Turn Four Racing 1997 NASCAR Cup Series Season The 1997 NASCAR Cup Series season: 32 points races, 11 different winners, and Jeff Gordon won the most races, 10. The full schedule with every winner, and the season leaders.
Schedule and winners No. Date Race Track Winner Laps led by winner 1 February 16, 1997 Daytona 500 Daytona Jeff Gordon 40 2 February 23, 1997 Goodwrench Service 400 Rockingham Jeff Gordon 43 3 March 2, 1997 Pontiac Excitement 400 Richmond Rusty Wallace 135 4 March 9, 1997 PRIMESTAR 500 Atlanta Dale Jarrett 253 5 March 23, 1997 TranSouth Financial 400 Darlington Dale Jarrett 171 6 April 6, 1997 Interstate Batteries 500 Texas Jeff Burton 60 7 April 13, 1997 Food City 500 Bristol Jeff Gordon 125 8 April 20, 1997 Goody's Headache Powder 500 Martinsville Jeff Gordon 431 9 May 4, 1997 Save Mart Supermarkets 300 Sonoma Mark Martin 69 10 May 10, 1997 Winston 500 Talladega Mark Martin 47 11 May 25, 1997 Coca-Cola 600 Charlotte Jeff Gordon 44 12 June 1, 1997 Miller 500 Dover Ricky Rudd 31 13 June 8, 1997 Pocono 500 Pocono Jeff Gordon 59 14 June 15, 1997 Miller 400 Michigan Ernie Irvan 33 15 June 22, 1997 California 500 Presented by NAPA California (Auto Club) Jeff Gordon 113 16 July 5, 1997 Pepsi 400 Daytona John Andretti 113 17 July 13, 1997 Jiffy Lube 300 New Hampshire Jeff Burton 99 18 July 20, 1997 Pennsylvania 500 Pocono Dale Jarrett 108 19 August 2, 1997 Brickyard 400 Indianapolis Ricky Rudd 15 20 August 10, 1997 The Bud At The Glen Watkins Glen Jeff Gordon 32 21 August 17, 1997 DeVilbiss 400 Michigan Mark Martin 102 22 August 23, 1997 Goody's Headache Powder 500 Bristol Dale Jarrett 210 23 August 31, 1997 Mountain Dew Southern 500 Darlington Jeff Gordon 116 24 September 6, 1997 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 Richmond Dale Jarrett 39 25 September 14, 1997 CMT 300 New Hampshire Jeff Gordon 137 26 September 21, 1997 MBNA 400 Dover Mark Martin 194 27 September 29, 1997 Hanes 500 Martinsville Jeff Burton 92 28 October 5, 1997 UAW-GM Quality 500 Charlotte Dale Jarrett 85 29 October 12, 1997 DieHard 500 Talladega Terry Labonte 70 30 October 27, 1997 ACDelco 400 Rockingham Bobby Hamilton 37 31 November 2, 1997 Dura Lube 500 Presented by Kmart Phoenix Dale Jarrett 73 32 November 16, 1997 NAPA 500 Atlanta Bobby Labonte 168
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