Daytona 500 Race Results

Daytona International Speedway
February 16, 1997

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
2.5-Mile Superspeedway
200 Laps/500 Miles

FP	SP	Car	Driver	Team / Make	Laps	Points	Money	Status
1	6	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Refinishes Chevrolet	200	180	377,410	Running
2	18	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chevrolet	200	170	194,925	Running
3	40	25	Ricky Craven	Budweiser Chevrolet	200	165	155,625	Running
4	8	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's Ford	200	165	133,200	Running
5	9	4	Sterling Marlin	Kodak Film Chevrolet	200	160	121,080	Running
6	21	37	Jeremy Mayfield	Kmart / RC Cola Ford	200	150	100,355	Running
7	11	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline Ford	200	156	105,515	Running
8	17	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America Pontiac	200	142	82,390	Running
9	13	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide Ford	200	138	88,590	Running
10	22	17	Darrell Waltrip	Parts America Chevrolet	200	134	78,840	Running
11	23	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries Ford	200	130	79,040	Running
12	1	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's Chevrolet	200	132	77,615	Running
13	41	16	Ted Musgrave	Family Channel / Primestar Ford	200	124	76,570	Running
14	30	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels Pontiac	200	121	62,080	Running
15	39	43	Bobby Hamilton	STP Pontiac	200	118	77,415	Running
16	20	40	Robby Gordon	Coors Light Chevrolet	200	115	69,545	Running
17	24	71	Dave Marcis	RealTree Camouflage Chevrolet	200	112	61,225	Running
18	37	11	Brett Bodine	Close Call Phone Card Ford	200	109	67,155	Running
19	28	8	Hut Stricklin	Circuit City Ford	200	106	65,935	Running
20	5	28	Ernie Irvan	Texaco Havoline Ford	200	108	72,325	Running
21	15	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries Pontiac	200	100	69,445	Running
22	36	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D Ford	200	97	65,465	Running
23	3	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care / Ford Credit Ford	200	94	70,510	Running
24	35	9	Lake Speed	Melling Engine Parts Ford	199	91	64,405	Running
25	32	98	John Andretti	RCA Ford	198	88	63,325	Running
26	33	19	Loy Allen Jr	Remington Arms / Child Support Ford	198	85	55,570	Running
27	38	73	Joe Nemechek	BellSouth Chevrolet	196	82	52,240	Accident
28	16	30	Johnny Benson Jr	Pennzoil Pontiac	195	79	61,935	Accident
29	42	1	Morgan Shepherd	Delco Remy America Pontiac	195	76	61,655	Accident
30	27	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers Ford	195	73	53,900	Accident
31	4	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet	195	75	72,545	Running
32	12	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo Ford	188	72	57,990	Running
33	10	33	Ken Schrader	Skoal Bandit Chevrolet	173	64	57,790	Running
34	25	7	Geoff Bodine	QVC Ford	148	61	57,605	Running
35	7	23	Jimmy Spencer	Camel Cigarettes Ford	146	58	57,300	Running
36	29	36	Derrike Cope	Skittles Pontiac	124	55	50,145	Handling
37	34	20	Greg Sacks	Hardee's Ford	120	57	50,040	Accident
38	31	77	Bobby Hillin Jr	Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul Ford	111	49	49,605	Engine
39	19	29	Robert Pressley	Cartoon Network Chevrolet	91	46	49,605	Handling
40	2	41	Steve Grissom	Kodiak Chevrolet	88	43	57,565	Accident
41	14	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite Ford	47	40	66,605	Engine
42	26	46	Wally Dallenbach Jr	First Union Chevrolet	32	37	49,065	Engine

Time of Race .: 3 Hours 22 Minutes 18 Seconds

Average Speed .:148.295

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