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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Mountain Dew Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

August 31st, 1997

Race #23 of the 1997 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 367
  • Miles: 501.3
  • Average Speed: 121.149 mph
  • Cautions: 11
  • Caution Laps: 67
  • Lead Changes: 9
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 7 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 180 175 5 367 116 Running
2 16 99 Jeff Burton Ford 175 170 5 367 24 Running
3 3 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 170 165 5 367 38 Running
4 2 94 Bill Elliott Ford 170 160 10 367 181 Running
5 21 10 Ricky Rudd Ford 155 155 0 367 0 Running
6 17 5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 150 150 0 367 0 Running
7 1 18 Bobby Labonte Pontiac 151 146 5 367 2 Running
8 4 6 Mark Martin Ford 142 142 0 367 0 Running
9 14 21 Michael Waltrip Ford 143 138 5 367 2 Running
10 5 33 Ken Schrader Chevrolet 134 134 0 366 0 Running
11 37 97 Chad Little Pontiac 130 130 0 366 0 Running
12 12 7 Geoff Bodine Ford 127 127 0 366 0 Running
13 8 90 Dick Trickle Ford 124 124 0 366 0 Running
14 24 36 Derrike Cope Pontiac 121 121 0 365 0 Running
15 11 11 Brett Bodine Ford 118 118 0 365 0 Running
16 19 37 Jeremy Mayfield Ford 115 115 0 365 0 Running
17 6 8 Hut Stricklin Ford 112 112 0 365 0 Running
18 23 9 Lake Speed Ford 109 109 0 365 0 Running
19 18 30 Johnny Benson Jr Pontiac 106 106 0 365 0 Running
20 40 43 Bobby Hamilton Pontiac 103 103 0 365 0 Running
21 29 41 Steve Grissom Chevrolet 100 100 0 365 0 Running
22 34 40 Robby Gordon Chevrolet 97 97 0 363 0 Running
23 20 42 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 94 94 0 359 0 Running
24 25 81 Kenny Wallace Ford 91 91 0 354 0 Running
25 27 78 Gary Bradberry Ford 88 88 0 354 0 Running
26 38 17 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 85 85 0 353 0 Handling
27 13 22 Ward Burton Pontiac 82 82 0 350 0 Handling
28 30 23 Jimmy Spencer Ford 79 79 0 341 0 Running
29 15 16 Ted Musgrave Ford 81 76 5 296 4 Handling
30 36 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 73 73 0 282 0 Running
31 31 25 Ricky Craven Chevrolet 70 70 0 236 0 Engine
32 39 44 Kyle Petty Pontiac 67 67 0 202 0 Engine
33 10 28 Ernie Irvan Ford 64 64 0 183 0 Engine
34 28 75 Rick Mast Ford 61 61 0 177 0 Crash
35 41 1 Lance Hooper Pontiac 58 58 0 175 0 Crash
36 33 31 Mike Skinner Chevrolet 55 55 0 130 0 Crash
37 32 98 John Andretti Ford 52 52 0 117 0 Crash
38 22 12 Jeff Purvis Chevrolet 49 49 0 114 0 Crash
39 42 29 Jeff Green Chevrolet 46 46 0 104 0 Electrical
40 9 4 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 43 43 0 102 0 Engine
41 26 46 Wally Dallenbach Jr Chevrolet 40 40 0 85 0 Radiator
42 35 96 Todd Bodine Chevrolet 37 37 0 5 0 Crash
43 43 2 Rusty Wallace Ford 34 34 0 5 0 Crash