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Texas Motor Speedway
April 06, 1997 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1.5-Mile Superspeedway 334 Laps/501 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries Ford | 334 | 180 | 354,350 | Running | |
| 2 | 1 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit Ford | 334 | 175 | 232,800 | Running | |
| 3 | 4 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries Pontiac | 334 | 170 | 174,500 | Running | |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chevrolet | 334 | 170 | 170,600 | Running | |
| 5 | 8 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide Ford | 334 | 160 | 118,775 | Running | |
| 6 | 15 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet | 334 | 150 | 111,700 | Running | |
| 7 | 12 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA America Pontiac | 334 | 146 | 89,000 | Running | |
| 8 | 22 | 4 | Sterling Marlin | Kodak Film Chevrolet | 334 | 147 | 93,000 | Running | |
| 9 | 21 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | Citgo Ford | 333 | 138 | 87,000 | Running | |
| 10 | 35 | 41 | Steve Grissom | Kodiak Chevrolet | 332 | 134 | 89,800 | Running | |
| 11 | 16 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's Ford | 332 | 130 | 82,400 | Running | |
| 12 | 30 | 98 | John Andretti | RCA Ford | 332 | 127 | 80,300 | Running | |
| 13 | 31 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D Ford | 332 | 124 | 78,200 | Running | |
| 14 | 7 | 7 | Geoff Bodine | QVC Ford | 331 | 121 | 76,100 | Running | |
| 15 | 36 | 71 | Dave Marcis | RealTree Camouflage Chevrolet | 331 | 118 | 67,000 | Running | |
| 16 | 24 | 9 | Lake Speed | Melling Engine Parts Ford | 331 | 115 | 72,800 | Running | |
| 17 | 42 | 91 | Mike Wallace | Spam Chevrolet | 330 | 112 | 63,000 | Running | |
| 18 | 27 | 33 | Ken Schrader | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 330 | 109 | 70,700 | Running | |
| 19 | 26 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Close Call Phone Card Ford | 327 | 106 | 69,600 | Running | |
| 20 | 17 | 43 | Bobby Hamilton | STP Pontiac | 325 | 103 | 75,450 | Running | |
| 21 | 43 | 78 | Billy Standridge | Diamond Rio Ford | 325 | 100 | 52,000 | Running | |
| 22 | 25 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Lowe's Chevrolet | 324 | 102 | 52,000 | Running | |
| 23 | 32 | 90 | Dick Trickle | Heilig-Meyers / Simmons Ford | 319 | 94 | 53,500 | Running | |
| 24 | 19 | 1 | Morgan Shepherd | Delco Remy America Pontiac | 304 | 91 | 59,400 | Running | |
| 25 | 18 | 25 | Todd Bodine | Budweiser Chevrolet | 284 | 93 | 58,550 | Running | |
| 26 | 38 | 97 | Chad Little | John Deere Pontiac | 283 | 85 | 47,000 | Running | |
| 27 | 23 | 44 | Kyle Petty | Hot Wheels Pontiac | 266 | 82 | 46,000 | Running | |
| 28 | 13 | 30 | Johnny Benson Jr | Pennzoil Pontiac | 256 | 79 | 55,200 | Accident | |
| 29 | 40 | 42 | Joe Nemechek | BellSouth Chevrolet | 255 | 76 | 47,100 | Accident | |
| 30 | 2 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Refinishes Chevrolet | 247 | 78 | 60,200 | Running | |
| 31 | 28 | 75 | Rick Mast | Remington Arms Ford | 246 | 70 | 52,000 | Engine | |
| 32 | 20 | 37 | Jeremy Mayfield | Kmart / RC Cola Ford | 200 | 67 | 44,000 | Handling | |
| 33 | 34 | 8 | Hut Stricklin | Circuit City Ford | 192 | 64 | 47,000 | Clutch | |
| 34 | 29 | 40 | Robby Gordon | Coors Light Chevrolet | 174 | 61 | 48,500 | Running | |
| 35 | 11 | 16 | Ted Musgrave | Family Channel / Primestar Ford | 167 | 58 | 45,000 | Engine | |
| 36 | 10 | 28 | Ernie Irvan | Texaco Havoline Ford | 161 | 55 | 52,000 | Accident | |
| 37 | 9 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite Ford | 160 | 52 | 53,000 | Accident | |
| 38 | 6 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline Ford | 143 | 54 | 42,000 | Engine | |
| 39 | 33 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Camel Cigarettes Ford | 95 | 46 | 42,000 | Accident | |
| 40 | 39 | 20 | Greg Sacks | Hardee's Ford | 84 | 43 | 35,000 | Accident | |
| 41 | 37 | 36 | Derrike Cope | Skittles Pontiac | 21 | 40 | 35,000 | Accident | |
| 42 | 41 | 77 | Bobby Hillin Jr | Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul Ford | 17 | 37 | 35,000 | Accident | |
| 43 | 14 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Parts America Chevrolet | 0 | 34 | 35,900 | Accident |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 16 Seconds
Average Speed .:125.111
Margin of Victory .: 4.067 Seconds