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1997 Dura Lube 500 Presented by Kmart Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 31 of 32 Sunday, November 2, 1997 at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ 312 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (312.000 miles) Time of race: 2:48:55 Average speed: 110.824 mph Pole speed: 130.933 mph Cautions: 4 for 23 laps Margin of victory: 2.105 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1997 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 9 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 312 99830 running 73 180 2 3 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 312 63355 running 117 180 3 1 43   Bobby Hamilton STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 312 47225 running 91 170 4 6 33   Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 312 38588 running 0 160 5 7 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Plus   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 312 39300 running 1 160 6 14 6   Mark Martin Valvoline   (Jack Roush) Ford 312 33265 running 0 150 7 8 30   Johnny Benson, Jr. Pennzoil   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 312 29015 running 3 151 8 20 41   Steve Grissom Kodiak   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 311 27505 running 0 142 9 34 44   Kyle Petty Hot Wheels   (Kyle Petty) Pontiac 311 19905 running 0 138 10 17 7   Geoffrey Bodine QVC   (Geoffrey Bodine) Ford 311 29905 running 2 139 11 29 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 311 36105 running 0 130 12 19 17   Darrell Waltrip Parts America   (Darrell Waltrip) Chevrolet 311 25205 running 0 127 13 37 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 311 30705 running 7 129 14 2 23   Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes   (Travis Carter) Ford 311 24605 running 3 126 15 36 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's   (Bill Elliott) Ford 311 25330 running 0 118 16 16 36   Derrike Cope Skittles   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 311 16580 running 0 115 17 12 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 310 29880 running 0 112 18 25 28   Ernie Irvan Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 310 27555 running 0 109 19 22 37   Jeremy Mayfield Kmart / RC Cola   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 310 16155 running 0 106 20 11 27   Kenny Irwin, Jr. Action Performance   (David Blair) Ford 310 12170 running 0 103 21 28 40   Greg Sacks Coors Light   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 310 15745 running 0 100 22 23 16   Ted Musgrave Family Channel / Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 310 22620 running 0 97 23 4 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 310 27095 running 0 94 24 18 42   Joe Nemechek BellSouth   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 310 15445 running 0 91 25 42 97   Chad Little John Deere   (Jack Roush) Pontiac 310 15320 running 0 88 26 30 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 310 22195 running 0 85 27 26 4   Sterling Marlin Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 310 27970 running 15 87 28 32 31   Mike Skinner Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 309 16045 running 0 79 29 41 96   David Green Caterpillar   (Buz McCall) Chevrolet 309 14920 running 0 76 30 33 8   Hut Stricklin Circuit City   (Stavola Brothers) Ford 309 21895 running 0 73 31 5 75   Rick Mast Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 309 21370 running 0 70 32 40 29   Jeff Green Cartoon Network   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 309 11595 running 0 67 33 15 11   Brett Bodine Commander Produce   (Brett Bodine) Ford 309 18570 running 0 64 34 38 71   Dave Marcis RealTree Camouflage   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 309 11545 running 0 61 35 21 81   Kenny Wallace Square D   (Fil Martocci) Ford 308 18520 running 0 58 36 39 10   Ricky Rudd Tide   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 308 26495 running 0 55 37 10 9   Lake Speed Advantage Camo   (Harry Melling) Ford 307 11450 running 0 52 38 24 77   Robert Pressley Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul   (Doug Bawel) Ford 302 11390 running 0 49 39 35 98   John Andretti RCA   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 299 18390 running 0 46 40 13 90   Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers / Simmons   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 294 11390 ignition 0 43 41 31 14   Steve Park Burger King   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 240 11390 engine 0 40 42 27 22   Ward Burton MBNA America   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 128 18390 crash 0 37 43 43 25   Ricky Craven Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 39 18390 crash 0 34

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. 46 First Union Felix Sabates Chevrolet 45 Jack Sprague 52 Budweiser / AC Delco Rick Hendrick Chevrolet 46 Morgan Shepherd 1 R & L Carriers Richard Jackson Pontiac 47 Gary Bradberry 78 Hanes Jim Wilson Ford WD Butch Gilliland 38 Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 24 24     25 28 4   #77 spun turn 4   29 41 13     42 47 6   #25 accident turn 3   48 56 9     57 61 5   #23 spun turn 4   62 130 69     131 138 8   #22 accident turn 1   139 312 174       Percent of race run under caution: 7.4%             Average green flag run: 57.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jimmy Spencer 1 1 1   Bobby Hamilton 2 28 27   Jimmy Spencer 29 30 2   Bobby Hamilton 31 42 12   Jeff Burton 43 49 7   Sterling Marlin 50 64 15   Bobby Hamilton 65 116 52   Rusty Wallace 117 221 105   Dale Earnhardt 222 222 1   Geoffrey Bodine 223 224 2   Johnny Benson, Jr. 225 227 3   Rusty Wallace 228 239 12   Dale Jarrett 240 312 73 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jeff Gordon 4598     2   Dale Jarrett 4521   -77   3   Mark Martin 4511   -87   4   Jeff Burton 4224   -374   5   Dale Earnhardt 4096   -502   6   Terry Labonte 4077   -521   7   Bobby Labonte 3916   -682   8   Bill Elliott 3781   -817   9   Rusty Wallace 3531   -1067   10   Ted Musgrave 3486   -1112   11   Ken Schrader 3473   -1125   12   Jeremy Mayfield 3441   -1157   12   Johnny Benson, Jr. 3441   -1157   14   Ernie Irvan 3402   -1196   15   Bobby Hamilton 3304   -1294   16   Kyle Petty 3300   -1298   17   Ricky Rudd 3278   -1320   18   Ricky Craven 3062   -1536   19   Michael Waltrip 3049   -1549   20   Jimmy Spencer 2988   -1610   21   Steve Grissom 2982   -1616