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The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1997 - Food City 500 Race Results
| Race Name - Food City 500Date - 4/13/1997Race Track - Bristol Motor SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.533 milesRace Length (Miles) - 267 milesPole Speed - 123.586 mphNumber of Cautions - 20Caution Laps - 132Average Race Speed - 75.035 mphLead Changes - 13Total Race Purse - $1,088,272Race Number - 7 | More Races from 1997 |
| Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
| 1 | 5 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick) | 500 | Chevrolet | 125 | $83,640 |
| 2 | 1 | Rusty Wallace | 2 | Miller Lite (Roger Penske) | 500 | Ford | 240 | $64,090 |
| 3 | 17 | Terry Labonte | 5 | Kelloggs Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick) | 500 | Chevrolet | 0 | $51,490 |
| 4 | 6 | Dale Jarrett | 88 | Quality Care Ford Credit (Yates Racing) | 500 | Ford | 0 | $39,265 |
| 5 | 23 | Mark Martin | 6 | Valvoline (Jack Roush) | 500 | Ford | 0 | $37,520 |
| 6 | 29 | Dale Earnhardt | 3 | GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress) | 500 | Chevrolet | 0 | $32,970 |
| 7 | 18 | Bill Elliott | 94 | McDonalds (Bill Elliott) | 500 | Ford | 90 | $27,770 |
| 8 | 21 | Chad Little | 97 | John Deere (Greg Pollex) | 500 | Pontiac | 0 | $18,370 |
| 9 | 32 | Jeremy Mayfield | 37 | Kmart RC Cola (Michael Kranefuss) | 500 | Ford | 0 | $21,565 |
| 10 | 12 | Brett Bodine | 11 | Close Call Phone Card (Brett Bodine) | 500 | Ford | 0 | $28,215 |
| 11 | 19 | Dick Trickle | 90 | HeiligMeyers Simmons (Junie Donlavey) | 500 | Ford | 0 | $18,745 |
| 12 | 16 | Ken Schrader | 33 | Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree) | 500 | Chevrolet | 0 | $25,390 |
| 13 | 34 | Bobby Hamilton | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 500 | Pontiac | 0 | $29,015 |
| 14 | 15 | Robert Pressley | 29 | Cartoon Network (Gary Bechtel) | 500 | Chevrolet | 2 | $17,965 |
| 15 | 10 | Jimmy Spencer | 23 | Camel Cigarettes (Travis Carter) | 499 | Ford | 36 | $25,965 |
| 16 | 36 | Derrike Cope | 36 | Skittles (Nelson Bowers) | 499 | Pontiac | 0 | $13,640 |
| 17 | 25 | Rick Mast | 75 | Remington Arms (Butch Mock) | 499 | Ford | 0 | $24,390 |
| 18 | 35 | Ward Burton | 22 | MBNA America (Bill Davis) | 499 | Pontiac | 0 | $17,240 |
| 19 | 24 | Joe Nemechek | 42 | BellSouth (Felix Sabates) | 499 | Chevrolet | 0 | $17,130 |
| 20 | 2 | Sterling Marlin | 4 | Kodak Film (Larry McClure) | 498 | Chevrolet | 7 | $32,421 |
| 21 | 39 | Michael Waltrip | 21 | Citgo (Wood Brothers) | 497 | Ford | 0 | $23,765 |
| 22 | 27 | David Green | 96 | Caterpillar (Buz McCall) | 496 | Chevrolet | 0 | $14,215 |
| 23 | 30 | Ed Berrier | 95 | Feed The Children (Sadler Brothers) | 495 | Chevrolet | 0 | $13,165 |
| 24 | 26 | John Andretti | 98 | RCA (Cale Yarborough) | 491 | Ford | 0 | $23,490 |
| 25 | 43 | Darrell Waltrip | 17 | Parts America (Darrell Waltrip) | 485 | Chevrolet | 0 | $23,595 |
| 26 | 7 | Hut Stricklin | 8 | Circuit City (Stavola Brothers) | 484 | Ford | 0 | $23,215 |
| 27 | 22 | Ricky Rudd | 10 | Tide (Ricky Rudd) | 483 | Ford | 0 | $27,991 |
| 28 | 41 | Morgan Shepherd | 1 | Cruisin America Phone Card (Richard Jackson) | 479 | Pontiac | 0 | $23,040 |
| 29 | 14 | Kyle Petty | 44 | Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty) | 477 | Pontiac | 0 | $12,910 |
| 30 | 42 | Dave Marcis | 71 | RealTree Camouflage (Dave Marcis) | 468 | Chevrolet | 0 | $15,585 |
| 31 | 33 | Johnny Benson Jr | 30 | Pennzoil (Chuck Rider) | 455 | Pontiac | 0 | $21,815 |
| 32 | 9 | Steve Grissom | 41 | Kodiak (Larry Hedrick) | 441 | Chevrolet | 0 | $22,795 |
| 33 | 8 | Geoffrey Bodine | 7 | QVC LA West (Geoffrey Bodine) | 432 | Ford | 0 | $18,775 |
| 34 | 13 | Bobby Labonte | 18 | Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) | 425 | Pontiac | 0 | $26,735 |
| 35 | 28 | Mike Skinner | 31 | Lowes (Richard Childress) | 365 | Chevrolet | 0 | $11,715 |
| 36 | 31 | Lake Speed | 9 | Melling Engine Parts (Harry Melling) | 325 | Ford | 0 | $18,695 |
| 37 | 37 | Gary Bradberry | 19 | Child Support Recovery (Mark Smith) | 317 | Ford | 0 | $11,675 |
| 38 | 3 | Ted Musgrave | 16 | Family Channel Primestar (Jack Roush) | 296 | Ford | 0 | $18,950 |
| 39 | 38 | Ernie Irvan | 28 | Texaco Havoline (Yates Racing) | 281 | Ford | 0 | $26,650 |
| 40 | 40 | Jack Sprague | 25 | Budweiser (Rick Hendrick) | 256 | Chevrolet | 0 | $18,650 |
| 41 | 4 | Kenny Wallace | 81 | Square D (Fil Martocci) | 223 | Ford | 0 | $18,750 |
| 42 | 11 | Jeff Burton | 99 | Exide Batteries (Jack Roush) | 157 | Ford | 0 | $26,650 |
| 43 | 20 | Robby Gordon | 40 | Coors Light (Felix Sabates) | 91 | Chevrolet | 0 | $18,650 |