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1997 Interstate Batteries 500

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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 (501.0 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

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
24	19	1	Morgan Shepherd	Delco Remy America (Richard Jackson)	Pontiac	304	59,400	running	0	91
5	8	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide (Ricky Rudd)	Ford	334	118,775	running	26	160
19	26	11	Brett Bodine	Close Call Phone Card (Brett Bodine)	Ford	327	69,600	running	0	106
35	11	16	Ted Musgrave	Family Channel / Primestar (Jack Roush)	Ford	167	45,000	engine	0	58
43	14	17	Darrell Waltrip	Parts America (Darrell Waltrip)	Chevrolet	0	35,900	crash	0	34
3	4	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	334	174,500	running	2	170
37	9	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Ford	160	53,000	crash	0	52
40	39	20	Greg Sacks	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Ford	84	35,000	crash	0	43
9	21	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	333	87,000	running	0	138
7	12	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America (Bill Davis)	Pontiac	334	89,000	running	0	146
39	33	23	Jimmy Spencer	Camel Cigarettes (Travis Carter)	Ford	95	42,000	crash	0	46
30	2	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	247	60,200	running	69	78
25	18	25	Todd Bodine	Budweiser (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	284	58,550	running	9	93
36	10	28	Ernie Irvan	Texaco / Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	161	52,000	crash	0	55
6	15	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	334	111,700	running	0	150
28	13	30	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Pennzoil (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	256	55,200	crash	0	79
22	25	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	324	52,000	running	10	102
18	27	33	Ken Schrader	Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	330	70,700	running	0	109
41	37	36	Derrike Cope	Skittles (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	21	35,000	crash	0	40
32	20	37	Jeremy Mayfield	Kmart / RC Cola (Michael Kranefuss)	Ford	200	44,000	handling	0	67
8	22	4	Sterling Marlin	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	334	93,000	running	2	147
34	29	40	Robby Gordon	Coors Light (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	174	48,500	running	0	61
10	35	41	Steve Grissom	Kodiak (Larry Hedrick)	Chevrolet	332	89,800	running	0	134
29	40	42	Joe Nemechek	BellSouth (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	255	47,100	crash	0	76
20	17	43	Bobby Hamilton	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	325	75,450	running	0	103
27	23	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty)	Pontiac	266	46,000	running	0	82
4	3	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	170,600	running	104	170
38	6	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline (Jack Roush)	Ford	143	42,000	engine	10	54
14	7	7	Geoffrey Bodine	QVC (Geoffrey Bodine)	Ford	331	76,100	running	0	121
15	36	71	Dave Marcis	RealTree Camouflage (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	331	67,000	running	0	118
31	28	75	Rick Mast	Remington Arms (Butch Mock)	Ford	246	52,000	engine	0	70
42	41	77	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul (Doug Bawel)	Ford	17	35,000	crash	0	37
21	43	78	Billy Standridge	Diamond Rio (Jim Wilson)	Ford	325	52,000	running	0	100
33	34	8	Hut Stricklin	Circuit City (Stavola Brothers)	Ford	192	47,000	clutch	0	64
13	31	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D (Fil Martocci)	Ford	332	78,200	running	0	124
2	1	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care / Ford Credit (Yates Racing)	Ford	334	232,800	running	42	175
16	24	9	Lake Speed	Ace Hardware (Harry Melling)	Ford	331	72,800	running	0	115
23	32	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers / Simmons (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	319	53,500	running	0	94
17	42	91	Mike Wallace	Spam (Joe Falk)	Chevrolet	330	63,000	running	0	112
11	16	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's (Bill Elliott)	Ford	332	82,400	running	0	130
26	38	97	Chad Little	John Deere (Greg Pollex)	Pontiac	283	47,000	running	0	85
12	30	98	John Andretti	RCA (Cale Yarborough)	Ford	332	80,300	running	0	127
1	5	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	354,350	running	60	180

Failed to qualify: Gary Bradberry (#19), Randy LaJoie (#74), Wally Dallenbach, Jr. (#46), Robert Pressley (#29), H.B. Bailey (#66), Mike Bliss (#02), Rick Wilson (#27), David Green (#96), Ed Berrier (#95)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
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
9	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	Johnny Benson, Jr.	642	-352
17	Rusty Wallace	642	-352
18	Ernie Irvan	641	-353
19	Morgan Shepherd	632	-362
20	Jeremy Mayfield	608	-386

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