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1997 Goody's Headache Powder 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 22 of 32 Saturday, August 23, 1997 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 3:19:51 Average speed: 80.013 mph Pole speed: 123.039 mph Cautions: 12 for 97 laps Margin of victory: .102 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 12 Glossary    1997 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 500 101550 running 210 185 2 5 6   Mark Martin Valvoline   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 46775 running 84 175 3 4 90   Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers / Simmons   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 500 42625 running 0 165 4 13 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 40875 running 7 165 5 35 41   Steve Grissom Kodiak   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 500 37125 running 0 155 6 6 33   Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 500 29465 running 0 150 7 19 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 39440 running 0 146 8 38 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 500 32530 running 0 142 9 15 7   Geoffrey Bodine QVC   (Geoffrey Bodine) Ford 500 28615 running 0 138 10 7 4   Sterling Marlin Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 498 37665 running 0 134 11 20 98   John Andretti RCA   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 498 27915 running 0 130 12 16 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 498 33415 running 0 127 13 14 25   Ricky Craven Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 497 27465 running 0 124 14 34 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Plus   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 497 32515 running 0 121 15 12 16   Ted Musgrave Family Channel / Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 497 28710 running 0 118 16 36 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's Mac Tonight   (Bill Elliott) Ford 497 28860 running 0 115 17 10 22   Ward Burton MBNA America   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 497 26610 running 0 112 18 22 30   Johnny Benson, Jr. Pennzoil   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 496 26460 running 0 109 19 39 10   Ricky Rudd Tide   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 496 30750 running 0 106 20 37 97   Chad Little John Deere   (Jack Roush) Pontiac 495 21760 running 0 103 21 30 29   Jeff Green Cartoon Network   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 493 19985 running 0 100 22 29 43   Bobby Hamilton STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 492 30435 running 0 97 23 42 8   Hut Stricklin Circuit City   (Stavola Brothers) Ford 489 25785 running 0 94 24 28 1   Lance Hooper R&L Carriers   (Richard Jackson) Pontiac 483 25610 running 0 91 25 33 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 476 18465 running 0 88 26 11 46   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 475 14840 running 0 85 27 17 23   Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes   (Travis Carter) Ford 468 24930 running 11 87 28 21 95   Ed Berrier Feed The Children   (Sadler Brothers) Chevrolet 465 14820 rear end 0 79 29 25 9   Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts   (Harry Melling) Ford 465 17810 running 0 76 30 18 37   Jeremy Mayfield Kmart / RC Cola   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 460 17800 running 0 73 31 40 11   Brett Bodine Close Call Phone Card   (Brett Bodine) Ford 457 24290 running 0 70 32 9 36   Derrike Cope Skittles   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 440 14780 running 0 67 33 41 75   Rick Mast Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 429 21770 running 0 64 34 31 31   Mike Skinner Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 418 14760 crash 0 61 35 2 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 365 33955 crash 188 63 36 24 44   Kyle Petty Hot Wheels   (Kyle Petty) Pontiac 362 14735 running 0 55 37 26 78   Gary Bradberry Hanes   (Jim Wilson) Ford 346 15217 crash 0 52 38 27 42   Joe Nemechek BellSouth   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 341 14700 running 0 49 39 1 81   Kenny Wallace Square D   (Fil Martocci) Ford 277 26700 crash 0 46 40 8 96   David Green Caterpillar   (Buz McCall) Chevrolet 256 14700 crash 0 43 41 32 28   Ernie Irvan Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 189 29700 overheating 0 40 42 23 17   Darrell Waltrip Parts America   (Darrell Waltrip) Chevrolet 115 21700 crash 0 37

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 43 Morgan Shepherd 77 Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul Doug Bawel Ford 44 Robby Gordon 40 Coors Light Felix Sabates Chevrolet 45 Dave Marcis 71 RealTree Camouflage Dave Marcis Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 16 16     17 21 5   #95,21 spun turn 4   22 67 46     68 75 8   debris   76 83 8     84 87 4   #42 accident backstretch   88 90 3     91 96 6   #81,17 accident frontstretch   97 216 120     217 223 7   #90 spun turn 4   224 237 14     238 243 6   debris   244 245 2     246 251 6   #24,37 spun backstretch   252 258 7     259 278 20   #96,36,21,11,3,43,29 accident frontstretch   279 294 16     295 302 8   #78,25,9,31 spun turn 4   303 408 106     409 416 8   #78 accident turn 4   417 424 8     425 435 11   #1,94,95,8,46,37,31,18 accident turn 1   436 470 35     471 478 8   oil on track   479 500 22       Percent of race run under caution: 19.4%             Average green flag run: 31.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dale Jarrett 1 13 13   Jeff Gordon 14 38 25   Dale Jarrett 39 53 15   Jeff Gordon 54 61 8   Jeff Burton 62 68 7   Jimmy Spencer 69 79 11   Jeff Gordon 80 208 129   Mark Martin 209 218 10   Jeff Gordon 219 244 26   Dale Jarrett 245 395 151   Mark Martin 396 469 74   Dale Jarrett 470 500 31 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Mark Martin 3270     2   Jeff Gordon 3257   -13   3   Dale Jarrett 3099   -171   4   Terry Labonte 3030   -240   5   Jeff Burton 2979   -291   6   Dale Earnhardt 2865   -405   7   Bobby Labonte 2760   -510   8   Ted Musgrave 2597   -673   9   Bill Elliott 2591   -679   10   Ricky Rudd 2534   -736   11   Jeremy Mayfield 2510   -760   12   Johnny Benson, Jr. 2469   -801   13   Rusty Wallace 2439   -831   14   Ken Schrader 2380   -890   15   Ernie Irvan 2340   -930   16   Michael Waltrip 2308   -962   17   Darrell Waltrip 2267   -1003   18   Kyle Petty 2224   -1046   19   Jimmy Spencer 2216   -1054   20   Sterling Marlin 2179   -1091   21   Bobby Hamilton 2130   -1140