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1997 - DieHard 500 Race Results


Race Name - DieHard 500
Date - 10/12/1997
Race Track - Talladega Superspeedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.66 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 193.271 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 22
Average Race Speed - 156.6 mph
Lead Changes - 32
Total Race Purse - $1,544,500
Race Number - 29
 More Races from 1997
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 6 Terry Labonte 5 Kelloggs Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick) 188 Chevrolet 70 $116,725
2 7 Bobby Labonte 18 Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) 188 Pontiac 5 $76,670
3 2 John Andretti 98 RCA (Cale Yarborough) 188 Ford 1 $58,530
4 14 Ken Schrader 33 Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree) 188 Chevrolet 6 $53,715
5 1 Ernie Irvan 28 Texaco Havoline (Yates Racing) 188 Ford 11 $57,275
6 15 Ricky Craven 25 Budweiser (Rick Hendrick) 188 Chevrolet 0 $41,500
7 42 Kyle Petty 44 Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty) 188 Pontiac 0 $32,700
8 25 Geoffrey Bodine 7 QVC (Geoffrey Bodine) 188 Ford 2 $38,050
9 23 Rick Mast 75 Remington Arms (Butch Mock) 188 Ford 0 $36,920
10 9 Rusty Wallace 2 Miller Lite (Roger Penske) 188 Ford 2 $42,900
11 39 Ted Musgrave 16 Family Channel Primestar (Jack Roush) 188 Ford 0 $38,080
12 29 Morgan Shepherd 1 RL Carriers (Richard Jackson) 188 Pontiac 0 $35,025
13 10 Bill Elliott 94 McDonalds (Bill Elliott) 188 Ford 0 $35,280
14 4 Jeff Burton 99 Exide Batteries (Jack Roush) 188 Ford 0 $39,410
15 35 Kenny Wallace 81 Square D (Fil Martocci) 188 Ford 0 $36,760
16 37 David Green 96 Caterpillar (Buz McCall) 188 Chevrolet 0 $28,600
17 38 Kevin Lepage 91 Pionite (Joe Falk) 188 Chevrolet 0 $23,835
18 5 Derrike Cope 36 Skittles (Nelson Bowers) 188 Pontiac 0 $27,280
19 19 Johnny Benson Jr 30 Pennzoil (Chuck Rider) 187 Pontiac 0 $33,950
20 34 Bobby Hamilton 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 187 Pontiac 0 $39,460
21 18 Dale Jarrett 88 Quality Care Ford Credit (Yates Racing) 187 Ford 13 $39,930
22 17 Brett Bodine 11 Scandia Bodine (Brett Bodine) 187 Ford 0 $33,300
23 21 Dick Trickle 90 HeiligMeyers Simmons (Junie Donlavey) 187 Ford 0 $26,290
24 3 Jimmy Spencer 23 Camel Cigarettes (Travis Carter) 187 Ford 11 $32,940
25 32 Dave Marcis 71 RealTree Camouflage (Dave Marcis) 187 Chevrolet 0 $22,460
26 40 Jeremy Mayfield 37 Kmart RC Cola (Michael Kranefuss) 184 Ford 0 $25,360
27 11 Robert Pressley 77 Jasper Engines Federal Mogul (Doug Bawel) 178 Ford 0 $22,240
28 27 Michael Waltrip 21 Citgo (Wood Brothers) 172 Ford 0 $32,170
29 12 Dale Earnhardt 3 GM Goodwrench Service Plus (Richard Childress) 167 Chevrolet 25 $48,500
30 31 Mark Martin 6 Valvoline (Jack Roush) 167 Ford 5 $37,030
31 13 Joe Nemechek 42 BellSouth (Felix Sabates) 165 Chevrolet 0 $24,440
32 22 Steve Grissom 41 Kodiak (Larry Hedrick) 163 Chevrolet 0 $28,870
33 16 Mike Skinner 31 Lowes (Richard Childress) 159 Chevrolet 1 $21,790
34 41 Ricky Rudd 10 Tide (Ricky Rudd) 153 Ford 0 $36,745
35 8 Jeff Gordon 24 DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick) 153 Chevrolet 3 $38,915
36 20 Lake Speed 9 Advantage Camo (Harry Melling) 153 Ford 0 $21,670
37 33 Darrell Waltrip 17 Parts America (Darrell Waltrip) 147 Chevrolet 0 $28,660
38 30 Sterling Marlin 4 Kodak Film (Larry McClure) 139 Chevrolet 27 $37,500
39 28 Greg Sacks 40 Coors Light (Felix Sabates) 139 Chevrolet 5 $28,500
40 36 Chad Little 97 John Deere (Jack Roush) 139 Pontiac 0 $21,525
41 24 Wally Dallenbach Jr 46 First Union (Felix Sabates) 99 Chevrolet 1 $21,500
42 26 Billy Standridge 47 Cofab Steel Jayskis (Billy Standridge) 51 Ford 0 $21,500