Pocono 500

Pocono Raceway — June 8, 1997

Jeff Gordon

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jeff Gordon won the 1997 Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway on June 8, 1997, leading 59 of 200 laps. Jeff Burton finished second; Dale Jarrett rounded out the podium. The race featured 15 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, June 8, 1997

Track

Pocono Raceway

Season

1997

Winner

Jeff Gordon

Leaders

15 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	11	+10	Jeff Gordon		200	—	Running	59	180
2	18	+16	Jeff Burton		200	—	Running	—	170
3	2	-1	Dale Jarrett		200	—	Running	5	170
4	14	+10	Mark Martin		200	—	Running	—	160
5	27	+22	Jeremy Mayfield		200	—	Running	2	160
6	31	+25	Ted Musgrave		200	—	Running	11	155
7	8	+1	Darrell Waltrip		200	—	Running	9	151
8	24	+16	Geoffrey Bodine		200	—	Running	2	147
9	7	-2	Terry Labonte		200	—	Running	3	143
10	12	+2	Dale Earnhardt		200	—	Running	—	134
11	38	+27	Derrike Cope		200	—	Running	—	130
12	20	+8	Morgan Shepherd		200	—	Running	—	127
13	32	+19	Michael Waltrip		200	—	Running	—	124
14	40	+26	Kyle Petty		200	—	Running	—	121
15	28	+13	Sterling Marlin		200	—	Running	—	118
16	22	+6	Ricky Craven		200	—	Running	1	120
17	13	-4	Wally Dallenbach Jr.		200	—	Running	—	112
18	35	+17	Steve Grissom		200	—	Running	—	109
19	34	+15	Jimmy Spencer		200	—	Running	—	106
20	10	-10	Rick Mast		200	—	Running	—	103
21	6	-15	Ricky Rudd		199	—	Running	—	100
22	16	-6	Rusty Wallace		199	—	Running	—	97
23	39	+16	Ken Schrader	Dodge	199	—	Running	—	94
24	15	-9	Hut Stricklin		199	—	Running	—	91
25	37	+12	Brett Bodine		199	—	Running	2	93
26	42	+16	Dick Trickle		199	—	Running	—	85
27	21	-6	Johnny Benson		198	—	Running	—	82
28	25	-3	David Green		198	—	Running	—	79
29	19	-10	Ernie Irvan		197	—	Running	—	76
30	17	-13	Mike Wallace		197	—	Running	—	73
31	23	-8	Bobby Labonte		197	—	Running	—	70
32	5	-27	Bill Elliott		196	—	Running	6	72
33	36	+3	Gary Bradberry		196	—	Running	—	64
34	30	-4	Kenny Wallace		196	—	Running	—	61
35	29	-6	Jeff Green		189	—	Running	15	63
36	26	-10	Joe Nemechek		166	—	DNF	—	55
37	33	-4	Bobby Hillin Jr.		146	—	DNF	—	52
38	3	-35	Ward Burton		141	—	DNF	60	59
39	1	-38	Bobby Hamilton		129	—	DNF	22	51
40	9	-31	John Andretti		121	—	DNF	1	48
41	41	—	Mike Skinner		79	—	DNF	2	45
42	4	-38	Greg Sacks		8	—	DNF	—	37