
8	Bill Elliott	3836	32	1	0	5	14	1377607	15.94	15.81	11	1	24	443	0	4.29	64.36	9611	3
9	Rusty Wallace	3598	32	1	1	8	12	1505260	18.66	18.69	11	3	22	784	0	5.97	57.44	8747	11
10	Ken Schrader	3576	32	2	0	2	8	1109782	14.13	17.81	7	0	7	46	0	0.52	59.55	9612	1
11	Johnny Benson, Jr.	3575	32	1	0	0	8	1120814	22.66	17.63	7	0	8	20	0	0.40	60.00	9649	2
12	Ted Musgrave	3556	32	0	0	5	8	1128404	22.47	18.31	6	1	12	131	0	2.02	58.35	9266	4
13	Jeremy Mayfield	3547	32	0	0	3	8	943794	25.81	17.88	2	0	2	3	0	0.05	59.40	9541	3
14	Ernie Irvan	3534	32	2	1	5	13	1492739	19.09	19.16	15	2	30	439	0	4.55	56.32	8757	8
15	Kyle Petty	3455	32	0	0	2	9	834639	26.41	19.06	6	0	9	210	0	1.70	56.54	9191	2
16	Bobby Hamilton	3450	32	2	1	6	8	1350335	23.19	19.63	9	0	18	411	0	3.69	55.19	9535	3
17	Ricky Rudd	3330	32	0	2	6	11	1863040	20.25	20.63	3	0	6	72	0	0.73	52.78	9094	6
18	Michael Waltrip	3173	32	0	0	0	6	1015384	25.03	21.75	5	0	5	10	0	0.14	50.08	9277	4
19	Ricky Craven	3108	30	0	0	4	7	1139860	22.33	20.87	9	1	21	279	0	2.82	52.17	7806	7
20	Jimmy Spencer	3079	32	0	0	1	4	1016109	20.88	22.88	8	0	12	70	0	0.64	47.37	8665	6
21	Steve Grissom	3061	31	0	0	3	6	1045374	25.26	21.81	1	0	1	2	0	0.02	49.92	8800	5
22	Geoff Bodine	3046	29	2	0	3	10	1021114	15.03	20.59	12	0	13	67	0	1.26	52.90	8223	8
23	John Andretti	3019	32	1	1	3	3	1115725	22.97	23.56	5	1	10	135	0	2.57	45.71	9334	3
24	Ward Burton	2987	31	1	0	0	7	977044	21.84	22.71	4	1	11	138	0	1.57	47.79	8984	7
25	Sterling Marlin	2954	32	0	0	2	6	1287570	20.69	24.19	7	0	10	70	0	0.97	44.21	8584	8
26	Darrell Waltrip	2942	31	0	0	1	4	946179	25.68	23.23	7	0	9	18	0	0.33	46.51	8427	5
27	Derrike Cope	2901	31	0	0	1	2	707404	25.19	23.35	2	0	2	4	0	0.05	46.24	8558	5
28	Joe Nemechek	2754	30	2	0	0	3	732194	17.63	24.17	6	0	7	106	0	1.31	44.18	8861	4
29	Brett Bodine	2716	31	0	0	0	2	936694	27.35	25.35	3	0	3	4	0	0.07	41.38	8649	5
30	Mike Skinner	2669	31	2	0	0	3	791819	22.10	26.16	8	0	8	34	0	0.49	39.44	8389	8
31	Dick Trickle	2629	28	0	0	2	2	656189	22.54	23.25	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.39	8476	6
32	Rick Mast	2569	29	0	0	0	2	829339	24.38	24.90	1	0	1	1	0	0.01	42.44	8415	4
33	Kenny Wallace	2462	31	2	0	0	2	926501	23.77	27.97	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.14	8333	10
34	Hut Stricklin	2423	29	0	0	0	1	802904	23.31	26.55	1	0	2	6	0	0.07	38.51	8494	6
35	Lake Speed	2301	25	0	0	0	0	715074	23.36	23.72	1	0	1	3	0	0.03	45.38	7494	4
36	Chad Little	2081	27	0	0	0	1	555914	29.15	28.74	1	0	1	7	0	0.08	33.24	7733	6
37	David Green	2038	26	0	0	0	0	483833	25.04	28.27	1	0	1	1	0	0.01	34.29	7282	5
38	Morgan Shepherd	2033	23	0	0	1	3	662999	27.61	25.22	2	0	2	12	0	0.15	41.74	6398	3
39	Jeff Green	1624	20	0	0	1	2	434685	25.40	27.65	2	0	4	18	0	0.42	35.78	5525	4
40	Robby Gordon	1495	20	1	0	1	1	622439	25.30	29.65	1	0	2	42	0	0.64	31.05	4395	7
41	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	1475	22	0	0	0	1	461279	18.23	32.23	3	0	4	21	0	0.53	24.84	4598	9
42	Dave Marcis	1405	19	0	0	0	0	427364	32.53	29.68	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.10	5245	2
43	Robert Pressley	984	14	0	0	0	0	252478	24.43	31.14	2	0	2	9	0	0.20	27.62	3941	6
44	Gary Bradberry	868	16	0	0	0	0	251930	32.44	36.25	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	15.57	4210	6
45	Greg Sacks	778	12	0	0	0	0	320714	28.25	33.00	2	0	3	8	0	0.35	23.05	2456	6
46	Mike Wallace	541	7	0	0	0	0	159303	30.86	28.57	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.90	1845	1
47	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	511	10	0	0	0	0	211978	32.10	37.30	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	13.16	1782	6
48	Lance Hooper	402	6	0	0	0	0	134150	35.50	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.60	1380	2
49	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	390	4	0	0	0	1	61230	6.00	22.50	1	0	1	12	0	0.75	48.19	1286	1
50	Billy Standridge	366	6	0	0	0	0	149824	24.83	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.16	1199	3
51	Steve Park	326	5	0	0	0	0	74480	25.60	32.60	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	24.04	1235	2
52	Todd Bodine	310	5	1	0	0	0	125845	26.20	34.00	1	0	2	9	0	0.54	20.67	753	3
53	Rick Wilson	306	3	0	0	0	0	101685	33.00	20.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	53.97	690	0
54	Jerry Nadeau	287	5	0	0	0	0	118545	30.00	35.20	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	16.99	997	2
55	Ed Berrier	255	3	0	0	0	0	90195	27.00	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	40.00	1119	1
56	Kevin Lepage	231	3	0	0	0	0	57720	25.33	28.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.60	624	1
57	Jeff Purvis	152	3	0	0	0	0	80526	19.33	38.00	1	0	1	1	0	0.10	11.90	376	2
58	Loy Allen, Jr.	119	2	0	0	0	0	75239	37.50	34.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	19.28	266	1
59	Ron Barfield, Jr.	97	1	0	0	0	0	64935	23.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	50.00	160	0
60	Butch Gilliland	91	1	0	0	0	0	21410	28.00	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.51	74	0
61	Tom Hubert	79	1	0	0	0	0	21350	27.00	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	37.21	73	0
62	Phil Parsons	70	1	0	0	0	0	12845	29.00	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.57	289	0
63	Dorsey Schroeder	70	1	0	0	0	0	11630	19.00	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.83	89	0
64	Sean Woodside	64	1	0	0	0	0	20905	43.00	33.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.58	69	0
65	Rich Bickle	61	1	0	0	0	0	56410	10.00	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	21.43	153	1
66	Jeff Davis	52	1	0	0	0	0	30745	42.00	37.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	16.28	60	1
67	Larry Gunselman	49	1	0	0	0	0	20720	44.00	38.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	13.95	60	1
68	Jack Sprague	43	1	0	0	0	0	18650	40.00	40.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.14	256	1
69	Randy MacDonald	40	1	0	0	0	0	20600	37.00	41.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.44	148	1
70	Buckshot Jones	34	1	0	0	0	0	2087	32.00	43.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	38	1