NASCAR Winston Cup Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400: Results
7 September 1997
RICHMOND, VA - Provisional results for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Exide
NASCAR Select Batteries 400 held September 6, 1997 at Richmond International
Raceway:
Ps.Ql.No. Driver Sponsor Make Laps Notes
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1 23 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 400 $91,490
2 11 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 400 Running
3 10 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 400 Running
4 31 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 400 Running
5 14 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 400 Running
6 7 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chev 400 Running
7 12 22 Ward Burton MBNA Pont 399 Running
8 2 27 Kenny Irwin Hasbro/Action Perf Ford 399 Running
9 38 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 399 Running
10 16 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RCA Cola Ford 399 Running
11 27 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 398 Running
12 33 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 398 Running
13 37 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 398 Running
14 9 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 398 Running
15 22 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 398 Running
16 19 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 398 Running
17 24 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 398 Running
18 21 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 397 Running
19 6 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 397 Running
20 17 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 397 Running
21 39 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford 397 Running
22 32 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 397 Running
23 20 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 397 Running
24 5 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 396 Running
25 13 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 396 Running
26 30 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 396 Running
27 15 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 395 Running
28 35 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 395 Running
29 40 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 395 Running
30 1 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 395 Running
31 25 29 * Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev 394 Running
32 18 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 394 Running
33 41 1 Lance Hooper R&L Carriers Pont 394 Running
34 34 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 393 Running
35 29 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 393 Running
36 26 9 Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts Ford 393 Running
37 8 96 David Green Caterpillar Chev 392 Running
38 3 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 347 RearEnd
39 36 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 335 Running
40 42 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 309 Running
41 28 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 224 Brakes
42 4 40 * Robby Gordon Coors Light Chev 7 Engine
* Rookie of the Year Contender
Time of Race : 2 hours, 45 minutes, 35 seconds
Average Speed : 108.707 mph New Event Record
Margin of Victory : 1.790 seconds
Lap Leaders : 10 lead changes among 9 drivers
Elliott (1-43), Hamilton (44-85), Irwin (86-97),
JBurton (98-111), Martin (112), Speed (113-115),
JBurton (116-283), RWallace (284-285),
Nemechek (286-308), JBurton (309-360),
Jarrett (361-400)
Cautions : 3 cautions for 16 laps
Track Length : 0.7500 Miles