NASCAR Winston Cup 1997 standings

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NASCAR Winston Cup 1997 standings

Championship points standings for the NASCAR Winston Cup 1997

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Points
1.	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	4710
2.	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	4696
3.	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	4681
4.	Jeff Burton	Richard Childress Racing	Ford	4285
5.	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	4216
6.	Terry Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	4177
7.	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	4101
8.	Bill Elliott	Evernham Motorsports	Ford	3886
9.	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Ford	3598
10.	Ken Schrader	BAM Racing	Chevrolet	3576
11.	Johnny Benson, Jr	Michael Waltrip Racing	Pontiac	3575
12.	Ted Musgrave	Ultra Motorsports	Ford	3556
13.	Jeremy Mayfield	Evernham Motorsports	Ford	3547
14.	Ernie Irvan	MB2 Motorsports	Ford	3534
15.	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	3455
16.	Bobby Hamilton	Bobby Hamilton Racing	Pontiac	3450
17.	Ricky Rudd	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	3330
18.	Michael Waltrip	Dale Earnhardt Incorporated	Ford	3173
19.	Ricky Craven	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	3108
20.	Jimmy Spencer	Arnold Motorsports	Ford	3079
21.	Steve Grissom	GIC-Mixon Motorsports	Chevrolet	3061
22.	Geoff Bodine	GIC-Mixon Motorsports	Ford	3046
23.	John Andretti	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Pontiac	3019
24.	Ward Burton	Haas CNC Racing	Pontiac	2987
25.	Sterling Marlin	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	2954
26.	Darrell Waltrip	Haas Carter Motorsports	Chevrolet	2942
27.	Derrike Cope	Ware Racing Enterprises	Pontiac	2901
28.	Joe Nemechek	MB2 Motorsports	Chevrolet	2754
29.	Brett Bodine	Brett Bodine Racing	Ford	2716
30.	Mike Skinner	Mach One Inc.	Chevrolet	2669
31.	Dick Trickle	Marcis Auto Racing	Ford	2629
32.	Rick Mast	Junie Donlavey Racing	Ford	2569
33.	Kenny Wallace	Furniture Row Racing	Ford	2462
34.	Hut Stricklin	Bill Davis Racing	Ford	2423
35.	Lake Speed		Ford	2301
36.	Chad Little	BACE Motorsports	Pontiac	2081
37.	David Green	Brewco Motorsports	Chevrolet	2038
38.	Morgan Shepherd	Victory in Jesus Racing	Pontiac Ford	2033
39.	Jeff Green	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	1624
40.	Robby Gordon	Robby Gordon Motorsports	Chevrolet	1495
41.	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	Andy Petree Racing	Chevrolet	1475
42.	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	1405
43.	Robert Pressley	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet Ford	984
44.	Gary Bradberry	Junie Donlavey Racing	Ford	868
45.	Greg Sacks	Front Row Motorsports	Ford Chevrolet	778
46.	Mike Wallace	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	541
47.	Bobby Hillin, Jr.		Ford	511
48.	Lance Hooper		Pontiac Ford	402
49.	Kenny Irwin, Jr	Team SABCO	Ford	390
50.	Billy Standridge	Midwest Transit Racing	Ford	366
51.	Steve Park	Ultra Motorsports	Chevrolet	326
52.	Todd Bodine	Arnold Motorsports	Ford	310
53.	Rick Wilson		Ford	306
54.	Jerry Nadeau	MB2 Motorsports	Pontiac	287
55.	Ed Berrier	Junie Donlavey Racing	Chevrolet	255
56.	Kevin Lepage	Peak Performance Motorsports	Chevrolet	231
57.	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	152
58.	Loy Allen Jr.	Mark Smith	Ford	119
59.	Ron Barfield, Jr.	Bill Elliott Racing	Ford	97
60.	Butch Gilliland			91
61.	Tom Hubert	Kirk Shelmerdine Racing	Ford	79
62.	Phil Parsons	Team SABCO	Chevrolet	70
63.	Dorsey Schroeder	Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford	70
64.	Sean Woodside		Pontiac	64
65.	Rich Bickle Jr	Conely Racing	Chevrolet	61
66.	Jeff Davis	Melling Racing	Ford	52
67.	Larry Gunselman	Ware Racing Enterprises	Ford	49
68.	Jack Sprague	Haas CNC Racing	Chevrolet	43
69.	Randy MacDonald		Chevrolet	40
70.	Buckshot Jones	Michael Waltrip Racing	Pontiac	34

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Jeff Gordon	10
Most pole positions	Bobby Labonte	3
	Mark Martin	3
	Dale Jarrett	3
Most podium positions	Jeff Gordon	15
	Dale Jarrett	15
Most podium positions without a win	Dale Earnhardt	5
Youngest driver	Jeff Gordon	25 y/o
Oldest driver	Dave Marcis	56 y/o

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country		Drivers	Number
98.6%	U.S.A.		Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Loy Allen Jr., John Andretti, Ted Musgrave, Todd Bodine, Mike Skinner, Bobby Hamilton, Jack Sprague, Johnny Benson, Jr, David Green, Jeff Burton, Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte, Jeremy Mayfield, Jeff Green, Kevin Lepage, Robert Pressley, Robby Gordon, Wally Dallenbach, Jr., Jimmy Spencer, Terry Labonte, Dale Earnhardt, Joe Nemechek, Mike Wallace, Rusty Wallace, Michael Waltrip, Larry Gunselman, Chad Little, Ricky Craven, Steve Park, Ken Schrader, Sterling Marlin, Ward Burton, Bill Elliott, Kenny Wallace, Kyle Petty, Jerry Nadeau, Brett Bodine, Kenny Irwin, Jr, Geoff Bodine, Ernie Irvan, Darrell Waltrip, Derrike Cope, Morgan Shepherd, Steve Grissom, Dave Marcis, Ricky Rudd, Dorsey Schroeder, Ron Barfield, Jr., Buckshot Jones, Jeff Purvis, Lance Hooper, Ed Berrier, Rich Bickle Jr, Phil Parsons, Bobby Hillin, Jr., Lake Speed, Dick Trickle, Rick Mast, Gary Bradberry, Hut Stricklin, Greg Sacks, Butch Gilliland, Billy Standridge, Tom Hubert, Rick Wilson, Sean Woodside, Jeff Davis	69
1.4%	Canada		Randy MacDonald	1

Individual driver statistics for the 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles
Allen Jr., Loy	31 y/o	2	0	0	0
Andretti, John	34 y/o	32	1	2	1
Barfield, Jr., Ron	26 y/o	1	0	0	0
Benson, Jr, Johnny	34 y/o	32	0	0	1
Berrier, Ed	35 y/o	3	0	0	0
Bickle Jr, Rich	36 y/o	1	0	0	0
Bodine, Brett	38 y/o	31	0	0	0
Bodine, Geoff	48 y/o	29	0	2	2
Bodine, Todd	33 y/o	5	0	0	1
Bradberry, Gary	36 y/o	16	0	0	0
Burton, Jeff	30 y/o	32	3	9	0
Burton, Ward	35 y/o	31	0	0	1
Cope, Derrike	38 y/o	31	0	0	0
Craven, Ricky	31 y/o	30	0	2	0
Dallenbach, Jr., Wally	34 y/o	22	0	0	0
Davis, Jeff	38 y/o	1	0	0	0
Earnhardt, Dale	46 y/o	32	0	5	0
Elliott, Bill	41 y/o	32	0	1	1
Gilliland, Butch	39 y/o	1	0	0	0
Gordon, Jeff	25 y/o	32	10	15	1
Gordon, Robby	28 y/o	20	0	0	1
Green, David	39 y/o	26	0	0	0
Green, Jeff	34 y/o	20	0	0	0
Grissom, Steve	34 y/o	31	0	0	0
Gunselman, Larry	36 y/o	1	0	0	0
Hamilton, Bobby	40 y/o	32	1	5	2
Hillin, Jr., Bobby	33 y/o	10	0	0	0
Hooper, Lance	30 y/o	6	0	0	0
Hubert, Tom	32 y/o	1	0	0	0
Irvan, Ernie	38 y/o	32	1	3	2
Irwin, Jr, Kenny	27 y/o	4	0	0	0
Jarrett, Dale	40 y/o	32	7	15	3
Jones, Buckshot	26 y/o	1	0	0	0
Labonte, Bobby	33 y/o	32	1	6	3
Labonte, Terry	40 y/o	32	1	6	1
Lepage, Kevin	35 y/o	3	0	0	0
Little, Chad	34 y/o	27	0	0	0
MacDonald, Randy	32 y/o	1	0	0	0
Marcis, Dave	56 y/o	19	0	0	0
Marlin, Sterling	40 y/o	32	0	1	0
Martin, Mark	38 y/o	32	4	10	3
Mast, Rick	40 y/o	29	0	0	0
Mayfield, Jeremy	28 y/o	32	0	0	0
Musgrave, Ted	41 y/o	33	0	2	0
Nadeau, Jerry	27 y/o	5	0	0	0
Nemechek, Joe	33 y/o	30	0	0	2
Park, Steve	29 y/o	5	0	0	0
Parsons, Phil	40 y/o	1	0	0	0
Petty, Kyle	37 y/o	32	0	1	0
Pressley, Robert	38 y/o	14	0	0	0
Purvis, Jeff	38 y/o	3	0	0	0
Rudd, Ricky	40 y/o	32	2	3	0
Sacks, Greg	44 y/o	12	0	0	0
Schrader, Ken	42 y/o	32	0	0	2
Schroeder, Dorsey	44 y/o	1	0	0	0
Shepherd, Morgan	55 y/o	23	0	1	0
Skinner, Mike	40 y/o	31	0	0	2
Speed, Lake	49 y/o	25	0	0	0
Spencer, Jimmy	40 y/o	32	0	0	0
Sprague, Jack	32 y/o	1	0	0	0
Standridge, Billy	43 y/o	6	0	0	0
Stricklin, Hut	36 y/o	29	0	0	0
Trickle, Dick	55 y/o	28	0	1	0
Wallace, Kenny	33 y/o	31	0	0	2
Wallace, Mike	38 y/o	7	0	0	0
Wallace, Rusty	40 y/o	32	1	6	1
Waltrip, Darrell	50 y/o	31	0	0	0
Waltrip, Michael	34 y/o	32	0	0	0
Wilson, Rick	44 y/o	3	0	0	0
Woodside, Sean	26 y/o	1	0	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL