Pontiac Excitement 400

Richmond International Raceway — March 2, 1997

Rusty Wallace

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Rusty Wallace won the 1997 Pontiac Excitement 400 at Richmond International Raceway on March 2, 1997, leading 135 of 400 laps. Geoffrey Bodine finished second; Dale Jarrett rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, March 2, 1997

Track

Richmond International Raceway

Season

1997

Winner

Rusty Wallace

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	+6	Rusty Wallace		400	—	Running	135	180
2	18	+16	Geoffrey Bodine		400	—	Running	18	175
3	3	—	Dale Jarrett		400	—	Running	172	175
4	2	-2	Jeff Gordon		399	—	Running	65	165
5	9	+4	Bobby Hamilton		399	—	Running	1	160
6	6	—	Ricky Rudd		399	—	Running	—	150
7	1	-6	Terry Labonte		399	—	Running	—	146
8	11	+3	Bobby Labonte		399	—	Running	1	147
9	23	+14	Johnny Benson		399	—	Running	—	138
10	37	+27	Kyle Petty		398	—	Running	—	134
11	21	+10	Steve Grissom		398	—	Running	—	130
12	26	+14	Lake Speed		398	—	Running	—	127
13	5	-8	Mark Martin		398	—	Running	—	124
14	12	-2	Ricky Craven		398	—	Running	—	121
15	17	+2	Bill Elliott		398	—	Running	8	123
16	30	+14	Darrell Waltrip		398	—	Running	—	115
17	33	+16	Jeremy Mayfield		398	—	Running	—	112
18	20	+2	Rick Mast		398	—	Running	—	109
19	8	-11	Sterling Marlin		397	—	Running	—	106
20	16	-4	Ted Musgrave		397	—	Running	—	103
21	39	+18	Robert Pressley		397	—	Running	—	100
22	15	-7	Jimmy Spencer		397	—	Running	—	97
23	27	+4	Brett Bodine		397	—	Running	—	94
24	31	+7	Ward Burton		397	—	Running	—	91
25	4	-21	Dale Earnhardt		397	—	Running	—	88
26	36	+10	Mike Skinner		397	—	Running	—	85
27	14	-13	Michael Waltrip		396	—	Running	—	82
28	24	-4	Robby Gordon		396	—	Running	—	79
29	40	+11	Dick Trickle		395	—	Running	—	76
30	38	+8	Derrike Cope		395	—	Running	—	73
31	22	-9	John Andretti		395	—	Running	—	70
32	25	-7	Hut Stricklin		395	—	Running	—	67
33	41	+8	David Green		395	—	Running	—	64
34	42	+8	Chad Little		395	—	Running	—	61
35	28	-7	Ken Schrader	Dodge	393	—	Running	—	58
36	10	-26	Ernie Irvan		393	—	Running	—	55
37	34	-3	Dave Marcis		391	—	Running	—	52
38	43	+5	Gary Bradberry		389	—	Running	—	49
39	32	-7	Joe Nemechek		380	—	Running	—	46
40	29	-11	Kenny Wallace		376	—	Running	—	43
41	35	-6	Bobby Hillin Jr.		336	—	DNF	—	40
42	13	-29	Jeff Burton		248	—	DNF	—	37
43	19	-24	Morgan Shepherd		131	—	DNF	—	34