NASCAR Winston Cup Pocono 500 Results

9 June 1997

LONG POND, PA  -- Provisional results for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 
Pocono 500:
          
Ps.Ql.No.  Driver                 Sponsor                   Make Laps  Notes
-- -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- ----- -------
 1 11  24  Jeff Gordon            DuPont Automotive Finish  Chev 200   Running
 2 18  99  Jeff Burton            Exide Batteries           Ford 200   Running
 3  2  88  Dale Jarrett           Quality Care/Ford Credit  Ford 200   Running
 4 14   6  Mark Martin            Valvoline                 Ford 200   Running
 5 27  37  Jeremy Mayfield        KMart/RC Cola             Ford 200   Running
 6 31  16  Ted Musgrave           Family Channel/Primestar  Ford 200   Running
 7  8  17  Darrell Waltrip        Western Auto              Chev 200   Running
 8 24   7  Geoff Bodine           QVC                       Ford 200   Running
 9  7   5  Terry Labonte          Kellogg's Corn Flakes     Chev 200   Running
10 12   3  Dale Earnhardt         GM Goodwrench Service     Chev 200   Running
11 38  36  Derrike Cope           Skittles                  Pont 200   Running
12 20   1  Morgan Shepherd        Delco-Remy/Cruisin Amer   Pont 200   Running
13 32  21  Michael Waltrip        Citgo                     Ford 200   Running
14 40  44  Kyle Petty             Hot Wheels                Pont 200   Running
15 28   4  Sterling Marlin        Kodak Gold Film           Chev 200   Running
16 22  25  Ricky Craven           Budweiser                 Chev 200   Running
17 13  46  Wally Dallenbach, Jr.  First Union               Chev 200   Running
18 35  41  Steve Grissom          Kodiak                    Chev 200   Running
19 34  23  Jimmy Spencer          Camel Cigarettes          Ford 200   Running
20 10  75  Rick Mast              Remington Arms            Ford 200   Running
21  6  10  Ricky Rudd             Tide                      Ford 199   Running
22 16   2  Rusty Wallace          Miller Lite               Ford 199   Running
23 39  33  Ken Schrader           Skoal                     Chev 199   Running
24 15   8  Hut Stricklin          Circuit City              Ford 199   Running
25 37  11  Brett Bodine           Close Call                Ford 199   Running
26 42  90  Dick Trickle           Heilig-Meyers/Simmons     Ford 199   Running
27 21  30  Johnny Benson          Pennzoil                  Pont 198   Running
28 25  96  * David Green          Caterpillar               Chev 198   Running
29 19  28  Ernie Irvan            Texaco Havoline           Ford 197   Running
30 17  91  Mike Wallace           Spam/Hormel Foods         Chev 197   Running
31 23  18  Bobby Labonte          Interstate Batteries      Pont 197   Running
32  5  94  Bill Elliott           McDonald's                Ford 196   Running
33 36  19  Gary Bradberry         Child Support Recovery    Ford 196   Running
34 30  81  Kenny Wallace          Square D                  Ford 196   Running
35 29  29  Jeff Green             Cartoon Network           Chev 189   Engine
36 26  42  Joe Nemechek           Bell South                Chev 166   Engine
37 33  77  Bobby Hillin, Jr.      Jasper Engines            Ford 146   Running
38  3  22  Ward Burton            MBNA America              Pont 141   Engine
39  1  43  Bobby Hamilton         STP                       Pont 129   Wreck
40  9  98  John Andretti          RCA                       Ford 121   Engine
41 41  31  * Mike Skinner         Lowe's                    Chev  79   Engine
42  4  40  Wally Dallenbach       Coors Light               Chev  37   Wreck
    
* Rookie of the Year Contender
    
Time of Race      : 3 hours, 34 minutes, 33 seconds
Average Speed     : 139.828 mph
Margin of Victory : 1.415 seconds
Lap Leaders       : 25 lead changes among 15 drivers
                    Hamilton (1-19), JGordon (20), Hamilton (21-23),
                    WBurton (24-35), TLabonte (36-38), Craven (39),
                    Skinner (40-41), Elliott (42-47), Andretti (48),
                    JGreen (49-53), DWaltrip (54-58), Jarrett (59-60),
                    BBodine (61-62), Jarrett (63-65), DWaltrip (66),
                    JGreen (67-73), DWaltrip (74-76), WBurton (77-95),
                    Mayfield (96-97), Musgrave (98), JGreen (99-101),
                    GBodine (102-103), WBurton (104-132), JGordon (133-174),
                    Musgrave (175-184), JGordon (185-200)

Cautions          : 4 cautions for 22 laps
Track Length      : 2.5000 Miles