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1997 DieHard 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 29 of 32 Sunday, October 12, 1997 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 3:11:36 Average speed: 156.601 mph Pole speed: 193.271 mph Cautions: 4 for 22 laps Margin of victory: .146 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 32 Glossary    1997 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 6 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 188 116725 running 70 185 2 7 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 188 76670 running 5 175 3 2 98   John Andretti RCA   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 188 58530 running 1 170 4 14 33   Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 188 53715 running 6 165 5 1 28   Ernie Irvan Texaco / Havoline 10th Anniversary   (Yates Racing) Ford 188 57275 running 11 160 6 15 25   Ricky Craven Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 188 41500 running 0 150 7 42 44   Kyle Petty Hot Wheels   (Kyle Petty) Pontiac 188 32700 running 0 146 8 25 7   Geoffrey Bodine QVC   (Geoffrey Bodine) Ford 188 38050 running 2 147 9 23 75   Rick Mast Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 188 36920 running 0 138 10 9 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 188 42900 running 2 139 11 39 16   Ted Musgrave Family Channel / Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 188 38080 running 0 130 12 29 1   Morgan Shepherd R&L Carriers   (Richard Jackson) Pontiac 188 35025 running 0 127 13 10 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's   (Bill Elliott) Ford 188 35280 running 0 124 14 4 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 188 39410 running 0 121 15 35 81   Kenny Wallace Square D   (Fil Martocci) Ford 188 36760 running 0 118 16 37 96   David Green Caterpillar   (Buz McCall) Chevrolet 188 28600 running 0 115 17 38 91   Kevin Lepage Pionite   (Joe Falk) Chevrolet 188 23835 running 0 112 18 5 36   Derrike Cope Skittles   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 188 27280 running 0 109 19 19 30   Johnny Benson, Jr. Pennzoil   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 187 33950 running 0 106 20 34 43   Bobby Hamilton STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 187 39460 running 0 103 21 18 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 187 39930 running 13 105 22 17 11   Brett Bodine Scandia / Bodine   (Brett Bodine) Ford 187 33300 running 0 97 23 21 90   Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers / Simmons   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 187 26290 running 0 94 24 3 23   Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes   (Travis Carter) Ford 187 32940 running 11 96 25 32 71   Dave Marcis RealTree Camouflage   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 187 22460 running 0 88 26 40 37   Jeremy Mayfield Kmart / RC Cola   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 184 25360 handling 0 85 27 11 77   Robert Pressley Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul   (Doug Bawel) Ford 178 22240 running 0 82 28 27 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 172 32170 running 0 79 29 12 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Plus   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 167 48500 running 25 81 30 31 6   Mark Martin Valvoline   (Jack Roush) Ford 167 37030 running 5 78 31 13 42   Joe Nemechek BellSouth   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 165 24440 running 0 70 32 22 41   Steve Grissom Kodiak   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 163 28870 running 0 67 33 16 31   Mike Skinner Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 159 21790 running 1 69 34 41 10   Ricky Rudd Tide   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 153 36745 running 0 61 35 8 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 153 38915 running 3 63 36 20 9   Lake Speed Advantage Camo   (Harry Melling) Ford 153 21670 running 0 55 37 33 17   Darrell Waltrip Parts America   (Darrell Waltrip) Chevrolet 147 28660 crash 0 52 38 30 4   Sterling Marlin Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 139 37500 crash 27 54 39 28 40   Greg Sacks Coors Light   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 139 28500 crash 5 51 40 36 97   Chad Little John Deere   (Jack Roush) Pontiac 139 21525 crash 0 43 41 24 46   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 99 21500 crash 1 45 42 26 47   Billy Standridge Cofab Steel / Jayski's   (Billy Standridge) Ford 51 21500 oil cooler 0 37

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 43 Ward Burton 22 MBNA America Bill Davis Pontiac 44 Hut Stricklin 8 Circuit City Stavola Brothers Ford 45 Gary Bradberry 78 Hanes Jim Wilson Ford 46 Jeff Green 29 Cartoon Network Gary Bechtel Chevrolet 47 Ed Berrier 95 Feed the Children Sadler Brothers Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 52 52     53 59 7   #47 spun turn 2   60 99 40     100 104 5   #46 spun backstretch   105 140 36     141 147 7   #21,24,42,16,6,37,3,9,90,23,91,31,17,77,40,4,88,10,97,99,98,41,36 accident backstretch   148 154 7     155 157 3   #11 spun backstretch   158 188 31       Percent of race run under caution: 11.7%             Average green flag run: 33.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Ernie Irvan 1 8 8   Terry Labonte 9 20 12   Bobby Labonte 21 25 5   Terry Labonte 26 26 1   Jeff Gordon 27 29 3   Dale Earnhardt 30 41 12   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. 42 42 1   Dale Earnhardt 43 49 7   Sterling Marlin 50 50 1   Dale Earnhardt 51 51 1   Mike Skinner 52 52 1   Sterling Marlin 53 65 13   Mark Martin 66 70 5   Greg Sacks 71 74 4   Dale Jarrett 75 75 1   Dale Earnhardt 76 76 1   Rusty Wallace 77 77 1   Dale Earnhardt 78 79 2   Rusty Wallace 80 80 1   Dale Jarrett 81 86 6   Greg Sacks 87 87 1   Dale Jarrett 88 93 6   Dale Earnhardt 94 95 2   Ernie Irvan 96 98 3   John Andretti 99 99 1   Jimmy Spencer 100 107 8   Sterling Marlin 108 120 13   Jimmy Spencer 121 123 3   Terry Labonte 124 140 17   Geoffrey Bodine 141 142 2   Terry Labonte 143 180 38   Ken Schrader 181 186 6   Terry Labonte 187 188 2 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jeff Gordon 4321     2   Mark Martin 4211   -110   3   Dale Jarrett 4166   -155   4   Jeff Burton 4041   -280   5   Terry Labonte 3796   -525   6   Dale Earnhardt 3794   -527   7   Bobby Labonte 3687   -634   8   Bill Elliott 3536   -785   9   Ted Musgrave 3322   -999   10   Rusty Wallace 3242   -1079   11   Ken Schrader 3240   -1081   12   Johnny Benson, Jr. 3235   -1086   13   Jeremy Mayfield 3217   -1104   14   Ernie Irvan 3214   -1107   15   Ricky Rudd 3180   -1141   16   Kyle Petty 3060   -1261   17   Bobby Hamilton 2954   -1367   18   Ricky Craven 2853   -1468   19   Michael Waltrip 2843   -1478   20   Jimmy Spencer 2828   -1493   21   John Andretti 2806   -1515