NASCAR: Winston Cup Series Winston 500 Practice Times from Talladega
10 May 1997
TALLADEGA, AL - Practice times for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Winston 500: Ps.No. Driver Sponsor Make Lap Time M.P.H. -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- 1 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 0:49.415 193.787 2 29 Robert Pressley Cartoon Network Chev 0:49.446 193.666 3 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 0:49.452 193.642 4 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 0:49.649 192.874 5 40 Joe Nemechek Coors Light Chev 0:49.704 192.661 6 77 Bobby Hillin, Jr. Jasper Engines Ford 0:49.738 192.529 7 9 Lake Speed Ultra Shield Ford 0:49.768 192.413 8 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 0:49.770 192.405 9 21 Michael Waltrip Citgo Ford 0:49.775 192.386 10 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 0:49.804 192.274 11 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 0:49.809 192.254 12 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 0:49.810 192.251 13 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 0:49.818 192.220 14 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 0:49.826 192.189 15 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RC Cola Ford 0:49.851 192.092 16 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 0:49.861 192.054 17 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 0:49.867 192.031 18 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 0:49.906 191.881 19 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 0:49.917 191.838 20 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford 0:49.947 191.723 21 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 0:49.990 191.558 22 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 0:50.002 191.512 23 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 0:50.007 191.493 24 22 Ward Burton MBNA America Pont 0:50.012 191.474 25 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev 0:50.020 191.443 26 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 0:50.029 191.409 27 1 Morgan Shepherd Delco-Remy/Cruisin Amer Pont 0:50.048 191.336 28 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 0:50.068 191.260 29 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 0:50.072 191.245 30 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 0:50.091 191.172 31 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 0:50.104 191.122 32 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 0:50.118 191.069 33 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 0:50.140 190.985 34 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 0:50.144 190.970 35 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 0:50.164 190.894 36 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 0:50.186 190.810 37 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 0:50.222 190.673 38 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Chev 0:50.259 190.533 39 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Chev 0:50.304 190.363 40 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 0:50.329 190.268 41 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 0:50.466 189.752 42 96 * David Green Caterpillar Chev 0:50.761 188.649 43 20 Greg Sacks Hardee's Ford 0:51.100 187.397 * Rookie of the Year Contender Track Length : 2.6600 Miles