Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — February 16, 1997

Jeff Gordon

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jeff Gordon won the 1997 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 1997, leading 40 of 200 laps. Terry Labonte finished second; Ricky Craven rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, February 16, 1997

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1997

Winner

Jeff Gordon

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Jeff Gordon		200	—	Running	40	180
2	18	+16	Terry Labonte		200	—	Running	—	170
3	40	+37	Ricky Craven		200	—	Running	—	165
4	8	+4	Bill Elliott		200	—	Running	30	165
5	9	+4	Sterling Marlin		200	—	Running	8	160
6	21	+15	Jeremy Mayfield		200	—	Running	—	150
7	11	+4	Mark Martin		200	—	Running	52	156
8	17	+9	Ward Burton		200	—	Running	—	142
9	13	+4	Ricky Rudd		200	—	Running	—	138
10	22	+12	Darrell Waltrip		200	—	Running	—	134
11	23	+12	Jeff Burton		200	—	Running	—	130
12	1	-11	Mike Skinner		200	—	Running	1	132
13	41	+28	Ted Musgrave		200	—	Running	—	124
14	30	+16	Kyle Petty		200	—	Running	—	121
15	39	+24	Bobby Hamilton		200	—	Running	—	118
16	20	+4	Robby Gordon		200	—	Running	—	115
17	24	+7	Dave Marcis		200	—	Running	—	112
18	37	+19	Brett Bodine		200	—	Running	—	109
19	28	+9	Hut Stricklin		200	—	Running	—	106
20	5	-15	Ernie Irvan		200	—	Running	13	108
21	15	-6	Bobby Labonte		200	—	Running	—	100
22	36	+14	Kenny Wallace		200	—	Running	—	97
23	3	-20	Dale Jarrett		200	—	Running	—	94
24	35	+11	Lake Speed		199	—	Running	—	91
25	32	+7	John Andretti		198	—	Running	—	88
26	33	+7	Loy Allen Jr.		198	—	Running	—	85
27	38	+11	Joe Nemechek		196	—	Running	—	82
28	16	-12	Johnny Benson		195	—	Running	—	79
29	42	+13	Morgan Shepherd		195	—	Running	—	76
30	27	-3	Dick Trickle		195	—	Running	—	73
31	4	-27	Dale Earnhardt		195	—	Running	48	75
32	12	-20	Michael Waltrip		188	—	Running	5	72
33	10	-23	Ken Schrader	Dodge	173	—	Running	—	64
34	25	-9	Geoffrey Bodine		148	—	DNF	—	61
35	7	-28	Jimmy Spencer		146	—	DNF	—	58
36	29	-7	Derrike Cope		124	—	DNF	—	55
37	34	-3	Greg Sacks		120	—	DNF	3	57
38	31	-7	Bobby Hillin Jr.		111	—	DNF	—	49
39	19	-20	Robert Pressley		91	—	DNF	—	46
40	2	-38	Steve Grissom		88	—	DNF	—	43
41	14	-27	Rusty Wallace		47	—	DNF	—	40
42	26	-16	Wally Dallenbach Jr.		32	—	DNF	—	37