NASCAR Winston Cup Series NAPA 500: Starting Grid
16 November 1997
HAMPTON, GA - Starting grid for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, NAPA 500: Ps.No. Driver Sponsor Make Lap Time M.P.H. -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- Row 1 1 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 0:28.074 197.478 2 22 Ward Burton MBNA Pont 0:28.365 195.452 Row 2 3 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 0:28.414 195.115 4 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 0:28.420 195.074 Row 3 5 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chev 0:28.428 195.019 6 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 0:28.498 194.540 Row 4 7 29 * Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev 0:28.515 194.424 8 27 Kenny Irwin Action Perf/GI Joe Ford 0:28.519 194.397 Row 5 9 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 0:28.566 194.077 10 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 0:28.613 193.758 Row 6 11 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 0:28.628 193.657 12 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 0:28.646 193.535 Row 7 13 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 0:28.666 193.400 14 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 0:28.692 193.225 Row 8 15 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 0:28.698 193.184 16 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 0:28.709 193.110 Row 9 17 78 Gary Bradberry Hanes Ford 0:28.724 193.009 18 11 Brett Bodine BDR Motorsports Ford 0:28.729 192.976 Row 10 19 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 0:28.737 192.922 20 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 0:28.748 192.848 Row 11 21 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 0:28.776 192.661 22 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 0:28.779 192.640 Row 12 23 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 0:28.792 192.553 24 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 0:28.801 192.493 Row 13 25 14 Steve Park Burger King Chev 0:28.825 192.333 26 91 Kevin Lepage Pionite Chev 0:28.858 192.113 Row 14 27 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 0:28.861 192.093 28 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 0:28.868 192.047 Row 15 29 9 Lake Speed Advantage Camo Ford 0:28.895 191.867 30 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 0:28.903 191.814 Row 16 31 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 0:28.913 191.748 32 00 Buckshot Jones Aquafresh Pont 0:28.989 191.245 Row 17 33 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 0:28.995 191.205 34 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 0:29.018 191.054 Row 18 35 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 0:29.029 190.981 36 1 Morgan Shepherd R&L Carriers Pont 0:29.043 190.889 Row 19 37 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 0:29.076 190.673 38 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RCA Cola Ford 0:29.086 190.607 Row 20 39 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford Provsnl 0.000 40 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont Provsnl 0.000 Row 21 41 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev Provsnl 0.000 42 23 Jimmy Spencer Winston/No Bull Ford Provsnl 0.000 Row 22 43 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev Provsnl 0.000 DID NOT QUALIFY: 35 Todd Bodine Tabasco Pont 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Engines Ford 96 David Green Caterpillar Chev 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 40 Greg Sacks Coors Light Chev 95 Ed Berrier Shoney's Inn/FTC Chev 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev * Rookie of the Year Contender Track Length : 1.5400 Miles