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1997 Interstate Batteries 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 32 Sunday, April 6, 1997 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX 334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles) Time of race: 4:00:16 Average speed: 125.111 mph Pole speed: no time trials Cautions: 10 for 73 laps Margin of victory: 4.067 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 19 Glossary    1997 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 334 354350 running 60 180 2 1 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 334 232800 running 42 175 3 4 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries 500   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 334 174500 running 2 170 4 3 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 334 170600 running 104 170 5 8 10   Ricky Rudd Tide   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 334 118775 running 26 160 6 15 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 334 111700 running 0 150 7 12 22   Ward Burton MBNA America   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 334 89000 running 0 146 8 22 4   Sterling Marlin Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 334 93000 running 2 147 9 21 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 333 87000 running 0 138 10 35 41   Steve Grissom Kodiak   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 332 89800 running 0 134 11 16 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's   (Bill Elliott) Ford 332 82400 running 0 130 12 30 98   John Andretti RCA   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 332 80300 running 0 127 13 31 81   Kenny Wallace Square D   (Fil Martocci) Ford 332 78200 running 0 124 14 7 7   Geoffrey Bodine QVC   (Geoffrey Bodine) Ford 331 76100 running 0 121 15 36 71   Dave Marcis RealTree Camouflage   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 331 67000 running 0 118 16 24 9   Lake Speed Ace Hardware   (Harry Melling) Ford 331 72800 running 0 115 17 42 91   Mike Wallace Spam   (Joe Falk) Chevrolet 330 63000 running 0 112 18 27 33   Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 330 70700 running 0 109 19 26 11   Brett Bodine Close Call Phone Card   (Brett Bodine) Ford 327 69600 running 0 106 20 17 43   Bobby Hamilton STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 325 75450 running 0 103 21 43 78   Billy Standridge Diamond Rio   (Jim Wilson) Ford 325 52000 running 0 100 22 25 31   Mike Skinner Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 324 52000 running 10 102 23 32 90   Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers / Simmons   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 319 53500 running 0 94 24 19 1   Morgan Shepherd Delco Remy America   (Richard Jackson) Pontiac 304 59400 running 0 91 25 18 25   Todd Bodine Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 284 58550 running 9 93 26 38 97   Chad Little John Deere   (Greg Pollex) Pontiac 283 47000 running 0 85 27 23 44   Kyle Petty Hot Wheels   (Kyle Petty) Pontiac 266 46000 running 0 82 28 13 30   Johnny Benson, Jr. Pennzoil   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 256 55200 crash 0 79 29 40 42   Joe Nemechek BellSouth   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 255 47100 crash 0 76 30 2 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 247 60200 running 69 78 31 28 75   Rick Mast Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 246 52000 engine 0 70 32 20 37   Jeremy Mayfield Kmart / RC Cola   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 200 44000 handling 0 67 33 34 8   Hut Stricklin Circuit City   (Stavola Brothers) Ford 192 47000 clutch 0 64 34 29 40   Robby Gordon Coors Light   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 174 48500 running 0 61 35 11 16   Ted Musgrave Family Channel / Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 167 45000 engine 0 58 36 10 28   Ernie Irvan Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 161 52000 crash 0 55 37 9 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite True to Texas   (Roger Penske) Ford 160 53000 crash 0 52 38 6 6   Mark Martin Valvoline   (Jack Roush) Ford 143 42000 engine 10 54 39 33 23   Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes   (Travis Carter) Ford 95 42000 crash 0 46 40 39 20   Greg Sacks Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Ford 84 35000 crash 0 43 41 37 36   Derrike Cope Skittles   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 21 35000 crash 0 40 42 41 77   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul   (Doug Bawel) Ford 17 35000 crash 0 37 43 14 17   Darrell Waltrip Parts America   (Darrell Waltrip) Chevrolet 0 35900 crash 0 34

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Gary Bradberry 19 Child Support Recovery Mark Smith Ford 45 Randy LaJoie 74 Fina Bill Baumgardner Chevrolet 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. 46 First Union Felix Sabates Chevrolet 47 Robert Pressley 29 Cartoon Network Gary Bechtel Chevrolet 48 H.B. Bailey 66 Almeda Auto Parts / Bailey Racing H.B. Bailey Pontiac 49 Mike Bliss 02 Team ASE Racing Jim Smith Ford 50 Rick Wilson 27 Blair Motorsports David Blair Ford 51 David Green 96 Caterpillar Buz McCall Chevrolet 52 Ed Berrier 95 FTC Sadler Brothers Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 1 1     2 11 10   #1,3,9,11,17,25,31,44,30,40,37,43,75 accident turn 1   12 18 7     19 25 7   #20,36,77 accident turn 1   26 97 72     98 105 8   #23 spun turn 1   106 143 38     144 149 6   #6 engine   150 162 13     163 174 12   #2,11,20,24,28,31,90,4,16 accident frontstretch   175 176 2     177 179 3   #30 spun turn 2   180 183 4     184 187 4   oil on track   188 250 63     251 257 7   #41 spun turn 2   258 258 1     259 270 12   #30,42,97 accident backstretch   271 277 7     278 281 4   #25,9 accident backstretch   282 334 53       Percent of race run under caution: 21.9%             Average green flag run: 23.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dale Jarrett 1 13 13   Jeff Gordon 14 66 53   Terry Labonte 67 69 3   Mark Martin 70 70 1   Bobby Labonte 71 72 2   Mike Skinner 73 82 10   Jeff Gordon 83 98 16   Terry Labonte 99 107 9   Dale Jarrett 108 134 27   Mark Martin 135 143 9   Dale Jarrett 144 145 2   Ricky Rudd 146 154 9   Terry Labonte 155 233 79   Jeff Burton 234 235 2   Todd Bodine 236 236 1   Sterling Marlin 237 238 2   Terry Labonte 239 251 13   Ricky Rudd 252 268 17   Todd Bodine 269 276 8   Jeff Burton 277 334 58 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Jarrett 994     2   Terry Labonte 899   -95   3   Bobby Labonte 858   -136   4   Jeff Burton 837   -157   5   Jeff Gordon 810   -184   6   Ricky Rudd 775   -219   7   Geoffrey Bodine 740   -254   8   Mark Martin 709   -285   8   Ward Burton 709   -285   10   Dale Earnhardt 703   -291   11   Bill Elliott 679   -315   12   Sterling Marlin 677   -317   13   Michael Waltrip 669   -325   14   Bobby Hamilton 646   -348   15   Ted Musgrave 643   -351   16   Rusty Wallace 642   -352   16   Johnny Benson, Jr. 642   -352   18   Ernie Irvan 641   -353   19   Morgan Shepherd 632   -362   20   Jeremy Mayfield 608   -386   21   Lake Speed 603   -391