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1997 Goodwrench Service 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 2 of 32
February 23, 1997 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
393 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (399.7 miles)

Time of race: 3:17:35
Average Speed: 121.371 mph
Pole Speed: 157.885 mph Cautions: 7 for 47 laps
Margin of Victory: 2.692 sec
Attendance: n/a

Glossary 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1997 standings

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Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	4	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	393	93,115	running	43	180
2	3	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care / Ford Credit (Yates Racing)	Ford	393	68,760	running	323	180
3	17	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries (Jack Roush)	Ford	393	42,260	running	1	170
4	10	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide (Ricky Rudd)	Ford	393	39,210	running	0	160
5	8	25	Ricky Craven	Budweiser (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	393	35,050	running	0	155
6	23	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Ford	393	35,325	running	0	150
7	15	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	393	40,525	running	0	146
8	5	7	Geoffrey Bodine	QVC (Geoffrey Bodine)	Ford	393	32,025	running	0	142
9	32	28	Ernie Irvan	Texaco / Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	393	36,325	running	3	143
10	16	1	Morgan Shepherd	Delco Remy America (Richard Jackson)	Pontiac	393	31,575	running	0	134
11	27	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	393	32,000	running	0	130
12	28	16	Ted Musgrave	Family Channel / Primestar (Jack Roush)	Ford	392	26,600	running	0	127
13	1	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline (Jack Roush)	Ford	392	31,800	running	22	129
14	2	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	392	30,150	running	0	121
15	22	9	Lake Speed	Melling Engine Parts (Harry Melling)	Ford	392	27,550	running	0	118
16	24	37	Jeremy Mayfield	Kmart / RC Cola (Michael Kranefuss)	Ford	392	18,500	running	0	115
17	9	11	Brett Bodine	Close Call Phone Card (Brett Bodine)	Ford	392	25,100	running	0	112
18	6	33	Ken Schrader	Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	392	24,800	running	0	109
19	37	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	392	17,450	running	0	106
20	35	4	Sterling Marlin	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	392	32,150	running	0	103
21	38	75	Rick Mast	Remington Arms (Butch Mock)	Ford	392	23,900	running	0	100
22	43	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's (Bill Elliott)	Ford	392	25,700	running	0	97
23	11	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America (Bill Davis)	Pontiac	391	16,450	running	0	94
24	7	41	Steve Grissom	Kodiak (Larry Hedrick)	Chevrolet	391	23,250	running	0	91
25	12	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	391	14,200	running	0	88
26	39	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	390	22,940	running	0	85
27	21	30	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Pennzoil (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	390	22,740	running	0	82
28	19	43	Bobby Hamilton	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	390	27,690	running	0	79
29	20	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty)	Pontiac	389	12,515	running	0	76
30	34	71	Dave Marcis	RealTree Camouflage (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	389	15,465	running	0	73
31	26	36	Derrike Cope	Skittles (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	388	12,265	running	0	70
32	30	17	Darrell Waltrip	Parts America (Darrell Waltrip)	Chevrolet	388	14,715	running	0	67
33	41	40	Robby Gordon	Coors Light (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	388	19,640	running	0	64
34	25	98	John Andretti	RCA (Cale Yarborough)	Ford	388	19,015	running	0	61
35	33	42	Joe Nemechek	BellSouth (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	387	11,915	running	0	58
36	29	8	Hut Stricklin	Circuit City (Stavola Brothers)	Ford	379	18,840	running	0	55
37	18	29	Robert Pressley	Cartoon Network (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	334	11,800	crash	0	52
38	14	96	David Green	Caterpillar (Buz McCall)	Chevrolet	303	11,730	running	1	54
39	36	20	Greg Sacks	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Ford	271	11,730	engine	0	46
40	40	23	Jimmy Spencer	Camel Cigarettes (Travis Carter)	Ford	264	19,730	overheating	0	43
41	13	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D (Fil Martocci)	Ford	180	18,730	engine	0	40
42	31	77	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul (Doug Bawel)	Ford	136	11,730	engine	0	37
43	42	19	Loy Allen, Jr.	Child Support Recovery (Mark Smith)	Ford	68	11,730	clutch	0	34

Failed to qualify: Chad Little (#97), Billy Standridge (#78), Mike Wallace (#91), Gary Bradberry (#95)

Cautions: Laps: 46-50 (#9 spun backstretch), 185-190 (#81 engine frontstretch), 232-244 (#90 spun turn 2), 262-269 (#96 hit wall turn 4), 277-280 (#20 engine turn 2), 299-303 (#31 spun turn 4), 337-342 (#29 hit wall turn 1)

Lap leaders: M. Martin 1-12, D. Jarrett 13-46, M. Martin 47-56, D. Jarrett 57-126, E. Irvan 127-129, D. Green 130, D. Jarrett 131-303, J. Burton 304, D. Jarrett 305-350, J. Gordon 351-393

Points standings (top 20) after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff +----+-----------------------+------+-----+ 1 Jeff Gordon 360 2 Ricky Craven 320 -40 3 Terry Labonte 316 -44 4 Jeff Burton 300 -60 5 Ricky Rudd 298 -62 6 Mark Martin 285 -75 7 Dale Jarrett 274 -86 8 Jeremy Mayfield 265 -95 9 Sterling Marlin 263 -97 10 Bill Elliott 262 -98 11 Ernie Irvan 251 -109 12 Ted Musgrave 251 -109 13 Ward Burton 236 -124 14 Bobby Labonte 221 -139 15 Brett Bodine 221 -139 16 Mike Skinner 220 -140 17 Morgan Shepherd 210 -150 18 Lake Speed 209 -151 19 Dale Earnhardt 205 -155 20 Geoffrey Bodine 203 -157 +----+-----------------------+------+-----+