NASCAR Winston Cup Pocono 500 Starting Grid
7 June 1997
LONG POND, PA - Starting Grid for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Pocono 500: Ps.No. Driver Sponsor Make Lap Time M.P.H. -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- Row 1 1 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 0:53.543 168.089 2 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 0:53.563 168.026 Row 2 3 22 Ward Burton MBNA America Pont 0:53.729 167.507 4 40 Greg Sacks Coors Light Chev 0:53.741 167.470 Row 3 5 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 0:53.769 167.383 6 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 0:53.775 167.364 Row 4 7 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 0:53.807 167.264 8 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 0:53.808 167.261 Row 5 9 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 0:53.813 167.246 10 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 0:53.844 167.150 Row 6 11 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Finish Chev 0:53.895 166.991 12 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Chev 0:53.983 166.719 Row 7 13 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 0:53.997 166.676 14 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 0:54.027 166.583 Row 8 15 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 0:54.039 166.546 16 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 0:54.049 166.516 Row 9 17 91 Mike Wallace Spam/Hormel Foods Chev 0:54.064 166.469 18 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 0:54.072 166.445 Row 10 19 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 0:54.093 166.380 20 1 Morgan Shepherd R&L Carriers/Cruisin Amer Pont 0:54.116 166.309 Row 11 21 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 0:54.149 166.208 22 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 0:54.160 166.174 Row 12 23 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 0:54.163 166.165 24 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 0:54.165 166.159 Row 13 25 96 * David Green Caterpillar Chev 0:54.169 166.147 26 42 Joe Nemechek Bell South Chev 0:53.685 167.645 Row 14 27 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RC Cola Ford 0:53.795 167.302 28 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 0:53.982 166.722 Row 15 29 29 Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev 0:53.989 166.701 30 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 0:53.999 166.670 Row 16 31 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 0:54.019 166.608 32 21 Michael Waltrip Citgo Ford 0:54.022 166.599 Row 17 33 77 Bobby Hillin, Jr. Jasper Engines Ford 0:54.024 166.593 34 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 0:54.039 166.546 Row 18 35 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 0:54.067 166.460 36 19 Gary Bradberry Child Support Recovery Ford 0:54.099 166.362 Row 19 37 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford 0:54.131 166.263 38 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 0:54.170 166.144 Row 20 39 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev Provsnl 0.000 40 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont Provsnl 0.000 Row 21 41 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev Provsnl 0.000 42 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford Provsnl 0.000 * Rookie of the Year Contender Did Not Qualify #97 Chad Little #78 Billy Standridge #71 Dave Marcis 06-07-1997 / 13:37:15 Track Length : 2.5000 Miles