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1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Unofficial Results Pocono 500 Pocono Raceway Race 13 / June 8

Pos Car Name           Sponsor                 Make Pts Bn Money Status
1  24 Jeff Gordon      Dupont Auto Refinish     Chv 180 5 166,080 Running
2  99 Jeff Burton      Exide Batteries          Frd 170    52,550 Running
3  88 Dale Jarrett     Quality Care/Frd Cd      Frd 170 5  53,245 Running
4  6  Mark Martin      Valvoline                Frd 160    39,620 Running
5  37 Jeremy Mayfield  Kmart/RC Cola            Frd 160 5  33,070 Running
6  16 Ted Musgrave     Family Channel/PRIME     Frd 155 5  28,875 Running
7  17 Darrell Waltrip  Parts America            Chv 151 5  30,775 Running
8  7  Geoff Bodine     QVC                      Frd 147 5  25,975 Running
9  5  Terry Labonte    Kellogg's                Chv 143 5  35,675 Running
10 3  Dale Earnhardt   GM Goodwrench            Chv 134    34,025 Running
11 36 Derrike Cope     Skittles                 Pon 130    19,525 Running
12 1  Morgan Shepherd  Crusin America Phone     Pon 127    24,175 Running
13 21 Michael Waltrip  Citgo                    Frd 124    23,875 Running
14 44 Kyle Petty       Hot Wheels               Pon 121    16,575 Running
15 4  Sterling Marlin  Kodak Film               Chv 118    30,225 Running
16 25 Ricky Craven     Budweiser                Chv 120 5  23,075 Running
17 46 Wally Dallenbach First Union              Chv 112    12,175 Running
18 41 Steve Grissom    Kodiak                   Chv 109    22,775 Running
19 23 Jimmy Spencer    Camel                    Frd 106    22,525 Running
20 75 Rick Mast        Remington Arms/Stren     Frd 103    24,750 Running
21 10 Ricky Rudd       Tide                     Frd 100    26,505 Running
22 2  Rusty Wallace    Miller Lite              Frd 97     28,405 Running
23 33 Ken Schrader     Skoal Bandit             Chv 94     21,680 Running
24 8  Hut Stricklin    Circuit City             Frd 91     21,530 Running
25 11 Brett Bodine     Close Call Phone Crd     Frd 93 5   21,605 Running
26 90 Dick Trickle     Heilig-Meyers/Simmon     Frd 85     14,205 Running
27 30 Johnny Benson    Pennzoil                 Pon 82     21,055 Running
28 96 David Green (R)  Caterpillar              Chv 79     12,005 Running
29 28 Ernie Irvan      Texaco Havoline          Frd 76     25,930 Running
30 91 Mike Wallace     Spam                     Chv 73     10,880 Running
31 18 Bobby Labonte    Interstate Batteries     Pon 70     25,830 Running
32 94 Bill Elliott     McDonalds                Frd 72 5   20,780 Running
33 19 Gary Bradberry   Chld Support Recovry     Frd 64     10,730 Running
34 81 Kenny Wallace    Square D                 Frd 61     20,105 Running
35 29 Jeff Green       Cartoon Network          Chv 63 5   20,530 Engine
36 42 Joe Nemechek     BellSouth                Chv 55     10,955 Engine
37 77 Bobby Hillin Jr  Jasper Eng/Fed Mogul     Frd 52     10,390 Running
38 22 Ward Burton      MBNA America             Pon 59 10  18,765 Engine
39 43 Bobby Hamilton   STP                      Pon 51 5   27,790 Accident
40 98 John Andretti    RCA                      Frd 48 5   17,265 Engine
41 31 Mike Skinner(R)  Lowe's                   Chv 45 5   10,265 Engine
42 40 Greg Sacks       Coors Light              Chv 37     17,265 Accident 

Margin of Victory: 1.415 seconds Time of Race: 3 hours, 34 minutes, 33 seconds Average Speed: 139.828 mph Lead Changes: 25 among 15 drivers Cautions: 4 for 22 laps Unocal 76 Challenge ($15,200): Unclaimed - $22,800 at Michigan, June 15 NASCAR Winston Leader Bonus ($80,000): Jeff Gordon - DuPont Refinishes Chv Gatorade Front Runner Award ($10,000): Jeff Green - Cartoon Network Chv MCI Fast Pace Award ($5,000): Jeff Gordon - Lap 148 165.554 mph RCA Pit Strategy Award ($5,000): Paul Andrews, crew chief - Kmart/RC Cola Frd Opryland Great Entertainment Award ($4,000): Dale Jarrett and Darrell Waltrip Plasti-Kote Winning Finish Award ($3,000): Ray Evernham, crew chief -DuPont Chv True Value Man of the Race ($2,000): Jeff Gordon Western Auto Mechanic of the Race ($2,000): Jeff Hammond, crew chief - Parts America Chev. Exide All Charged Up Award ($2,000): Derrike Cope - Skittles Pon Raybestos Top-Stopper Award ($2,000): Jeff Gordon Goody's Headache Award ($1,500): Ward Burton - MBNA America Pon NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie-of-the-Race ($1,000): David Green - Caterpillar Chv Unofficial NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie-of-the-Year standings: Mike Skinner, 149; Robby Gordon, 107; David Green, 96; Jeff Green, 19

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