Brickyard 400

Indianapolis Motor Speedway — August 2, 1997

Ricky Rudd

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Ricky Rudd won the 1997 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on August 2, 1997, leading 15 of 160 laps. Bobby Labonte finished second; Dale Jarrett rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, August 2, 1997

Track

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Season

1997

Winner

Ricky Rudd

Leaders

11 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	+6	Ricky Rudd		160	—	Running	15	180
2	25	+23	Bobby Labonte		160	—	Running	—	170
3	3	—	Dale Jarrett		160	—	Running	31	170
4	24	+20	Jeff Gordon		160	—	Running	25	165
5	16	+11	Jeremy Mayfield		160	—	Running	—	155
6	31	+25	Mark Martin		160	—	Running	—	150
7	20	+13	Johnny Benson		160	—	Running	2	151
8	15	+7	Bill Elliott		160	—	Running	—	142
9	6	-3	Mike Skinner		160	—	Running	8	143
10	1	-9	Ernie Irvan		160	—	Running	39	144
11	8	-3	Ken Schrader	Dodge	160	—	Running	—	130
12	27	+15	Lake Speed		160	—	Running	—	127
13	39	+26	Kyle Petty		160	—	Running	—	124
14	4	-10	Darrell Waltrip		160	—	Running	—	121
15	33	+18	Jeff Burton		160	—	Running	21	123
16	41	+25	Ricky Craven		160	—	Running	1	120
17	35	+18	John Andretti		160	—	Running	—	112
18	42	+24	Brett Bodine		160	—	Running	—	109
19	36	+17	Ward Burton		160	—	Running	—	106
20	12	-8	Bobby Hamilton		160	—	Running	—	103
21	34	+13	Rick Wilson		160	—	Running	—	100
22	23	+1	Ron Barfield Jr.		160	—	Running	—	97
23	17	-6	Rick Mast		160	—	Running	—	94
24	40	+16	Jimmy Spencer		159	—	Running	3	96
25	26	+1	Jeff Green		159	—	Running	—	88
26	19	-7	Steve Grissom		159	—	Running	—	85
27	30	+3	Ed Berrier		159	—	Running	—	82
28	11	-17	Robby Gordon		159	—	Running	—	79
29	5	-24	Dale Earnhardt		158	—	Running	—	76
30	29	-1	Kenny Wallace		158	—	Running	—	73
31	37	+6	Greg Sacks		158	—	Running	—	70
32	2	-30	Joe Nemechek		156	—	Running	—	67
33	22	-11	Ted Musgrave		155	—	Running	—	64
34	10	-24	Rich Bickle		153	—	Running	—	61
35	9	-26	David Green		137	—	Running	—	58
36	14	-22	Wally Dallenbach Jr.		120	—	DNF	14	60
37	28	-9	Jeff Purvis		112	—	DNF	—	52
38	43	+5	Rusty Wallace		91	—	DNF	—	49
39	18	-21	Michael Waltrip		89	—	DNF	—	46
40	38	-2	Terry Labonte		83	—	DNF	1	48
41	32	-9	Derrike Cope		12	—	DNF	—	40
42	21	-21	Chad Little		2	—	DNF	—	37
43	13	-30	Sterling Marlin		2	—	DNF	—	34