NASCAR Winston Cup Brickyard 400: Results
2 August 1997
INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- Provisional results for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Brickyard 400: Ps.Ql.No. Driver Sponsor Make Laps Notes -- -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- ----- ------- 1 7 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 160 571,000 2 25 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 160 running 3 3 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 160 running 4 24 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 160 running 5 16 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RCA Cola Ford 160 running 6 31 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 160 running 7 20 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 160 running 8 15 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 160 running 9 6 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 160 running 10 1 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 160 running 11 8 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 160 running 12 27 9 Lake Speed Delta Faucet Ford 160 running 13 39 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 160 running 14 4 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 160 running 15 33 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 160 running 16 41 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 160 running 17 35 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 160 running 18 42 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford 160 running 19 36 22 Ward Burton MBNA Pont 160 running 20 12 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 160 running 21 34 27 Rick Wilson Ford 160 running 22 23 92 Ron Barfield New Holland Ford 160 running 23 17 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 160 running 24 40 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 159 running 25 26 29 * Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev 159 running 26 19 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 159 running 27 30 95 Ed Berrier Feed the Children Ford 159 running 28 11 40 * Robby Gordon Coors Light Chev 159 running 29 5 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 158 running 30 29 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 158 running 31 37 91 Greg Sacks LJ Racing Chev 158 running 32 2 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chev 156 running 33 22 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 155 running 34 10 26 Rich Bickle KFC Team Twister Chev 153 running 35 9 96 * David Green Caterpillar Chev 137 motor 36 14 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 120 motor 37 28 12 Jeff Purvis Opryland USA Ford 112 running 38 43 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 91 motor 39 18 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 89 running 40 38 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 83 motor 41 32 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 12 wreck 42 21 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 2 wreck 43 13 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 2 motor * Rookie of the Year Contender Time of Race : 3 hours 3 minutes 26 seconds Average Speed : 130.828 MPH Margin of Victory : 0.183 seconds Lap Leaders : 19 lead changes among 11 drivers Cautions : 6 flags for 25 laps 08-02-1997 / 19:27:10 Track Length : 2.5000 Miles