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1997 Coca-Cola 600 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 11 of 32 Sunday, May 25, 1997 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 400 laps* on a 1.500 mile paved track (600.000 miles) Time of race: 3:39:10 Average speed: 136.745 mph Pole speed: 184.3 mph Cautions: 7 for 50 laps Margin of victory: .468 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 27 Glossary    1997 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 333 224900 running 44 180 2 21 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 333 108025 running 45 175 3 11 6   Mark Martin Valvoline   (Jack Roush) Ford 333 77500 running 0 165 4 10 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's   (Bill Elliott) Ford 333 73300 running 30 165 5 16 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 333 61750 running 0 155 6 14 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 333 58600 running 33 155 7 33 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 333 54400 running 2 151 8 9 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 333 71600 running 29 147 9 25 1   Morgan Shepherd Delco Remy America   (Richard Jackson) Pontiac 333 44000 running 0 138 10 18 10   Ricky Rudd Tide Mountain Spring   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 333 50050 running 0 134 11 27 41   Steve Grissom Kodiak   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 333 41500 running 0 130 12 24 36   Derrike Cope Skittles   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 333 33400 running 0 127 13 13 28   Ernie Irvan Texaco / Havoline 10th Anniversary   (Yates Racing) Ford 333 55200 running 83 134 14 31 44   Kyle Petty Hot Wheels   (Kyle Petty) Pontiac 333 31300 running 0 121 15 40 30   Johnny Benson, Jr. Pennzoil   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 333 39200 running 0 118 16 32 96   David Green Caterpillar   (Buz McCall) Chevrolet 333 24500 running 0 115 17 22 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo Top Dog!   (Wood Brothers) Ford 333 33600 running 0 112 18 19 23   Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes   (Travis Carter) Ford 332 32700 running 0 109 19 5 42   Joe Nemechek BellSouth   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 332 26375 running 0 106 20 17 75   Rick Mast Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 332 33650 running 0 103 21 8 17   Darrell Waltrip Parts America   (Darrell Waltrip) Chevrolet 332 30525 running 1 105 22 4 29   Jeff Green Cartoon Network   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 332 26175 running 3 102 23 37 16   Ted Musgrave Family Channel / Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 332 29600 running 0 94 24 30 9   Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts   (Harry Melling) Ford 332 29225 running 0 91 25 42 8   Hut Stricklin Circuit City   (Stavola Brothers) Ford 332 29175 running 0 88 26 36 11   Brett Bodine Close Call Phone Card   (Brett Bodine) Ford 332 28725 running 0 85 27 3 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 332 40875 running 24 87 28 35 37   Jeremy Mayfield Kmart / RC Cola   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 331 21525 running 0 79 29 7 43   Bobby Hamilton STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 331 34075 running 0 76 30 26 98   John Andretti RCA   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 331 28450 running 0 73 31 38 19   Gary Bradberry Child Support Recovery   (Mark Smith) Ford 331 18440 running 0 70 32 34 78   Billy Standridge Hanes   (Jim Wilson) Ford 328 18435 running 0 67 33 15 90   Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers / Simmons   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 323 20930 running 0 64 34 12 31   Mike Skinner Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 292 18425 running 0 61 35 20 46   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 246 18420 engine 0 58 36 39 22   Ward Burton MBNA America   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 239 18415 engine 0 55 37 2 25   Ricky Craven Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 233 36710 rear end 24 57 38 6 33   Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 231 29100 running 15 54 39 23 81   Kenny Wallace Square D   (Fil Martocci) Ford 192 25400 crash 0 46 40 29 4   Sterling Marlin Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 188 34400 crash 0 43 41 28 40   Robby Gordon Coors Light Silver Bullet   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 186 25400 crash 0 40 42 41 7   Todd Bodine QVC   (Geoffrey Bodine) Ford 47 25400 engine 0 37 * Race shortened to 333 laps due to rain.

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 43 Chad Little 97 John Deere Greg Pollex Pontiac 44 Mike Wallace 91 Spam Joe Falk Chevrolet 45 Ed Berrier 95 Feed the Children Sadler Brothers Chevrolet 46 Bobby Hillin, Jr. 77 Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul Doug Bawel Ford 47 Dave Marcis 71 RealTree Camouflage Dave Marcis Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 54 54     55 59 5   debris turn 4   60 112 53     113 116 4   #81 accident turn 4   117 148 32     149 153 5   #4 accident backstretch   154 183 30     184 187 4   #40 accident turn 4   188 193 6     194 215 22   rain   216 219 4     220 225 6   #25 rear end frontstretch   226 239 14     240 243 4   #22 engine turn 2   244 333 90       Percent of race run under caution: 15.0%             Average green flag run: 35.4 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dale Jarrett 1 1 1   Ricky Craven 2 4 3   Jeff Gordon 5 17 13   Dale Jarrett 18 23 6   Jeff Gordon 24 27 4   Ken Schrader 28 42 15   Bill Elliott 43 62 20   Dale Jarrett 63 67 5   Ricky Craven 68 77 10   Ernie Irvan 78 113 36   Darrell Waltrip 114 114 1   Ricky Craven 115 122 8   Ernie Irvan 123 138 16   Dale Jarrett 139 150 12   Jeff Green 151 153 3   Ricky Craven 154 156 3   Ernie Irvan 157 184 28   Bobby Labonte 185 217 33   Ernie Irvan 218 220 3   Terry Labonte 221 240 20   Rusty Wallace 241 275 35   Bill Elliott 276 285 10   Jeff Gordon 286 295 10   Dale Earnhardt 296 297 2   Terry Labonte 298 306 9   Rusty Wallace 307 316 10   Jeff Gordon 317 333 17 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Terry Labonte 1691     2   Jeff Gordon 1685   -6   3   Dale Jarrett 1579   -112   4   Mark Martin 1559   -132   5   Bobby Labonte 1484   -207   6   Dale Earnhardt 1438   -253   7   Jeff Burton 1432   -259   8   Ricky Rudd 1306   -385   9   Rusty Wallace 1257   -434   10   Michael Waltrip 1238   -453   11   Bill Elliott 1223   -468   12   Bobby Hamilton 1197   -494   13   Johnny Benson, Jr. 1180   -511   14   Ernie Irvan 1172   -519   15   Ward Burton 1153   -538   16   Darrell Waltrip 1148   -543   17   Jeremy Mayfield 1147   -544   18   Ted Musgrave 1103   -588   18   Brett Bodine 1103   -588   20   Ken Schrader 1087   -604   21   Morgan Shepherd 1080   -611