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1997 - TranSouth Financial 400 Race Results


Race Name - TranSouth Financial 400
Date - 3/23/1997
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.366 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 171.095 mph
Number of Cautions - 10
Caution Laps - 60
Average Race Speed - 121.16 mph
Lead Changes - 15
Total Race Purse - $1,066,241
Race Number - 5
 More Races from 1997
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Dale Jarrett 88 Quality Care Ford Credit (Yates Racing) 293 Ford 171 $142,860
2 21 Ted Musgrave 16 Family Channel Primestar (Jack Roush) 293 Ford 0 $54,330
3 10 Jeff Gordon 24 DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick) 293 Chevrolet 16 $56,240
4 6 Jeff Burton 99 Exide Batteries (Jack Roush) 293 Ford 49 $34,420
5 3 Bobby Labonte 18 Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) 293 Pontiac 0 $38,275
6 15 Rusty Wallace 2 Miller Lite (Roger Penske) 293 Ford 0 $32,825
7 27 Michael Waltrip 21 Citgo (Wood Brothers) 293 Ford 0 $26,545
8 13 Ken Schrader 33 Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree) 293 Chevrolet 0 $26,815
9 4 Geoffrey Bodine 7 QVC (Geoffrey Bodine) 293 Ford 0 $25,210
10 36 Johnny Benson Jr 30 Pennzoil (Chuck Rider) 293 Pontiac 0 $28,805
11 41 Darrell Waltrip 17 Parts America (Darrell Waltrip) 293 Chevrolet 0 $24,150
12 23 Morgan Shepherd 1 Delco Remy America (Richard Jackson) 293 Pontiac 0 $23,820
13 12 Terry Labonte 5 Kelloggs Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick) 292 Chevrolet 0 $34,235
14 30 Kenny Wallace 81 Square D (Fil Martocci) 292 Ford 0 $23,230
15 43 Dale Earnhardt 3 GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress) 292 Chevrolet 0 $28,625
16 18 Bill Elliott 94 McDonalds (Bill Elliott) 292 Ford 0 $22,755
17 19 Jeremy Mayfield 37 Kmart RC Cola (Michael Kranefuss) 292 Ford 0 $15,500
18 40 Ward Burton 22 MBNA America (Bill Davis) 292 Pontiac 0 $15,265
19 42 Rick Mast 75 Remington Arms (Butch Mock) 292 Ford 0 $22,020
20 25 Derrike Cope 36 Skittles (Nelson Bowers) 292 Pontiac 0 $13,890
21 8 Ernie Irvan 28 Texaco Havoline (Yates Racing) 291 Ford 36 $28,070
22 26 Jimmy Spencer 23 Camel Cigarettes (Travis Carter) 291 Ford 0 $21,500
23 16 Ricky Rudd 10 Tide (Ricky Rudd) 291 Ford 0 $26,055
24 5 Mark Martin 6 Valvoline (Jack Roush) 291 Ford 0 $21,135
25 33 John Andretti 98 RCA (Cale Yarborough) 291 Ford 0 $21,165
26 7 Hut Stricklin 8 Circuit City (Stavola Brothers) 291 Ford 6 $20,700
27 32 Chad Little 97 John Deere (Greg Pollex) 290 Pontiac 0 $10,610
28 20 Dave Marcis 71 RealTree Camouflage (Dave Marcis) 290 Chevrolet 0 $13,550
29 24 Greg Sacks 20 Hardees (Harry Ranier) 289 Ford 0 $10,440
30 34 Mike Skinner 31 Lowes (Richard Childress) 289 Chevrolet 8 $10,405
31 29 Phil Parsons 42 BellSouth (Felix Sabates) 289 Chevrolet 0 $12,845
32 9 Sterling Marlin 4 Kodak Film (Larry McClure) 278 Chevrolet 0 $26,310
33 28 Kyle Petty 44 Hot Wheels (Kyle Petty) 264 Pontiac 0 $10,220
34 38 Robby Gordon 40 Coors Light (Felix Sabates) 232 Chevrolet 0 $17,185
35 31 Brett Bodine 11 Close Call Phone Card (Brett Bodine) 224 Ford 0 $17,150
36 11 Lake Speed 9 Melling Engine Parts (Harry Melling) 188 Ford 0 $17,115
37 39 Bobby Hamilton 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 183 Pontiac 0 $25,101
38 14 Gary Bradberry 19 Child Support Recovery (Mark Smith) 169 Ford 0 $9,954
39 35 Robert Pressley 29 Cartoon Network (Gary Bechtel) 161 Chevrolet 7 $9,954
40 2 Ricky Craven 25 Budweiser (Rick Hendrick) 160 Chevrolet 0 $17,100
41 22 David Green 96 Caterpillar (Buz McCall) 69 Chevrolet 0 $9,954
42 37 Bobby Hillin Jr 77 Jasper Engines Federal Mogul (Doug Bawel) 62 Ford 0 $9,954
43 17 Mike Wallace 91 Spam (Ron Neal) 26 Chevrolet 0 $9,954