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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

TranSouth Financial 400

Darlington Raceway

March 23rd, 1997

Race #5 of the 1997 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 293
  • Miles: 400.2
  • Average Speed: 121.162 mph
  • Cautions: 10
  • Caution Laps: 60
  • Lead Changes: 15
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 1 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 185 175 10 293 171 Running
2 21 16 Ted Musgrave Ford 170 170 0 293 0 Running
3 10 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 170 165 5 293 16 Running
4 6 99 Jeff Burton Ford 165 160 5 293 49 Running
5 3 18 Bobby Labonte Pontiac 155 155 0 293 0 Running
6 15 2 Rusty Wallace Ford 150 150 0 293 0 Running
7 27 21 Michael Waltrip Ford 146 146 0 293 0 Running
8 13 33 Ken Schrader Chevrolet 142 142 0 293 0 Running
9 4 7 Geoff Bodine Ford 138 138 0 293 0 Running
10 36 30 Johnny Benson Jr Pontiac 134 134 0 293 0 Running
11 41 17 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 130 130 0 293 0 Running
12 23 1 Morgan Shepherd Pontiac 127 127 0 293 0 Running
13 12 5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 124 124 0 292 0 Running
14 30 81 Kenny Wallace Ford 121 121 0 292 0 Running
15 43 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 118 118 0 292 0 Running
16 18 94 Bill Elliott Ford 115 115 0 292 0 Running
17 19 37 Jeremy Mayfield Ford 112 112 0 292 0 Running
18 40 22 Ward Burton Pontiac 109 109 0 292 0 Running
19 42 75 Rick Mast Ford 106 106 0 292 0 Running
20 25 36 Derrike Cope Pontiac 103 103 0 292 0 Running
21 8 28 Ernie Irvan Ford 105 100 5 291 36 Running
22 26 23 Jimmy Spencer Ford 97 97 0 291 0 Running
23 16 10 Ricky Rudd Ford 94 94 0 291 0 Running
24 5 6 Mark Martin Ford 91 91 0 291 0 Running
25 33 98 John Andretti Ford 88 88 0 291 0 Running
26 7 8 Hut Stricklin Ford 90 85 5 291 6 Running
27 32 97 Chad Little Pontiac 82 82 0 290 0 Running
28 20 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 79 79 0 290 0 Running
29 24 20 Greg Sacks Ford 76 76 0 289 0 Running
30 34 31 Mike Skinner Chevrolet 78 73 5 289 8 Running
31 29 42 Phil Parsons Chevrolet 70 70 0 289 0 Running
32 9 4 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 67 67 0 278 0 Running
33 28 44 Kyle Petty Pontiac 64 64 0 264 0 Running
34 38 40 Robby Gordon Chevrolet 61 61 0 232 0 Crash
35 31 11 Brett Bodine Ford 58 58 0 224 0 Oil leak
36 11 9 Lake Speed Ford 55 55 0 188 0 Transmission
37 39 43 Bobby Hamilton Pontiac 52 52 0 183 0 Oil pump
38 14 19 Gary Bradberry Ford 49 49 0 169 0 Running
39 35 29 Robert Pressley Chevrolet 51 46 5 161 7 Crash
40 2 25 Ricky Craven Chevrolet 43 43 0 160 0 Crash
41 22 96 David Green Chevrolet 40 40 0 69 0 Crash
42 37 77 Bobby Hillin Jr Ford 37 37 0 62 0 Oil leak
43 17 91 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 34 34 0 26 0 Crash