Mountain Dew Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — August 31, 1997

Jeff Gordon

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jeff Gordon won the 1997 Mountain Dew Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on August 31, 1997, leading 116 of 367 laps. Jeff Burton finished second; Dale Jarrett rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, August 31, 1997

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1997

Winner

Jeff Gordon

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	+6	Jeff Gordon		367	—	Running	116	180
2	16	+14	Jeff Burton		367	—	Running	24	175
3	3	—	Dale Jarrett		367	—	Running	38	170
4	2	-2	Bill Elliott		367	—	Running	181	170
5	21	+16	Ricky Rudd		367	—	Running	—	155
6	17	+11	Terry Labonte		367	—	Running	—	150
7	1	-6	Bobby Labonte		367	—	Running	2	151
8	4	-4	Mark Martin		367	—	Running	—	142
9	14	+5	Michael Waltrip		367	—	Running	2	143
10	5	-5	Ken Schrader	Dodge	366	—	Running	—	134
11	37	+26	Chad Little		366	—	Running	—	130
12	12	—	Geoffrey Bodine		366	—	Running	—	127
13	8	-5	Dick Trickle		366	—	Running	—	124
14	24	+10	Derrike Cope		365	—	Running	—	121
15	11	-4	Brett Bodine		365	—	Running	—	118
16	19	+3	Jeremy Mayfield		365	—	Running	—	115
17	6	-11	Hut Stricklin		365	—	Running	—	112
18	23	+5	Lake Speed		365	—	Running	—	109
19	18	-1	Johnny Benson		365	—	Running	—	106
20	40	+20	Bobby Hamilton		365	—	Running	—	103
21	29	+8	Steve Grissom		365	—	Running	—	100
22	34	+12	Robby Gordon		363	—	Running	—	97
23	20	-3	Joe Nemechek		359	—	Running	—	94
24	25	+1	Kenny Wallace		354	—	Running	—	91
25	27	+2	Gary Bradberry		354	—	Running	—	88
26	38	+12	Darrell Waltrip		353	—	Running	—	85
27	13	-14	Ward Burton		350	—	Running	—	82
28	30	+2	Jimmy Spencer		341	—	Running	—	79
29	15	-14	Ted Musgrave		296	—	DNF	4	81
30	36	+6	Dale Earnhardt		282	—	DNF	—	73
31	31	—	Ricky Craven		236	—	DNF	—	70
32	39	+7	Kyle Petty		202	—	DNF	—	67
33	10	-23	Ernie Irvan		183	—	DNF	—	64
34	28	-6	Rick Mast		177	—	DNF	—	61
35	41	+6	Lance Hooper		175	—	DNF	—	58
36	33	-3	Mike Skinner		130	—	DNF	—	55
37	32	-5	John Andretti		117	—	DNF	—	52
38	22	-16	Jeff Purvis		114	—	DNF	—	49
39	42	+3	Jeff Green		104	—	DNF	—	46
40	9	-31	Sterling Marlin		102	—	DNF	—	43
41	26	-15	Wally Dallenbach Jr.		85	—	DNF	—	40
42	35	-7	Todd Bodine		5	—	DNF	—	37
43	43	—	Rusty Wallace		5	—	DNF	—	34