Interstate Batteries 500

Texas Motor Speedway — April 6, 1997

Jeff Burton

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jeff Burton won the 1997 Interstate Batteries 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 6, 1997, leading 60 of 334 laps. Dale Jarrett finished second; Bobby Labonte rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, April 6, 1997

Track

Texas Motor Speedway

Season

1997

Winner

Jeff Burton

Leaders

10 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	Jeff Burton		334	—	Running	60	180
2	1	-1	Dale Jarrett		334	—	Running	42	175
3	4	+1	Bobby Labonte		334	—	Running	2	170
4	3	-1	Terry Labonte		334	—	Running	104	170
5	8	+3	Ricky Rudd		334	—	Running	26	160
6	15	+9	Dale Earnhardt		334	—	Running	—	150
7	12	+5	Ward Burton		334	—	Running	—	146
8	22	+14	Sterling Marlin		334	—	Running	2	147
9	21	+12	Michael Waltrip		333	—	Running	—	138
10	35	+25	Steve Grissom		332	—	Running	—	134
11	16	+5	Bill Elliott		332	—	Running	—	130
12	30	+18	John Andretti		332	—	Running	—	127
13	31	+18	Kenny Wallace		332	—	Running	—	124
14	7	-7	Geoffrey Bodine		331	—	Running	—	121
15	36	+21	Dave Marcis		331	—	Running	—	118
16	24	+8	Lake Speed		331	—	Running	—	115
17	42	+25	Mike Wallace		330	—	Running	—	112
18	27	+9	Ken Schrader	Dodge	330	—	Running	—	109
19	26	+7	Brett Bodine		327	—	Running	—	106
20	17	-3	Bobby Hamilton		325	—	Running	—	103
21	43	+22	Billy Standridge		325	—	Running	—	100
22	25	+3	Mike Skinner		324	—	Running	10	102
23	32	+9	Dick Trickle		319	—	Running	—	94
24	19	-5	Morgan Shepherd		304	—	Running	—	91
25	18	-7	Todd Bodine		284	—	Running	9	93
26	38	+12	Chad Little		283	—	DNF	—	85
27	23	-4	Kyle Petty		266	—	DNF	—	82
28	13	-15	Johnny Benson		256	—	DNF	—	79
29	40	+11	Joe Nemechek		255	—	DNF	—	76
30	2	-28	Jeff Gordon		247	—	DNF	69	78
31	28	-3	Rick Mast		246	—	DNF	—	70
32	20	-12	Jeremy Mayfield		200	—	DNF	—	67
33	34	+1	Hut Stricklin		192	—	DNF	—	64
34	29	-5	Robby Gordon		174	—	DNF	—	61
35	11	-24	Ted Musgrave		167	—	DNF	—	58
36	10	-26	Ernie Irvan		161	—	DNF	—	55
37	9	-28	Rusty Wallace		160	—	DNF	—	52
38	6	-32	Mark Martin		143	—	DNF	10	54
39	33	-6	Jimmy Spencer		95	—	DNF	—	46
40	39	-1	Greg Sacks		84	—	DNF	—	43
41	37	-4	Derrike Cope		21	—	DNF	—	40
42	41	-1	Bobby Hillin Jr.		17	—	DNF	—	37
43	14	-29	Darrell Waltrip		0	—	DNS	—	34