Diehard 500

Talladega Superspeedway — October 12, 1997

Terry Labonte

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Terry Labonte won the 1997 Diehard 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 12, 1997, leading 70 of 188 laps. Bobby Labonte finished second; John Andretti rounded out the podium. The race featured 16 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, October 12, 1997

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1997

Winner

Terry Labonte

Leaders

16 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Terry Labonte		188	—	Running	70	185
2	7	+5	Bobby Labonte		188	—	Running	5	175
3	2	-1	John Andretti		188	—	Running	1	170
4	14	+10	Ken Schrader	Dodge	188	—	Running	6	165
5	1	-4	Ernie Irvan		188	—	Running	11	160
6	15	+9	Ricky Craven		188	—	Running	—	150
7	42	+35	Kyle Petty		188	—	Running	—	146
8	25	+17	Geoffrey Bodine		188	—	Running	2	147
9	23	+14	Rick Mast		188	—	Running	—	138
10	9	-1	Rusty Wallace		188	—	Running	2	139
11	39	+28	Ted Musgrave		188	—	Running	—	130
12	29	+17	Morgan Shepherd		188	—	Running	—	127
13	10	-3	Bill Elliott		188	—	Running	—	124
14	4	-10	Jeff Burton		188	—	Running	—	121
15	35	+20	Kenny Wallace		188	—	Running	—	118
16	37	+21	David Green		188	—	Running	—	115
17	38	+21	Kevin Lepage		188	—	Running	—	112
18	5	-13	Derrike Cope		188	—	Running	—	109
19	19	—	Johnny Benson		187	—	Running	—	106
20	34	+14	Bobby Hamilton		187	—	Running	—	103
21	18	-3	Dale Jarrett		187	—	Running	13	105
22	17	-5	Brett Bodine		187	—	Running	—	97
23	21	-2	Dick Trickle		187	—	Running	—	94
24	3	-21	Jimmy Spencer		187	—	Running	11	96
25	32	+7	Dave Marcis		187	—	Running	—	88
26	40	+14	Jeremy Mayfield		184	—	Running	—	85
27	11	-16	Robert Pressley		178	—	Running	—	82
28	27	-1	Michael Waltrip		172	—	Running	—	79
29	12	-17	Dale Earnhardt		167	—	Running	25	81
30	31	+1	Mark Martin		167	—	Running	5	78
31	13	-18	Joe Nemechek		165	—	Running	—	70
32	22	-10	Steve Grissom		163	—	Running	—	67
33	16	-17	Mike Skinner		159	—	DNF	1	69
34	41	+7	Ricky Rudd		153	—	DNF	—	61
35	8	-27	Jeff Gordon		153	—	DNF	3	63
36	20	-16	Lake Speed		153	—	DNF	—	55
37	33	-4	Darrell Waltrip		147	—	DNF	—	52
38	30	-8	Sterling Marlin		139	—	DNF	27	54
39	28	-11	Greg Sacks		139	—	DNF	5	51
40	36	-4	Chad Little		139	—	DNF	—	43
41	24	-17	Wally Dallenbach Jr.		99	—	DNF	1	45
42	26	-16	Billy Standridge		51	—	DNF	—	37