Gargoyles 300

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1997

Randy LaJoie

Winner

120

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Randy LaJoie won the 1997 Gargoyles 300 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1997, leading 56 of 120 laps. Todd Bodine finished second; Michael Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1997

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1997

Winner

Randy LaJoie

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	14	+13	Randy LaJoie		120	—	Running	56	180
2	24	+22	Todd Bodine	Team 34	120	—	Running	—	170
3	18	+15	Michael Waltrip	Michael Waltrip Racing	120	—	Running	3	165
4	3	-1	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	120	—	Running	—	160
5	7	+2	Tracy Leslie	Hensley Racing	120	—	Running	3	155
6	30	+24	Greg Sacks	Laughlin Racing	120	—	Running	—	150
7	20	+13	Steve Park	Dale Earnhardt Inc.	120	—	Running	—	146
8	44	+36	Mark Green	Brewco Motorsports	120	—	Running	—	142
9	26	+17	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	120	—	Running	—	138
10	21	+11	Phil Parsons	MSRP Motorsports	120	—	Running	—	134
11	8	-3	Rodney Combs	Emerald Performance Group	120	—	Running	—	130
12	5	-7	Buckshot Jones	Buckshot Racing	120	—	Running	—	127
13	34	+21	Stevie Reeves	Donald Laird Racing	120	—	Running	—	124
14	6	-8	Jeff Green	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	120	—	Running	5	121
15	1	-14	Elliott Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	120	—	Running	30	118
16	4	-12	Elton Sawyer	Akins-Sutton Motorsports	119	—	Running	—	115
17	19	+2	Hermie Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	119	—	Running	—	112
18	28	+10	Mike Dillon	Parker Racing	119	—	Running	—	109
19	10	-9	Dick Trickle	Shoemaker Racing	119	—	Running	17	106
20	41	+21	Andy Hillenburg	Terry Labonte Inc.	119	—	Running	—	103
21	42	+21	Doug Heveron	Taylor Motorsports	118	—	Running	—	100
22	27	+5	Kevin Lepage	Emerald Performance Group	118	—	Running	—	97
23	43	+20	Johnny Chapman	NorthStar Motorsports	117	—	DNF	—	94
24	29	+5	Kyle Petty	Shaver Racing	117	—	Running	—	91
25	40	+15	Jamie Aube	Wegner Motorsports	117	—	Running	—	88
26	32	+6	Jeff Fuller	ST Motorsports	116	—	Running	—	85
27	12	-15	Tim Bender	Reiser Enterprises	112	—	Running	—	82
28	23	-5	Doug Reid	Bart Walker (Owner)	109	—	Running	—	79
29	9	-20	Joe Bessey	Joe Bessey Racing	98	—	Running	—	76
30	45	+15	Dale Shaw	Porter Racing	94	—	Running	—	73
31	31	—	Glenn Allen Jr.	J&J Racing	93	—	Running	—	70
32	13	-19	Dale Fischlein	Mike Stegall Racing	88	—	Running	—	67
33	2	-31	Mike McLaughlin	Cicci-Welliver Racing	81	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	16	-18	Tim Fedewa	BACE Motorsports	64	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	25	-10	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	63	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	38	+2	Jim Bown	Bown Racing	58	—	DNF	—	55
37	36	-1	Jason Keller	KEL Racing	55	—	DNF	—	52
38	35	-3	Shane Hall	Stegall Motorsports	51	—	Running	—	49
39	15	-24	Jimmy Spencer	Crestinger Racing	45	—	DNF - Crash	6	46
40	22	-18	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	44	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	17	-24	Mike Wallace	Wellrich Motorsports	42	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	33	-9	David Hutto	Hutto Racing	28	—	DNF - Crash	—	37
43	39	-4	Stanton Barrett	Pro Tech Motorsports	28	—	DNF - Crash	—	34
44	37	-7	Lyndon Amick	Team Amick Motorsports	28	—	DNF - Crash	—	31
45	11	-34	Dale Jarrett	Isenhower Brothers Racing	11	—	DNF - Crash	—	28