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1997 CMT 300 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 25 of 32 Sunday, September 14, 1997 at New Hampshire International Speedway, Loudon, NH 300 laps on a 1.058 mile paved track (317.400 miles) Time of race: 3:09:45 Average speed: 100.364 mph Pole speed: 129.182 mph Cautions: 8 for 49 laps Margin of victory: .209 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 15 Glossary    1997 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 13 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 300 188625 running 137 185 2 40 28   Ernie Irvan Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 300 111425 running 5 175 3 2 43   Bobby Hamilton STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 300 84925 running 62 170 4 23 41   Steve Grissom Kodiak   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 300 63225 running 0 160 5 6 25   Ricky Craven Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 300 62425 running 91 160 6 19 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 300 52125 running 0 150 7 16 23   Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes   (Travis Carter) Ford 300 47725 running 1 151 8 30 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Plus   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 300 49025 running 0 142 9 17 6   Mark Martin Valvoline   (Jack Roush) Ford 300 47025 running 1 143 10 25 8   Hut Stricklin Circuit City   (Stavola Brothers) Ford 300 47325 running 0 134 11 10 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's Mac Tonight   (Bill Elliott) Ford 300 42125 running 0 130 12 11 44   Kyle Petty Hot Wheels   (Kyle Petty) Pontiac 300 33225 running 0 127 13 29 42   Joe Nemechek BellSouth   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 300 33725 running 0 124 14 39 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 300 46025 running 0 121 15 12 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 300 45925 running 0 118 16 14 7   Geoffrey Bodine QVC   (Geoffrey Bodine) Ford 300 38825 running 0 115 17 5 98   John Andretti RCA   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 300 38000 running 0 112 18 9 9   Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts   (Harry Melling) Ford 300 30300 running 0 109 19 20 30   Johnny Benson, Jr. Pennzoil   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 300 37000 running 0 106 20 7 75   Rick Mast Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 300 36700 running 1 108 21 33 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 299 42975 crash 0 100 22 28 90   Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers / Simmons   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 299 29175 running 0 97 23 35 22   Ward Burton MBNA America   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 299 25875 running 0 94 24 26 40   Robby Gordon Coors Light   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 299 37575 running 0 91 25 27 37   Jeremy Mayfield Kmart / RC Cola   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 299 27285 running 0 88 26 24 36   Derrike Cope Skittles   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 299 27975 running 0 85 27 34 81   Kenny Wallace Square D   (Fil Martocci) Ford 298 34750 running 0 82 28 38 97   Chad Little John Deere   (Jack Roush) Pontiac 298 27050 running 0 79 29 32 71   Dave Marcis RealTree Camouflage   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 298 24350 running 0 76 30 21 16   Ted Musgrave Family Channel / Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 297 31150 running 0 73 31 8 46   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 297 23950 running 0 70 32 15 17   Darrell Waltrip Parts America   (Darrell Waltrip) Chevrolet 297 30750 running 0 67 33 3 11   Brett Bodine Close Call Phone Card   (Brett Bodine) Ford 295 32050 running 0 64 34 31 78   Gary Bradberry Hanes   (Jim Wilson) Ford 295 23350 running 0 61 35 4 31   Mike Skinner Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 295 23150 running 0 58 36 22 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 292 29950 crash 0 55 37 1 33   Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 291 36250 running 2 57 38 36 29   Jeff Green Cartoon Network   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 287 22400 running 0 49 39 41 4   Sterling Marlin Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 282 38400 running 0 46 40 18 96   David Green Caterpillar   (Buz McCall) Chevrolet 274 22400 running 0 43 41 43 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 264 44000 crash 0 40 42 37 10   Ricky Rudd Tide   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 233 37400 crash 0 37 43 42 77   Robert Pressley Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul   (Doug Bawel) Ford 185 22400 crash 0 34

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Lance Hooper 1 R & L Carriers Richard Jackson Pontiac 45 Steve Park 14 Burger King Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 46 Kevin Lepage 91 Pionite Joe Falk Chevrolet DC Todd Bodine 99 Exide Batteries Jack Roush Ford WD Randy MacDonald 79 T.R.I.X. Racing / NUCAR Conn. Ted Walters / George Pywowariw Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 68 68     69 75 7   #7 spun turn 2   76 198 123     199 205 7   #77 accident turn 3   206 226 21     227 230 4   #8 spun turn 1   231 235 5     236 245 10   #10 accident turn 1   246 258 13     259 262 4   #11 accident turn 2   263 265 3     266 272 7   #4,5,36,37 accident turn 2   273 285 13     286 289 4   #7 spun frontstretch   290 292 3     293 298 6   #21,31,33,75,94,98 accident turn 4   299 300 2       Percent of race run under caution: 16.3%             Average green flag run: 27.9 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Ken Schrader 1 2 2   Bobby Hamilton 3 3 1   Ricky Craven 4 64 61   Bobby Hamilton 65 77 13   Ricky Craven 78 81 4   Bobby Hamilton 82 129 48   Ricky Craven 130 148 19   Jeff Gordon 149 157 9   Mark Martin 158 158 1   Rick Mast 159 159 1   Jimmy Spencer 160 160 1   Jeff Gordon 161 199 39   Ricky Craven 200 206 7   Jeff Gordon 207 222 16   Ernie Irvan 223 227 5   Jeff Gordon 228 300 73 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jeff Gordon 3787     2   Mark Martin 3648   -139   3   Dale Jarrett 3599   -188   4   Jeff Burton 3455   -332   5   Terry Labonte 3332   -455   6   Dale Earnhardt 3198   -589   7   Bobby Labonte 3090   -697   8   Bill Elliott 2969   -818   9   Ted Musgrave 2889   -898   10   Jeremy Mayfield 2847   -940   11   Ricky Rudd 2805   -982   11   Johnny Benson, Jr. 2805   -982   13   Rusty Wallace 2733   -1054   14   Ken Schrader 2692   -1095   15   Ernie Irvan 2673   -1114   16   Jimmy Spencer 2576   -1211   17   Michael Waltrip 2564   -1223   18   Kyle Petty 2521   -1266   19   Darrell Waltrip 2486   -1301   20   Bobby Hamilton 2457   -1330   21   Ricky Craven 2433   -1354