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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 - Mountain Dew Southern 500 Race Results
| Race Name - Mountain Dew Southern 500Date - 8/31/1997Race Track - Darlington RacewayTrack Length (Miles) - 1.366 milesRace Length (Miles) - 501 milesPole Speed - 170.661 mphNumber of Cautions - 11Caution Laps - 67Average Race Speed - 121.14 mphLead Changes - 9Total Race Purse - $1,202,356Race Number - 23 | More Races from 1997 |
| Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
| 1 | 7 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick) | 367 | Chevrolet | 116 | $131,330 |
| 2 | 16 | Jeff Burton | 99 | Exide Batteries (Jack Roush) | 367 | Ford | 24 | $57,280 |
| 3 | 3 | Dale Jarrett | 88 | Quality Care Ford Credit (Yates Racing) | 367 | Ford | 38 | $47,505 |
| 4 | 2 | Bill Elliott | 94 | McDonalds (Bill Elliott) | 367 | Ford | 181 | $49,965 |
| 5 | 21 | Ricky Rudd | 10 | Tide (Ricky Rudd) | 367 | Ford | 0 | $39,345 |
| 6 | 17 | Terry Labonte | 5 | Kelloggs Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick) | 367 | Chevrolet | 0 | $41,315 |
| 7 | 1 | Bobby Labonte | 18 | Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) | 367 | Pontiac | 2 | $42,240 |
| 8 | 4 | Mark Martin | 6 | Valvoline (Jack Roush) | 367 | Ford | 0 | $33,550 |
| 9 | 14 | Michael Waltrip | 21 | Citgo (Wood Brothers) | 367 | Ford | 2 | $29,020 |
| 10 | 5 | Ken Schrader | 33 | Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree) | 366 | Chevrolet | 0 | $32,280 |
| 11 | 37 | Chad Little | 97 | John Deere (Jack Roush) | 366 | Pontiac | 0 | $22,515 |
| 12 | 12 | Geoffrey Bodine | 7 | QVC (Geoffrey Bodine) | 366 | Ford | 0 | $27,220 |
| 13 | 8 | Dick Trickle | 90 | HeiligMeyers Simmons (Junie Donlavey) | 366 | Ford | 0 | $19,930 |
| 14 | 24 | Derrike Cope | 36 | Skittles (Nelson Bowers) | 365 | Pontiac | 0 | $19,640 |
| 15 | 11 | Brett Bodine | 11 | Close Call Phone Card (Brett Bodine) | 365 | Ford | 0 | $27,800 |
| 16 | 19 | Jeremy Mayfield | 37 | Kmart RC Cola (Michael Kranefuss) | 365 | Ford | 0 | $18,980 |
| 17 | 6 | Hut Stricklin | 8 | Circuit City (Stavola Brothers) | 365 | Ford | 0 | $25,710 |
| 18 | 23 | Lake Speed | 9 | Melling Engine Parts (Harry Melling) | 365 | Ford | 0 | $18,435 |
| 19 | 18 | Johnny Benson Jr | 30 | Pennzoil (Chuck Rider) | 365 | Pontiac | 0 | $25,155 |
| 20 | 40 | Bobby Hamilton | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 365 | Pontiac | 0 | $30,485 |
| 21 | 29 | Steve Grissom | 41 | Kodiak (Larry Hedrick) | 365 | Chevrolet | 0 | $24,525 |
| 22 | 34 | Robby Gordon | 40 | Coors Light (Felix Sabates) | 363 | Chevrolet | 0 | $25,305 |
| 23 | 20 | Joe Nemechek | 42 | BellSouth (Felix Sabates) | 359 | Chevrolet | 0 | $17,060 |
| 24 | 25 | Kenny Wallace | 81 | Square D (Fil Martocci) | 354 | Ford | 0 | $23,785 |
| 25 | 27 | Gary Bradberry | 78 | Hanes (Jim Wilson) | 354 | Ford | 0 | $13,575 |
| 26 | 38 | Darrell Waltrip | 17 | Parts America (Darrell Waltrip) | 353 | Chevrolet | 0 | $23,415 |
| 27 | 13 | Ward Burton | 22 | MBNA America (Bill Davis) | 350 | Pontiac | 0 | $23,305 |
| 28 | 30 | Jimmy Spencer | 23 | Camel Cigarettes (Travis Carter) | 341 | Ford | 0 | $22,695 |
| 29 | 15 | Ted Musgrave | 16 | Family Channel Primestar (Jack Roush) | 296 | Ford | 4 | $20,085 |
| 30 | 36 | Dale Earnhardt | 3 | GM Goodwrench Service Plus (Richard Childress) | 282 | Chevrolet | 0 | $30,925 |
| 31 | 31 | Ricky Craven | 25 | Budweiser (Rick Hendrick) | 236 | Chevrolet | 0 | $19,840 |
| 32 | 39 | Kyle Petty | 44 | Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty) | 202 | Pontiac | 0 | $12,750 |
| 33 | 10 | Ernie Irvan | 28 | Texaco Havoline (Yates Racing) | 183 | Ford | 0 | $27,685 |
| 34 | 28 | Rick Mast | 75 | Remington Arms (Butch Mock) | 177 | Ford | 0 | $19,650 |
| 35 | 41 | Lance Hooper | 1 | RL Carriers (Richard Jackson) | 175 | Pontiac | 0 | $19,540 |
| 36 | 33 | Mike Skinner | 31 | Lowes (Richard Childress) | 130 | Chevrolet | 0 | $12,480 |
| 37 | 32 | John Andretti | 98 | RCA (Cale Yarborough) | 117 | Ford | 0 | $19,416 |
| 38 | 22 | Jeff Purvis | 12 | Opryland USA (Larry Lockamy) | 114 | Chevrolet | 0 | $12,270 |
| 39 | 42 | Jeff Green | 29 | Cartoon Network (Gary Bechtel) | 104 | Chevrolet | 0 | $12,270 |
| 40 | 9 | Sterling Marlin | 4 | Kodak Film (Larry McClure) | 102 | Chevrolet | 0 | $28,270 |
| 41 | 26 | Wally Dallenbach Jr | 46 | First Union (Felix Sabates) | 85 | Chevrolet | 0 | $12,270 |
| 42 | 35 | Todd Bodine | 96 | Caterpillar (Buz McCall) | 5 | Chevrolet | 0 | $12,270 |
| 43 | 43 | Rusty Wallace | 2 | Miller Lite (Roger Penske) | 5 | Ford | 0 | $29,270 |