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1997 - Mountain Dew Southern 500 Race Results


Race Name - Mountain Dew Southern 500
Date - 8/31/1997
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.366 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 170.661 mph
Number of Cautions - 11
Caution Laps - 67
Average Race Speed - 121.14 mph
Lead Changes - 9
Total Race Purse - $1,202,356
Race Number - 23
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 7 Jeff Gordon 24 DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick) 367 Chevrolet 116 $131,330
2 16 Jeff Burton 99 Exide Batteries (Jack Roush) 367 Ford 24 $57,280
3 3 Dale Jarrett 88 Quality Care Ford Credit (Yates Racing) 367 Ford 38 $47,505
4 2 Bill Elliott 94 McDonalds (Bill Elliott) 367 Ford 181 $49,965
5 21 Ricky Rudd 10 Tide (Ricky Rudd) 367 Ford 0 $39,345
6 17 Terry Labonte 5 Kelloggs Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick) 367 Chevrolet 0 $41,315
7 1 Bobby Labonte 18 Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) 367 Pontiac 2 $42,240
8 4 Mark Martin 6 Valvoline (Jack Roush) 367 Ford 0 $33,550
9 14 Michael Waltrip 21 Citgo (Wood Brothers) 367 Ford 2 $29,020
10 5 Ken Schrader 33 Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree) 366 Chevrolet 0 $32,280
11 37 Chad Little 97 John Deere (Jack Roush) 366 Pontiac 0 $22,515
12 12 Geoffrey Bodine 7 QVC (Geoffrey Bodine) 366 Ford 0 $27,220
13 8 Dick Trickle 90 HeiligMeyers Simmons (Junie Donlavey) 366 Ford 0 $19,930
14 24 Derrike Cope 36 Skittles (Nelson Bowers) 365 Pontiac 0 $19,640
15 11 Brett Bodine 11 Close Call Phone Card (Brett Bodine) 365 Ford 0 $27,800
16 19 Jeremy Mayfield 37 Kmart RC Cola (Michael Kranefuss) 365 Ford 0 $18,980
17 6 Hut Stricklin 8 Circuit City (Stavola Brothers) 365 Ford 0 $25,710
18 23 Lake Speed 9 Melling Engine Parts (Harry Melling) 365 Ford 0 $18,435
19 18 Johnny Benson Jr 30 Pennzoil (Chuck Rider) 365 Pontiac 0 $25,155
20 40 Bobby Hamilton 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 365 Pontiac 0 $30,485
21 29 Steve Grissom 41 Kodiak (Larry Hedrick) 365 Chevrolet 0 $24,525
22 34 Robby Gordon 40 Coors Light (Felix Sabates) 363 Chevrolet 0 $25,305
23 20 Joe Nemechek 42 BellSouth (Felix Sabates) 359 Chevrolet 0 $17,060
24 25 Kenny Wallace 81 Square D (Fil Martocci) 354 Ford 0 $23,785
25 27 Gary Bradberry 78 Hanes (Jim Wilson) 354 Ford 0 $13,575
26 38 Darrell Waltrip 17 Parts America (Darrell Waltrip) 353 Chevrolet 0 $23,415
27 13 Ward Burton 22 MBNA America (Bill Davis) 350 Pontiac 0 $23,305
28 30 Jimmy Spencer 23 Camel Cigarettes (Travis Carter) 341 Ford 0 $22,695
29 15 Ted Musgrave 16 Family Channel Primestar (Jack Roush) 296 Ford 4 $20,085
30 36 Dale Earnhardt 3 GM Goodwrench Service Plus (Richard Childress) 282 Chevrolet 0 $30,925
31 31 Ricky Craven 25 Budweiser (Rick Hendrick) 236 Chevrolet 0 $19,840
32 39 Kyle Petty 44 Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty) 202 Pontiac 0 $12,750
33 10 Ernie Irvan 28 Texaco Havoline (Yates Racing) 183 Ford 0 $27,685
34 28 Rick Mast 75 Remington Arms (Butch Mock) 177 Ford 0 $19,650
35 41 Lance Hooper 1 RL Carriers (Richard Jackson) 175 Pontiac 0 $19,540
36 33 Mike Skinner 31 Lowes (Richard Childress) 130 Chevrolet 0 $12,480
37 32 John Andretti 98 RCA (Cale Yarborough) 117 Ford 0 $19,416
38 22 Jeff Purvis 12 Opryland USA (Larry Lockamy) 114 Chevrolet 0 $12,270
39 42 Jeff Green 29 Cartoon Network (Gary Bechtel) 104 Chevrolet 0 $12,270
40 9 Sterling Marlin 4 Kodak Film (Larry McClure) 102 Chevrolet 0 $28,270
41 26 Wally Dallenbach Jr 46 First Union (Felix Sabates) 85 Chevrolet 0 $12,270
42 35 Todd Bodine 96 Caterpillar (Buz McCall) 5 Chevrolet 0 $12,270
43 43 Rusty Wallace 2 Miller Lite (Roger Penske) 5 Ford 0 $29,270