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1997 NAPA 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 32 of 32 Sunday, November 16, 1997 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA 325 laps on a 1.540 mile paved track (500.500 miles) Time of race: 3:07:48 Average speed: 159.904 mph Pole speed: 197.478 mph Cautions: 4 for 25 laps Margin of victory: 3.801 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 24 Glossary    1997 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 21 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 325 158600 running 168 185 2 3 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 325 79600 running 5 175 3 9 6   Mark Martin Valvoline   (Jack Roush) Ford 325 60300 running 52 170 4 7 29   Jeff Green Cartoon Network   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 325 43475 running 0 160 5 14 36   Derrike Cope Skittles   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 325 38100 running 2 160 6 20 44   Kyle Petty Hot Wheels   (Kyle Petty) Pontiac 324 34075 running 5 155 7 40 43   Bobby Hamilton STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 324 43030 running 0 146 8 5 42   Joe Nemechek BellSouth   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 324 35950 running 41 147 9 2 22   Ward Burton MBNA America   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 323 39425 running 13 143 10 12 30   Johnny Benson, Jr. Pennzoil   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 323 38950 running 0 134 11 27 4   Sterling Marlin Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 323 41975 running 0 130 12 23 28   Ernie Irvan Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 323 41050 running 4 132 13 35 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 322 38425 running 0 124 14 22 90   Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 322 28975 running 0 121 15 25 14   Steve Park Burger King   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 322 25650 running 0 118 16 6 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Plus   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 322 43075 running 24 120 17 37 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 322 41155 running 0 112 18 24 97   Chad Little John Deere   (Jack Roush) Pontiac 321 27440 running 7 114 19 38 37   Jeremy Mayfield Kmart / RC Cola   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 321 27100 running 0 106 20 13 33   Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 321 33685 running 0 103 21 4 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 321 44470 running 0 100 22 31 98   John Andretti RCA   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 320 33055 running 0 97 23 28 31   Mike Skinner Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 320 25740 running 0 94 24 42 23   Jimmy Spencer Winston / No Bull   (Travis Carter) Ford 320 32425 running 0 91 25 8 27   Kenny Irwin, Jr. G.I. Joe / Winner's Circle   (David Blair) Ford 320 21910 running 0 88 26 29 9   Lake Speed Advantage Camo   (Harry Melling) Ford 317 24995 running 0 85 27 36 1   Morgan Shepherd R&L Carriers   (Richard Jackson) Pontiac 317 31780 running 0 82 28 15 41   Steve Grissom Kodiak   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 317 31565 running 0 79 29 26 91   Kevin Lepage Pionite   (Joe Falk) Chevrolet 317 21505 running 0 76 30 19 81   Kenny Wallace Square D   (Fil Martocci) Ford 317 31430 running 0 73 31 34 16   Ted Musgrave Family Channel / Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 315 30865 running 0 70 32 33 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 314 38300 running 0 67 33 1 7   Geoffrey Bodine QVC   (Geoffrey Bodine) Ford 314 43735 running 4 69 34 39 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 313 36170 running 0 61 35 16 75   Rick Mast Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 302 28105 running 0 58 36 10 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's   (Bill Elliott) Ford 274 28040 clutch 0 55 37 11 10   Ricky Rudd Tide   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 242 36030 handling 0 52 38 30 46   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 231 20875 running 0 49 39 41 25   Ricky Craven Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 173 27875 handling 0 46 40 43 17   Darrell Waltrip Parts America   (Darrell Waltrip) Chevrolet 114 27875 ignition 0 43 41 18 11   Brett Bodine Scandia / Bodine   (Brett Bodine) Ford 57 29375 handling 0 40 42 17 78   Gary Bradberry Hanes   (Jim Wilson) Ford 50 20875 crash 0 37 43 32 00   Buckshot Jones Aquafresh   (Billy Jones) Pontiac 38 20875 crash 0 34

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Todd Bodine 35 Tabasco Bob Hancher Pontiac 45 Robert Pressley 77 Jasper Engines & Transmissions Doug Bawel Ford 46 David Green 96 Caterpillar Buz McCall Chevrolet 47 Hut Stricklin 8 Circuit City Stavola Brothers Ford 48 Greg Sacks 40 Coors Light Felix Sabates Chevrolet 49 Ed Berrier 95 Feed the Children Sadler Brothers Chevrolet 50 Dave Marcis 71 RealTree Camouflage Dave Marcis Chevrolet WD Tim Steele 15 Daytona USA Bud Moore Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 26 26     27 32 6   check tires   33 39 7     40 47 8   #11,00 accident turn 2   48 51 4     52 56 5   #78 accident turn 2   57 176 120     177 181 5   #3 accident turn 2   182 325 144       Percent of race run under caution: 7.4%             Average green flag run: 60.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Geoffrey Bodine 1 4 4   Ward Burton 5 10 6   Dale Earnhardt 11 18 8   Ward Burton 19 25 7   Dale Earnhardt 26 27 2   Mark Martin 28 34 7   Dale Earnhardt 35 47 13   Joe Nemechek 48 56 9   Dale Earnhardt 57 57 1   Joe Nemechek 58 89 32   Ernie Irvan 90 93 4   Dale Jarrett 94 94 1   Kyle Petty 95 99 5   Chad Little 100 106 7   Bobby Labonte 107 143 37   Dale Jarrett 144 146 3   Bobby Labonte 147 182 36   Derrike Cope 183 184 2   Mark Martin 185 194 10   Bobby Labonte 195 232 38   Mark Martin 233 238 6   Bobby Labonte 239 284 46   Dale Jarrett 285 285 1   Mark Martin 286 314 29   Bobby Labonte 315 325 11 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jeff Gordon 4710     2   Dale Jarrett 4696   -14   3   Mark Martin 4681   -29   4   Jeff Burton 4285   -425   5   Dale Earnhardt 4216   -494   6   Terry Labonte 4177   -533   7   Bobby Labonte 4101   -609   8   Bill Elliott 3836   -874   9   Rusty Wallace 3598   -1112   10   Ken Schrader 3576   -1134   11   Johnny Benson, Jr. 3575   -1135   12   Ted Musgrave 3556   -1154   13   Jeremy Mayfield 3547   -1163   14   Ernie Irvan 3534   -1176   15   Kyle Petty 3455   -1255   16   Bobby Hamilton 3450   -1260   17   Ricky Rudd 3330   -1380   18   Michael Waltrip 3173   -1537   19   Ricky Craven 3108   -1602   20   Jimmy Spencer 3079   -1631   21   Steve Grissom 3061   -1649