NASCAR Winston Cup Brickyard 400: Starting Grid
1 August 1997
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Starting grid for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Brickyard 400: Ps.No. Driver Sponsor Make Lap Time M.P.H. -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- Row 1 1 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 0:50.637 177.736 2 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chev 0:50.690 177.550 Row 2 3 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 0:50.706 177.494 4 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 0:50.886 176.866 Row 3 5 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 0:50.981 176.536 6 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 0:51.016 176.415 Row 4 7 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 0:51.083 176.184 8 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 0:51.087 176.170 Row 5 9 96 * David Green Caterpillar Chev 0:51.093 176.149 10 26 Rich Bickle KFC Team Twister Chev 0:51.111 176.087 Row 6 11 40 * Robby Gordon Coors Light Chev 0:51.115 176.074 12 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 0:51.121 176.053 Row 7 13 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Chev 0:51.143 175.977 14 46 Wally Dallencach, Jr. First Union Chev 0:51.170 175.884 Row 8 15 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 0:51.185 175.833 16 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RCA Cola Ford 0:51.191 175.812 Row 9 17 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 0:51.221 175.709 18 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 0:51.232 175.671 Row 10 19 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 0:51.307 175.415 20 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 0:51.363 175.223 Row 11 21 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 0:51.386 175.145 22 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 0:51.391 175.128 Row 12 23 92 Ron Barfield New Holland Ford 0:51.403 175.087 24 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 0:51.412 175.056 Row 13 25 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 0:51.416 175.043 26 29 * Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev 0:51.092 176.153 Row 14 27 9 Lake Speed Delta Faucet Ford 0:51.367 175.210 28 12 Jeff Purvis Opryland USA Ford 0:51.379 175.169 Row 15 29 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 0:51.400 175.097 30 95 Ed Berrier Feed the Children Ford 0:51.425 175.012 Row 16 31 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 0:51.453 174.917 32 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 0:51.458 174.900 Row 17 33 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 0:51.467 174.869 34 27 Rick Wilson David Blair Motorsports Ford 0:51.478 174.832 Row 18 35 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 0:51.490 174.791 36 22 Ward Burton MBNA Pont 0:51.500 174.757 Row 19 37 91 Greg Sacks LJ Racing Chev 0:51.520 174.689 38 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 0:51.536 174.635 Row 20 39 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont Provsnl 0.000 40 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford Provsnl 0.000 Row 21 41 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev Provsnl 0.000 42 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford Provsnl 0.000 Row 22 43 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford Provsnl 0.000 NOTE: Rusty Wallace takes a former champion's provisional. 1 Mike Wallace R&L Carriers Pont 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 78 Bobby Hillin Hanes Ford 61 Tim Steele HMS Die/Cimlinc Ford 77 Morgan Shepherd Jasper Engines Ford 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford * Rookie of the Year Contender Track Length : 2.5000 Miles