1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series - Food City 500

Food City 500

The Food City 500 was held April 13 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Rusty Wallace won the pole. the race had 20 cautions for 132 laps to set a Bristol record for the first time since 1989. The race was broadcast on ESPN.

Top Ten Results

1. 24-Jeff Gordon
2. 2-Rusty Wallace
3. 5-Terry Labonte
4. 88-Dale Jarrett
5. 6-Mark Martin
6. 3-Dale Earnhardt
7. 94-Bill Elliott
8. 97-Chad Little
9. 37-Jeremy Mayfield
10. 11-Brett Bodine

Failed to qualify: 20-Greg Sacks, 77-Bobby Hillin, Jr., 78-Billy Standridge, 91-Mike Wallace

• This race had 20 cautions for 132 laps. The 20 cautions at the time tied a record for most cautions with the 1989 spring event at Bristol. However, this race had an additional 34 laps run under caution compared to the 1989 event.

• On the last lap, Jeff Gordon rooted Rusty Wallace out of the way in Turn 4 to win the race. Wallace barely was able to hold off Terry Labonte for 2nd.