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1997 Food City 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 32 Sunday, April 13, 1997 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 3:33:06 Average speed: 75.035 mph Pole speed: 123.586 mph Cautions: 20 for 132 laps Margin of victory: .499 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1997 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 83640 running 125 180 2 1 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 500 64090 running 240 180 3 17 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 51490 running 0 165 4 6 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 500 39265 running 0 160 5 23 6   Mark Martin Valvoline   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 37520 running 0 155 6 29 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 500 32970 running 0 150 7 18 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's   (Bill Elliott) Ford 500 27770 running 90 151 8 21 97   Chad Little John Deere   (Greg Pollex) Pontiac 500 18370 running 0 142 9 32 37   Jeremy Mayfield Kmart / RC Cola   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 500 21565 running 0 138 10 12 11   Brett Bodine Close Call Phone Card   (Brett Bodine) Ford 500 28215 running 0 134 11 19 90   Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers / Simmons   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 500 18745 running 0 130 12 16 33   Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 500 25390 running 0 127 13 34 43   Bobby Hamilton STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 500 29015 running 0 124 14 15 29   Robert Pressley Cartoon Network   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 500 17965 running 2 126 15 10 23   Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes   (Travis Carter) Ford 499 25965 running 36 123 16 36 36   Derrike Cope Skittles   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 499 13640 running 0 115 17 25 75   Rick Mast Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 499 24390 running 0 112 18 35 22   Ward Burton MBNA America   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 499 17240 running 0 109 19 24 42   Joe Nemechek BellSouth   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 499 17130 running 0 106 20 2 4   Sterling Marlin Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 498 32421 running 7 108 21 39 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 497 23765 running 0 100 22 27 96   David Green Caterpillar   (Buz McCall) Chevrolet 496 14215 running 0 97 23 30 95   Ed Berrier Feed The Children   (Sadler Brothers) Chevrolet 495 13165 running 0 94 24 26 98   John Andretti RCA   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 491 23490 running 0 91 25 43 17   Darrell Waltrip Parts America 25 Years Retro 1985   (Darrell Waltrip) Chevrolet 485 23595 running 0 88 26 7 8   Hut Stricklin Circuit City   (Stavola Brothers) Ford 484 23215 running 0 85 27 22 10   Ricky Rudd Tide   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 483 27991 running 0 82 28 41 1   Morgan Shepherd Cruisin' America Phone Card   (Richard Jackson) Pontiac 479 23040 running 0 79 29 14 44   Kyle Petty Hot Wheels   (Kyle Petty) Pontiac 477 12910 running 0 76 30 42 71   Dave Marcis RealTree Camouflage   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 468 15585 running 0 73 31 33 30   Johnny Benson, Jr. Pennzoil   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 455 21815 running 0 70 32 9 41   Steve Grissom Kodiak   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 441 22795 crash 0 67 33 8 7   Geoffrey Bodine QVC / LA West   (Geoffrey Bodine) Ford 432 18775 crash 0 64 34 13 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 425 26735 running 0 61 35 28 31   Mike Skinner Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 365 11715 engine 0 58 36 31 9   Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts   (Harry Melling) Ford 325 18695 crash 0 55 37 37 19   Gary Bradberry Child Support Recovery   (Mark Smith) Ford 317 11675 running 0 52 38 3 16   Ted Musgrave Family Channel / Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 296 18950 crash 0 49 39 38 28   Ernie Irvan Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 281 26650 engine 0 46 40 40 25   Jack Sprague Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 256 18650 crash 0 43 41 4 81   Kenny Wallace Square D   (Fil Martocci) Ford 223 18750 crash 0 40 42 11 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 157 26650 engine 0 37 43 20 40   Robby Gordon Coors Light   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 91 18650 crash 0 34

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Bobby Hillin, Jr. 77 Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul Doug Bawel Ford 45 Billy Standridge 78 Diamond Rio / Hanes Jim Wilson Ford 46 Mike Wallace 91 Spam Joe Falk Chevrolet 47 Greg Sacks 20 Hardee's Harry Ranier Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 13 13     14 18 5   #9,40,98,43 accident turn 3   19 48 30     49 53 5   #10 accident backstretch   54 56 3     57 60 4   #25 spun turn 1   61 69 9     70 75 6   #19 spun backstretch   76 78 3     79 83 5   #43 spun frontstretch   84 96 13     97 102 6   #40 spun backstretch   103 110 8     111 118 8   #31 debris backstretch   119 132 14     133 140 8   #25,31 accident turn 4   141 149 9     150 155 6   #30,71 accident turn 3   156 184 29     185 191 7   #44 spun turn 4   192 196 5     197 201 5   #11 spun turn 4   202 224 23     225 231 7   #81 accident turn 4   232 235 4     236 238 3   debris frontstretch   239 258 20     259 264 6   #28,31,18,22,98 accident turn 4   265 280 16     281 286 6   #29,18 accident turn 2   287 288 2     289 305 17   #16 accident frontstretch   306 311 6     312 320 9   #25,9 accident frontstretch   321 408 88     409 414 6   #1 stalled turn 3   415 423 9     424 428 5   #7,23,75,11 accident turn 3   429 442 14     443 450 8   #7,23,41 accident frontstretch   451 500 50       Percent of race run under caution: 26.4%             Average green flag run: 17.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Rusty Wallace 1 49 49   Jimmy Spencer 50 85 36   Rusty Wallace 86 134 49   Bill Elliott 135 157 23   Robert Pressley 158 159 2   Bill Elliott 160 162 3   Jeff Gordon 163 226 64   Sterling Marlin 227 233 7   Bill Elliott 234 238 5   Rusty Wallace 239 295 57   Bill Elliott 296 354 59   Jeff Gordon 355 414 60   Rusty Wallace 415 499 85   Jeff Gordon 500 500 1 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Jarrett 1154     2   Terry Labonte 1064   -90   3   Jeff Gordon 990   -164   4   Bobby Labonte 919   -235   5   Jeff Burton 874   -280   6   Mark Martin 864   -290   7   Ricky Rudd 857   -297   8   Dale Earnhardt 853   -301   9   Bill Elliott 830   -324   10   Rusty Wallace 822   -332   11   Ward Burton 818   -336   12   Geoffrey Bodine 804   -350   13   Sterling Marlin 785   -369   14   Bobby Hamilton 770   -384   15   Michael Waltrip 769   -385   16   Jeremy Mayfield 746   -408   17   Brett Bodine 722   -432   18   Johnny Benson, Jr. 712   -442   19   Morgan Shepherd 711   -443   20   Ken Schrader 697   -457   21   Ted Musgrave 692   -462