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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

DieHard 500

Talladega Superspeedway

October 12th, 1997

Race #29 of the 1997 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 188
  • Miles: 500.1
  • Average Speed: 156.601 mph
  • Cautions: 4
  • Caution Laps: 22
  • Lead Changes: 32
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 6 5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 185 175 10 188 70 Running
2 7 18 Bobby Labonte Pontiac 175 170 5 188 5 Running
3 2 98 John Andretti Ford 170 165 5 188 1 Running
4 14 33 Ken Schrader Chevrolet 165 160 5 188 6 Running
5 1 28 Ernie Irvan Ford 160 155 5 188 11 Running
6 15 25 Ricky Craven Chevrolet 150 150 0 188 0 Running
7 42 44 Kyle Petty Pontiac 146 146 0 188 0 Running
8 25 7 Geoff Bodine Ford 147 142 5 188 2 Running
9 23 75 Rick Mast Ford 138 138 0 188 0 Running
10 9 2 Rusty Wallace Ford 139 134 5 188 2 Running
11 39 16 Ted Musgrave Ford 130 130 0 188 0 Running
12 29 1 Morgan Shepherd Pontiac 127 127 0 188 0 Running
13 10 94 Bill Elliott Ford 124 124 0 188 0 Running
14 4 99 Jeff Burton Ford 121 121 0 188 0 Running
15 35 81 Kenny Wallace Ford 118 118 0 188 0 Running
16 37 96 David Green Chevrolet 115 115 0 188 0 Running
17 38 91 Kevin Lepage Chevrolet 112 112 0 188 0 Running
18 5 36 Derrike Cope Pontiac 109 109 0 188 0 Running
19 19 30 Johnny Benson Jr Pontiac 106 106 0 187 0 Running
20 34 43 Bobby Hamilton Pontiac 103 103 0 187 0 Running
21 18 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 105 100 5 187 13 Running
22 17 11 Brett Bodine Ford 97 97 0 187 0 Running
23 21 90 Dick Trickle Ford 94 94 0 187 0 Running
24 3 23 Jimmy Spencer Ford 96 91 5 187 11 Running
25 32 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 88 88 0 187 0 Running
26 40 37 Jeremy Mayfield Ford 85 85 0 184 0 Handling
27 11 77 Robert Pressley Ford 82 82 0 178 0 Running
28 27 21 Michael Waltrip Ford 79 79 0 172 0 Running
29 12 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 81 76 5 167 25 Running
30 31 6 Mark Martin Ford 78 73 5 167 5 Running
31 13 42 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 70 70 0 165 0 Running
32 22 41 Steve Grissom Chevrolet 67 67 0 163 0 Running
33 16 31 Mike Skinner Chevrolet 69 64 5 159 1 Running
34 41 10 Ricky Rudd Ford 61 61 0 153 0 Running
35 8 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 63 58 5 153 3 Running
36 20 9 Lake Speed Ford 55 55 0 153 0 Running
37 33 17 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 52 52 0 147 0 Crash
38 30 4 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 54 49 5 139 27 Crash
39 28 40 Greg Sacks Chevrolet 51 46 5 139 5 Crash
40 36 97 Chad Little Pontiac 43 43 0 139 0 Crash
41 24 46 Wally Dallenbach Jr Chevrolet 45 40 5 99 1 Crash
42 26 47 Billy Standridge Ford 37 37 0 51 0 Oil cooler