1997 NASCAR Winston Cup stock car racing schedule and winners

Thursday, Oct. 16, 1997 | 9:58 a.m.

The 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup stock car racing schedule, with winners in parentheses and driver point standings:

Feb. 16 - Daytona 500, Daytona, Fla. (Jeff Gordon).

Feb. 23 - Goodwrench Service 400, Rockingham, N.C. (Jeff Gordon).

March 2 - Pontiac Excitement 400, Richmond, Va. (Rusty Wallace).

March 9 - Primestar 500, Hampton, Ga. (Dale Jarrett).

March 23 - TranSouth Financial 400, Darlington, S.C. (Dale Jarrett).

April 6 - Interstate Batteries 500, Fort Worth, Texas. (Jeff Burton).

April 13 - Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Jeff Gordon).

April 20 - Goody's Headache Powders 500, Martinsville, Va. (Jeff Gordon).

May 4 - Save Mart Supermarkets 300, Sonoma, Calif. (Mark Martin).

May 10 - Winston 500, Talladega, Ala. (Mark Martin).

May 17 - x-The Winston, Concord, N.C. (Jeff Gordon).

May 25 - Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. (Jeff Gordon).

June 1 - Miller 500, Dover, Del. (Ricky Rudd).

June 8 - Pocono 500, Long Pond, Pa. (Jeff Gordon).

June 15 - Miller 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Ernie Irvan).

June 22 - California 500, Fontana, Calif. (Jeff Gordon).

July 5 - Pepsi 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. (John Andretti).

July 13 - Jiffy Lube 300, Loudon, N.H. (Jeff Burton).

July 20 - Pennsylvania 500, Long Pond, Pa. (Dale Jarrett).

Aug. 2 - Brickyard 400, Indianapolis. (Ricky Rudd).

Aug. 10 - Bud at the Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. (Jeff Gordon).

Aug. 17 - ITW DeVilbiss 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Mark Martin).

Aug. 23 - Goody's Headache Powders 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Dale Jarrett).

Aug. 31 - Mountain Dew Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. (Jeff Gordon).

Sept. 6 - Winston Cup 400, Richmond, Va. (Dale Jarrett).

Sept. 14 - New Hampshire 300, Loudon, N.H. (Jeff Gordon).

Sept. 21 - MBNA 500, Dover, Del. (Mark Martin).

Sept. 28 - Hanes 500, Martinsville, Va. (Jeff Burton).

Oct. 5 - UAW-GM Quality 500, Concord, N.C. (Dale Jarrett).

Oct. 12 - Sears Diehard 500, Talladega, Ala. (Terry Labonte).

Oct. 26 - AC Delco 400, Rockingham, N.C.

Nov. 2 - Dura Lube 500, Phoenix.

Nov. 16 - NAPA 500, Hampton, Ga.

x-non-points race.

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Driver Standings

1. Jeff Gordon, 4,321.

2. Mark Martin, 4,211.

3. Dale Jarrett, 4,166.

4. Jeff Burton, 4,041.

5. Terry Labonte, 3,796.

6. Dale Earnhardt, 3,794.

7. Bobby Labonte, 3,687.

8. Bill Elliott, 3,536.

9. Ted Musgrave, 3,322.

10. Rusty Wallace, 3,242.

11. Ken Schrader, 3,240.

12. Johnny Benson, 3,235.

13. Jeremy Mayfield, 3,217.

14. Ernie Irvan, 3,214.

15. Ricky Rudd, 3,180.

16. Kyle Petty, 3,060.

17. Bobby Hamilton, 2,954.

18. Ricky Craven, 2,853.

19. Michael Waltrip, 2,843.

20. Jimmy Spencer, 2,828.

21. John Andretti, 2,806.

22. Steve Grissom, 2,749.

23. Geoff Bodine, 2,727.

24. Ward Burton, 2,722.

25. Darrell Waltrip, 2,696.

26. Brett Bodine, 2,612.

27. Sterling Marlin, 2,599.

28. Derrike Cope, 2,523.

29. Rick Mast, 2,404.

30. Mike Skinner, 2,402.

31. Joe Nemechek, 2,382.

32. Dick Trickle, 2,310.

33. Kenny Wallace, 2,279.

34. Hut Stricklin, 2,262.

35. Lake Speed, 2,052.

36. Morgan Shepherd, 1,890.

37. David Green, 1,880.

38. Chad Little, 1,764.

39. Robby Gordon, 1,495.

40. Wally Dallenbach Jr., 1,368.

41. Dave Marcis, 1,344.

42. Jeff Green, 1,297.

43. Robert Pressley, 811.

44. Gary Bradberry, 791.

45. Greg Sacks, 632.

46. Mike Wallace, 541.

47. Bobby Hillin, 511.

48. Lance Hooper, 402.

49. Billy Strandrige, 366.

50. Todd Bodine, 310.

51. Rick Wilson, 306.

52. Jerry Nadeau, 287.

53. Ed Berrier, 255.

54. Kenny Irwin, 199.

55. Kevin Lepage, 155.

56. Jeff Purvis, 152.

57. Loy Allen, 119.

58. Steve Park, 104.

59. Ron Barfield, 97.

60. Butch Gilliland, 91.

61. Tommy Hubert, 79.

62. Phil Parsons, 70.

(tie) 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.

End Adv for Thursday Oct. 16

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