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1997 - PRIMESTAR 500 Race Results


Race Name - PRIMESTAR 500
Date - 3/9/1997
Race Track - Atlanta Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - 186.507 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 45
Average Race Speed - 132.73 mph
Lead Changes - 16
Total Race Purse - $1,408,945
Race Number - 4
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 9 Dale Jarrett 88 Quality Care Ford Credit (Yates Racing) 328 Ford 253 $137,650
2 17 Ernie Irvan 28 Texaco Havoline (Yates Racing) 328 Ford 10 $73,000
3 21 Morgan Shepherd 1 Delco Remy America (Richard Jackson) 328 Pontiac 10 $59,400
4 29 Bobby Labonte 18 Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) 328 Pontiac 3 $46,000
5 27 Jeff Burton 99 Exide Batteries (Jack Roush) 328 Ford 0 $41,000
6 2 Mark Martin 6 Valvoline (Jack Roush) 328 Ford 9 $45,900
7 31 Michael Waltrip 21 Citgo (Wood Brothers) 328 Ford 0 $34,825
8 26 Dale Earnhardt 3 GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress) 328 Chevrolet 0 $40,975
9 22 Terry Labonte 5 Kelloggs Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick) 328 Chevrolet 1 $43,275
10 18 Bobby Hamilton 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 328 Pontiac 0 $41,375
11 40 Johnny Benson Jr 30 Pennzoil (Chuck Rider) 328 Pontiac 0 $33,925
12 36 Ward Burton 22 MBNA America (Bill Davis) 327 Pontiac 0 $24,425
13 30 Kyle Petty 44 Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty) 327 Pontiac 0 $19,905
14 1 Robby Gordon 40 Coors Light (Felix Sabates) 327 Chevrolet 42 $42,935
15 33 John Andretti 98 RCA (Cale Yarborough) 327 Ford 0 $31,805
16 3 Darrell Waltrip 17 Parts America (Darrell Waltrip) 327 Chevrolet 0 $30,495
17 16 Rick Mast 75 Remington Arms (Butch Mock) 327 Ford 0 $30,185
18 41 Brett Bodine 11 Close Call Phone Card (Brett Bodine) 326 Ford 0 $29,965
19 32 Chad Little 97 John Deere (Greg Pollex) 324 Pontiac 0 $18,435
20 8 Geoffrey Bodine 7 QVC (Geoffrey Bodine) 324 Ford 0 $32,035
21 24 Mike Skinner 31 Lowes (Richard Childress) 323 Chevrolet 0 $18,925
22 6 Lake Speed 9 Melling Engine Parts (Harry Melling) 323 Ford 0 $29,365
23 20 Sterling Marlin 4 Kodak Film (Larry McClure) 323 Chevrolet 0 $34,755
24 19 David Green 96 Caterpillar (Buz McCall) 323 Chevrolet 0 $18,620
25 35 Ken Schrader 33 Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree) 321 Chevrolet 0 $29,165
26 37 Mike Wallace 91 Spam (Joe Falk) 311 Chevrolet 0 $18,460
27 28 Greg Sacks 20 Hardees (Harry Ranier) 305 Ford 0 $18,350
28 4 Dick Trickle 90 HeiligMeyers (Junie Donlavey) 304 Ford 0 $21,575
29 10 Kenny Wallace 81 Square D (Fil Martocci) 299 Ford 0 $28,335
30 25 Ricky Rudd 10 Tide (Ricky Rudd) 293 Ford 0 $32,975
31 38 Rusty Wallace 2 Miller Lite (Roger Penske) 284 Ford 0 $34,915
32 12 Jimmy Spencer 23 Camel Cigarettes (Travis Carter) 282 Ford 0 $27,955
33 39 Steve Grissom 41 Kodiak (Larry Hedrick) 281 Chevrolet 0 $28,760
34 7 Ted Musgrave 16 Family Channel Primestar (Jack Roush) 267 Ford 0 $27,725
35 13 Ricky Craven 25 Budweiser (Rick Hendrick) 266 Chevrolet 0 $27,190
36 11 Billy Standridge 78 Diamond Rio Hanes (Jim Wilson) 261 Ford 0 $17,665
37 14 Jeremy Mayfield 37 Kmart RC Cola (Michael Kranefuss) 260 Ford 0 $17,650
38 15 Bill Elliott 94 McDonalds (Bill Elliott) 253 Ford 0 $24,570
39 42 Joe Nemechek 42 BellSouth (Felix Sabates) 252 Chevrolet 0 $17,570
40 34 Gary Bradberry 19 Child Support Recovery (Mark Smith) 252 Ford 0 $17,570
41 5 Hut Stricklin 8 Circuit City (Stavola Brothers) 226 Ford 0 $24,570
42 23 Jeff Gordon 24 DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick) 59 Chevrolet 0 $34,770