Food City 250

Bristol Motor Speedway — January 1, 1997

Jimmy Spencer

Winner

250

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jimmy Spencer won the 1997 Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway on January 1, 1997, leading 154 of 250 laps. Steve Park finished second; Robert Pressley rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1997

Track

Bristol Motor Speedway

Season

1997

Winner

Jimmy Spencer

Leaders

5 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	16	+15	Jimmy Spencer	Crestinger Racing	250	—	Running	154	180
2	14	+12	Steve Park	Dale Earnhardt Inc.	250	—	Running	—	170
3	29	+26	Robert Pressley	ST Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	165
4	1	-3	Randy LaJoie	BACE Motorsports	250	—	Running	56	160
5	23	+18	Rick Wilson	Henderson Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	155
6	11	+5	Bobby Labonte	Labonte Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	150
7	17	+10	Stevie Reeves	Donald Laird Racing	250	—	Running	—	146
8	30	+22	Todd Bodine	Team 34	250	—	Running	—	142
9	10	+1	Jeff Fuller	Laughlin Racing	250	—	Running	—	138
10	24	+14	Kevin Lepage	Emerald Performance Group	250	—	Running	—	134
11	7	-4	Nathan Buttke	Mark III Racing	250	—	Running	—	130
12	37	+25	Johnny Chapman	NorthStar Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	127
13	13	—	Mark Green	Brewco Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	124
14	33	+19	Jeff Krogh	Excel Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	121
15	5	-10	Dick Trickle	Shoemaker Racing	249	—	Running	—	118
16	9	-7	Mike McLaughlin	Cicci-Welliver Racing	249	—	Running	—	115
17	42	+25	Joe Bessey	Joe Bessey Racing	249	—	Running	—	112
18	41	+23	Dennis Setzer	Emerald Performance Group	249	—	Running	—	109
19	40	+21	Tracy Leslie	Hensley Racing	248	—	Running	—	106
20	20	—	Matt Kenseth	Reiser Enterprises	248	—	Running	—	103
21	25	+4	Brad Teague	PRW Racing	247	—	Running	—	100
22	2	-20	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Wellrich Motorsports	247	—	Running	22	97
23	35	+12	Lyndon Amick	Team Amick Motorsports	247	—	Running	—	94
24	28	+4	Ron Barfield Jr.	Bill Elliott Racing	247	—	Running	—	91
25	22	-3	Randy Porter	Porter Racing	247	—	Running	—	88
26	3	-23	Buckshot Jones	Buckshot Racing	238	—	DNF	16	85
27	4	-23	Tim Fedewa	BACE Motorsports	237	—	Running	2	82
28	15	-13	Hermie Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	211	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	21	-8	Jason Keller	KEL Racing	210	—	Running	—	76
30	31	+1	Mike Dillon	Parker Racing	185	—	Running	—	73
31	18	-13	Terry Labonte	Terry Labonte Inc.	173	—	DNF	—	70
32	39	+7	Phil Parsons	MSRP Motorsports	173	—	Running	—	67
33	27	-6	Mark Krogh	Excel Motorsports	167	—	Running	—	64
34	8	-26	Elton Sawyer	Akins-Sutton Motorsports	153	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	36	+1	Mark Day	Day Enterprises	147	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	26	-10	Chris Diamond	Bobby Jones (Owner)	145	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	38	+1	Glenn Allen Jr.	J&J Racing	83	—	DNF	—	52
38	6	-32	Shane Hall	Stegall Motorsports	81	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	19	-20	Dale Jarrett	Isenhower Brothers Racing	56	—	DNF	—	46
40	12	-28	Michael Waltrip	Michael Waltrip Racing	50	—	DNF	—	43
41	32	-9	Elliott Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	43	—	DNF	—	40
42	34	-8	Dale Shaw	Phoenix Racing	12	—	DNF - Crash	—	37