NASCAR Winston Cup Series UAW-GM Quality 500: Results

5 October 1997

CONCORD, NC - Provisional results for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, UAW-GM 
Quality 500 held October 5, 1997 at Charlotte Motor Speedway:
          
Ps.Ql.No.  Driver                 Sponsor                   Make Laps  Notes
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 1  5  88  Dale Jarrett           Quality Care/Ford Credit  Ford 334  $130,000
 2  2  18  Bobby Labonte          Interstate Batteries      Pont 334   Running
 3 19   3  Dale Earnhardt         GM Goodwrench Serv Plus   Chev 334   Running
 4  3   6  Mark Martin            Valvoline                 Ford 334   Running
 5  4  24  Jeff Gordon            DuPont Automotive Refin   Chev 334   Running
 6 29  99  Jeff Burton            Exide Batteries           Ford 334   Running
 7 33  94  Bill Elliott           McDonald's                Ford 333   Running
 8  7  22  Ward Burton            MBNA                      Pont 333   Running
 9 40  44  Kyle Petty             Hot Wheels                Pont 333   Running
10 15  30  Johnny Benson          Pennzoil                  Pont 333   Running
11 43   5  Terry Labonte          Kellogg's Corn Flakes     Chev 333   Running
12 25   2  Rusty Wallace          Miller Lite               Ford 332   Running
13 17  41  Steve Grissom          Kodiak                    Chev 332   Running
14  6  90  Dick Trickle           Heilig-Meyers/Simmons     Ford 332   Running
15 11  33  Ken Schrader           Skoal                     Chev 332   Running
16 24  42  Joe Nemechek           BellSouth                 Chev 331   Running
17 14  16  Ted Musgrave           Family Channel/Primestar  Ford 331   Running
18 35  28  Ernie Irvan            Texaco Havoline           Ford 331   Running
19 34  27  Rick Wilson            David Blair Motorsports   Ford 331   Running
20 21   4  Sterling Marlin        Kodak Gold Film           Chev 331   Running
21 41  43  Bobby Hamilton         STP                       Pont 331   Running
22 10   1  Morgan Shepherd        R&L Carriers              Pont 331   Running
23 31  97  Chad Little            John Deere                Pont 331   Running
24 30  21  Michael Waltrip        CITGO                     Ford 330   Running
25 42  25  Ricky Craven           Budweiser                 Chev 330   Running
26 36  35  Todd Bodine            Tabasco                   Pont 330   Running
27 39  37  Jeremy Mayfield        KMart/RCA Cola            Ford 330   Running
28 26  81  Kenny Wallace          Square D                  Ford 330   Running
29 20  29  * Jeff Green           Cartoon Network           Chev 328   Running
30 18  11  Brett Bodine           Scandia/Bodine Racing     Ford 328   Running
31 27  96  David Green            Caterpillar               Chev 313   Running
32 23  98  John Andretti          RCA                       Ford 300   Running
33 13  36  Derrike Cope           Skittles                  Pont 291   Engine
34 38  78  Gary Bradberry         Hanes                     Ford 263   Running
35 37   8  Hut Stricklin          Circuit City              Ford 247   Hndling
36 28  77  Robert Pressley        Jasper Engines            Ford 247   Running
37 16  46  Wally Dallenbach, Jr.  First Union               Chev 244   Running
38 32   9  Lake Speed             Wheels Sports Group       Ford 165   Engine
39  8  12  Jeff Purvis            Opryland USA              Ford 150   Wreck
40 12  91  Kevin Lepage           Pionite                   Chev 119   Wreck
41 22  10  Ricky Rudd             Tide                      Ford 102   Wreck
42  9  23  Jimmy Spencer          Camel Cigarettes          Ford 101   Wreck
43  1   7  Geoff Bodine           QVC                       Ford 100   Wreck
    
* Rookie of the Year Contender
     
Time of Race      : 3 hours, 28 minutes, 17 seconds
Average Speed     : 144.323 mph
Margin of Victory : 4.142 seconds
Lap Leaders       : 20 lead changes among 9 drivers
                    GBodine (1-4), BLabonte (5-66), Martin (67),
                    Purvis (68), BLabonte (69-102), Martin (103-117),
                    Jarrett (118-125), JBurton (126-139), Jarrett (140-143),
                    Martin (144-152), Jarrett (153-164), Earnhardt (165-172),
                    Jarrett (173-175), Earnhardt (176-195), Martin (196),
                    Earnhardt (197-199), Martin (200-227), Benson (228-229),
                    Grissom (230-231), BLabonte (232-276), Jarrett (277-334)
Cautions          : 4 cautions for 33 laps
Track Length      : 1.5000 Miles


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