1997 Food City 500

Bristol Motor Speedway · 1997 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Jeff Gordon	5	43	33	14	6	125	500	266.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	5	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	125	running	180
2	1	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South	Ford	500	240	running	180
3	17	5	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500		running	165
4	6	88	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	500		running	160
5	23	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	500		running	155
6	29	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	500		running	150
7	18	94	Bill Elliott	Bill Elliott Racing	Ford	500	90	running	151
8	21	97	Chad Little	Mark Rypien Motorsports	Pontiac	500		running	142
9	32	37	Jeremy Mayfield	Kranefuss-Haas Racing	Pontiac	500		running	138
10	12	11	Brett Bodine	Brett Bodine Racing	Ford	500		running	134
11	19	90	Dick Trickle	Donlavey Racing	Ford	500		running	130
12	16	33	Ken Schrader	Andy Petree Racing	Chevrolet	500		running	127
13	34	43	Bobby Hamilton	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	500		running	124
14	15	29	Robert Pressley	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	2	running	126
15	10	23	Jimmy Spencer	Travis Carter Motorsports	Ford	499	36	running	123
16	36	36	Derrike Cope	MB2 Motorsports	Pontiac	499		running	115
17	25	75	Rick Mast	Butch Mock Motorsports	Ford	499		running	112
18	35	22	Ward Burton	Bill Davis Racing	Pontiac	499		running	109
19	24	42	Joe Nemechek	Team SABCO	Chevrolet	499		running	106
20	2	4	Sterling Marlin	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	498	7	running	108
21	39	21	Michael Waltrip	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	497		running	100
22	27	96	David Green	American Equipment Motorsports	Chevrolet	496		running	97
23	30	95	Ed Berrier	Sadler Racing	Chevrolet	495		running	94
24	26	98	John Andretti	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Ford	491		running	91
25	43	17	Darrell Waltrip	DarWal Inc.	Chevrolet	485		running	88
26	7	8	Hut Stricklin	Stavola Brothers Racing	Ford	484		running	85
27	22	10	Ricky Rudd	Rudd Performance Motorsports	Ford	483		running	82
28	41	1	Morgan Shepherd	Precision Products Racing	Pontiac	479		running	79
29	14	44	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	477		running	76
30	42	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	468		running	73
31	33	30	Johnny Benson Jr.	Bahari' Racing	Pontiac	455		running	70
32	9	41	Steve Grissom	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	441		accident	67
33	8	7	Geoff Bodine	Geoff Bodine Racing	Ford	432		accident	64
34	13	18	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	425		running	61
35	28	31	Mike Skinner	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	365		engine	58
36	31	9	Lake Speed	Melling Racing	Ford	325		accident	55
37	37	19	Gary Bradberry	TriStar Motorsports	Ford	317		running	52
38	3	16	Ted Musgrave	Roush Racing	Ford	296		accident	49
39	38	28	Ernie Irvan	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	281		engine	46
40	40	25	Jack Sprague	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	256		accident	43
41	4	81	Kenny Wallace	Filmar Racing	Ford	223		accident	40
42	11	99	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	157		engine	37
43	20	40	Robby Gordon	Team SABCO	Chevrolet	91		accident	34

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Rusty Wallace	240	48.0%	P2
2	Jeff Gordon	125	25.0%	P1
3	Bill Elliott	90	18.0%	P7
4	Jimmy Spencer	36	7.2%	P15
5	Sterling Marlin	7	1.4%	P20
6	Robert Pressley	2	0.4%	P14

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