NASCAR Winston Cup 1997

De NASCAR Winston Cup 1997 was het 49e seizoen van het belangrijkste NASCAR kampioenschap dat in de Verenigde Staten gehouden wordt. Het seizoen startte op 16 februari met de Daytona 500 en eindigde op 16 november met de NAPA 500. Jeff Gordon won de titel voor de tweede keer in zijn carrière. De trofee rookie of the year werd gewonnen door Mike Skinner.

Races

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Top drie resultaten, exhibitie- en kwalificatiewedstrijden staan niet vermeld.

' Datum Race Circuit Winnaar Tweede Derde
1 16-feb Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway Jeff Gordon Terry Labonte Ricky Craven
2 23-feb GM Goodwrench Service 400 North Carolina Speedway Jeff Gordon Dale Jarrett Jeff Burton
3 2-mrt Pontiac Excitement 400 Richmond International Raceway Rusty Wallace Geoff Bodine Dale Jarrett
4 9-mrt Primestar 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway Dale Jarrett Ernie Irvan Morgan Shepherd
5 23-mrt TranSouth Financial 400 Darlington Raceway Dale Jarrett Ted Musgrave Jeff Gordon
6 6-apr Interstate Batteries 500 Texas Motor Speedway Jeff Burton Dale Jarrett Bobby Labonte
7 13-apr Food City 500 Bristol Motor Speedway Jeff Gordon Rusty Wallace Terry Labonte
8 20-apr Goody's Headache Powder 500 Martinsville Speedway Jeff Gordon Bobby Hamilton Mark Martin
9 4-mei Save Mart Supermarkets 300 Infineon Raceway Mark Martin Jeff Gordon Terry Labonte
10 10-mei Winston 500 Talladega Superspeedway Mark Martin Dale Earnhardt Bobby Labonte
11 25-mei Coca-Cola 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway Jeff Gordon Rusty Wallace Mark Martin
12 1-jun Miller 500 Dover International Speedway Ricky Rudd Mark Martin Jeff Burton
13 8-jun Pocono 500 Pocono Raceway Jeff Gordon Jeff Burton Dale Jarrett
14 15-jun Miller 400 Michigan International Speedway Ernie Irvan Bill Elliott Mark Martin
15 22-jun California 500 California Speedway Jeff Gordon Terry Labonte Ricky Rudd
16 5-jul Pepsi 400 Daytona International Speedway John Andretti Terry Labonte Sterling Marlin
17 13-jul Jiffy Lube 300 New Hampshire Motor Speedway Jeff Burton Dale Earnhardt Rusty Wallace
18 20-jul Pennsylvania 500 Pocono Raceway Dale Jarrett Jeff Gordon Jeff Burton
19 2-aug Brickyard 400 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Ricky Rudd Bobby Labonte Dale Jarrett
20 10-aug The Bud At The Glen Watkins Glen International Jeff Gordon Geoff Bodine Rusty Wallace
21 17-aug DeVilbiss 400 Michigan International Speedway Mark Martin Jeff Gordon Ted Musgrave
22 23-aug Goody's Headache Powder 500 Bristol Motor Speedway Dale Jarrett Mark Martin Dick Trickle
23 30-aug Mountain Dew Southern 500 Darlington Raceway Jeff Gordon Jeff Burton Dale Jarrett
24 6-sep Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 Richmond International Raceway Dale Jarrett Jeff Burton Jeff Gordon
25 14-sep CMT 300 New Hampshire Motor Speedway Jeff Gordon Ernie Irvan Bobby Hamilton
26 21-sep MBNA Gold 400 Dover International Speedway Mark Martin Dale Earnhardt Kyle Petty
27 28-sep Hanes 500 Martinsville Speedway Jeff Burton Dale Earnhardt Bobby Labonte
28 5-okt UAW-GM Quality 500 Charlotte Motor Speedway Dale Jarrett Bobby Labonte Dale Earnhardt
29 12-okt DieHard 500 Talladega Superspeedway Terry Labonte Bobby Labonte John Andretti
30 27-okt AC Delco 400 North Carolina Speedway Bobby Hamilton Dale Jarrett Ricky Craven
31 2-nov Dura Lube 500 Phoenix International Raceway Dale Jarrett Rusty Wallace Bobby Hamilton
32 16-nov NAPA 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway Bobby Labonte Dale Jarrett Mark Martin

Eindstand - Top 10

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Kampioen Jeff Gordon op de Pocono Raceway.
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
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