|| *Comments on the 1997 MBNA 400:* View the most recent comment <#22> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. Dave posted: 01.05.2005 - 3:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was the first 400 mile race at Dover. 2. MOST posted: 05.07.2006 - 3:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle had this one nearly locked up, his last really good run. 3. Anonymous posted: 06.22.2007 - 9:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nice 302 green flag run to the checkers after the first and final caution. 4. most posted: 10.24.2007 - 3:45 am Rate this comment: (1) (5) btw, god awful TNN coverage, a TNN race nearly caution free = hell, lol 5. RaceFanX posted: 01.03.2008 - 3:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was the first of three straight victories in the Fall race at Dover for Mark Martin This was Kyle's best run in the "PE2" #44, the car really lived up to the "Hot Wheels" that was painted on the side in this race After leaving the team mid-season to go run for the #77 team, Morgan Shepard returns to the #1 Pontiac to finish out the season 6. Anonymous posted: 02.21.2008 - 8:15 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Man, I miss racing like this. Nowadays, once you get over an 80 lap green flag run you start wonder "so when's NASCAR gonna cave in and throw the debris caution" I just wish they'd let a race play out like they used to. 7. adamal82 posted: 08.25.2008 - 1:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Robby Gordon's Last Run in the Coors car for Team SABCO 8. RLewis9 posted: 08.12.2010 - 4:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Petty finished 3rd in this race, he wouldn't end up with another top 5 until he finished 3rd at Charlotte in 2007....crazy. 9. Josh posted: 09.24.2010 - 3:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow, look at Kyle Petty's performance in this race. And only one caution. Wow, this is what I call real racing. 10. 18fan posted: 11.25.2010 - 11:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Petty had a pretty good 1997 season, followed by a god-awful 1998, and then a decent 1999 in the PE2 car. This was the only top 10 of the season for Jeff Gordon that wasn't a top 5. 11. jwdog posted: 06.25.2011 - 11:10 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) I remember Kyle lapping almost the entire field only to lose by having to stop for a splash and go at the end. Would have been nice to see him win one more. 12. RaceFanX posted: 08.29.2011 - 5:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bill Elliott's #94 was sponsored in this race by McDonald's Mac Tonight. 13. Ryan W posted: 07.31.2013 - 2:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) A surprise 2nd for Dale at Dover. Normally didn't run well there through the mid 90's. Flirted with a win a few times in '97. 14. Anthony posted: 09.24.2016 - 6:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Only a single yellow, you wouldn't see that these days, especially in the September race, because Chase. 15. most1305 posted: 05.03.2017 - 1:04 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 10 years ago I called a TNN race boring and "hell" now I wish we could have a broadcast like that. 16. CJ posted: 04.23.2018 - 11:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Morgan Shepherd returns to the 1 car. Final start for Robby Gordon in the 40. Dale Earnhardt matches his season best finish. Kyle Petty's best finish of the season. Rick Mast gets his first Top 10 of the season. 17. Joshua posted: 09.20.2018 - 12:31 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The newly-reduced 400-mile distance from the spring 500-miler, coupled with the one and only caution in this race, allowed this one to finish 1 hour and 20 minutes earlier than the spring episode. 18. Darrell posted: 10.28.2018 - 2:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Driver change: Todd Bodine practice and qualified Jeff Burton's Ford as Burton was still suffering from an inner ear infection. 19. Rich posted: 08.04.2020 - 7:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The commentators were Eli Gold, Buddy Baker and Dr. Dick Berggren. The pit road reporters were Steve Byrnes, Glenn Jarrett and Matt Yocum. 20. jp posted: 09.23.2020 - 5:15 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Wasn't this the race that Brett Bodine more or less ripped up his contract with Close Call? He told a story of how he and his crew were ripping off the decals live on TV at some point during the weekend. 21. RaceFanX posted: 12.31.2020 - 8:17 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Mark Martin finished second at Dover four times in Cup action, including the June race earlier in 1997, before he finally unlocked the gates to victory lane and tamed the Monster Mile. This was his second win overall at Dover Downs as his first-ever Busch series victory back in 1987 was here on the old asphalt surface. 22. JSPorts posted: 12.31.2020 - 8:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mark ended up winning 6 times at Dover - 4 in Cup, 1 in Xfinity & 1 in Truck. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: