Race 2 of 32 in the 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1997 Goodwrench Service 400 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt.
Date
February 23, 1997
Official name
32nd Annual Goodwrench Service 400
Location
Rockingham, North Carolina, North Carolina Speedway
Course
Permanent racing facility 1.017 mi (1.637 km)
Distance
393 laps, 399.681 mi (643.224 km)
Scheduled Distance
393 laps, 399.681 mi (643.224 km)
Average speed
121.371 miles per hour (195.328 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Mark Martin
Roush Racing
Time
23.189
Most laps led
Driver
Dale Jarrett
Robert Yates Racing
Laps
323
Winner
No. 24
Jeff Gordon
Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network
TNN
Announcers
Eli Gold, Buddy Baker, Dick Berggren
Radio in the United States
Radio
Motor Racing Network
Motor car race
The 1997 Goodwrench Service 400 was the second stock car race of the 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 32nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, February 23, 1997, in Rockingham, North Carolina, at North Carolina Speedway, a 1.017 miles (1.637 km) permanent high-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 393 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would manage to make a late race pass on the dominant driver of the day, Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett to take his 21st career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the podium, Jarrett and Roush Racing driver Jeff Burton would finish second and third, respectively.
^Poole, David (February 23, 1997). "Gordon takes the high road". That's Racin'. The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
^McLaurin, Jim (February 24, 1997). "Gordon is in nice groove". The State. p. 12. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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