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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Goody's Headache Powder 500

Martinsville Speedway

April 20th, 1997

Race #8 of the 1997 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 500
  • Miles: 263.0
  • Average Speed: 70.347 mph
  • Cautions: 11
  • Caution Laps: 99
  • Lead Changes: 4
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 4 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 185 175 10 500 431 Running
2 8 43 Bobby Hamilton Pontiac 175 170 5 500 48 Running
3 39 6 Mark Martin Ford 165 165 0 500 0 Running
4 7 5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 160 160 0 500 0 Running
5 15 2 Rusty Wallace Ford 155 155 0 500 0 Running
6 1 81 Kenny Wallace Ford 150 150 0 500 0 Running
7 29 37 Jeremy Mayfield Ford 146 146 0 500 0 Running
8 14 18 Bobby Labonte Pontiac 142 142 0 500 0 Running
9 17 17 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 138 138 0 500 0 Running
10 26 33 Ken Schrader Chevrolet 134 134 0 500 0 Running
11 11 23 Jimmy Spencer Ford 130 130 0 500 0 Running
12 25 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 127 127 0 500 0 Running
13 5 10 Ricky Rudd Ford 124 124 0 500 0 Running
14 6 8 Hut Stricklin Ford 121 121 0 500 0 Running
15 19 99 Jeff Burton Ford 118 118 0 500 0 Running
16 23 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 115 115 0 499 0 Running
17 22 30 Johnny Benson Jr Pontiac 112 112 0 499 0 Running
18 18 22 Ward Burton Pontiac 109 109 0 499 0 Running
19 2 42 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 111 106 5 499 21 Running
20 28 41 Steve Grissom Chevrolet 103 103 0 498 0 Running
21 38 4 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 100 100 0 498 0 Running
22 35 25 Ricky Craven Chevrolet 97 97 0 498 0 Running
23 13 29 Robert Pressley Chevrolet 94 94 0 498 0 Running
24 12 16 Ted Musgrave Ford 91 91 0 497 0 Running
25 20 9 Lake Speed Ford 88 88 0 497 0 Running
26 34 21 Michael Waltrip Ford 85 85 0 496 0 Running
27 37 11 Brett Bodine Ford 82 82 0 496 0 Running
28 27 98 John Andretti Ford 79 79 0 496 0 Running
29 3 7 Geoff Bodine Ford 76 76 0 495 0 Crash
30 31 90 Dick Trickle Ford 73 73 0 495 0 Running
31 30 28 Ernie Irvan Ford 70 70 0 494 0 Running
32 16 31 Mike Skinner Chevrolet 67 67 0 490 0 Running
33 42 77 Bobby Hillin Jr Ford 64 64 0 489 0 Running
34 24 36 Derrike Cope Pontiac 61 61 0 481 0 Running
35 21 1 Morgan Shepherd Pontiac 58 58 0 479 0 Running
36 32 75 Rick Mast Ford 55 55 0 477 0 Running
37 9 94 Bill Elliott Ford 52 52 0 454 0 Running
38 41 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 49 49 0 417 0 Running
39 36 91 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 46 46 0 414 0 Running
40 10 44 Kyle Petty Pontiac 43 43 0 398 0 Handling
41 40 40 Robby Gordon Chevrolet 40 40 0 395 0 Crash
42 33 97 Chad Little Pontiac 37 37 0 394 0 Running