08/31/1997 – Mountain Dew Southern 500 – Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC – Bobby Labonte starts from the pole in the Interstate Batteries Grand Prix but can only lead 2 laps and finish 7th, the highest finishing Pontiac and the only Pontiac in the top-10. This event was the classic where Dale Earnhardt passed out at the beginning of the race and Jeff Gordon held off Jeff Burton to win the Winston Million.
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