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1997 - Interstate Batteries 500 Race Results


Race Name - Interstate Batteries 500
Date - 4/6/1997
Race Track - Texas Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - mph
Number of Cautions - 10
Caution Laps - 73
Average Race Speed - 125.11 mph
Lead Changes - 19
Total Race Purse - $3,354,425
Race Number - 6
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 5 Jeff Burton 99 Exide Batteries (Jack Roush) 334 Ford 60 $354,350
2 1 Dale Jarrett 88 Quality Care Ford Credit (Yates Racing) 334 Ford 42 $232,800
3 4 Bobby Labonte 18 Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) 334 Pontiac 2 $174,500
4 3 Terry Labonte 5 Kelloggs Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick) 334 Chevrolet 104 $170,600
5 8 Ricky Rudd 10 Tide (Ricky Rudd) 334 Ford 26 $118,775
6 15 Dale Earnhardt 3 GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress) 334 Chevrolet 0 $111,700
7 12 Ward Burton 22 MBNA America (Bill Davis) 334 Pontiac 0 $89,000
8 22 Sterling Marlin 4 Kodak Film (Larry McClure) 334 Chevrolet 2 $93,000
9 21 Michael Waltrip 21 Citgo (Wood Brothers) 333 Ford 0 $87,000
10 35 Steve Grissom 41 Kodiak (Larry Hedrick) 332 Chevrolet 0 $89,800
11 16 Bill Elliott 94 McDonalds (Bill Elliott) 332 Ford 0 $82,400
12 30 John Andretti 98 RCA (Cale Yarborough) 332 Ford 0 $80,300
13 31 Kenny Wallace 81 Square D (Fil Martocci) 332 Ford 0 $78,200
14 7 Geoffrey Bodine 7 QVC (Geoffrey Bodine) 331 Ford 0 $76,100
15 36 Dave Marcis 71 RealTree Camouflage (Dave Marcis) 331 Chevrolet 0 $67,000
16 24 Lake Speed 9 Ace Hardware (Harry Melling) 331 Ford 0 $72,800
17 42 Mike Wallace 91 Spam (Ron Neal) 330 Chevrolet 0 $63,000
18 27 Ken Schrader 33 Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree) 330 Chevrolet 0 $70,700
19 26 Brett Bodine 11 Close Call Phone Card (Brett Bodine) 327 Ford 0 $69,600
20 17 Bobby Hamilton 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 325 Pontiac 0 $75,450
21 43 Billy Standridge 78 Diamond Rio (Jim Wilson) 325 Ford 0 $52,000
22 25 Mike Skinner 31 Lowes (Richard Childress) 324 Chevrolet 10 $52,000
23 32 Dick Trickle 90 HeiligMeyers Simmons (Junie Donlavey) 319 Ford 0 $53,500
24 19 Morgan Shepherd 1 Delco Remy America (Richard Jackson) 304 Pontiac 0 $59,400
25 18 Todd Bodine 25 Budweiser (Rick Hendrick) 284 Chevrolet 9 $58,550
26 38 Chad Little 97 John Deere (Greg Pollex) 283 Pontiac 0 $47,000
27 23 Kyle Petty 44 Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty) 266 Pontiac 0 $46,000
28 13 Johnny Benson Jr 30 Pennzoil (Chuck Rider) 256 Pontiac 0 $55,200
29 40 Joe Nemechek 42 BellSouth (Felix Sabates) 255 Chevrolet 0 $47,100
30 2 Jeff Gordon 24 DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick) 247 Chevrolet 69 $60,200
31 28 Rick Mast 75 Remington Arms (Butch Mock) 246 Ford 0 $52,000
32 20 Jeremy Mayfield 37 Kmart RC Cola (Michael Kranefuss) 200 Ford 0 $44,000
33 34 Hut Stricklin 8 Circuit City (Stavola Brothers) 192 Ford 0 $47,000
34 29 Robby Gordon 40 Coors Light (Felix Sabates) 174 Chevrolet 0 $48,500
35 11 Ted Musgrave 16 Family Channel Primestar (Jack Roush) 167 Ford 0 $45,000
36 10 Ernie Irvan 28 Texaco Havoline (Yates Racing) 161 Ford 0 $52,000
37 9 Rusty Wallace 2 Miller Lite (Roger Penske) 160 Ford 0 $53,000
38 6 Mark Martin 6 Valvoline (Jack Roush) 143 Ford 10 $42,000
39 33 Jimmy Spencer 23 Camel Cigarettes (Travis Carter) 95 Ford 0 $42,000
40 39 Greg Sacks 20 Hardees (Harry Ranier) 84 Ford 0 $35,000
41 37 Derrike Cope 36 Skittles (Nelson Bowers) 21 Pontiac 0 $35,000
42 41 Bobby Hillin Jr 77 Jasper Engines Federal Mogul (Doug Bawel) 17 Ford 0 $35,000
43 14 Darrell Waltrip 17 Parts America (Darrell Waltrip) 0 Chevrolet 0 $35,900