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Mountain Dew Southern 500 Race Results
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Darlington Raceway
August 31, 1997 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0-Mile 367 Laps/0 Miles |
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Refinishes Chevrolet | 367 | 180 | 131,330 | Running | |
| 2 | 16 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries Ford | 367 | 175 | 57,280 | Running | |
| 3 | 3 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit Ford | 367 | 170 | 47,505 | Running | |
| 4 | 2 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's Ford | 367 | 170 | 49,965 | Running | |
| 5 | 21 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide Ford | 367 | 155 | 39,345 | Running | |
| 6 | 17 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chevrolet | 367 | 150 | 41,315 | Running | |
| 7 | 1 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries Pontiac | 367 | 151 | 42,240 | Running | |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline Ford | 367 | 142 | 33,550 | Running | |
| 9 | 14 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | Citgo Ford | 367 | 143 | 29,020 | Running | |
| 10 | 5 | 33 | Ken Schrader | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 366 | 134 | 32,280 | Running | |
| 11 | 37 | 97 | Chad Little | John Deere Pontiac | 366 | 130 | 22,515 | Running | |
| 12 | 12 | 7 | Geoff Bodine | QVC Ford | 366 | 127 | 27,220 | Running | |
| 13 | 8 | 90 | Dick Trickle | Heilig-Meyers / Simmons Ford | 366 | 124 | 19,930 | Running | |
| 14 | 24 | 36 | Derrike Cope | Skittles Pontiac | 365 | 121 | 19,640 | Running | |
| 15 | 11 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Close Call Phone Card Ford | 365 | 118 | 27,800 | Running | |
| 16 | 19 | 37 | Jeremy Mayfield | Kmart / RC Cola Ford | 365 | 115 | 18,980 | Running | |
| 17 | 6 | 8 | Hut Stricklin | Circuit City Ford | 365 | 112 | 25,710 | Running | |
| 18 | 23 | 9 | Lake Speed | Melling Engine Parts Ford | 365 | 109 | 18,435 | Running | |
| 19 | 18 | 30 | Johnny Benson Jr | Pennzoil Pontiac | 365 | 106 | 25,155 | Running | |
| 20 | 40 | 43 | Bobby Hamilton | STP Pontiac | 365 | 103 | 30,485 | Running | |
| 21 | 29 | 41 | Steve Grissom | Kodiak Chevrolet | 365 | 100 | 24,525 | Running | |
| 22 | 34 | 40 | Robby Gordon | Coors Light Chevrolet | 363 | 97 | 25,305 | Running | |
| 23 | 20 | 42 | Joe Nemechek | BellSouth Chevrolet | 359 | 94 | 17,060 | Running | |
| 24 | 25 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D Ford | 354 | 91 | 23,785 | Running | |
| 25 | 27 | 78 | Gary Bradberry | Hanes Ford | 354 | 88 | 13,575 | Running | |
| 26 | 38 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Parts America Chevrolet | 353 | 85 | 23,415 | Handling | |
| 27 | 13 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA America Pontiac | 350 | 82 | 23,305 | Handling | |
| 28 | 30 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Camel Cigarettes Ford | 341 | 79 | 22,695 | Running | |
| 29 | 15 | 16 | Ted Musgrave | Family Channel / Primestar Ford | 296 | 81 | 20,085 | Handling | |
| 30 | 36 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet | 282 | 73 | 30,925 | Running | |
| 31 | 31 | 25 | Ricky Craven | Budweiser Chevrolet | 236 | 70 | 19,840 | Engine | |
| 32 | 39 | 44 | Kyle Petty | Hot Wheels Pontiac | 202 | 67 | 12,750 | Engine | |
| 33 | 10 | 28 | Ernie Irvan | Texaco Havoline Ford | 183 | 64 | 27,685 | Engine | |
| 34 | 28 | 75 | Rick Mast | Remington Arms Ford | 177 | 61 | 19,650 | Accident | |
| 35 | 41 | 1 | Lance Hooper | R&L Carriers Pontiac | 175 | 58 | 19,540 | Accident | |
| 36 | 33 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Lowe's Chevrolet | 130 | 55 | 12,480 | Accident | |
| 37 | 32 | 98 | John Andretti | RCA Ford | 117 | 52 | 19,416 | Accident | |
| 38 | 22 | 12 | Jeff Purvis | Opryland USA Chevrolet | 114 | 49 | 12,270 | Accident | |
| 39 | 42 | 29 | Jeff Green | Cartoon Network Chevrolet | 104 | 46 | 12,270 | Electrical | |
| 40 | 9 | 4 | Sterling Marlin | Kodak Film Chevrolet | 102 | 43 | 28,270 | Engine | |
| 41 | 26 | 46 | Wally Dallenbach Jr | First Union Chevrolet | 85 | 40 | 12,270 | Radiator | |
| 42 | 35 | 96 | Todd Bodine | Caterpillar Chevrolet | 5 | 37 | 12,270 | Accident | |
| 43 | 43 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite Ford | 5 | 34 | 29,270 | Accident |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 8 Minutes 17 Seconds
Average Speed .:121.149
Margin of Victory .: 0.144 Second
