NASCAR Winston Cup Goody's Headache Powders 500: Results
24 August 1997
BRISTOL, TN - Provisional results for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Goody's Headache Powders 500 held August 23, 1997 at Bristol Motor Speedway: Ps.Ql.No. Driver Sponsor Make Laps Notes -- -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- ----- ------- 1 3 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 500 Running 2 5 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 500 Running 3 4 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 500 Running 4 13 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 500 Running 5 35 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 500 Running 6 6 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 500 Running 7 19 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 500 Running 8 38 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 500 Running 9 15 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 500 Running 10 7 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 498 Running 11 20 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 498 Running 12 16 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 498 Running 13 14 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 497 Running 14 34 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 497 Running 15 12 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 497 Running 16 36 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 497 Running 17 10 22 Ward Burton MBNA Pont 497 Running 18 22 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 496 Running 19 39 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 496 Running 20 37 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 496 Running 21 30 29 * Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev 493 Running 22 29 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 492 Running 23 42 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 489 Running 24 28 1 Lance Hooper R&L Carriers Pont 483 Running 25 33 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 476 Running 26 11 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 475 Running 27 17 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 468 Running 28 21 95 Ed Berrier Feed the Children Ford 465 Out 29 25 9 Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts Ford 465 Running 30 18 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RCA Cola Ford 460 Running 31 40 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford 457 Running 32 9 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 440 Running 33 41 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 429 Running 34 31 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 418 Wreck 35 2 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 365 OilLeak 36 24 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 362 Running 37 26 78 Gary Bradberry Hanes Ford 346 Wreck 38 27 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chev 341 Running 39 1 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 277 Running 40 8 96 * David Green Caterpillar Chev 256 Wreck 41 32 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 189 OvrHeat 42 23 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 115 Wreck * Rookie of the Year Contender Time of Race : 3 hours, 19 minutes, 51 seconds Average Speed : 80.010 mph Margin of Victory : 0.102-second Lap Leaders : 12 lead changes among five drivers Jarrett (1-13), Gordon (14-38), Jarrett (39-53), Gordon (54-61), JBurton (62-68), Spencer (69-79), Gordon (80-208), Martin (209-218), Gordon (219-244), Jarrett (245-395), Martin (396-469), Jarrett (470-500) Cautions : 12 cautions for 97 laps Lap 17-21: #95, #21 spin turn 4 Lap 68-75: Debris Lap 84-87: #42 spin turn 3 Lap 91-96: #81, #17 accident frontstretch Lap 217-223: #90 spin turn 4 Lap 238-243: Debris on the track Lap 246-251: #24, #37 spin backstretch Lap 259-278: #96, #36, #21, #11, #3, #43, #29 accident frontstretch Red Flag Lap 295-302: #78, #25, #9, #31 spin turn 4 Lap 409-416: #78 hit wall turn 4 Lap 425-435: #1, #94, #95, #8, #46, #37, #31, #18 accident turn 1 Lap 471-478: Oil on the track Track Length : 0.5330 Miles