Race Results : Darlington Raceway

Mountain Dew Southern 500

Sunday, August 31st, 1997

Darlington Raceway , Darlington, SC

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  • Drivers Entered: 43 (3 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 367
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 121.149
  • Cautions: 11 for 67 laps
  • Lead Changes: 9
  • Green Flag Passes: N/A
The NASCAR Garage 56 car during the Rolex 24
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Entry List
Mountain Dew Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS LAPS LED X LED STATUS
1 7 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 180 175 367 116 0 running
2 16 99 Jeff Burton Ford 175 170 367 24 0 running
3 3 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 170 165 367 38 0 running
4 2 94 Bill Elliott Ford 170 160 367 181 0 running
5 21 10 Ricky Rudd Ford 155 155 367 0 0 running
6 17 5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 150 150 367 0 0 running
7 1 18 Bobby Labonte Pontiac 151 146 367 2 0 running
8 4 6 Mark Martin Ford 142 142 367 0 0 running
9 14 21 Michael Waltrip Ford 143 138 367 2 0 running
10 5 33 Ken Schrader Chevrolet 134 134 366 0 0 running
11 37 97 Chad Little Pontiac 130 130 366 0 0 running
12 12 7 Geoff Bodine Ford 127 127 366 0 0 running
13 8 90 Dick Trickle Ford 124 124 366 0 0 running
14 24 36 Derrike Cope Pontiac 121 121 365 0 0 running
15 11 11 Brett Bodine Ford 118 118 365 0 0 running
16 19 37 Jeremy Mayfield Ford 115 115 365 0 0 running
17 6 8 Hut Stricklin Ford 112 112 365 0 0 running
18 23 9 Lake Speed Ford 109 109 365 0 0 running
19 18 30 Johnny Benson Jr Pontiac 106 106 365 0 0 running
20 40 43 Bobby Hamilton Pontiac 103 103 365 0 0 running
21 29 41 Steve Grissom Chevrolet 100 100 365 0 0 running
22 34 40 Robby Gordon Chevrolet 97 97 363 0 0 running
23 20 42 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 94 94 359 0 0 running
24 25 81 Kenny Wallace Ford 91 91 354 0 0 running
25 27 78 Gary Bradberry Ford 88 88 354 0 0 running
26 38 17 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 85 85 353 0 0 handling
27 13 22 Ward Burton Pontiac 82 82 350 0 0 handling
28 30 23 Jimmy Spencer Ford 79 79 341 0 0 running
29 15 16 Ted Musgrave Ford 81 76 296 4 0 handling
30 36 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 73 73 282 0 0 running
31 31 25 Ricky Craven Chevrolet 70 70 236 0 0 engine
32 39 44 Kyle Petty Pontiac 67 67 202 0 0 engine
33 10 28 Ernie Irvan Ford 64 64 183 0 0 engine
34 28 75 Rick Mast Ford 61 61 177 0 0 crash
35 41 1 Lance Hooper Pontiac 58 58 175 0 0 crash
36 33 31 Mike Skinner Chevrolet 55 55 130 0 0 crash
37 32 98 John Andretti Ford 52 52 117 0 0 crash
38 22 12 Jeff Purvis Chevrolet 49 49 114 0 0 crash
39 42 29 Jeff Green Chevrolet 46 46 104 0 0 electrical
40 9 4 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 43 43 102 0 0 engine
41 26 46 Wally Dallenbach Jr Chevrolet 40 40 85 0 0 radiator
42 35 96 Todd Bodine Chevrolet 37 37 5 0 0 crash
43 43 2 Rusty Wallace Ford 34 34 5 0 0 crash

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