Winston Cup Series Series by Race
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 - NAPA 500 Race Results
Race Name - NAPA 500Date - 11/16/1997Race Track - Atlanta Motor SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 1.54 milesRace Length (Miles) - 501 milesPole Speed - 197.478 mphNumber of Cautions - 4Caution Laps - 25Average Race Speed - 159.9 mphLead Changes - 24Total Race Purse - $1,607,905Race Number - 32 | More Races from 1997 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 21 | Bobby Labonte | 18 | Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) | 325 | Pontiac | 168 | $158,600 |
2 | 3 | Dale Jarrett | 88 | Quality Care Ford Credit (Yates Racing) | 325 | Ford | 5 | $79,600 |
3 | 9 | Mark Martin | 6 | Valvoline (Jack Roush) | 325 | Ford | 52 | $60,300 |
4 | 7 | Jeff Green | 29 | Cartoon Network (Gary Bechtel) | 325 | Chevrolet | 0 | $43,475 |
5 | 14 | Derrike Cope | 36 | Skittles (Nelson Bowers) | 325 | Pontiac | 2 | $38,100 |
6 | 20 | Kyle Petty | 44 | Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty) | 324 | Pontiac | 5 | $34,075 |
7 | 40 | Bobby Hamilton | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 324 | Pontiac | 0 | $43,030 |
8 | 5 | Joe Nemechek | 42 | BellSouth (Felix Sabates) | 324 | Chevrolet | 41 | $35,950 |
9 | 2 | Ward Burton | 22 | MBNA America (Bill Davis) | 323 | Pontiac | 13 | $39,425 |
10 | 12 | Johnny Benson Jr | 30 | Pennzoil (Chuck Rider) | 323 | Pontiac | 0 | $38,950 |
11 | 27 | Sterling Marlin | 4 | Kodak Film (Larry McClure) | 323 | Chevrolet | 0 | $41,975 |
12 | 23 | Ernie Irvan | 28 | Texaco Havoline (Yates Racing) | 323 | Ford | 4 | $41,050 |
13 | 35 | Michael Waltrip | 21 | Citgo (Wood Brothers) | 322 | Ford | 0 | $38,425 |
14 | 22 | Dick Trickle | 90 | HeiligMeyers (Junie Donlavey) | 322 | Ford | 0 | $28,975 |
15 | 25 | Steve Park | 14 | Burger King (Dale Earnhardt Inc) | 322 | Chevrolet | 0 | $25,650 |
16 | 6 | Dale Earnhardt | 3 | GM Goodwrench Service Plus (Richard Childress) | 322 | Chevrolet | 24 | $43,075 |
17 | 37 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick) | 322 | Chevrolet | 0 | $41,155 |
18 | 24 | Chad Little | 97 | John Deere (Jack Roush) | 321 | Pontiac | 7 | $27,440 |
19 | 38 | Jeremy Mayfield | 37 | Kmart RC Cola (Michael Kranefuss) | 321 | Ford | 0 | $27,100 |
20 | 13 | Ken Schrader | 33 | Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree) | 321 | Chevrolet | 0 | $33,685 |
21 | 4 | Terry Labonte | 5 | Kelloggs Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick) | 321 | Chevrolet | 0 | $44,470 |
22 | 31 | John Andretti | 98 | RCA (Cale Yarborough) | 320 | Ford | 0 | $33,055 |
23 | 28 | Mike Skinner | 31 | Lowes (Richard Childress) | 320 | Chevrolet | 0 | $25,740 |
24 | 42 | Jimmy Spencer | 23 | Winston No Bull (Travis Carter) | 320 | Ford | 0 | $32,425 |
25 | 8 | Kenny Irwin Jr | 27 | GI Joe Winners Circle (David Blair) | 320 | Ford | 0 | $21,910 |
26 | 29 | Lake Speed | 9 | Advantage Camo (Harry Melling) | 317 | Ford | 0 | $24,995 |
27 | 36 | Morgan Shepherd | 1 | RL Carriers (Richard Jackson) | 317 | Pontiac | 0 | $31,780 |
28 | 15 | Steve Grissom | 41 | Kodiak (Larry Hedrick) | 317 | Chevrolet | 0 | $31,565 |
29 | 26 | Kevin Lepage | 91 | Pionite (Joe Falk) | 317 | Chevrolet | 0 | $21,505 |
30 | 19 | Kenny Wallace | 81 | Square D (Fil Martocci) | 317 | Ford | 0 | $31,430 |
31 | 34 | Ted Musgrave | 16 | Family Channel Primestar (Jack Roush) | 315 | Ford | 0 | $30,865 |
32 | 33 | Rusty Wallace | 2 | Miller Lite (Roger Penske) | 314 | Ford | 0 | $38,300 |
33 | 1 | Geoffrey Bodine | 7 | QVC (Geoffrey Bodine) | 314 | Ford | 4 | $43,735 |
34 | 39 | Jeff Burton | 99 | Exide Batteries (Jack Roush) | 313 | Ford | 0 | $36,170 |
35 | 16 | Rick Mast | 75 | Remington Arms (Butch Mock) | 302 | Ford | 0 | $28,105 |
36 | 10 | Bill Elliott | 94 | McDonalds (Bill Elliott) | 274 | Ford | 0 | $28,040 |
37 | 11 | Ricky Rudd | 10 | Tide (Ricky Rudd) | 242 | Ford | 0 | $36,030 |
38 | 30 | Wally Dallenbach Jr | 46 | First Union (Felix Sabates) | 231 | Chevrolet | 0 | $20,875 |
39 | 41 | Ricky Craven | 25 | Budweiser (Rick Hendrick) | 173 | Chevrolet | 0 | $27,875 |
40 | 43 | Darrell Waltrip | 17 | Parts America (Darrell Waltrip) | 114 | Chevrolet | 0 | $27,875 |
41 | 18 | Brett Bodine | 11 | Scandia Bodine (Brett Bodine) | 57 | Ford | 0 | $29,375 |
42 | 17 | Gary Bradberry | 78 | Hanes (Jim Wilson) | 50 | Ford | 0 | $20,875 |
43 | 32 | Buckshot Jones | 0 | Aquafresh (Billy Jones) | 38 | Pontiac | 0 | $20,875 |