The 1997 Primestar 500 was the fourth stock car race of the 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 38th iteration of the event.

The race was marred by a crash involving Larry Hedrick Motorsports driver Steve Grissom on lap 284.

It has annually hosted NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960.

Robby Gordon, driving for Team SABCO, would win the pole, setting a time of 29.378 and an average speed of 186.507 miles per hour (300.154 km/h).

[5] Seven drivers would fail to qualify: Robert Pressley, Derrike Cope, Bobby Hillin Jr., Wally Dallenbach Jr., Ed Berrier, Dave Marcis, and Mike Miller.

Jerry Punch, Bill Weber and Jack Arute handled pit road for the television side.