Standings after Texas

Report from Motorsport News International

NASCAR Public Relations

1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

Official Standings After Interstate Batteries 500 Texas Motor Speedway Race No. 6 / April 6, 1997

Ps Driver Sponsor Make Pts St Ws Tp Tp Winnings 5 10 1 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/ Frd Credit Frd 994 6 2 5 5 769,419 2 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chv 899 6 0 2 5 564,394 3 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pon 858 6 0 3 4 406,304 4 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Frd 837 6 1 4 4 594,724 5 Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes Chv 810 6 2 4 4 747,524 6 Ricky Rudd Tide Frd 775 6 0 2 4 345,464 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Frd 740 6 0 1 3 289,389 8 Mark Martin Valvoline Frd 709 6 0 0 2 315,809 9 Ward Burton MBNA America Pon 709 6 0 0 2 276,959 10 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Chv 703 6 0 0 2 383,374 11 Bill Elliott McDonald's Frd 679 6 0 1 1 334,544 12 Sterling Marlin Kodak Film Chv 677 6 0 1 2 347,924 13 Michael Waltrip Citgo Frd 669 6 0 0 3 263,729 14 Bobby Hamilton STP Pon 646 6 0 1 2 290,565 15 Ted Musgrave The Family Channel/ PRIMESTAR Frd 643 6 0 1 1 280,129 16 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Frd 642 6 1 1 3 368,034 17 Johnny Benson Jr Pennzoil Pon 642 6 0 0 2 257,439 18 Ernie Irvan Texaco/Havoline Frd 641 6 0 1 2 333,374 19 Morgan Shepherd Delco Remy America Pon 632 6 0 1 2 256,104 20 Jeremy Mayfield Kmart/RC Cola Frd 608 6 0 0 1 230,109 21 Lake Speed Melling Auto Parts Frd 603 6 0 0 0 244,269 22 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pon 601 6 0 0 1 177,754 23 Darrell Waltrip Parts America Chv 595 6 0 0 1 209,104 24 Brett Bodine Close Call Phone Card Frd 588 6 0 0 0 239,024 25 Mike Skinner Lowe's Chv 585 6 0 0 0 210,999 26 Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit Chv 570 6 0 0 1 242,924 27 John Andretti RCA Frd 552 6 0 0 0 244,364 28 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chv 542 5 0 2 2 286,024 29 Robby Gordon Coors Light Chv 506 6 0 0 0 227,909 30 Kenny Wallace Square D Frd 501 6 0 0 0 240,364 31 Rick Mast Remington Arms Frd 497 5 0 0 0 158,409 32 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chv 462 5 0 0 1 231,759 33 Dave Marcis Real Tree Camouflage Chv 434 5 0 0 0 176,994 34 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Frd 428 5 0 0 0 169,104 35 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Frd 422 6 0 0 0 203,674 36 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Frd 408 6 0 0 0 205,914 37 Derrike Cope Skittles Pon 341 5 0 0 0 130,899 38 Chad Little John Deere Pon 334 4 0 0 0 95,349 39 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chv 308 5 0 0 0 147,979 40 Greg Sacks Hardees Frd 304 5 0 0 0 133,849 41 Robert Pressley Cartoon Network Chv 249 4 0 0 0 97,113 42 David Green Caterpillar Chv 249 4 0 0 0 59,568 43 Mike Wallace Spam Chv 231 3 0 0 0 99,603 44 Bobby Hillin Jr Jasper Engines/Mogul Frd 200 5 0 0 0 125,593 45 Billy Standridge NC Diamond Rio/Hanes Frd 155 2 0 0 0 77,804 46 Gary Bradberry Child Support Recovery International Frd 141 3 0 0 0 47,028 47 Loy Allen 119 2 0 0 0 75,239 48 Todd Bodine 93 1 0 0 0 58,550 49 Phil Parsons 70 1 0 0 0 12,845 50 Wally Dallenbach Jr First Union Chv 37 1 0 0 0 57,654

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