The 1997 Hanes 500 was a Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) event held at Martinsville Speedway on September 28, 1997. Jeff Burton won his third and final race of the year in dominant fashion, leading nearly 100 laps and holding off Dale Earnhardt by three-quarters of a second. Points leader Jeff Gordon was 4th and now held a 135-point cushion on Mark Martin (11th). Stats