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Owner/driver Ricky Rudd gambled on fuel mileage and it paid off with a $571,000 triumph in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis, Indiana, US

Monday 4th August 1997

Owner/driver Ricky Rudd gambled on fuel mileage and it paid off with a $571,000 triumph in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis, Indiana, US. Rudd led the final 14 laps and finishes a scant .18 second in front of runner-up Bobby Labonte.

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