Food City 500

Bristol Motor Speedway — April 13, 1997

Jeff Gordon

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jeff Gordon won the 1997 Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 13, 1997, leading 125 of 500 laps. Rusty Wallace finished second; Terry Labonte rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, April 13, 1997

Track

Bristol Motor Speedway

Season

1997

Winner

Jeff Gordon

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	Jeff Gordon		500	—	Running	125	180
2	1	-1	Rusty Wallace		500	—	Running	240	180
3	17	+14	Terry Labonte		500	—	Running	—	165
4	6	+2	Dale Jarrett		500	—	Running	—	160
5	23	+18	Mark Martin		500	—	Running	—	155
6	29	+23	Dale Earnhardt		500	—	Running	—	150
7	18	+11	Bill Elliott		500	—	Running	90	151
8	21	+13	Chad Little		500	—	Running	—	142
9	32	+23	Jeremy Mayfield		500	—	Running	—	138
10	12	+2	Brett Bodine		500	—	Running	—	134
11	19	+8	Dick Trickle		500	—	Running	—	130
12	16	+4	Ken Schrader	Dodge	500	—	Running	—	127
13	34	+21	Bobby Hamilton		500	—	Running	—	124
14	15	+1	Robert Pressley		500	—	Running	2	126
15	10	-5	Jimmy Spencer		499	—	Running	36	123
16	36	+20	Derrike Cope		499	—	Running	—	115
17	25	+8	Rick Mast		499	—	Running	—	112
18	35	+17	Ward Burton		499	—	Running	—	109
19	24	+5	Joe Nemechek		499	—	Running	—	106
20	2	-18	Sterling Marlin		498	—	Running	7	108
21	39	+18	Michael Waltrip		497	—	Running	—	100
22	27	+5	David Green		496	—	Running	—	97
23	30	+7	Ed Berrier		495	—	Running	—	94
24	26	+2	John Andretti		491	—	Running	—	91
25	43	+18	Darrell Waltrip		485	—	Running	—	88
26	7	-19	Hut Stricklin		484	—	Running	—	85
27	22	-5	Ricky Rudd		483	—	Running	—	82
28	41	+13	Morgan Shepherd		479	—	Running	—	79
29	14	-15	Kyle Petty		477	—	Running	—	76
30	42	+12	Dave Marcis		468	—	Running	—	73
31	33	+2	Johnny Benson		455	—	Running	—	70
32	9	-23	Steve Grissom		441	—	Running	—	67
33	8	-25	Geoffrey Bodine		432	—	Running	—	64
34	13	-21	Bobby Labonte		425	—	Running	—	61
35	28	-7	Mike Skinner		365	—	DNF	—	58
36	31	-5	Lake Speed		325	—	DNF	—	55
37	37	—	Gary Bradberry		317	—	DNF	—	52
38	3	-35	Ted Musgrave		296	—	DNF	—	49
39	38	-1	Ernie Irvan		281	—	DNF	—	46
40	40	—	Jack Sprague		256	—	DNF	—	43
41	4	-37	Kenny Wallace		223	—	DNF	—	40
42	11	-31	Jeff Burton		157	—	DNF	—	37
43	20	-23	Robby Gordon		91	—	DNF	—	34