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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 32
Sunday, February 16, 1997 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:22:18
Average speed: 148.295 mph
Pole speed: 189.813 mph

Cautions: 8 for 29 laps
Margin of victory: under caution
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	6	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	377410	running	40	180
2	18	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	194925	running	0	170
3	40	25	Ricky Craven	Budweiser (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	155625	running	0	165
4	8	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's (Bill Elliott)	Ford	200	133200	running	30	165
5	9	4	Sterling Marlin	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	200	121080	running	8	160
6	21	37	Jeremy Mayfield	Kmart / RC Cola (Michael Kranefuss)	Ford	200	100355	running	0	150
7	11	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	105515	running	52	156
8	17	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America (Bill Davis)	Pontiac	200	82390	running	0	142
9	13	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide (Ricky Rudd)	Ford	200	88590	running	0	138
10	22	17	Darrell Waltrip	Parts America (Darrell Waltrip)	Chevrolet	200	78840	running	0	134
11	23	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	79040	running	0	130
12	1	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	77615	running	1	132
13	41	16	Ted Musgrave	Family Channel / Primestar (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	76570	running	0	124
14	30	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty)	Pontiac	200	62080	running	0	121
15	39	43	Bobby Hamilton	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	200	77415	running	0	118
16	20	40	Robby Gordon	Coors Light (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	200	69545	running	0	115
17	24	71	Dave Marcis	RealTree Camouflage (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	200	61225	running	0	112
18	37	11	Brett Bodine	Close Call Phone Card (Brett Bodine)	Ford	200	67155	running	0	109
19	28	8	Hut Stricklin	Circuit City (Stavola Brothers)	Ford	200	65935	running	0	106
20	5	28	Ernie Irvan	Texaco / Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	200	72325	running	13	108
21	15	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	200	69445	running	0	100
22	36	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D (Fil Martocci)	Ford	200	65465	running	0	97
23	3	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care / Ford Credit (Yates Racing)	Ford	200	70510	running	0	94
24	35	9	Lake Speed	Melling Engine Parts / MHCO U.S.A. (Harry Melling)	Ford	199	64405	running	0	91
25	32	98	John Andretti	RCA (Cale Yarborough)	Ford	198	63325	running	0	88
26	33	19	Loy Allen, Jr.	Remington Arms / Child Support (Mark Smith)	Ford	198	55570	running	0	85
27	38	73	Joe Nemechek	BellSouth (Phil Barkdoll)	Chevrolet	196	52240	crash	0	82
28	16	30	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Pennzoil (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	195	61935	crash	0	79
29	42	1	Morgan Shepherd	Delco Remy America (Richard Jackson)	Pontiac	195	61655	crash	0	76
30	27	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	195	53900	crash	0	73
31	4	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	195	72545	running	48	75
32	12	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	188	57990	running	5	72
33	10	33	Ken Schrader	Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	173	57790	running	0	64
34	25	7	Geoffrey Bodine	QVC (Geoffrey Bodine)	Ford	148	57605	running	0	61
35	7	23	Jimmy Spencer	Camel Cigarettes (Travis Carter)	Ford	146	57300	running	0	58
36	29	36	Derrike Cope	Skittles (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	124	50145	handling	0	55
37	34	20	Greg Sacks	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Ford	120	50040	crash	3	57
38	31	77	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul (Doug Bawel)	Ford	111	49605	engine	0	49
39	19	29	Robert Pressley	Cartoon Network (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	91	49605	handling	0	46
40	2	41	Steve Grissom	Kodiak (Larry Hedrick)	Chevrolet	88	57565	crash	0	43
41	14	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Ford	47	66605	engine	0	40
42	26	46	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	First Union (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	32	49065	engine	0	37

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
43	Rick Mast	75	Remington Arms	Butch Mock	Ford
44	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Greg Pollex	Pontiac
45	Larry Pearson	15	Bud Moore Engineering	Bud Moore	Ford
46	Joe Nemechek	42	BellSouth	Felix Sabates	Chevrolet
47	Billy Standridge	78	Diamond Rio / Hanes	Jim Wilson	Ford
48	David Green	96	Caterpillar	Buz McCall	Chevrolet
49	Gary Bradberry	95	Feed the Children	Sadler Brothers	Chevrolet
50	Mike Wallace	91	Spam	Joe Falk	Chevrolet
51	Delma Cowart	0	Master's Inn Economy	H.L. Waters	Ford
52	Norm Benning	84	Benning Racing	Norm Benning	Chevrolet
DC	Phil Barkdoll	73	X-1R	Phil Barkdoll	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	9	9
	10	12	3	#29 accident backstretch
	13	48	36
	49	52	4	#36,7,23 accident backstretch
	53	89	37
	90	93	4	#41,33 accident backstretch
	94	96	3
	97	98	2	debris backstretch
	99	121	23
	122	125	4	#20,99 accident backstretch
	126	166	41
	167	170	4	debris turn 1
	171	189	19
	190	193	4	#3,88,28,5 accident backstretch
	194	196	3
	197	200	4	#88,81,11,71,30,73,1,90,9,43,18,40 accident turn 4
Percent of race run under caution: 14.5% Average green flag run: 21.4 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Mike Skinner	1	1	1
Dale Earnhardt	2	49	48
Michael Waltrip	50	54	5
Ernie Irvan	55	56	2
Jeff Gordon	57	90	34
Greg Sacks	91	93	3
Mark Martin	94	145	52
Ernie Irvan	146	154	9
Bill Elliott	155	167	13
Sterling Marlin	168	175	8
Ernie Irvan	176	177	2
Bill Elliott	178	194	17
Jeff Gordon	195	200	6

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Jeff Gordon	180
2	Terry Labonte	170	-10
3	Ricky Craven	165	-15
3	Bill Elliott	165	-15
5	Sterling Marlin	160	-20
6	Mark Martin	156	-24
7	Jeremy Mayfield	150	-30
8	Ward Burton	142	-38
9	Ricky Rudd	138	-42
10	Darrell Waltrip	134	-46
11	Mike Skinner	132	-48
12	Jeff Burton	130	-50
13	Ted Musgrave	124	-56
14	Kyle Petty	121	-59
15	Bobby Hamilton	118	-62
16	Robby Gordon	115	-65
17	Dave Marcis	112	-68
18	Brett Bodine	109	-71
19	Ernie Irvan	108	-72
20	Hut Stricklin	106	-74
21	Bobby Labonte	100	-80