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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Pontiac Excitement 400

Richmond Raceway

March 2nd, 1997

Race #3 of the 1997 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 400
  • Miles: 300.0
  • Average Speed: 108.499 mph
  • Cautions: 3
  • Caution Laps: 12
  • Lead Changes: 15
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - November 16th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 7 2 Rusty Wallace Ford 180 175 5 400 135 Running
2 18 7 Geoff Bodine Ford 175 170 5 400 18 Running
3 3 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 175 165 10 400 172 Running
4 2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 165 160 5 399 65 Running
5 9 43 Bobby Hamilton Pontiac 160 155 5 399 1 Running
6 6 10 Ricky Rudd Ford 150 150 0 399 0 Running
7 1 5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 146 146 0 399 0 Running
8 11 18 Bobby Labonte Pontiac 147 142 5 399 1 Running
9 23 30 Johnny Benson Jr Pontiac 138 138 0 399 0 Running
10 37 44 Kyle Petty Pontiac 134 134 0 398 0 Running
11 21 41 Steve Grissom Chevrolet 130 130 0 398 0 Running
12 26 9 Lake Speed Ford 127 127 0 398 0 Running
13 5 6 Mark Martin Ford 124 124 0 398 0 Running
14 12 25 Ricky Craven Chevrolet 121 121 0 398 0 Running
15 17 94 Bill Elliott Ford 123 118 5 398 8 Running
16 30 17 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 115 115 0 398 0 Running
17 33 37 Jeremy Mayfield Ford 112 112 0 398 0 Running
18 20 75 Rick Mast Ford 109 109 0 398 0 Running
19 8 4 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 106 106 0 397 0 Running
20 16 16 Ted Musgrave Ford 103 103 0 397 0 Running
21 39 29 Robert Pressley Chevrolet 100 100 0 397 0 Running
22 15 23 Jimmy Spencer Ford 97 97 0 397 0 Running
23 27 11 Brett Bodine Ford 94 94 0 397 0 Running
24 31 22 Ward Burton Pontiac 91 91 0 397 0 Running
25 4 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 88 88 0 397 0 Running
26 36 31 Mike Skinner Chevrolet 85 85 0 397 0 Running
27 14 21 Michael Waltrip Ford 82 82 0 396 0 Running
28 24 40 Robby Gordon Chevrolet 79 79 0 396 0 Running
29 40 90 Dick Trickle Ford 76 76 0 395 0 Running
30 38 36 Derrike Cope Pontiac 73 73 0 395 0 Running
31 22 98 John Andretti Ford 70 70 0 395 0 Running
32 25 8 Hut Stricklin Ford 67 67 0 395 0 Running
33 41 96 David Green Chevrolet 64 64 0 395 0 Running
34 42 97 Chad Little Pontiac 61 61 0 395 0 Running
35 28 33 Ken Schrader Chevrolet 58 58 0 393 0 Running
36 10 28 Ernie Irvan Ford 55 55 0 391 0 Crash
37 34 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 52 52 0 391 0 Running
38 43 19 Gary Bradberry Ford 49 49 0 389 0 Running
39 32 42 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 46 46 0 380 0 Running
40 29 81 Kenny Wallace Ford 43 43 0 376 0 Engine
41 35 77 Bobby Hillin Jr Ford 40 40 0 336 0 Rear end
42 13 99 Jeff Burton Ford 37 37 0 248 0 Running
43 19 1 Morgan Shepherd Pontiac 34 34 0 131 0 Engine