Hanes 250

Martinsville Speedway — January 1, 1997

Rich Bickle

Winner

256

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Rich Bickle won the 1997 Hanes 250 at Martinsville Speedway on January 1, 1997, leading 204 of 256 laps. Ernie Irvan finished second; Mike Bliss rounded out the podium. The race featured 2 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1997

Track

Martinsville Speedway

Season

1997

Winner

Rich Bickle

Leaders

2 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Rich Bickle	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports		256	—	Running	204	180
2	2	—	Ernie Irvan	Irvan-Simo Racing		256	—	Running	52	170
3	3	—	Mike Bliss	Ultra Motorsports		256	—	Running	—	165
4	13	+9	Jimmy Hensley	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	256	—	Running	—	160
5	14	+9	Bobby Hamilton	Bobby Hamilton Racing		256	—	Running	—	155
6	18	+12	Butch Miller	Walker Evans Racing		256	—	Running	—	150
7	33	+26	Jay Sauter	Richard Childress Racing		256	—	Running	—	146
8	19	+11	Kenny Irwin Jr.	Liberty Racing		256	—	Running	—	142
9	7	-2	Stacy Compton	Impact Motorsports		256	—	Running	—	138
10	8	-2	Jack Sprague	Hendrick Motorsports		256	—	Running	—	134
11	21	+10	Andy Houston	Sheila Allen (Owner)		255	—	Running	—	130
12	5	-7	Joe Ruttman	Roush Racing		255	—	Running	—	127
13	6	-7	David Green	Ted Phillips (Owner)		255	—	Running	—	124
14	20	+6	Randy Tolsma	Xpress Motorsports		255	—	Running	—	121
15	10	-5	Rick Carelli	Chesrown Racing		254	—	Running	—	118
16	29	+13	Chuck Bown	Roush Racing		253	—	Running	—	115
17	26	+9	Barry Bodine	Geoff Bodine Racing		252	—	Running	—	112
18	16	-2	Kelly Denton	Bill Elliott Racing		252	—	Running	—	109
19	23	+4	Brad Teague	M-R Motorsports		250	—	Running	—	106
20	28	+8	Ernie Cope	Blake Motorsports		250	—	Running	—	103
21	36	+15	Tony Roper	Brevak Racing		246	—	Running	—	100
22	31	+9	Mike Wallace	Ken Schrader Racing		241	—	Running	—	97
23	11	-12	Tony Raines	Roehrig Racing	Dodge	235	—	Running	—	94
24	34	+10	Rick Crawford	Circle Bar Racing		235	—	Running	—	91
25	30	+5	Billy Pauch	Richard Greenfield (Owner)	Dodge	221	—	Running	—	88
26	32	+6	Boris Said	No Fear Racing		199	—	Running	—	85
27	22	-5	Wayne Grubb	Grubb Motorsports		187	—	DNF - Crash	—	82
28	27	-1	Bob Keselowski	K Automotive Racing	Dodge	182	—	DNF	—	79
29	35	+6	Bryan Reffner	Dale Phelon (Owner)		181	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	9	-21	Jamie Skinner	Great Dane Racing		177	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	17	-14	B.A. Wilson	Viper Motorsports		109	—	DNF	—	70
32	4	-28	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Dale Earnhardt Inc.		99	—	DNF	—	67
33	25	-8	John Blewett	John Blewett (Owner)		89	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	15	-19	Johnny Benson Jr.	Roehrig Racing	Dodge	75	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	12	-23	Michael Waltrip	Michael Waltrip Racing		59	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	24	-12	Philip Morris	Glanville Motorsports		34	—	DNF - Engine	—	55