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1997 The Winston     Post NASCAR All Star main event Saturday, May 17, 1997 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 70 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (105.000 miles) Time of race: 0:39:54 Average speed: 157.895 mph Pole speed: 143.273 mph Cautions: 3 for 5 laps Margin of victory: 1.02 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 8 Glossary    All Star Races

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 19 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes / Jurassic Park: The Ride   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 70 207500 running 9 2 5 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 70 130000 running 17 3 11 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 70 65000 running 14 4 2 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench / Wheaties   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 70 55000 running 11 5 18 23   Jimmy Spencer Smokin' Joe's   (Travis Carter) Ford 70 27500 running 0 6 8 6   Mark Martin Valvoline   (Jack Roush) Ford 70 25000 running 0 7 6 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Robert Yates) Ford 70 73000 running 11 8 20 25   Ricky Craven Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 70 57000 running 0 9 12 10   Ricky Rudd Tide   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 70 20500 running 0 10 1 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's Racing   (Bill Elliott) Ford 70 69500 running 8 11 10 7   Geoffrey Bodine QVC Network   (Geoffrey Bodine) Ford 70 19000 running 0 12 9 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 70 18500 running 0 13 14 22   Ward Burton MBNA America Bank   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 70 18000 running 0 14 15 44   Kyle Petty Mattel Hot Wheels   (Kyle Petty) Pontiac 70 18000 running 0 15 3 4   Sterling Marlin Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 70 23000 running 0 16 4 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo Top Dog!   (Wood Brothers) Ford 70 18000 running 0 17 17 17   Darrell Waltrip Parts America   (Darrell Waltrip) Chevrolet 70 18000 running 0 18 7 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Racing   (Roger Penske) Ford 62 18000 engine 0 19 16 28   Ernie Irvan Texaco / Havoline   (Robert Yates) Ford 18 18000 oil leak 0 20 13 43   Bobby Hamilton STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 18 18000 engine 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 3 3     4 8 5   #18 spun frontstretch   9 30 22     31 31 0   end of segment 1   31 60 30     61 61 0   end of segment 2   61 70 10       Percent of race run under caution: 7.1%             Average green flag run: 16.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bill Elliott 1 8 8   Dale Earnhardt 9 12 4   Dale Jarrett 13 17 5   Dale Earnhardt 18 24 7   Dale Jarrett 25 30 6   Terry Labonte 31 43 13   Bobby Labonte 44 60 17   Terry Labonte 61 61 1   Jeff Gordon 62 70 9