Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Food City 500

Bristol Motor Speedway

April 13th, 1997

Race #7 of the 1997 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 500
  • Miles: 266.5
  • Average Speed: 75.035 mph
  • Cautions: 20
  • Caution Laps: 132
  • Lead Changes: 13
#19 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #19 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 5 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 180 175 5 500 125 Running
2 1 2 Rusty Wallace Ford 180 170 10 500 240 Running
3 17 5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 165 165 0 500 0 Running
4 6 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 160 160 0 500 0 Running
5 23 6 Mark Martin Ford 155 155 0 500 0 Running
6 29 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 150 150 0 500 0 Running
7 18 94 Bill Elliott Ford 151 146 5 500 90 Running
8 21 97 Chad Little Pontiac 142 142 0 500 0 Running
9 32 37 Jeremy Mayfield Ford 138 138 0 500 0 Running
10 12 11 Brett Bodine Ford 134 134 0 500 0 Running
11 19 90 Dick Trickle Ford 130 130 0 500 0 Running
12 16 33 Ken Schrader Chevrolet 127 127 0 500 0 Running
13 34 43 Bobby Hamilton Pontiac 124 124 0 500 0 Running
14 15 29 Robert Pressley Chevrolet 126 121 5 500 2 Running
15 10 23 Jimmy Spencer Ford 123 118 5 499 36 Running
16 36 36 Derrike Cope Pontiac 115 115 0 499 0 Running
17 25 75 Rick Mast Ford 112 112 0 499 0 Running
18 35 22 Ward Burton Pontiac 109 109 0 499 0 Running
19 24 42 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 106 106 0 499 0 Running
20 2 4 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 108 103 5 498 7 Running
21 39 21 Michael Waltrip Ford 100 100 0 497 0 Running
22 27 96 David Green Chevrolet 97 97 0 496 0 Running
23 30 95 Ed Berrier Chevrolet 94 94 0 495 0 Running
24 26 98 John Andretti Ford 91 91 0 491 0 Running
25 43 17 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 88 88 0 485 0 Running
26 7 8 Hut Stricklin Ford 85 85 0 484 0 Running
27 22 10 Ricky Rudd Ford 82 82 0 483 0 Running
28 41 1 Morgan Shepherd Pontiac 79 79 0 479 0 Running
29 14 44 Kyle Petty Pontiac 76 76 0 477 0 Running
30 42 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 73 73 0 468 0 Running
31 33 30 Johnny Benson Jr Pontiac 70 70 0 455 0 Running
32 9 41 Steve Grissom Chevrolet 67 67 0 441 0 Crash
33 8 7 Geoff Bodine Ford 64 64 0 432 0 Crash
34 13 18 Bobby Labonte Pontiac 61 61 0 425 0 Running
35 28 31 Mike Skinner Chevrolet 58 58 0 365 0 Engine
36 31 9 Lake Speed Ford 55 55 0 325 0 Crash
37 37 19 Gary Bradberry Ford 52 52 0 317 0 Running
38 3 16 Ted Musgrave Ford 49 49 0 296 0 Crash
39 38 28 Ernie Irvan Ford 46 46 0 281 0 Engine
40 40 25 Jack Sprague Chevrolet 43 43 0 256 0 Crash
41 4 81 Kenny Wallace Ford 40 40 0 223 0 Crash
42 11 99 Jeff Burton Ford 37 37 0 157 0 Engine
43 20 40 Robby Gordon Chevrolet 34 34 0 91 0 Crash