Standings after Charlotte

NASCAR Winston Cup Series Standings Report from Motorsport News International

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1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Official Standings After Coca-Cola 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway Race No. 11/May 25, 1997 Official standings are announced by NASCAR on Mondays after all decisions regarding the last race have been finalized.

Pos Driver Sponsor Make Pts S W Tp Tp Winnings 5 10 1 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chv 1691 11 0 5 10 911,764 2 Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes Chv 1685 11 5 9 9 1,483,294 3 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Frd Cre Frd 1579 11 2 7 7 1,032,324 4 Mark Martin Valvoline Frd 1559 11 2 5 7 704,419 5 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pon 1484 11 0 4 7 754,239 6 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Chv 1438 11 0 1 5 679,169 7 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Frd 1432 11 1 5 7 807,534 8 Ricky Rudd Tide Frd 1306 11 0 2 5 551,255 9 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Frd 1257 11 1 4 6 662,315 10 Michael Waltrip Citgo Frd 1238 11 0 0 4 425,559 11 Bill Elliott McDonald's Frd 1223 11 0 2 3 577,809 12 Bobby Hamilton STP Pon 1197 11 0 2 3 488,620 13 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pon 1180 11 0 0 3 415,674 14 Ernie Irvan Texaco/Havoline Frd 1172 11 0 1 4 538,634 15 Ward Burton MBNA America Pon 1153 11 0 0 3 392,159 16 Darrell Waltrip Parts America Chv 1148 11 0 1 3 366,744 17 Jeremy Mayfield Kmart/RC Cola Frd 1147 11 0 0 3 347,469 18 Ted Musgrave The Family Channel/ PRIMESTAR Frd 1103 11 0 1 1 415,449 19 Brett Bodine Close Call Phone Card Frd 1103 11 0 0 2 379,649 20 Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit Chv 1087 11 0 0 2 398,064 21 Morgan Shepherd Cruisin' America Phone Card Pon 1080 11 0 1 3 400,869 22 Sterling Marlin Kodak Film Chv 1064 11 0 1 2 532,925 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Frd 1037 11 0 0 1 385,994 24 John Andretti RCA Frd 1033 11 0 1 1 413,049 25 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pon 1008 11 0 0 1 284,354 26 Mike Skinner Lowe's Chv 1006 11 0 0 0 299,544 27 Geoff Bodine QVC Frd 950 10 0 1 3 378,784 28 Lake Speed Melling Auto Parts Frd 937 10 0 0 0 353,814 29 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chv 914 10 0 0 1 392,359 30 Kenny Wallace Square D Frd 877 11 0 0 1 378,329 31 Derrike Cope Skittles Pon 877 10 0 0 0 232,119 32 Rick Mast Remington Arms Frd 864 9 0 0 0 262,179 33 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Frd 847 11 0 0 0 343,404 34 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chv 824 9 0 2 2 455,604 35 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Frd 813 9 0 0 0 247,319 36 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chv 737 9 0 0 0 230,139 37 Dave Marcis Real Tree Camouflage Chv 717 9 0 0 0 242,874 38 Robby Gordon Coors Light Chv 660 10 0 0 0 308,454 39 Chad Little John Deere Pon 574 7 0 0 1 135,389 40 Robert Pressley 545 7 0 0 0 146,268 41 David Green Caterpillar Chv 510 7 0 0 0 115,118 42 Bobby Hillin Jr Jasper Engines/ Federal Mogul Frd 425 8 0 0 0 181,703 43 Greg Sacks Hardees Frd 392 6 0 0 0 149,269 44 Mike Wallace Spam Chv 374 5 0 0 0 130,183 45 Wally Dallenbach Jr First Union Chv 325 4 0 0 0 126,624 46 Gary Bradberry Child Support Recovery International Frd 297 6 0 0 0 99,363 47 Billy Standridge NC Diamond Rio/Hanes Frd 222 3 0 0 0 98,339 48 Todd Bodine 130 2 0 0 0 83,950 49 Loy Allen 119 2 0 0 0 75,239 50 Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chv 102 1 0 0 0 26,175 51 Ed Berrier Shoney's Inn/ Feed the Children Chv 94 1 0 0 0 13,165 52 Butch Gilliland 91 1 0 0 0 21,410 53 Tommy Hubert 79 1 0 0 0 21,350 54 Phil Parsons 70 1 0 0 0 12,845 55 Sea Woodside 64 1 0 0 0 20,905 56 Jeff Davis 52 1 0 0 0 30,745 57 Larry Gunselman Frd 49 1 0 0 0 20,720 58 Jack Sprague Budwieser Chv 43 1 0 0 0 18,650 59 Lance Hooper Hardee's Frd 37 1 0 0 0 21,820

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