Intermediate2.5 mipaved

Banking · Turns 14° · Turns 8° · Turns 6° · Back 0° · Front 0° · Short Stretch 0°

Long Pond, PA

Cup Series · 1997 · RACE 13 · PRE-RACE PREVIEW

Pocono 500

—

as seen before the raceResults Season

Storylines · 0

No pre-race storylines were written for this race.

What the track usually does

Last 8 completed races here · 1974–1981 · n = races behind each number

Cautions

—

n=0

Caution laps

—

n=0

Lead changes

—

n=0

Leaders

—

n=0

Green run

—

n=0

Longest green run

—

n=0

Margin

—

n=0

Pole wins

13%

n=8

Winner's start

2.9

n=8

Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 42

field from the results

Tick up to 4 drivers to compare them. Values: top 3 · bottom 5 · superscript = n · hover a header for the definition.This trackSimilarFormPit & restartsErrorsPlayoffs

Driver	St	Form index▼	This trackAvg finish	·Wins	·Top 5	·Top 10	·Avg start	·Laps led %	·Rating	·Avg running pos	·Pace rank	·Fire-off rank	·Long-run rank	·vs teammates	·Make wins	SimilarAvg finish	·Pace rank	FormLast 5 avg	·% off best (5)	·Trend	·Avg start	·Consistency	·Comeback	·Stage pts/race	·Closing	·Passes/race	·Quality pass %	·Top-10 laps %	Pit & restartsRestart gain	·Pit avg	·Pit rank	ErrorsPenalties/race	·Errors/race	·DNF %	PlayoffsPoints	·Last visit	·Career here
94Bill Elliott	5	65	10.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.5¹⁰	6.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	9.1¹²	—	11.2⁵	—	-6.0⁶	16.3³¹	11.3³¹	+1.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1976: P32 from 33	47 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
88Dale Jarrett	2	62	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	12.3¹²	—	6.2⁵	—	-9.0⁶	7.4³¹	11.8³¹	-2.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1987: P35 from 24	40 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
6Mark Martin	14	62	9.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	15.8¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	10.9³¹	9.6³¹	+1.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1982: P26 from 16	53 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 11.5
24Jeff Gordon	11	62	10.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.4¹⁰	15.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-3.5¹⁰	21⁶²	8.8¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	+26.0⁶	9.4³¹	12.3³¹	-0.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1993: P28 from 4	46 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 10.4
10Ricky Rudd	6	62	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	21.9¹²	—	7.8⁵	—	-3.0⁶	20.7³¹	14.2³¹	+0.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	22.6%³¹	—	1977: P7 from 12	54 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.2
3Dale Earnhardt	12	60	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6.9¹⁰	5.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁶²	10.4⁷	—	9.8⁵	—	+5.0⁶	20.2³¹	8.7³¹	+8.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	0.0%³¹	—	1979: P29 from 3 · led 43	40 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
5Terry Labonte	7	60	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.0¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁶²	20.3¹²	—	14.6⁵	—	+19.0⁶	19.5³¹	12.4³¹	+6.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³¹	9.7%³¹	—	1979: P23 from 12	53 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
33Ken Schrader	39	59	12.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	15.0¹⁰	4.2%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-7.5⁴	21⁶²	16.6¹²	—	16.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	13.3³¹	10.4³¹	-4.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1985: P15 from 22	43 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.7
99Jeff Burton	18	58	17.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	19.9¹⁰	1.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+0.1⁶	18⁶²	19.5¹²	—	11.0⁵	—	-13.3⁶	20.8³¹	12.5³¹	+8.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1994: P22 from 35	39 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.9
2Rusty Wallace	16	58	18.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	2.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	10.3¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	0.0⁶	18.7³¹	14.7³¹	+0.1³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	32.3%³¹	—	1984: P17 from 15	43 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.7
44Kyle Petty	40	57	10.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0⁵	4⁶²	26.3¹²	—	16.6⁵	—	0.0⁶	26.0³¹	11.1³¹	+6.7³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1980: P7 from 13	49 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.6
16Ted Musgrave	31	56	16.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.3¹⁰	0.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3⁴	18⁶²	22.8⁸	—	13.2⁵	—	-3.0⁶	22.2³¹	10.9³¹	+3.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1991: P27 from 32 · led 1	19 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.5
37Jeremy Mayfield	27	54	15.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	25.4¹⁰	7.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	25.8¹²	—	17.8⁵	—	+7.3⁶	25.8³¹	8.8³¹	+7.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1994: P21 from 23	25 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.2
25Ricky Craven	22	54	23.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.6¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.3²	21⁶²	25.6¹⁰	—	9.6⁵	—	+3.0⁶	22.4²⁹	13.1²⁹	+1.3²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	20.7%²⁹	—	1995: P26 from 36	14 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 23.9
4Sterling Marlin	28	52	21.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-22.0¹	21⁶²	22.1¹²	—	16.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	20.5³¹	12.5³¹	-4.0³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	25.8%³¹	—	1983: P29 from 20	45 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 18.4
17Darrell Waltrip	8	52	11.9¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	5.6¹⁰	20.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁶²	20.4⁷	—	27.6⁵	—	-6.7⁶	26.3³⁰	10.5³⁰	+2.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1975: P34 from 7	43 st · 4 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
43Bobby Hamilton	1	52	19.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.5²	4⁶²	26.1¹⁰	—	16.4⁵	—	-4.7⁶	23.9³¹	10.9³¹	+4.9³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1991: P35 from 34	22 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 23.6
18Bobby Labonte	23	51	23.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁶²	13.3¹²	—	21.2⁵	—	+11.0⁶	13.0³¹	11.6³¹	-0.2³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³¹	3.2%³¹	—	1993: P20 from 23	41 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 19.8
28Ernie Irvan	19	51	22.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	7.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	11.8⁵	—	24.8⁵	—	+11.3⁶	19.1³¹	12.9³¹	+0.3³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	25.8%³¹	—	1988: P37 from 24	21 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.7
31Mike Skinner	41	51	19.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	3.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+1.8⁸	21⁶²	26.7¹¹	—	19.4⁵	—	+7.0⁶	21.5³⁰	9.5³⁰	-4.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	23.3%³⁰	—	1997: P6 from 11	12 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.2
21Michael Waltrip	32	49	20.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	23.7¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	20.8¹²	—	23.8⁵	—	+11.0⁶	24.8³¹	10.4³¹	+2.8³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	12.9%³¹	—	1986: P39 from 28	46 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 21.9
23Jimmy Spencer	34	48	23.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	25.8¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+17.0²	18⁶²	22.5¹¹	—	21.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	20.5³¹	11.3³¹	-2.5³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³¹	19.4%³¹	—	1989: P33 from 26	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.6
1Morgan Shepherd	20	48	25.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁶²	10.0⁴	—	27.6⁵	—	+10.7⁶	28.0²²	10.9²²	+2.1²²	0.0²²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09²²	13.6%²²	—	1981: P29 from 11	34 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.1
75Rick Mast	10	47	25.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.3¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	22.6⁷	—	22.0⁵	—	-2.7⁶	24.9²⁸	9.0²⁸	-0.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁸	14.3%²⁸	—	1990: P22 from 30	22 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 25.1
30Johnny Benson Jr.	21	47	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+7.8⁵	4⁶²	17.1⁸	—	28.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	22.7³¹	7.7³¹	+5.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1996: P25 from 40	15 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 21.7
7Geoff Bodine	24	47	15.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	15.9%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+5.0²	18⁶²	26.9⁷	—	30.2⁵	—	+14.0⁶	14.7²⁸	14.0²⁸	-6.3²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.14²⁸	28.6%²⁸	—	1982: P8 from 18	39 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
90Dick Trickle	42	47	25.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.7¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+10.0²	18⁶²	19.7³	—	24.4⁵	—	+14.3⁶	20.5²⁷	10.3²⁷	-2.7²⁷	0.0²⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15²⁷	22.2%²⁷	—	1989: P24 from 28	18 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 24.9
11Brett Bodine	37	46	19.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	27.1⁸	—	27.2⁵	—	+4.7⁶	27.1³⁰	8.9³⁰	+1.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1987: P34 from 25	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 22.7
8Hut Stricklin	15	46	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+14.0²	18⁶²	24.1⁷	—	27.2⁵	—	+11.7⁶	23.7²⁸	8.8²⁸	-3.0²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07²⁸	21.4%²⁸	—	1989: P17 from 34	24 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.8
42Joe Nemechek	26	46	22.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	10.1¹⁰	0.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+6.0⁴	21⁶²	24.3¹²	—	26.0⁵	—	+1.0⁶	17.3²⁹	10.0²⁹	-6.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	13.8%²⁹	—	1994: P32 from 11	38 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 28.7
46Wally Dallenbach Jr.	13	45	22.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.8¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+9.3⁶	21⁶²	27.5⁶	—	25.2⁵	—	-4.0⁶	18.5²¹	9.6²¹	-14.5²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.05²¹	42.9%²¹	—	1992: P27 from 13	16 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 24.3
22Ward Burton	3	45	23.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	1.7%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	4⁶²	25.3¹²	—	26.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	22.6³⁰	11.2³⁰	+0.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1994: P42 from 25	23 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 26.3
41Steve Grissom	35	44	27.1⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	31.3⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	+4.0¹	21⁶²	26.3³	—	23.6⁵	—	-13.0⁶	24.8³⁰	11.6³⁰	+2.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1994: P26 from 37	9 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 27.1
19Gary Bradberry	36	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18⁶²	29.0¹	—	31.0⁵	—	+0.7⁶	32.2¹⁵	4.5¹⁵	-4.3¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27¹⁵	40.0%¹⁵	—	first start here	—
98John Andretti	9	43	24.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-6.0³	18⁶²	25.2¹¹	—	29.8⁵	—	-2.3⁶	23.4³¹	10.2³¹	+0.4³¹	0.0³¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³¹	6.5%³¹	—	1994: P35 from 21	21 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 28.1
81Kenny Wallace	30	41	31.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.6¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+2.8⁴	18⁶²	33.2¹⁰	—	19.4⁵	—	-15.0⁶	23.6³⁰	10.7³⁰	-4.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	30.0%³⁰	—	1993: P15 from 31	14 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 30.2
77Bobby Hillin Jr.	33	41	24.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	24.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+11.0³	18⁶²	28.7³	—	31.2⁵	—	-12.7⁶	32.0⁹	7.4⁹	-5.3⁹	0.0⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.22⁹	66.7%⁹	—	1982: P36 from 37	26 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 21.9
40Greg Sacks	4	40	26.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-11.3¹	21⁶²	28.5⁴	—	30.0⁵	—	+3.3⁶	30.5¹¹	6.8¹¹	-1.7¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.27¹¹	45.5%¹¹	—	1983: P29 from 21	23 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 28.6
36Derrike Cope	38	39	26.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	37.2¹	—	—	—	—	4⁶²	32.9⁷	—	29.0⁵	—	-8.3⁶	24.8³⁰	10.0³⁰	+1.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	20.0%³⁰	—	1987: P38 from 32	28 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 27.1
29Jeff Green	29	38	31.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+12.0⁷	21⁶²	25.0⁹	—	31.4⁵	—	+8.0⁶	25.2¹⁹	9.9¹⁹	-2.1¹⁹	0.0¹⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁹	15.8%¹⁹	—	1996: P36 from 33	18 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 28.6
91Mike Wallace	17	38	30.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	34.8¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	37.5²	—	—	—	—	—	21⁶²	34.5²	—	26.4⁵	—	-2.7⁶	33.2⁶	10.3⁶	+4.8⁶	0.0⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17⁶	16.7%⁶	—	1994: P36 from 38	11 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 31.4
96David Green	25	33	39.3³	0³	0³	0³	33.3³	0.0%³	—	—	—	—	—	—	21⁶²	27.5²	—	31.6⁵	—	-2.0⁶	25.0²⁵	8.3²⁵	-3.2²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12²⁵	24.0%²⁵	—	1997: P39 from 42	3 st · 0 W · best P38 · avg 39.3