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NASCAR Winston Cup Series Race 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Unofficial Race Results Pepsi 400 Daytona International Speedway Race 16 / July 5

Pos Car Name           Sponsor             Make Lps Pts Bns Money   Status
1  98 John Andretti    RCA                  Frd 160 185 10 $109,525 Running
2  5  Terry Labonte    Kellogg's            Chv 160 170      74,975 Running
3  4  Sterling Marlin  Kodak Film           Chv 160 165      53,775 Running
4  3  Dale Earnhardt   GM Goodwrench Svc Pl Chv 160 165  5   52,475 Running
5  88 Dale Jarrett     Quality Care/Ford Cd Frd 160 155      45,975 Running
6  2  Rusty Wallace    Miller Lite          Frd 160 150      40,850 Running 
7  44 Kyle Petty       Hot Wheels           Pon 160 151  5   30,550 Running
8  99 Jeff Burton      Exide Batteries      Frd 160 142      36,500 Running
9  28 Ernie Irvan      Texaco Havoline      Frd 160 138      35,500 Running
10 18 Bobby Labonte    Interstate Batteries Pon 160 134      40,000 Running
11 81 Kenny Wallace    Square D             Frd 160 130      30,565 Running
12 16 Ted Musgrave     Family Channel/PRIME Frd 160 127      29,975 Running
13 37 Jeremy Mayfield  Kmart/RC Cola        Frd 160 124      22,585 Running
14 17 Darrell Waltrip  Parts America        Chv 160 126  5   29,245 Running
15 33 Ken Schrader     Skoal Bandit         Chv 160 118      30,455 Running
16 30 Johnny Benson    Pennzoil             Pon 160 115      28,615 Running
17 71 Dave Marcis      Realtree             Chv 160 112      23,175 Running
18 75 Rick Mast        Remington Arms/Stren Frd 160 109      20,860 Running
19 96 David Green (R)  Caterpillar          Chv 160 106      17,920 Running 
20 43 Bobby Hamilton   STP                  Pon 160 103      32,655 Running
21 24 Jeff Gordon      Dupont Auto Refinish Chv 160 105  5   85,135 Running
22 40 Robby Gordon     Coors Light          Chv 160 97       26,915 Running
23 11 Brett Bodine     Close Call Phone Crd Frd 160 99   5   26,545 Running
24 42 Joe Nemechek     BellSouth            Chv 160 91       19,325 Running
25 90 Dick Trickle     Heilig-Meyers/Simmon Frd 159 88       19,080 Accident
26 22 Ward Burton      MBNA America         Pon 159 90   5   25,820 Accident
27 6  Mark Martin      Valvoline            Frd 159 87   5   30,465 Accident
28 36 Derrike Cope     Skittles             Pon 159 79       18,445 Accident
29 9  Lake Speed       Melling              Frd 159 76       18,225 Accident
30 1  Jerry Nadeau     R+L Carriers         Pon 159 73       25,130 Accident
31 23 Jimmy Spencer    Camel                Frd 159 70       24,575 Running
32 77 Morgan Shepherd  Jasper Eng/Fed Mogul Frd 159 67       15,045 Running
33 94 Bill Elliott     McDonalds            Frd 158 69   5   22,015 Running
34 10 Ricky Rudd       Tide                 Frd 155 61       29,985 Accident
35 21 Michael Waltrip  Citgo                Frd 155 63   5   21,955 Accident
36 8  Hut Stricklin    Circuit City         Frd 155 55       21,925 Accident
37 25 Ricky Craven     Budweiser            Chv 155 52       21,896 Running
38 41 Steve Grissom    Kodiak               Chv 153 49       21,850 Running
39 46 Wally Dallenbach First Union          Chv 149 46       14,850 Running
40 78 Billy Standridge Hanes Racing         Frd 39  43       14,850 Accident
41 31 Mike Skinner (R) Lowe's               Chv 37  45   5   21,850 Accident
42 97 Chad Little      John Deere           Pon 32  37       15,350 Accident

Margin of Victory: .029 second Time of Race: 2 hours, 32 minutes, 06 seconds Average Speed: 157.791 mph Lead Changes: 16 among 11 drivers Cautions: 4 for 16 laps Unocal 76 Challenge ($38,000): Unclaimed - $45,600 at New Hampshire - July 13 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Leader Bonus ($10,000): Unclaimed - $20,000 at New Hampshire Gatorade Front Runner Award ($10,000): John Andretti - RCA Ford MCI Fast Pace Award ($10,000): John Andretti - Lap 3 - 46.656 sec. 188.853 mph RCA Pit Strategy Award ($5,000): Gary DeHart, crew chief - Kellogg's Chevrolet Opryland Great Entertainment Award ($4,000): Dale Earnhardt and John Andretti Plasti-Kote Winning Finish Award ($3,000): Tony Furr, crew chief - RCA Ford True Value Man of the Race ($2,000): John Andretti Western Auto Mechanic of the Race ($2,000): Tony Furr Exide All Charged Up Award ($2,000): Dave Marcis - RealTree Chevrolet Raybestos Top-Stopper Award ($2,000): John Andretti Goody's Headache Award ($1,500): Jeff Gordon - DuPont Chevrolet NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Race ($1,000): David Green - Caterpillar Chevrolet Unofficial NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the year standings: Mike Skinner 168 David Green 128 Robby Gordon 117 Jeff Green 44