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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Pepsi 400

Daytona International Speedway

July 5th, 1997

Race #16 of the 1997 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 160
  • Miles: 400.0
  • Average Speed: 157.791 mph
  • Cautions: 4
  • Caution Laps: 16
  • Lead Changes: 16
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - January 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Michael Reaves | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 3 98 John Andretti Ford 185 175 10 160 113 Running
2 35 5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 170 170 0 160 0 Running
3 30 4 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 165 165 0 160 0 Running
4 2 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 165 160 5 160 7 Running
5 16 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 155 155 0 160 0 Running
6 6 2 Rusty Wallace Ford 150 150 0 160 0 Running
7 38 44 Kyle Petty Pontiac 151 146 5 160 2 Running
8 23 99 Jeff Burton Ford 142 142 0 160 0 Running
9 24 28 Ernie Irvan Ford 138 138 0 160 0 Running
10 20 18 Bobby Labonte Pontiac 134 134 0 160 0 Running
11 27 81 Kenny Wallace Ford 130 130 0 160 0 Running
12 22 16 Ted Musgrave Ford 127 127 0 160 0 Running
13 31 37 Jeremy Mayfield Ford 124 124 0 160 0 Running
14 34 17 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 126 121 5 160 1 Running
15 14 33 Ken Schrader Chevrolet 118 118 0 160 0 Running
16 15 30 Johnny Benson Jr Pontiac 115 115 0 160 0 Running
17 37 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 112 112 0 160 0 Running
18 9 75 Rick Mast Ford 109 109 0 160 0 Running
19 36 96 David Green Chevrolet 106 106 0 160 0 Running
20 25 43 Bobby Hamilton Pontiac 103 103 0 160 0 Running
21 4 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 105 100 5 160 1 Running
22 26 40 Robby Gordon Chevrolet 97 97 0 160 0 Running
23 40 11 Brett Bodine Ford 99 94 5 160 1 Running
24 11 42 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 91 91 0 160 0 Running
25 12 90 Dick Trickle Ford 88 88 0 159 0 Crash
26 21 22 Ward Burton Pontiac 90 85 5 159 4 Crash
27 18 6 Mark Martin Ford 87 82 5 159 26 Crash
28 28 36 Derrike Cope Pontiac 79 79 0 159 0 Crash
29 10 9 Lake Speed Ford 76 76 0 159 0 Crash
30 41 1 Jerry Nadeau Pontiac 73 73 0 159 0 Crash
31 5 23 Jimmy Spencer Ford 70 70 0 159 0 Running
32 32 77 Morgan Shepherd Ford 67 67 0 159 0 Running
33 17 94 Bill Elliott Ford 69 64 5 158 2 Running
34 13 10 Ricky Rudd Ford 61 61 0 155 0 Crash
35 8 21 Michael Waltrip Ford 63 58 5 155 1 Crash
36 19 8 Hut Stricklin Ford 55 55 0 155 0 Crash
37 39 25 Ricky Craven Chevrolet 52 52 0 155 0 Running
38 42 41 Steve Grissom Chevrolet 49 49 0 153 0 Running
39 33 46 Wally Dallenbach Jr Chevrolet 46 46 0 149 0 Running
40 7 78 Billy Standridge Ford 43 43 0 39 0 Crash
41 1 31 Mike Skinner Chevrolet 45 40 5 37 2 Crash
42 29 97 Chad Little Pontiac 37 37 0 32 0 Crash