| 1997 Pennsylvania 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 18 of 32 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $1,050,535 | Race Date: | Jul 20, 1997 | Pocono Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 2.948 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3Hr 31Min 10Sec. | Long Pond, Pennsylvania | |
| Lead Changes: | 23 Among / 14 Drivers | Average Speed: | 142.068 MPH | 2.5 Mile Paved Tri-Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 42 | No. of Cautions: | 4 For 18 Laps | poconoraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Dale Jarrett D. Jarrett | Driver: | Joe Nemechek J. Nemechek | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #88 Ford | Car No.: | #73 Chevrolet | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Yates Racing | Team: | Team Sabco | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Todd Parrott | Crew Chief: | ||||||
| Laps Led: | 108 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 168.881 MPH | |||||
| Official 1997 Pennsylvania 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 4 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit | Running |  | 185 | 200 | 108 |
| 2 | 6 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont | Running |  | 175 | 200 | 53 |
| 3 | 20 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries | Running | | 170 | 200 | 2 |
| 4 | 22 | 16 | Ted Musgrave | The Family Channel / PRIMESTAR | Running | | 165 | 200 | 8 |
| 5 | 9 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline | Running | | 160 | 200 | 1 |
| 6 | 11 | 31 | Mike Skinner (R) | Lowe's | Running | | 150 | 200 | 0 |
| 7 | 14 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Camel Cigarettes | Running | | 151 | 200 | 1 |
| 8 | 34 | 44 | Kyle Petty | Hot Wheels | Running |  | 147 | 200 | 4 |
| 9 | 17 | 37 | Jeremy Mayfield | Kmart / RC Cola | Running | | 138 | 200 | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's | Running | | 139 | 200 | 2 |
| 11 | 10 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries | Running | | 130 | 200 | 0 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service | Running | | 132 | 200 | 2 |
| 13 | 40 | 30 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | Pennzoil | Running | | 129 | 200 | 1 |
| 14 | 7 | 33 | Ken Schrader | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 121 | 200 | 0 |
| 15 | 32 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA America | Running | | 118 | 200 | 0 |
| 16 | 29 | 36 | Derrike Cope | Skittles | Running | | 120 | 200 | 2 |
| 17 | 38 | 7 | Geoffrey Bodine | QVC | Running | | 117 | 200 | 2 |
| 18 | 37 | 25 | Ricky Craven | Budweiser | Running | | 109 | 200 | 0 |
| 19 | 27 | 90 | Dick Trickle | Heilig-Meyers / Simmons | Running | | 106 | 199 | 0 |
| 20 | 23 | 4 | Sterling Marlin | Kodak Films | Running | | 103 | 199 | 0 |
| 21 | 1 | 73 | Joe Nemechek | BellSouth | Running | | 105 | 199 | 11 |
| 22 | 25 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | CITGO | Running | | 97 | 199 | 0 |
| 23 | 24 | 8 | Hut Stricklin | Circuit City | Running | | 94 | 199 | 0 |
| 24 | 13 | 98 | John Andretti | RCA | Running | | 91 | 199 | 0 |
| 25 | 26 | 75 | Rick Mast | Remington Arms | Running | | 88 | 199 | 0 |
| 26 | 16 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Parts America | Running | | 85 | 199 | 0 |
| 27 | 33 | 1 | Morgan Shepherd | Jasper Engines / Federal-Mogul | Running | | 82 | 199 | 0 |
| 28 | 36 | 97 | Chad Little | John Deere | Running | | 79 | 199 | 0 |
| 29 | 31 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Close Call Phone Card | Running | | 76 | 198 | 0 |
| 30 | 12 | 41 | Steve Grissom | Kodiak | Running | | 73 | 198 | 0 |
| 31 | 8 | 29 | Jeff Green (R) | Cartoon Network | Running | | 70 | 197 | 0 |
| 32 | 28 | 43 | Bobby Hamilton | STP | Running | | 67 | 197 | 0 |
| 33 | 35 | 1 | Jerry Nadeau | R+L Carriers | Running | | 64 | 197 | 0 |
| 34 | 18 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D | Running | | 61 | 195 | 0 |
| 35 | 21 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes | Running | | 58 | 193 | 0 |
| 36 | 19 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide | Running | | 55 | 192 | 0 |
| 37 | 39 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite | Engine | | 52 | 174 | 0 |
| 38 | 3 | 46 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | First Union | Engine | | 49 | 158 | 0 |
| 39 | 42 | 96 | David Green (R) | Caterpillar | Engine | | 46 | 157 | 0 |
| 40 | 2 | 28 | Ernie Irvan | Texaco / Havoline | Accident | | 48 | 136 | 3 |
| 41 | 41 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Realtree Camouflage | Engine | | 40 | 35 | 0 |
| 42 | 30 | 40 | Robby Gordon (R) | Coors Light | Engine | | 37 | 0 | 0 |
