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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

California 500 Presented by NAPA

Auto Club Speedway

June 22nd, 1997

Race #15 of the 1997 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 250
  • Miles: 500.0
  • Average Speed: 155.012 mph
  • Cautions: 4
  • Caution Laps: 22
  • Lead Changes: 21
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - December 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 3 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 185 175 10 250 113 Running
2 10 5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 175 170 5 250 41 Running
3 39 10 Ricky Rudd Ford 165 165 0 250 0 Running
4 20 16 Ted Musgrave Ford 160 160 0 250 0 Running
5 19 23 Jimmy Spencer Ford 160 155 5 250 4 Running
6 15 18 Bobby Labonte Pontiac 150 150 0 250 0 Running
7 7 29 Jeff Green Chevrolet 146 146 0 250 0 Running
8 9 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 147 142 5 250 49 Running
9 11 25 Ricky Craven Chevrolet 143 138 5 250 8 Running
10 12 6 Mark Martin Ford 139 134 5 249 11 Out of gas
11 18 21 Michael Waltrip Ford 130 130 0 249 0 Running
12 21 37 Jeremy Mayfield Ford 127 127 0 249 0 Running
13 13 30 Johnny Benson Jr Pontiac 124 124 0 249 0 Running
14 16 2 Rusty Wallace Ford 121 121 0 249 0 Running
15 8 17 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 123 118 5 249 2 Running
16 14 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 115 115 0 249 0 Running
17 41 41 Steve Grissom Chevrolet 112 112 0 249 0 Running
18 1 42 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 114 109 5 248 1 Running
19 24 97 Chad Little Pontiac 106 106 0 248 0 Running
20 22 9 Lake Speed Ford 103 103 0 248 0 Running
21 35 98 John Andretti Ford 100 100 0 248 0 Running
22 42 90 Dick Trickle Ford 97 97 0 248 0 Running
23 30 43 Bobby Hamilton Pontiac 94 94 0 247 0 Running
24 31 77 Morgan Shepherd Ford 91 91 0 247 0 Running
25 34 96 David Green Chevrolet 88 88 0 247 0 Running
26 36 11 Brett Bodine Ford 90 85 5 247 1 Running
27 26 40 Greg Sacks Chevrolet 82 82 0 246 0 Running
28 40 22 Ward Burton Pontiac 79 79 0 246 0 Running
29 23 36 Derrike Cope Pontiac 76 76 0 245 0 Running
30 25 99 Jeff Burton Ford 73 73 0 244 0 Running
31 38 44 Kyle Petty Pontiac 70 70 0 243 0 Running
32 17 94 Bill Elliott Ford 67 67 0 241 0 Out of gas
33 28 31 Mike Skinner Chevrolet 64 64 0 225 0 Running
34 5 33 Ken Schrader Chevrolet 66 61 5 219 8 Engine
35 6 7 Geoff Bodine Ford 58 58 0 215 0 Engine
36 29 4 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 55 55 0 206 0 Engine
37 2 28 Ernie Irvan Ford 57 52 5 202 6 Engine
38 33 1 Jerry Nadeau Pontiac 49 49 0 174 0 Running
39 4 46 Wally Dallenbach Jr Chevrolet 51 46 5 173 6 Electrical
40 32 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 43 43 0 146 0 Engine
41 37 75 Rick Mast Ford 40 40 0 94 0 Engine
42 27 8 Hut Stricklin Ford 37 37 0 28 0 Crash