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1997 - Daytona 500 Race Results


Race Name - Daytona 500
Date - 2/16/1997
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 189.813 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 29
Average Race Speed - 148.29 mph
Lead Changes - 12
Total Race Purse - $3,441,145
Race Number - 1
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 6 Jeff Gordon 24 DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick) 200 Chevrolet 40 $377,410
2 18 Terry Labonte 5 Kelloggs Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick) 200 Chevrolet 0 $194,925
3 40 Ricky Craven 25 Budweiser (Rick Hendrick) 200 Chevrolet 0 $155,625
4 8 Bill Elliott 94 McDonalds (Bill Elliott) 200 Ford 30 $133,200
5 9 Sterling Marlin 4 Kodak Film (Larry McClure) 200 Chevrolet 8 $121,080
6 21 Jeremy Mayfield 37 Kmart RC Cola (Michael Kranefuss) 200 Ford 0 $100,355
7 11 Mark Martin 6 Valvoline (Jack Roush) 200 Ford 52 $105,515
8 17 Ward Burton 22 MBNA America (Bill Davis) 200 Pontiac 0 $82,390
9 13 Ricky Rudd 10 Tide (Ricky Rudd) 200 Ford 0 $88,590
10 22 Darrell Waltrip 17 Parts America (Darrell Waltrip) 200 Chevrolet 0 $78,840
11 23 Jeff Burton 99 Exide Batteries (Jack Roush) 200 Ford 0 $79,040
12 1 Mike Skinner 31 Lowes (Richard Childress) 200 Chevrolet 1 $77,615
13 41 Ted Musgrave 16 Family Channel Primestar (Jack Roush) 200 Ford 0 $76,570
14 30 Kyle Petty 44 Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty) 200 Pontiac 0 $62,080
15 39 Bobby Hamilton 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 200 Pontiac 0 $77,415
16 20 Robby Gordon 40 Coors Light (Felix Sabates) 200 Chevrolet 0 $69,545
17 24 Dave Marcis 71 RealTree Camouflage (Dave Marcis) 200 Chevrolet 0 $61,225
18 37 Brett Bodine 11 Close Call Phone Card (Brett Bodine) 200 Ford 0 $67,155
19 28 Hut Stricklin 8 Circuit City (Stavola Brothers) 200 Ford 0 $65,935
20 5 Ernie Irvan 28 Texaco Havoline (Yates Racing) 200 Ford 13 $72,325
21 15 Bobby Labonte 18 Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) 200 Pontiac 0 $69,445
22 36 Kenny Wallace 81 Square D (Fil Martocci) 200 Ford 0 $65,465
23 3 Dale Jarrett 88 Quality Care Ford Credit (Yates Racing) 200 Ford 0 $70,510
24 35 Lake Speed 9 Melling Engine Parts (Harry Melling) 199 Ford 0 $64,405
25 32 John Andretti 98 RCA (Cale Yarborough) 198 Ford 0 $63,325
26 33 Loy Allen Jr 19 Remington Arms Child Support (Mark Smith) 198 Ford 0 $55,570
27 38 Joe Nemechek 73 BellSouth (Phil Barkdoll) 196 Chevrolet 0 $52,240
28 16 Johnny Benson Jr 30 Pennzoil (Chuck Rider) 195 Pontiac 0 $61,935
29 42 Morgan Shepherd 1 Delco Remy America (Richard Jackson) 195 Pontiac 0 $61,655
30 27 Dick Trickle 90 HeiligMeyers (Junie Donlavey) 195 Ford 0 $53,900
31 4 Dale Earnhardt 3 GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress) 195 Chevrolet 48 $72,545
32 12 Michael Waltrip 21 Citgo (Wood Brothers) 188 Ford 5 $57,990
33 10 Ken Schrader 33 Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree) 173 Chevrolet 0 $57,790
34 25 Geoffrey Bodine 7 QVC (Geoffrey Bodine) 148 Ford 0 $57,605
35 7 Jimmy Spencer 23 Camel Cigarettes (Travis Carter) 146 Ford 0 $57,300
36 29 Derrike Cope 36 Skittles (Nelson Bowers) 124 Pontiac 0 $50,145
37 34 Greg Sacks 20 Hardees (Harry Ranier) 120 Ford 3 $50,040
38 31 Bobby Hillin Jr 77 Jasper Engines Federal Mogul (Doug Bawel) 111 Ford 0 $49,605
39 19 Robert Pressley 29 Cartoon Network (Gary Bechtel) 91 Chevrolet 0 $49,605
40 2 Steve Grissom 41 Kodiak (Larry Hedrick) 88 Chevrolet 0 $57,565
41 14 Rusty Wallace 2 Miller Lite (Roger Penske) 47 Ford 0 $66,605
42 26 Wally Dallenbach Jr 46 First Union (Felix Sabates) 32 Chevrolet 0 $49,065