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Interstate Batteries 500
NASCAR Winston Cup race
Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
April 6, 1997
334 laps on 1.5 mile paved oval; 501 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 5
| Jeff Burton
| 99
| Jack Roush
| Ford
| 334
| 354,350
| running
| 60 |
| 2
| 1
| Dale Jarrett
| 88
| Robert Yates
| Ford
| 334
| 232,800
| running
| 42 |
| 3
| 4
| Bobby Labonte
| 18
| Joe Gibbs
| Pontiac
| 334
| 174,500
| running
| 2 |
| 4
| 3
| Terry Labonte
| 5
| Rick Hendrick
| Chevrolet
| 334
| 170,600
| running
| 104 |
| 5
| 8
| Ricky Rudd
| 10
| Ricky Rudd
| Ford
| 334
| 118,775
| running
| 26 |
| 6
| 15
| Dale Earnhardt
| 3
| Richard Childress
| RCR-29/Chevrolet
| 334
| 111,700
| running
| 0 |
| 7
| 12
| Ward Burton
| 22
| Bill Davis
| Pontiac
| 334
| 89,000
| running
| 0 |
| 8
| 22
| Sterling Marlin
| 4
| Larry McClure
| Chevrolet
| 334
| 93,000
| running
| 2 |
| 9
| 21
| Michael Waltrip
| 21
| Wood Brothers
| Ford
| 333
| 87,000
| running
| 0 |
| 10
| 35
| Steve Grissom
| 41
| Larry Hedrick
| Chevrolet
| 332
| 89,800
| running
| 0 |
| 11
| 16
| Bill Elliott
| 94
| Bill Elliott
| Ford
| 332
| 82,400
| running
| 0 |
| 12
| 30
| John Andretti
| 98
| Cale Yarborough
| Ford
| 332
| 80,300
| running
| 0 |
| 13
| 31
| Kenny Wallace
| 81
| Fil Martocci
| Ford
| 332
| 78,200
| running
| 0 |
| 14
| 7
| Geoff Bodine
| 7
| Geoff Bodine
| Ford
| 331
| 76,100
| running
| 0 |
| 15
| 36
| Dave Marcis
| 71
| Dave Marcis
| Chevrolet
| 331
| 67,000
| running
| 0 |
| 16
| 24
| Lake Speed
| 9
| Harry Melling
| Ford
| 331
| 72,800
| running
| 0 |
| 17
| 42
| Mike Wallace
| 91
| Ron Neal
| Chevrolet
| 330
| 63,000
| running
| 0 |
| 18
| 27
| Ken Schrader
| 33
| Andy Petree
| Chevrolet
| 330
| 70,700
| running
| 0 |
| 19
| 26
| Brett Bodine
| 11
| Brett Bodine
| Ford
| 327
| 69,600
| running
| 0 |
| 20
| 17
| Bobby Hamilton
| 43
| Petty Enterprises
| Pontiac
| 325
| 75,450
| running
| 0 |
| 21
| 43
| Billy Standridge
| 78
| Jim Wilson
| Ford
| 325
| 52,000
| running
| 0 |
| 22
| 25
| Mike Skinner
| 31
| Richard Childress
| Chevrolet
| 324
| 52,000
| running
| 10 |
| 23
| 32
| Dick Trickle
| 90
| Junie Donlavey
| Ford
| 319
| 53,500
| running
| 0 |
| 24
| 19
| Morgan Shepherd
| 1
| Richard Jackson
| Pontiac
| 304
| 59,400
| running
| 0 |
| 25
| 18
| Todd Bodine
| 25
| Rick Hendrick
| Chevrolet
| 284
| 58,550
| running
| 9 |
| 26
| 38
| Chad Little
| 97
| Greg Pollex
| Pontiac
| 283
| 47,000
| running
| 0 |
| 27
| 23
| Kyle Petty
| 44
| Petty Enterprises
| Pontiac
| 266
| 46,000
| running
| 0 |
| 28
| 13
| Johnny Benson Jr.
| 30
| Chuck Rider
| Pontiac
| 256
| 55,200
| accident
| 0 |
| 29
| 40
| Joe Nemechek
| 42
| Felix Sabates
| Chevrolet
| 255
| 47,100
| accident
| 0 |
| 30
| 2
| Jeff Gordon
| 24
| Rick Hendrick
| Chevrolet
| 247
| 60,200
| running
| 69 |
| 31
| 28
| Rick Mast
| 75
| Butch Mock
| Ford
| 246
| 52,000
| engine
| 0 |
| 32
| 20
| Jeremy Mayfield
| 37
| Michael Kranefuss
| Ford
| 200
| 44,000
| handling
| 0 |
| 33
| 34
| Hut Stricklin
| 8
| Stavola Brothers
| Ford
| 192
| 47,000
| clutch
| 0 |
| 34
| 29
| Robby Gordon
| 40
| Felix Sabates
| Chevrolet
| 174
| 48,500
| running
| 0 |
| 35
| 11
| Ted Musgrave
| 16
| Jack Roush
| Ford
| 167
| 45,000
| engine
| 0 |
| 36
| 10
| Ernie Irvan
| 28
| Robert Yates
| Ford
| 161
| 52,000
| accident
| 0 |
| 37
| 9
| Rusty Wallace
| 2
| Roger Penske
| Ford
| 160
| 53,000
| accident
| 0 |
| 38
| 6
| Mark Martin
| 6
| Jack Roush
| Ford
| 143
| 42,000
| engine
| 10 |
| 39
| 33
| Jimmy Spencer
| 23
| Travis Carter
| Ford
| 95
| 42,000
| accident
| 0 |
| 40
| 39
| Greg Sacks
| 20
| Harry Ranier
| Ford
| 84
| 35,000
| accident
| 0 |
| 41
| 37
| Derrike Cope
| 36
| Nelson Bowers
| Pontiac
| 21
| 35,000
| accident
| 0 |
| 42
| 41
| Bobby Hillin
| 77
| Doug Bawel
| Ford
| 17
| 35,000
| accident
| 0 |
| 43
| 14
| Darrell Waltrip
| 17
| Darrell Waltrip
| Chevrolet
| 0
| 35,900
| accident
| 0 |
|
|
| H.B. Bailey
| 66
| H.B. Bailey
| Pontiac
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
|
|
| Gary Bradberry
| 19
| Mark Smith
| Ford
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
|
|
| Wally Dallenbach Jr.
| 46
| Felix Sabates
| Chevrolet
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
|
|
| Rick Wilson
| 27
| David Blair
| Ford
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
|
|
| David Green
| 96
| Buz McCall
| Chevrolet
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
|
|
| Randy LaJoie
| 74
| Bill Baumgardner
| Chevrolet
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
|
|
| Mike Bliss
| 02
| Jim Smith
| Ford
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
|
|
| Ricky Craven
| 25
| Rick Hendrick
| Chevrolet
| 0
|
| practiced car
| 0 |
|
|
| Ed Berrier
| 95
| Earl Sadler
| Chevrolet
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
|
|
| Robert Pressley
| 29
| Gary Bechtel
| Chevrolet
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
|
|
| Buddy Baker
|
| CBS
|
|
| 0
| color commentary
| |
|
|
| Ken Squier
|
| CBS
|
|
| 0
| lead announcer
| |
|
|
| Ned Jarrett
|
| CBS
|
|
| 0
| color commentary
| |
|
|
| Mike Joy
|
| CBS
|
|
| 0
| pit reporter
| |
Notes: Qualifying rained out.
Time of race: 04:00:16
Average Speed: 125.111 MPH
10 cautions for 73 laps