NASCAR Winston Cup Series DieHard 500: Results
12 October 1997
TALLADEGA, AL - Provisional results for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, DieHard 500 held October 12, 1997 at Talladega Superspeedwy: Ps.Ql.No. Driver Sponsor Make Laps Notes -- -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- ----- ------- 1 6 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 188 $116725 2 7 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 188 Running 3 2 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 188 Running 4 14 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 188 Running 5 1 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 188 Running 6 15 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 188 Running 7 42 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 188 Running 8 25 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 188 Running 9 23 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 188 Running 10 9 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 188 Running 11 39 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 188 Running 12 29 1 Morgan Shepherd R&L Carriers Pont 188 Running 13 10 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 188 Running 14 4 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 188 Running 15 35 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 188 Running 16 37 96 David Green Caterpillar Chev 188 Running 17 38 91 Kevin Lepage Pionite Chev 188 Running 18 5 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 188 Running 19 19 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 187 Running 20 34 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 187 Running 21 18 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 187 Running 22 17 11 Brett Bodine Bodine Racing Ford 187 Running 23 21 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 187 Running 24 3 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 187 Running 25 32 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev 187 Running 26 40 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RCA Cola Ford 184 Running 27 11 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Engines Ford 178 Running 28 27 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 172 Running 29 12 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 167 Running 30 31 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 167 Running 31 13 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chev 165 Running 32 22 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 163 Running 33 16 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 159 Running 34 41 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 153 Running 35 8 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 153 Running 36 20 9 Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts Ford 153 Running 37 33 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 147 Wreck 38 30 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 139 Wreck 39 28 40 Greg Sacks Coors Light Chev 139 Wreck 40 36 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 139 Wreck 41 24 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 99 Wreck 42 26 47 Billy Standridge Standridge Racing Ford 51 Wreck * Rookie of the Year Contender Time of Race : 3 hours, 11 minutes, 36 seconds Average Speed : 156.601 mph Margin of Victory : 0.146-second Lap Leaders : 32 lead changes among 16 drivers Irvan (1-8), TLabonte (9-20), BLabonte (21-25), TLabonte (26), Gordon (27-29), Earnhardt (30-41), Dallenbach (42), Earnhardt (43-49), Marlin (50), Earnhardt (51), Skinner (52), Marlin (53-65), Martin (66-70), Sacks (71-74), Jarrett (75), Earnhardt (76), RWallace (77), Earnhardt (78-79), RWallace (80), Jarrett (81-86), Sacks (87), Jarrett (88-93), Earnhardt (94-95), Irvan (96-98), Andretti (99), Spencer (100-107), Marlin (108-120), Spencer (121-123), TLabonte (124-140), GBodine (141-142), TLabonte (143-180), Schrader (181-186), TLabonte (187-188) Cautions : 4 cautions for 22 laps Track Length : 2.6600 Miles