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1997 Food City 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 32
Sunday, April 13, 1997 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .533 mile paved track (266.5 miles)

Time of race: 3:33:06
Average Speed: 75.035 mph
Pole Speed: 123.586 mph

Cautions: 20 for 132 laps
Margin of Victory: 0.499 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1997 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
2	1	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Ford	500	64,090	running	240	180
1	5	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	83,640	running	125	180
7	18	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's (Bill Elliott)	Ford	500	27,770	running	90	151
15	10	23	Jimmy Spencer	Camel Cigarettes (Travis Carter)	Ford	499	25,965	running	36	123
20	2	4	Sterling Marlin	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	498	32,421	running	7	108
14	15	29	Robert Pressley	Cartoon Network (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	500	17,965	running	2	126
3	17	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	51,490	running	0	165
4	6	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care / Ford Credit (Yates Racing)	Ford	500	39,265	running	0	160
5	23	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	37,520	running	0	155
6	29	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	500	32,970	running	0	150
8	21	97	Chad Little	John Deere (Greg Pollex)	Pontiac	500	18,370	running	0	142
9	32	37	Jeremy Mayfield	Kmart / RC Cola (Michael Kranefuss)	Ford	500	21,565	running	0	138
10	12	11	Brett Bodine	Close Call Phone Card (Brett Bodine)	Ford	500	28,215	running	0	134
11	19	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers / Simmons (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	500	18,745	running	0	130
12	16	33	Ken Schrader	Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	500	25,390	running	0	127
13	34	43	Bobby Hamilton	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	500	29,015	running	0	124
16	36	36	Derrike Cope	Skittles (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	499	13,640	running	0	115
17	25	75	Rick Mast	Remington Arms (Butch Mock)	Ford	499	24,390	running	0	112
18	35	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America (Bill Davis)	Pontiac	499	17,240	running	0	109
19	24	42	Joe Nemechek	BellSouth (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	499	17,130	running	0	106
21	39	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	497	23,765	running	0	100
22	27	96	David Green	Caterpillar (Buz McCall)	Chevrolet	496	14,215	running	0	97
23	30	95	Ed Berrier	Feed The Children (Sadler Brothers)	Chevrolet	495	13,165	running	0	94
24	26	98	John Andretti	RCA (Cale Yarborough)	Ford	491	23,490	running	0	91
25	43	17	Darrell Waltrip	Parts America (Darrell Waltrip)	Chevrolet	485	23,595	running	0	88
26	7	8	Hut Stricklin	Circuit City (Stavola Brothers)	Ford	484	23,215	running	0	85
27	22	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide (Ricky Rudd)	Ford	483	27,991	running	0	82
28	41	1	Morgan Shepherd	Cruisin' America Phone Card (Richard Jackson)	Pontiac	479	23,040	running	0	79
29	14	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty)	Pontiac	477	12,910	running	0	76
30	42	71	Dave Marcis	RealTree Camouflage (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	468	15,585	running	0	73
31	33	30	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Pennzoil (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	455	21,815	running	0	70
32	9	41	Steve Grissom	Kodiak (Larry Hedrick)	Chevrolet	441	22,795	crash	0	67
33	8	7	Geoffrey Bodine	QVC / LA West (Geoffrey Bodine)	Ford	432	18,775	crash	0	64
34	13	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	425	26,735	running	0	61
35	28	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	365	11,715	engine	0	58
36	31	9	Lake Speed	Melling Engine Parts (Harry Melling)	Ford	325	18,695	crash	0	55
37	37	19	Gary Bradberry	Child Support Recovery (Mark Smith)	Ford	317	11,675	running	0	52
38	3	16	Ted Musgrave	Family Channel / Primestar (Jack Roush)	Ford	296	18,950	crash	0	49
39	38	28	Ernie Irvan	Texaco / Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	281	26,650	engine	0	46
40	40	25	Jack Sprague	Budweiser (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	256	18,650	crash	0	43
41	4	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D (Fil Martocci)	Ford	223	18,750	crash	0	40
42	11	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries (Jack Roush)	Ford	157	26,650	engine	0	37
43	20	40	Robby Gordon	Coors Light (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	91	18,650	crash	0	34

Failed to qualify: Bobby Hillin, Jr. (#77), Billy Standridge (#78), Mike Wallace (#91), Greg Sacks (#20)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	13	13
	14	18	5	#9,40,98,43 accident turn 3
	19	48	30
	49	53	5	#10 accident backstretch
	54	56	3
	57	60	4	#25 spun turn 1
	61	69	9
	70	75	6	#19 spun backstretch
	76	78	3
	79	83	5	#43 spun frontstretch
	84	96	13
	97	102	6	#40 spun backstretch
	103	110	8
	111	118	8	#31 debris backstretch
	119	132	14
	133	140	8	#25,31 accident turn 4
	141	149	9
	150	155	6	#30,71 accident turn 3
	156	184	29
	185	191	7	#44 spun turn 4
	192	196	5
	197	201	5	#11 spun turn 4
	202	224	23
	225	231	7	#81 accident turn 4
	232	235	4
	236	238	3	debris frontstretch
	239	258	20
	259	264	6	#28,31,18,22,98 accident turn 4
	265	280	16
	281	286	6	#29,18 accident turn 2
	287	288	2
	289	305	17	#16 accident frontstretch
	306	311	6
	312	320	9	#25,9 accident frontstretch
	321	408	88
	409	414	6	#1 stalled turn 3
	415	423	9
	424	428	5	#7,23,75,11 accident turn 3
	429	442	14
	443	450	8	#7,23,41 accident frontstretch
	451	500	50
Percent of race run under caution: 26.4% Average green flag run: 17.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Rusty Wallace	1	49	49
Jimmy Spencer	50	85	36
Rusty Wallace	86	134	49
Bill Elliott	135	157	23
Robert Pressley	158	159	2
Bill Elliott	160	162	3
Jeff Gordon	163	226	64
Sterling Marlin	227	233	7
Bill Elliott	234	238	5
Rusty Wallace	239	295	57
Bill Elliott	296	354	59
Jeff Gordon	355	414	60
Rusty Wallace	415	499	85
Jeff Gordon	500	500	1

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Dale Jarrett	1154
2	Terry Labonte	1064	-90
3	Jeff Gordon	990	-164
4	Bobby Labonte	919	-235
5	Jeff Burton	874	-280
6	Mark Martin	864	-290
7	Ricky Rudd	857	-297
8	Dale Earnhardt	853	-301
9	Bill Elliott	830	-324
10	Rusty Wallace	822	-332
11	Ward Burton	818	-336
12	Geoffrey Bodine	804	-350
13	Sterling Marlin	785	-369
14	Bobby Hamilton	770	-384
15	Michael Waltrip	769	-385
16	Jeremy Mayfield	746	-408
17	Brett Bodine	722	-432
18	Johnny Benson, Jr.	712	-442
19	Morgan Shepherd	711	-443
20	Ken Schrader	697	-457

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