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Food City 500 - Race Results

Bristol, TN.

Race called at 342 Laps due to rain.

Pos  #  Driver               Sponsor                      Laps   Pts    $     Reason

 1   8  24  Jeff Gordon       DuPont Monte Carlo            342 185 10 83,765 Running
 2   2   5  Terry Labonte     Kelloggs Monte Carlo          342 170    54,215 Running
 3   1   6  Mark Martin       Valvoline Thunderbird         342 170  5 44,815 Running
 4  19   3  Dale Earnhardt    GM Goodwrench Monte Carlo     342 160    35,351 Running
 5  11   2  Rusty Wallace     Miller Thunderbird            342 160  5 39,895 Running
 6   7  88  Dale Jarrett      Ford Qlty Care Thunderbird    342 150    26,395 Running
 7   5  18  Bobby Labonte     Interstate  Monte Carlo       341 151  5 28,895 Running
 8  26  19  Dick Trickle      Healthsource Thunderbird      341 142    15,495 Running
 9  13  41  Ricky Craven      Kodiak Monte Carlo            341 138    25,190 Running
10  25  21  Michael Waltrip   CITGO Thunderbird             340 134    27,040 Running
11  14   8  Hut Stricklin     Circuit City Thunderbird      340 130    16,190 Running
12  27   1  Rick Mast         Hooters Grand Prix            340 127    23,340 Running
13  15  23  Jimmy Spencer     Camel Thunderbird             340 124    22,565 Running
14   9  10  Ricky Rudd        Tide/Downy Thunderbird        340 126  5 26,115 Running
15  34  42  Kyle Petty        Coors Light Grand Prix        340 118    23,265 Running
16  16  28  Ernie Irvan       Texaco Havoline Thunderbird   340 115    25,890 Running
17  23  33  Robert Pressley   Skoal Bandit Monte Carlo      340 112    21,940 Running
18   4   4  Sterling Marlin   Kodak Film Monte Carlo        340 109    27,490 Running
19  21   7  Geoff Bodine      QVC Thunderbird               340 106    14,780 Running
20  22  11  Brett Bodine      Lowe's Thunderbird            339 103    23,321 Running
21  35  98  Jeremy Mayfield   RCA Thunderbird               338 100    14,215 Running
22  17  12  Derrike Cope      Straight Arrow Thunderbird    338  97    21,065 Running
23  33  99  Jeff Burton       Exide Thunderbird             338  94    10,415 Running
24  32  15  Wally Dallenbach  Hayes Modem Thunderbird       338  91    20,840 Running
25  31  16  Ted Musgrave      Family Chnl Thunderbird       336  88    20,895 Running
26   3  17  Darrell Waltrip   Parts America Monte Carlo     333  85    21,865 Accident
27  36  29  Steve Grissom     Cartoon Network Monte Carlo   326  82    20,441 Running
28  37  94  Bill Elliott      McDonalds Thunderbird         324  84  5 20,290 Running
29  30  25  Ken Schrader      Budweiser Monte Carlo         305  76    20,160 Running
30  18  75  Morgan Shepherd   Remington Arms Thunderbird    304  73    12,835 Running
31  20  87  Joe Nemechek      Burger King Monte Carlo       261  70    18,835 Running
32  24  43  Bobby Hamilton    STP Grand Prix                203  67    15,835 Running
33  12  22  Ward Burton       MBNA Grand Prix               200  64    24,785 Running
34  10  81  Kenny Wallace     Square D Thunderbird          184  61     8,835 Running
35  28   9  Lake Speed        Spam Thunderbird              152  58    15,835 Running
36   6  31  Mike Skinner      Realtree Monte Carlo           72  60  5  8,835 Accident
37  29  27  Elton Sawyer      Blair Motorsport Thunderbird   29  52     8,835 Accident


           Average Speed:   91.308  MPH
            Time of Race:   1 Hours 59 Minutes 47 Seconds
       Margin of Victory:   Under Red-Flag
                Cautions:   5 For 37 Laps
            Lead Changes:   7 Among 7  Drivers

 Race was delayed for a total of 2 hours 40 minutes.

 Lap Leaders:

  # 2  Rusty Wallace    218-294              (77)
  # 6  Mark Martin      1-59                 (59)
  #10  Ricky Rudd       210-217              (8)
  #18  Bobby Labonte    208-209              (2)
  #24  Jeff Gordon      108-207, 195-342     (148)
  #31  Mike Skinner     60-69                (10)
  #94  Bill Elliott     70-107               (38)


                            Busch Pole:  Mark Martin
        Second Round Fastest Qualifier:  Dick Trickle
                     Leader at Halfway:  Rusty Wallace