NASCAR Winston Cup Series Mountain Dew 500: Starting Grid
30 August 1997
DARLINGTON, SC - Starting grid for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Mountain Dew Southern 500: Ps.No. Driver Sponsor Make Lap Time M.P.H. -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- Row 1 1 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 0:28.815 170.661 2 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 0:28.840 170.513 Row 2 3 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 0:28.915 170.071 4 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 0:28.949 169.871 Row 3 5 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 0:28.961 169.801 6 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 0:28.962 169.795 Row 4 7 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 0:28.967 169.766 8 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 0:28.984 169.666 Row 5 9 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 0:29.040 169.339 10 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 0:29.067 169.182 Row 6 11 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford 0:29.069 169.170 12 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 0:29.075 169.135 Row 7 13 22 Ward Burton MBNA Pont 0:29.080 169.106 14 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 0:29.083 169.088 Row 8 15 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 0:29.090 169.048 16 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 0:29.135 168.787 Row 9 17 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 0:29.154 168.677 18 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 0:29.155 168.671 Row 10 19 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RCA Cola Ford 0:29.171 168.578 20 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chev 0:29.174 168.561 Row 11 21 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 0:29.205 168.382 22 12 Jeff Purvis Opryland USA Ford 0:29.206 168.376 Row 12 23 9 Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts Ford 0:29.227 168.255 24 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 0:29.228 168.250 Row 13 25 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 0:29.250 168.123 26 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 0:29.264 168.043 Row 14 27 78 Gary Bradberry Hanes Ford 0:29.266 168.031 28 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 0:29.290 167.893 Row 15 29 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 0:29.304 167.813 30 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 0:29.309 167.785 Row 16 31 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 0:29.340 167.607 32 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 0:29.363 167.476 Row 17 33 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 0:29.383 167.362 34 40 * Robby Gordon Coors Light Chev 0:29.410 167.208 Row 18 35 96 Todd Bodine Caterpillar Chev 0:29.447 166.998 36 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 0:29.464 166.902 Row 19 37 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 0:29.483 166.794 38 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 0:29.589 166.197 Row 20 39 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont Provsnl 0.000 40 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont Provsnl 0.000 Row 21 41 1 Lance Hooper R&L Carriers Pont Provsnl 0.000 42 29 * Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev Provsnl 0.000 Row 22 43 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford Provsnl 0.000 DID NOT QUALIFY: 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev 91 Greg Sacks LJ Racing Chev 77 Morgan Shepherd Jasper Engines Ford * Rookie of the Year Contender Track Length : 1.3660 Miles NOTE: Rusty Wallace took a former champion's provisional to make the field.