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1997 - California 500 Presented by NAPA Race Results


Race Name - California 500 Presented by NAPA
Date - 6/22/1997
Race Track - California Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 183.015 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 22
Average Race Speed - 155.01 mph
Lead Changes - 21
Total Race Purse - $1,697,250
Race Number - 15
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Jeff Gordon 24 DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick) 250 Chevrolet 113 $144,600
2 10 Terry Labonte 5 Kelloggs Frosted Flakes (Rick Hendrick) 250 Chevrolet 41 $100,825
3 39 Ricky Rudd 10 Tide (Ricky Rudd) 250 Ford 0 $78,525
4 20 Ted Musgrave 16 Family Channel Primestar (Jack Roush) 250 Ford 0 $64,975
5 19 Jimmy Spencer 23 Camel Cigarettes (Travis Carter) 250 Ford 4 $54,775
6 15 Bobby Labonte 18 Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) 250 Pontiac 0 $48,950
7 7 Jeff Green 29 Cartoon Network (Gary Bechtel) 250 Chevrolet 0 $38,450
8 9 Dale Jarrett 88 Quality Care Ford Credit (Yates Racing) 250 Ford 49 $58,750
9 11 Ricky Craven 25 Budweiser (Rick Hendrick) 250 Chevrolet 8 $42,350
10 12 Mark Martin 6 Valvoline (Jack Roush) 249 Ford 11 $48,450
11 18 Michael Waltrip 21 Citgo (Wood Brothers) 249 Ford 0 $40,275
12 21 Jeremy Mayfield 37 Kmart RC Cola (Michael Kranefuss) 249 Ford 0 $32,175
13 13 Johnny Benson Jr 30 Pennzoil (Chuck Rider) 249 Pontiac 0 $38,075
14 16 Rusty Wallace 2 Miller Lite (Roger Penske) 249 Ford 0 $42,975
15 8 Darrell Waltrip 17 Parts America (Darrell Waltrip) 249 Chevrolet 2 $37,725
16 14 Dale Earnhardt 3 GM Goodwrench Service Plus (Richard Childress) 249 Chevrolet 0 $41,975
17 41 Steve Grissom 41 Kodiak (Larry Hedrick) 249 Chevrolet 0 $36,175
18 1 Joe Nemechek 42 BellSouth (Felix Sabates) 248 Chevrolet 1 $40,375
19 24 Chad Little 97 John Deere (Greg Pollex) 248 Pontiac 0 $28,575
20 22 Lake Speed 9 Melling Engine Parts (Harry Melling) 248 Ford 0 $29,325
21 35 John Andretti 98 RCA (Cale Yarborough) 248 Ford 0 $34,975
22 42 Dick Trickle 90 HeiligMeyers Simmons (Junie Donlavey) 248 Ford 0 $27,675
23 30 Bobby Hamilton 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 247 Pontiac 0 $39,175
24 31 Morgan Shepherd 77 Jasper Engines Federal Mogul (Doug Bawel) 247 Ford 0 $23,975
25 34 David Green 96 Caterpillar (Buz McCall) 247 Chevrolet 0 $23,775
26 36 Brett Bodine 11 Close Call Phone Card (Brett Bodine) 247 Ford 1 $33,775
27 26 Greg Sacks 40 Coors (Felix Sabates) 246 Chevrolet 0 $33,975
28 40 Ward Burton 22 MBNA America (Bill Davis) 246 Pontiac 0 $33,175
29 23 Derrike Cope 36 Skittles (Nelson Bowers) 245 Pontiac 0 $25,975
30 25 Jeff Burton 99 Exide Batteries (Jack Roush) 244 Ford 0 $37,775
31 38 Kyle Petty 44 Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty) 243 Pontiac 0 $25,100
32 17 Bill Elliott 94 McDonalds (Bill Elliott) 241 Ford 0 $29,400
33 28 Mike Skinner 31 Lowes (Richard Childress) 225 Chevrolet 0 $22,200
34 5 Ken Schrader 33 Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree) 219 Chevrolet 8 $29,000
35 6 Geoffrey Bodine 7 QVC (Geoffrey Bodine) 215 Ford 0 $28,800
36 29 Sterling Marlin 4 Kodak Film (Larry McClure) 206 Chevrolet 0 $37,700
37 2 Ernie Irvan 28 Texaco Havoline (Yates Racing) 202 Ford 6 $36,500
38 33 Jerry Nadeau 1 RL Carriers Cruisin America (Richard Jackson) 174 Pontiac 0 $28,000
39 4 Wally Dallenbach Jr 46 First Union (Felix Sabates) 173 Chevrolet 6 $21,000
40 32 Dave Marcis 71 RealTree Camouflage (Dave Marcis) 146 Chevrolet 0 $21,000
41 37 Rick Mast 75 Remington Arms (Butch Mock) 94 Ford 0 $28,000
42 27 Hut Stricklin 8 Circuit City (Stavola Brothers) 28 Ford 0 $28,000