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1997 - Food City 500 Race Results


Race Name - Food City 500
Date - 4/13/1997
Race Track - Bristol Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.533 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 267 miles
Pole Speed - 123.586 mph
Number of Cautions - 20
Caution Laps - 132
Average Race Speed - 75.035 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $1,088,272
Race Number - 7
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 5 Jeff Gordon 24 DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick) 500 Chevrolet 125 $83,640
2 1 Rusty Wallace 2 Miller Lite (Roger Penske) 500 Ford 240 $64,090
3 17 Terry Labonte 5 Kelloggs Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick) 500 Chevrolet 0 $51,490
4 6 Dale Jarrett 88 Quality Care Ford Credit (Yates Racing) 500 Ford 0 $39,265
5 23 Mark Martin 6 Valvoline (Jack Roush) 500 Ford 0 $37,520
6 29 Dale Earnhardt 3 GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress) 500 Chevrolet 0 $32,970
7 18 Bill Elliott 94 McDonalds (Bill Elliott) 500 Ford 90 $27,770
8 21 Chad Little 97 John Deere (Greg Pollex) 500 Pontiac 0 $18,370
9 32 Jeremy Mayfield 37 Kmart RC Cola (Michael Kranefuss) 500 Ford 0 $21,565
10 12 Brett Bodine 11 Close Call Phone Card (Brett Bodine) 500 Ford 0 $28,215
11 19 Dick Trickle 90 HeiligMeyers Simmons (Junie Donlavey) 500 Ford 0 $18,745
12 16 Ken Schrader 33 Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree) 500 Chevrolet 0 $25,390
13 34 Bobby Hamilton 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 500 Pontiac 0 $29,015
14 15 Robert Pressley 29 Cartoon Network (Gary Bechtel) 500 Chevrolet 2 $17,965
15 10 Jimmy Spencer 23 Camel Cigarettes (Travis Carter) 499 Ford 36 $25,965
16 36 Derrike Cope 36 Skittles (Nelson Bowers) 499 Pontiac 0 $13,640
17 25 Rick Mast 75 Remington Arms (Butch Mock) 499 Ford 0 $24,390
18 35 Ward Burton 22 MBNA America (Bill Davis) 499 Pontiac 0 $17,240
19 24 Joe Nemechek 42 BellSouth (Felix Sabates) 499 Chevrolet 0 $17,130
20 2 Sterling Marlin 4 Kodak Film (Larry McClure) 498 Chevrolet 7 $32,421
21 39 Michael Waltrip 21 Citgo (Wood Brothers) 497 Ford 0 $23,765
22 27 David Green 96 Caterpillar (Buz McCall) 496 Chevrolet 0 $14,215
23 30 Ed Berrier 95 Feed The Children (Sadler Brothers) 495 Chevrolet 0 $13,165
24 26 John Andretti 98 RCA (Cale Yarborough) 491 Ford 0 $23,490
25 43 Darrell Waltrip 17 Parts America (Darrell Waltrip) 485 Chevrolet 0 $23,595
26 7 Hut Stricklin 8 Circuit City (Stavola Brothers) 484 Ford 0 $23,215
27 22 Ricky Rudd 10 Tide (Ricky Rudd) 483 Ford 0 $27,991
28 41 Morgan Shepherd 1 Cruisin America Phone Card (Richard Jackson) 479 Pontiac 0 $23,040
29 14 Kyle Petty 44 Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty) 477 Pontiac 0 $12,910
30 42 Dave Marcis 71 RealTree Camouflage (Dave Marcis) 468 Chevrolet 0 $15,585
31 33 Johnny Benson Jr 30 Pennzoil (Chuck Rider) 455 Pontiac 0 $21,815
32 9 Steve Grissom 41 Kodiak (Larry Hedrick) 441 Chevrolet 0 $22,795
33 8 Geoffrey Bodine 7 QVC LA West (Geoffrey Bodine) 432 Ford 0 $18,775
34 13 Bobby Labonte 18 Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) 425 Pontiac 0 $26,735
35 28 Mike Skinner 31 Lowes (Richard Childress) 365 Chevrolet 0 $11,715
36 31 Lake Speed 9 Melling Engine Parts (Harry Melling) 325 Ford 0 $18,695
37 37 Gary Bradberry 19 Child Support Recovery (Mark Smith) 317 Ford 0 $11,675
38 3 Ted Musgrave 16 Family Channel Primestar (Jack Roush) 296 Ford 0 $18,950
39 38 Ernie Irvan 28 Texaco Havoline (Yates Racing) 281 Ford 0 $26,650
40 40 Jack Sprague 25 Budweiser (Rick Hendrick) 256 Chevrolet 0 $18,650
41 4 Kenny Wallace 81 Square D (Fil Martocci) 223 Ford 0 $18,750
42 11 Jeff Burton 99 Exide Batteries (Jack Roush) 157 Ford 0 $26,650
43 20 Robby Gordon 40 Coors Light (Felix Sabates) 91 Chevrolet 0 $18,650