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1997 UAW-GM Quality 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 28 of 32 Sunday, October 5, 1997 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles) Time of race: 3:28:17 Average speed: 144.323 mph Pole speed: 184.256 mph Cautions: 4 for 33 laps Margin of victory: 4.142 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 20 Glossary    1997 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 334 130000 running 85 180 2 2 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 334 110900 running 141 180 3 19 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Plus   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 334 85650 running 31 170 4 3 6   Mark Martin Valvoline   (Jack Roush) Ford 334 66050 running 54 165 5 4 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 334 62200 running 0 155 6 29 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 334 51700 running 14 155 7 33 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's   (Bill Elliott) Ford 333 43700 running 0 146 8 7 22   Ward Burton MBNA America   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 333 40600 running 0 142 9 40 44   Kyle Petty Hot Wheels   (Kyle Petty) Pontiac 333 30700 running 0 138 10 15 30   Johnny Benson, Jr. Pennzoil   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 333 38025 running 2 139 11 43 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Spooky Froot Loops   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 333 44900 running 0 130 12 25 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 332 39000 running 0 127 13 17 41   Steve Grissom Kodiak   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 332 32100 running 2 129 14 6 90   Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers / Simmons   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 332 24500 running 0 121 15 11 33   Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 332 31050 running 0 118 16 24 42   Joe Nemechek BellSouth   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 331 21200 running 0 115 17 14 16   Ted Musgrave Family Channel / Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 331 26800 running 0 112 18 35 28   Ernie Irvan Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 331 29800 running 0 109 19 34 27   Rick Wilson Blair Motorsports   (David Blair) Ford 331 14435 running 0 106 20 21 4   Sterling Marlin Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 331 32040 running 0 103 21 41 43   Bobby Hamilton STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 331 28960 running 0 100 22 10 1   Morgan Shepherd R&L Carriers   (Richard Jackson) Pontiac 331 24775 running 0 97 23 31 97   Chad Little John Deere   (Jack Roush) Pontiac 331 17190 running 0 94 24 30 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo Retro 1970s   (Wood Brothers) Ford 330 23915 running 0 91 25 42 25   Ricky Craven Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 330 23930 running 0 88 26 36 35   Todd Bodine Tabasco   (Bob Hancher) Pontiac 330 13160 running 0 85 27 39 37   Jeremy Mayfield Kmart / RC Cola   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 330 16355 running 0 82 28 26 81   Kenny Wallace Square D   (Fil Martocci) Ford 330 23150 running 0 79 29 20 29   Jeff Green Cartoon Network Wacky Racing   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 328 13850 running 0 76 30 18 11   Brett Bodine Scandia / Bodine   (Brett Bodine) Ford 328 22850 running 0 73 31 27 96   David Green Caterpillar   (Buz McCall) Chevrolet 313 15655 running 0 70 32 23 98   John Andretti RCA   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 300 22565 running 0 67 33 13 36   Derrike Cope Skittles   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 291 14995 engine 0 64 34 38 78   Gary Bradberry Hanes   (Jim Wilson) Ford 263 12470 running 0 61 35 37 8   Hut Stricklin Circuit City   (Stavola Brothers) Ford 247 19445 overheating 0 58 36 28 77   Robert Pressley Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul   (Doug Bawel) Ford 247 12425 running 0 55 37 16 46   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 244 12410 running 0 52 38 32 9   Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts   (Harry Melling) Ford 165 12380 engine 0 49 39 8 12   Jeff Purvis Coors Light / Opryland USA   (Larry Lockamy) Chevrolet 150 12380 crash 1 51 40 12 91   Kevin Lepage Pionite   (Joe Falk) Chevrolet 119 12380 crash 0 43 41 22 10   Ricky Rudd Tide Mountain Spring   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 102 28880 crash 0 40 42 9 23   Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes   (Travis Carter) Ford 101 19780 crash 0 37 43 1 7   Geoffrey Bodine QVC   (Geoffrey Bodine) Ford 100 42880 crash 4 39

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Rick Mast 75 Remington Arms Butch Mock Ford 45 Greg Sacks 15 Daytona USA Bud Moore Ford 46 Mike Skinner 31 Lowe's Richard Childress Chevrolet 47 Steve Park 14 Burger King Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 48 Darrell Waltrip 17 Parts America Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 49 Elliott Sadler 40 Coors Light Felix Sabates Chevrolet 50 Dave Marcis 71 RealTree Camouflage Dave Marcis Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 1 1     2 4 3   #43,37,28,8 spun frontstretch   5 103 99     104 117 14   #18,10,7,78,23,41,91,8,33 accident turn 2   118 151 34     152 163 12   #12,98 accident turn 4   164 167 4     168 171 4   #9 accident turn 4   172 334 163       Percent of race run under caution: 9.9%             Average green flag run: 60.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Geoffrey Bodine 1 4 4   Bobby Labonte 5 66 62   Mark Martin 67 67 1   Jeff Purvis 68 68 1   Bobby Labonte 69 102 34   Mark Martin 103 117 15   Dale Jarrett 118 125 8   Jeff Burton 126 139 14   Dale Jarrett 140 143 4   Mark Martin 144 152 9   Dale Jarrett 153 164 12   Dale Earnhardt 165 172 8   Dale Jarrett 173 175 3   Dale Earnhardt 176 195 20   Mark Martin 196 196 1   Dale Earnhardt 197 199 3   Mark Martin 200 227 28   Johnny Benson, Jr. 228 229 2   Steve Grissom 230 231 2   Bobby Labonte 232 276 45   Dale Jarrett 277 334 58 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jeff Gordon 4258     2   Mark Martin 4133   -125   3   Dale Jarrett 4061   -197   4   Jeff Burton 3920   -338   5   Dale Earnhardt 3713   -545   6   Terry Labonte 3611   -647   7   Bobby Labonte 3512   -746   8   Bill Elliott 3412   -846   9   Ted Musgrave 3192   -1066   10   Jeremy Mayfield 3132   -1126   11   Johnny Benson, Jr. 3129   -1129   12   Ricky Rudd 3119   -1139   13   Rusty Wallace 3103   -1155   14   Ken Schrader 3075   -1183   15   Ernie Irvan 3054   -1204   16   Kyle Petty 2914   -1344   17   Bobby Hamilton 2851   -1407   18   Michael Waltrip 2764   -1494   19   Jimmy Spencer 2732   -1526   20   Ward Burton 2722   -1536   21   Ricky Craven 2703   -1555