1997 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Races and Standings| Racing Years

Races

Date	Circuit	Race
February 16	Daytona International Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500
February 23	North Carolina Motor Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Goodwrench Service 400
March 2	Richmond Raceway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Pontiac Excitement 400
March 9	Atlanta Motor Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Primestar 500
March 23	Darlington Raceway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series TranSouth Financial 400
April 6	Texas Motor Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Interstate Batteries 500
April 13	Bristol Motor Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500
April 20	Martinsville Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Goody´s Headache Powder 500
May 4	Sears Point Raceway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Save Mart Supermarkets 300
May 10	Talladega Superspeedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Winston 500
May 25	Charlotte Motor Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600
June 1	Dover Downs International Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Miller 500
June 8	Pocono Raceway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Pocono 500
June 15	Michigan International Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Miller 400
June 22	California Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series California 500 presented by NAPA
July 5	Daytona International Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Pepsi 400
July 13	New Hampshire Motor Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Jiffy Lube 300
July 20	Pocono Raceway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Pennsylvania 500
August 3	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Brickyard 400
August 10	Watkins Glen International	1997 NASCAR Cup Series The Bud at The Glen
August 17	Michigan International Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series DeVilbiss 400
August 23	Bristol Motor Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Goody´s Headache Powder 500 Race 2
August 31	Darlington Raceway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Mountain Dew Southern 500
September 6	Richmond Raceway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400
September 14	New Hampshire Motor Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series CMT 300
September 21	Dover Downs International Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series MBNA 400
September 29	Martinsville Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Hanes 500
October 5	Charlotte Motor Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series UAW-GM Quality 500
October 12	Talladega Superspeedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series DieHard 500
October 27	North Carolina Motor Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series AC Delco 400
November 2	Phoenix International Raceway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series Dura Lube 500 presented by Kmart
November 16	Atlanta Motor Speedway	1997 NASCAR Cup Series NAPA 500

Standings

1	Jeff Gordon	4710
2	Dale Jarrett	4696
3	Mark Martin	4681
4	Jeff Burton	4285
5	Dale Earnhardt	4216
6	Terry Labonte	4177
7	Bobby Labonte	4101
8	Bill Elliott	3836
9	Rusty Wallace	3598
10	Ken Schrader	3576
11	Johnny Benson Jr.	3575
12	Ted Musgrave	3556
13	Jeremy Mayfield	3547
14	Ernie Irvan	3534
15	Kyle Petty	3455
16	Bobby Hamilton	3450
17	Ricky Rudd	3330
18	Michael Waltrip	3173
19	Ricky Craven	3108
20	Jimmy Spencer	3079
21	Steve Grissom	3061
22	Geoffrey Bodine	3046
23	John Andretti	3019
24	Ward Burton	2987
25	Sterling Marlin	2954
26	Darrell Waltrip	2942
27	Derrike Cope	2901
28	Joe Nemechek	2754
29	Brett Bodine	2716
30	Mike Skinner	2669
31	Dick Trickle	2629
32	Rick Mast	2569
33	Kenny Wallace	2462
34	Hut Stricklin	2423
35	Lake Speed	2301
36	Chad Little	2081
37	David Green	2038
38	Morgan Shepherd	2033
39	Jeff Green	1624
40	Robby Gordon	1495
41	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	1475
42	Dave Marcis	1405
43	Robert Pressley	984
44	Gary Bradberry	868
45	Greg Sacks	778
46	Mike Wallace	541
47	Bobby Hillin Jr.	511
48	Lance Hooper	402
49	Kenny Irwin Jr.	390
50	Billy Standridge	366
51	Steve Park	326
52	Todd Bodine	310
53	Rick Wilson	306
54	Jerry Nadeau	287
55	Ed Berrier	255
56	Kevin Lepage	231
57	Jeff Purvis	152
58	Loy Allen Jr.	119
59	Ron Barfield Jr.	97
60	Butch Gilliland	91
61	Tom Hubert	79
62	Phil Parsons	70
63	Dorsey Schroeder	70
64	Sean Woodside	64
65	Rich Bickle	61
66	Jeff Davis	52
67	Larry Gunselman	49
68	Jack Sprague	43
69	Randy MacDonald	40
70	Buckshot Jones	34

1997 / NASCAR Winston Cup Series

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