Miller 500 Starting Grid
31 May 1997
DOVER, DE - RIS - Starting grid for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Miller 500: Ps.No. Driver Sponsor Make Lap Time M.P.H. -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- Row 1 1 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 0:23.562 152.788 2 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 0:23.709 151.841 Row 2 3 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 0:23.732 151.694 4 42 Joe Nemechek Bell South Chev 0:23.767 151.471 Row 3 5 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev 0:23.791 151.318 6 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 0:23.795 151.292 Row 4 7 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 0:23.840 151.007 8 96 * David Green Caterpillar Chev 0:23.844 150.981 Row 5 9 22 Ward Burton MBNA America Pont 0:23.848 150.956 10 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 0:23.865 150.849 Row 6 11 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 0:23.880 150.754 12 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 0:23.910 150.565 Row 7 13 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 0:23.911 150.558 14 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 0:23.946 150.338 Row 8 15 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 0:23.948 150.326 16 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 0:23.957 150.269 Row 9 17 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 0:23.969 150.194 18 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 0:23.982 150.113 Row 10 19 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 0:24.009 149.944 20 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford 0:24.010 149.938 Row 11 21 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 0:24.013 149.919 22 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 0:24.031 149.807 Row 12 23 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 0:24.040 149.750 24 21 Michael Waltrip Citgo Ford 0:24.043 149.732 Row 13 25 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RC Cola Ford 0:24.043 149.732 26 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 0:23.662 152.143 Row 14 27 29 Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev 0:23.797 151.280 28 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 0:23.835 151.038 Row 15 29 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 0:23.888 150.703 30 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 0:23.923 150.483 Row 16 31 40 Wally Dallenbach Coors Light Chev 0:23.953 150.294 32 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 0:24.023 149.856 Row 17 33 91 Mike Wallace Spam/Hormel Foods Chev 0:24.032 149.800 34 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 0:24.044 149.726 Row 18 35 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 0:24.046 149.713 36 1 Morgan Shepherd Delco-Remy/Cruisin Amer Pont 0:24.051 149.682 Row 19 37 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 0:24.070 149.564 38 77 Bobby Hillin, Jr. Jasper Engines Ford 0:24.074 149.539 Row 20 39 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont Provsnl 0.000 40 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford Provsnl 0.000 Row 21 41 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev Provsnl 0.000 42 19 Gary Bradberry Child Support Recovery Ford Provsnl 0.000 Row 22 43 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Chev Provsnl 0.000 * Rookie of the Year Contender NOTE: - Dale Earnhardt took a former champion's provisional. DID NOT QUALIFY: 78 Billy Standridge Hanes/Diamond Rio Ford 95 Ed Berrier Feed the Children Chev Track Length : 1.0000 Miles