1997 Food City 250

Bristol Motor Speedway · 1997 · NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Jimmy Spencer	16	42	30	14	5	154	250	133.3

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	16	20	Jimmy Spencer	Crestinger Racing	Chevrolet	250	154	running	180
2	14	3	Steve Park	Dale Earnhardt Inc.	Chevrolet	250		running	170
3	29	47	Robert Pressley	ST Motorsports	Chevrolet	250		running	165
4	1	74	Randy LaJoie	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	250	56	running	160
5	23	75	Rick Wilson	Henderson Motorsports	Chevrolet	250		running	155
6	11	44	Bobby Labonte	Labonte Motorsports	Pontiac	250		running	150
7	17	96	Stevie Reeves	Donald Laird Racing	Ford	250		running	146
8	30	36	Todd Bodine	Team 34	Pontiac	250		running	142
9	10	45	Jeff Fuller	Laughlin Racing	Chevrolet	250		running	138
10	24	88	Kevin Lepage	Emerald Performance Group	Chevrolet	250		running	134
11	7	78	Nathan Buttke	Mark III Racing	Chevrolet	250		running	130
12	37	89	Johnny Chapman	NorthStar Motorsports	Ford	250		running	127
13	13	37	Mark Green	Brewco Motorsports	Chevrolet	250		running	124
14	33	56	Jeff Krogh	Excel Motorsports	Chevrolet	250		running	121
15	5	64	Dick Trickle	Shoemaker Racing	Chevrolet	249		running	118
16	9	34	Mike McLaughlin	Cicci-Welliver Racing	Chevrolet	249		running	115
17	42	6	Joe Bessey	Joe Bessey Racing	Chevrolet	249		running	112
18	41	43	Dennis Setzer	Emerald Performance Group	Chevrolet	249		running	109
19	40	63	Tracy Leslie	Hensley Racing	Pontiac	248		running	106
20	20	17	Matt Kenseth	Reiser Enterprises	Chevrolet	248		running	103
21	25	77	Brad Teague	PRW Racing	Ford	247		running	100
22	2	7	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Wellrich Motorsports	Chevrolet	247	22	running	97
23	35	35	Lyndon Amick	Team Amick Motorsports	Pontiac	247		running	94
24	28	94	Ron Barfield Jr.	Bill Elliott Racing	Ford	247		running	91
25	22	48	Randy Porter	Porter Racing	Ford	247		running	88
26	3	00	Buckshot Jones	Buckshot Racing	Pontiac	238	16	flagged	85
27	4	33	Tim Fedewa	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	237	2	running	82
28	15	1	Hermie Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	Chevrolet	211		accident	79
29	21	57	Jason Keller	KEL Racing	Chevrolet	210		running	76
30	31	72	Mike Dillon	Parker Racing	Chevrolet	185		running	73
31	18	5	Terry Labonte	Terry Labonte Inc.	Chevrolet	173		handling	70
32	39	10	Phil Parsons	MSRP Motorsports	Chevrolet	173		running	67
33	27	80	Mark Krogh	Excel Motorsports	Chevrolet	167		running	64
34	8	38	Elton Sawyer	Akins-Sutton Motorsports	Ford	153		accident	61
35	36	16	Mark Day	Day Enterprises	Pontiac	147		engine	58
36	26	50	Chris Diamond	Bobby Jones (Owner)	Pontiac	145		accident	55
37	38	99	Glenn Allen Jr.	J&J Racing	Chevrolet	83		handling	52
38	6	85	Shane Hall	Stegall Motorsports	Chevrolet	81		accident	49
39	19	32	Dale Jarrett	Isenhower Brothers Racing	Ford	56		radiator	46
40	12	21	Michael Waltrip	Michael Waltrip Racing	Ford	50		rotor	43
41	32	29	Elliott Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	Chevrolet	43		overheating	40
42	34	4	Dale Shaw	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	12		accident	37

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Jimmy Spencer	154	61.6%	P1
2	Randy LaJoie	56	22.4%	P4
3	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	22	8.8%	P22
4	Buckshot Jones	16	6.4%	P26
5	Tim Fedewa	2	0.8%	P27

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