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1997 Pennsylvania 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 18 of 32
Sunday, July 20, 1997 at Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:31:10
Average speed: 142.068 mph
Pole speed: 168.881 mph

Cautions: 4 for 18 laps
Margin of victory: 2.948 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 23

Glossary 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1997 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care / Ford Credit (Yates Racing)	Ford	200	104570	running	108	185
2	6	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	56745	running	53	175
3	20	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	44195	running	2	170
4	22	16	Ted Musgrave	Family Channel / Primestar (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	39070	running	8	165
5	9	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	36040	running	1	160
6	11	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	21690	running	0	150
7	14	23	Jimmy Spencer	Camel Cigarettes (Travis Carter)	Ford	200	30890	running	1	151
8	34	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty)	Pontiac	200	19090	running	4	147
9	17	37	Jeremy Mayfield	Kmart / RC Cola (Michael Kranefuss)	Ford	200	18490	running	0	138
10	15	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's (Bill Elliott)	Ford	200	28240	running	2	139
11	10	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	200	28340	running	0	130
12	5	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service Plus (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	29490	running	2	132
13	40	30	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Pennzoil (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	200	25990	running	1	129
14	7	33	Ken Schrader	Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	200	23690	running	0	121
15	32	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America (Bill Davis)	Pontiac	200	24490	running	0	118
16	29	36	Derrike Cope	Skittles (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	200	16090	running	2	120
17	38	7	Geoffrey Bodine	QVC (Geoffrey Bodine)	Ford	200	22890	running	2	117
18	37	25	Ricky Craven	Budweiser (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	22690	running	0	109
19	27	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers / Simmons (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	199	15440	running	0	106
20	23	4	Sterling Marlin	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	199	19765	running	0	103
21	1	42	Joe Nemechek	BellSouth (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	199	22715	running	11	105
22	25	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	199	21790	running	0	97
23	24	8	Hut Stricklin	Circuit City (Stavola Brothers)	Ford	199	21565	running	0	94
24	13	98	John Andretti	RCA (Cale Yarborough)	Ford	199	21415	running	0	91
25	26	75	Rick Mast	Remington Arms (Butch Mock)	Ford	199	21840	running	0	88
26	16	17	Darrell Waltrip	Parts America (Darrell Waltrip)	Chevrolet	199	20790	running	0	85
27	33	77	Morgan Shepherd	Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul (Doug Bawel)	Ford	199	11240	running	0	82
28	36	97	Chad Little	John Deere (Greg Pollex)	Pontiac	199	11190	running	0	79
29	31	11	Brett Bodine	Close Call Phone Card (Brett Bodine)	Ford	198	18115	running	0	76
30	12	41	Steve Grissom	Kodiak (Larry Hedrick)	Chevrolet	198	18065	running	0	73
31	8	29	Jeff Green	Cartoon Network (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	197	11015	running	0	70
32	28	43	Bobby Hamilton	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	197	25965	running	0	67
33	35	1	Jerry Nadeau	R&L Carriers / Cruisin' America (Richard Jackson)	Pontiac	197	17865	running	0	64
34	18	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D (Fil Martocci)	Ford	195	17790	running	0	61
35	21	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	193	33815	running	0	58
36	19	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide (Ricky Rudd)	Ford	192	25640	engine	0	55
37	39	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Ford	174	27575	engine	0	52
38	3	46	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	First Union (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	158	10450	engine	0	49
39	42	96	David Green	Caterpillar (Buz McCall)	Chevrolet	157	10450	engine	0	46
40	2	28	Ernie Irvan	Texaco / Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	136	25450	crash	3	48
41	41	71	Dave Marcis	RealTree Camouflage (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	35	10450	engine	0	40
42	30	40	Robby Gordon	Coors Light (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	0	17450	engine	0	37

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
43	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	78	Hanes	Jim Wilson	Ford
44	Steve Park	14	Burger King	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet
45	Greg Sacks	91	Spam	Joe Falk	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	1	1
	2	3	2	#17 spun turn 2
	4	119	116
	120	126	7	debris turn 2
	127	127	1
	128	131	4	#3,5,18,22,36,42,43,46,75,81,94 accident turn 2
	132	137	6
	138	142	5	#28 accident turn 1
	143	200	58
Percent of race run under caution: 9.0% Average green flag run: 36.4 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Joe Nemechek	1	11	11
Jeff Gordon	12	36	25
Ernie Irvan	37	37	1
Jimmy Spencer	38	38	1
Geoffrey Bodine	39	40	2
Jeff Gordon	41	54	14
Dale Jarrett	55	72	18
Ted Musgrave	73	75	3
Ernie Irvan	76	77	2
Jeff Gordon	78	83	6
Dale Jarrett	84	111	28
Ted Musgrave	112	116	5
Dale Jarrett	117	126	10
Jeff Gordon	127	133	7
Dale Jarrett	134	164	31
Jeff Gordon	165	165	1
Mark Martin	166	166	1
Johnny Benson, Jr.	167	167	1
Kyle Petty	168	171	4
Bill Elliott	172	173	2
Derrike Cope	174	175	2
Dale Earnhardt	176	177	2
Jeff Burton	178	179	2
Dale Jarrett	180	200	21

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Jeff Gordon	2669
2	Mark Martin	2605	-64
3	Terry Labonte	2555	-114
4	Dale Jarrett	2517	-152
5	Jeff Burton	2468	-201
6	Dale Earnhardt	2415	-254
7	Bobby Labonte	2241	-428
8	Ricky Rudd	2129	-540
9	Jeremy Mayfield	2100	-569
10	Ted Musgrave	2095	-574
11	Bill Elliott	2037	-632
12	Michael Waltrip	1989	-680
13	Johnny Benson, Jr.	1978	-691
14	Rusty Wallace	1969	-700
15	Ernie Irvan	1896	-773
16	Darrell Waltrip	1877	-792
17	Jimmy Spencer	1866	-803
17	Kyle Petty	1866	-803
19	Ken Schrader	1858	-811
20	Sterling Marlin	1853	-816
21	Bobby Hamilton	1766	-903