California 500 by NAPA

California Speedway — June 22, 1997

Jeff Gordon

Winner

250

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jeff Gordon won the 1997 California 500 by NAPA at California Speedway on June 22, 1997, leading 113 of 250 laps. Terry Labonte finished second; Ricky Rudd rounded out the podium. The race featured 12 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, June 22, 1997

Track

California Speedway

Season

1997

Winner

Jeff Gordon

Leaders

12 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Jeff Gordon		250	—	Running	113	185
2	10	+8	Terry Labonte		250	—	Running	41	175
3	39	+36	Ricky Rudd		250	—	Running	—	165
4	20	+16	Ted Musgrave		250	—	Running	—	160
5	19	+14	Jimmy Spencer		250	—	Running	4	160
6	15	+9	Bobby Labonte		250	—	Running	—	150
7	7	—	Jeff Green		250	—	Running	—	146
8	9	+1	Dale Jarrett		250	—	Running	49	147
9	11	+2	Ricky Craven		250	—	Running	8	143
10	12	+2	Mark Martin		249	—	Running	11	139
11	18	+7	Michael Waltrip		249	—	Running	—	130
12	21	+9	Jeremy Mayfield		249	—	Running	—	127
13	13	—	Johnny Benson		249	—	Running	—	124
14	16	+2	Rusty Wallace		249	—	Running	—	121
15	8	-7	Darrell Waltrip		249	—	Running	2	123
16	14	-2	Dale Earnhardt		249	—	Running	—	115
17	41	+24	Steve Grissom		249	—	Running	—	112
18	1	-17	Joe Nemechek		248	—	Running	1	114
19	24	+5	Chad Little		248	—	Running	—	106
20	22	+2	Lake Speed		248	—	Running	—	103
21	35	+14	John Andretti		248	—	Running	—	100
22	42	+20	Dick Trickle		248	—	Running	—	97
23	30	+7	Bobby Hamilton		247	—	Running	—	94
24	31	+7	Morgan Shepherd		247	—	Running	—	91
25	34	+9	David Green		247	—	Running	—	88
26	36	+10	Brett Bodine		247	—	Running	1	90
27	26	-1	Greg Sacks		246	—	Running	—	82
28	40	+12	Ward Burton		246	—	Running	—	79
29	23	-6	Derrike Cope		245	—	Running	—	76
30	25	-5	Jeff Burton		244	—	Running	—	73
31	38	+7	Kyle Petty		243	—	Running	—	70
32	17	-15	Bill Elliott		241	—	Running	—	67
33	28	-5	Mike Skinner		225	—	Running	—	64
34	5	-29	Ken Schrader	Dodge	219	—	Running	8	66
35	6	-29	Geoffrey Bodine		215	—	Running	—	58
36	29	-7	Sterling Marlin		206	—	DNF	—	55
37	2	-35	Ernie Irvan		202	—	DNF	6	57
38	33	-5	Jerry Nadeau		174	—	DNF	—	49
39	4	-35	Wally Dallenbach Jr.		173	—	DNF	6	51
40	32	-8	Dave Marcis		146	—	DNF	—	43
41	37	-4	Rick Mast		94	—	DNF	—	40
42	27	-15	Hut Stricklin		28	—	DNF	—	37