Coca-Cola 300

Texas Motor Speedway — January 1, 1997

Mark Martin

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Mark Martin won the 1997 Coca-Cola 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on January 1, 1997, leading 13 of 200 laps. Jimmy Spencer finished second; Jeff Burton rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1997

Track

Texas Motor Speedway

Season

1997

Winner

Mark Martin

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	20	+19	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	200	—	Running	13	180
2	24	+22	Jimmy Spencer	Crestinger Racing	200	—	Running	27	170
3	14	+11	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	200	—	Running	19	165
4	17	+13	Todd Bodine	Team 34	200	—	Running	—	160
5	11	+6	Mike McLaughlin	Cicci-Welliver Racing	200	—	Running	67	155
6	8	+2	Phil Parsons	MSRP Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	150
7	4	-3	Buckshot Jones	Buckshot Racing	200	—	Running	—	146
8	23	+15	Kevin Lepage	Emerald Performance Group	200	—	Running	—	142
9	21	+12	Randy LaJoie	BACE Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	138
10	26	+16	Tracy Leslie	Hensley Racing	200	—	Running	—	134
11	7	-4	Elton Sawyer	Akins-Sutton Motorsports	200	—	Running	14	130
12	27	+15	Jason Keller	KEL Racing	200	—	Running	—	127
13	18	+5	Mike Dillon	Parker Racing	200	—	Running	—	124
14	31	+17	Greg Sacks	Laughlin Racing	200	—	Running	—	121
15	1	-14	Jeff Green	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	200	—	Running	38	118
16	15	-1	Dick Trickle	Shoemaker Racing	200	—	Running	—	115
17	13	-4	Tim Bender	Reiser Enterprises	200	—	Running	—	112
18	5	-13	Terry Labonte	Terry Labonte Inc.	200	—	Running	—	109
19	3	-16	Hermie Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	106
20	2	-18	Elliott Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	103
21	22	+1	Tim Steele	Phoenix Racing	200	—	Running	—	100
22	25	+3	Shane Hall	Stegall Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	97
23	30	+7	Dale Jarrett	Isenhower Brothers Racing	200	—	Running	—	94
24	28	+4	Johnny Chapman	NorthStar Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	91
25	35	+10	Ron Barfield Jr.	Bill Elliott Racing	199	—	Running	—	88
26	36	+10	Michael Waltrip	Michael Waltrip Racing	199	—	Running	—	85
27	33	+6	Joe Bessey	Joe Bessey Racing	198	—	Running	—	82
28	9	-19	Bobby Labonte	Labonte Motorsports	198	—	Running	—	79
29	34	+5	Dennis Setzer	Emerald Performance Group	197	—	Running	7	76
30	41	+11	Doug Reid	Bart Walker (Owner)	197	—	Running	—	73
31	39	+8	Jerry Robertson	Taylor Motorsports	193	—	Running	—	70
32	32	—	Jeff Fuller	ST Motorsports	188	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	38	+5	Stevie Reeves	Donald Laird Racing	164	—	Running	—	64
34	29	-5	Mark Green	Brewco Motorsports	152	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	6	-29	Steve Park	Dale Earnhardt Inc.	142	—	DNF - Crash	15	58
36	37	+1	Mark Day	Day Enterprises	130	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	12	-25	Glenn Allen Jr.	J&J Racing	105	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	10	-28	Tim Fedewa	BACE Motorsports	76	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	40	+1	Randy Porter	Porter Racing	64	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	16	-24	Lyndon Amick	Team Amick Motorsports	27	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	19	-22	Jimmy Foster	Key Motorsports	20	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	42	—	Jeff McClure	PRW Racing	9	—	DNF - Crash	—	37