Daytona 500 - Results
Pos Car Name Sponsor Make Lap Pts Bonus Money Status
1 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chv 200 180 5 $1,172,246 Running
2 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Ser+ Chv 200 170 0 $613,659 Running
3 28 Kenny Irwin Texaco Havoline Frd 200 165 0 $440,584 Running
4 31 Mike Skinner Lowe's Chv 200 165 5 $350,634 Running
5 7 Michael Waltrip Philips/Klaussner Chv 200 155 0 $290,595 Running
6 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit Chv 200 150 0 $186,731 Running
7 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pon 200 146 0 $145,809 Running
8 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Frd 200 152 10 $173,209 Running
9 97 Chad Little John Deere Frd 200 138 0 $142,884 Running
10 98 Rick Mast Sonic Frd 200 134 0 $139,096 Running
11 9 Jerry Nadeau Cartoon Network Frd 200 130 0 $125,106 Running
12 25 Wally Dallenbach Budweiser Chv 200 127 0 $128,156 Running
13 16 Kevin Lepage PRIMESTAR Frd 200 124 0 $129,009 Running
14 36 Ernie Irvan M&M's Pon 200 121 0 $123,584 Running
15 75 Ted Musgrave Remington Arms Frd 200 118 0 $116,571 Running
16 71 Dave Marcis Realtree Camouflage Chv 199 115 0 $110,709 Running
17 26 Johnny Benson Cheerios Frd 199 112 0 $122,081 Running
18 30 Derrike Cope Jimmy Dean Pon 199 109 0 $110,859 Running
19 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Engines Frd 199 106 0 $109,231 Running
20 12 Jeremy Mayfield Mobil 1 Frd 199 108 5 $138,934 Running
21 66 Darrell Waltrip Big Kmart Frd 199 100 0 $104,946 Running
22 11 Brett Bodine Paychex Frd 199 97 0 $114,309 Running
23 90 Mike Wallace AcuTurn/Kodiak Frd 199 94 0 $111,806 Running
24 22 Ward Burton Caterpillar Pon 198 91 0 $111,679 Running
25 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Battery Pon 198 93 5 $149,451 Running
26 58 Ricky Craven Hollywood Video Frd 197 85 0 $99,504 Running
27 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Frd 194 87 5 $107,351 Handling
28 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot Pon 181 79 0 $102,204 Running
29 4 Bobby Hamilton Kodak ADVANTIX Chv 173 76 0 $111,679 Accident
30 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Frd 168 73 0 $102,226 Running
31 6 Mark Martin Valvoline/Cummins Frd 147 70 0 $115,951 Handling
32 40 Sterling Marlin Coors Light Chv 144 67 0 $100,101 Handling
33 45 Rich Bickle 10-10-345 Pon 142 64 0 $92,504 Handling
34 1 Steve Park Pennzoil Chv 139 61 0 $98,151 Handling
35 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Frd 138 58 0 $118,351 Handling
36 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chv 137 55 0 $96,779 Handling
37 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford C Frd 134 57 5 $121,379 Accident
38 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Chv 134 49 0 $103,326 Accident
39 60 Geoffrey Bodine Power Team Chv 134 46 0 $88,054 Accident
40 21 Elliott Sadler Citgo Frd 132 43 0 $94,329 Accident
41 23 Jimmy Spencer Team Winston/NoBull Frd 121 40 0 $95,601 Accident
42 55 Kenny Wallace Square D Chv 92 37 0 $86,026 Engine
43 43 John Andretti STP Pon 25 34 0 $91,751 Engine
Time of race: 3 hours, 5 minutes, 42 seconds
Avg. speed: 161.551 mph
Margin of victory: .128 seconds
Cautions: 4 for 20 laps
Lead changes: 14 among 7 driversDaytona 500 Contingency Awards
NASCAR Winston Leader Bonus: Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Refinishes Chevrolet
Bud Pole Award: Gordon
Gatorade Front Runner Award: Rusty Wallace, No. 2 Miller Lite Ford
Goody's Headache Powder Award: Dale Jarrett, No. 88 Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford
MCI WorldCom Fast Pace Award: Mike Skinner, No. 31 Lowe's Chevrolet
Raybestos Rookie of the Race: Tony Stewart, No. 20 Home Depot Pontiac, 28th
True Value Hard Charger of the Race: Wallace
Exide All Charged Up Award: Johnny Benson, No. 26 Cheerios Ford
Plasti-Kote Winning Finish Award: Ray Evernham, No. 24