NASCAR: Starting Grid for the Rescheduled Winston Cup Series Winston 500
8 May 1997
TALLADEGA, AL -- Starting grid for the rescheduled NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Winston 500: Ps.No. Driver Sponsor Make Lap Time M.P.H. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 1 1 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 0:49.456 193.627 2 77 Bobby Hillin, Jr. Jasper Engines Ford 0:49.547 193.271 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 2 3 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Chev 0:49.694 192.699 4 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 0:49.772 192.397 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 3 5 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 0:49.786 192.343 6 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 0:49.799 192.293 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 4 7 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 0:49.869 192.023 8 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 0:49.952 191.704 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 5 9 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 0:49.986 191.574 10 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 0:50.008 191.489 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 6 11 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 0:50.057 191.302 12 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 0:50.068 191.260 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 7 13 20 Greg Sacks Hardee's Ford 0:50.088 191.184 14 9 Lake Speed ACE Hardware Ford 0:50.121 191.058 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 8 15 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 0:50.156 190.924 16 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Chev 0:50.186 190.810 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 9 17 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 0:50.217 190.692 18 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 0:50.323 190.291 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 10 19 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 0:50.332 190.257 20 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 0:50.352 190.181 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 11 21 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 0:50.427 189.898 22 29 Robert Pressley Cartoon Network Chev 0:50.448 189.819 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 12 23 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 0:50.462 189.767 24 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 0:50.489 189.665 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 13 25 22 Ward Burton MBNA America Pont 0:50.546 189.451 26 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 0:50.557 189.410 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 14 27 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 0:50.584 189.309 28 21 Michael Waltrip Citgo Ford 0:50.603 189.238 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 15 29 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 0:50.619 189.178 30 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 0:50.627 189.148 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 16 31 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford 0:50.629 189.141 32 40 * Robby Gordon Coors Light Chev 0:50.643 189.088 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 17 33 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 0:50.646 189.077 34 96 * David Green Caterpillar Chev 0:50.657 189.036 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 18 35 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 0:50.672 188.980 36 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 0:50.681 188.947 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 19 37 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev 0:50.729 188.768 38 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 0:50.759 188.656 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 20 39 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford Provsnl 0.000 40 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RC Cola Ford Provsnl 0.000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 21 41 1 Morgan Shepherd Delco-Remy/Cruisin Amer Pont Provsnl 0.000 42 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont Provsnl 0.000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Row 22 43 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev Provsnl 0.000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Field was set April 26th Race is scheduled to start 1:30 PM (eastern) on SATURDAY May, 10 NOTE: Second round qualifying was rained out. Starting grid based on first round qualifying times. Darrell Waltrip takes a former champion's provisional. * = Rookie of the Year Contender Track Length : 2.6600 Miles