NASCAR Winston Cup Pepsi 400 -- Starting Grid
5 July 1997
DAYTONA BEACH, FL - Starting grid for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Pepsi 400: Ps.No. Driver Sponsor Make Lap Time M.P.H. -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- Row 1 1 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 0:47.424 189.777 2 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 0:42.428 212.124 Row 2 3 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 0:47.513 189.422 4 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Finish Chev 0:47.529 189.358 Row 3 5 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 0:47.618 189.004 6 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 0:47.656 188.853 Row 4 7 78 Billy Standridge Hanes/Diamond Rio Ford 0:47.672 188.790 8 21 Michael Waltrip Citgo Ford 0:47.673 188.786 Row 5 9 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 0:47.678 188.766 10 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 0:47.720 188.600 Row 6 11 42 Joe Nemechek Bell South Chev 0:47.751 188.478 12 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 0:47.755 188.462 Row 7 13 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 0:47.815 188.225 14 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 0:47.854 188.072 Row 8 15 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 0:47.859 188.052 16 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 0:47.878 187.978 Row 9 17 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 0:47.913 187.840 18 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 0:47.915 187.833 Row 10 19 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 0:47.954 187.680 20 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 0:47.958 187.664 Row 11 21 22 Ward Burton MBNA America Pont 0:47.971 187.613 22 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 0:48.020 187.422 Row 12 23 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 0:48.027 187.395 24 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 0:48.027 187.395 Row 13 25 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 0:48.066 187.243 26 40 * Robby Gordon Coors Light Chev 0:48.071 187.223 Row 14 27 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 0:48.095 187.130 28 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 0:48.124 187.017 Row 15 29 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 0:48.171 186.834 30 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 0:48.177 186.811 Row 16 31 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RC Cola Ford 0:48.187 186.772 32 77 Morgan Shepherd Jasper Engines Ford 0:48.208 186.691 Row 17 33 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 0:48.271 186.447 34 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 0:48.318 186.266 Row 18 35 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 0:48.334 186.204 36 96 * David Green Caterpillar Chev 0:48.345 186.162 Row 19 37 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev 0:48.377 186.039 38 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 0:48.393 185.977 Row 20 39 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev Provsnl 0.000 40 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford Provsnl 0.000 Row 21 41 1 Jerry Nadeau R & L Carriers Pont Provsnl 0.000 42 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev Provsnl 0.000 DID NOT QUALIFY: 91 Loy Allen Spam/Hormel Foods Chev 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 29 * Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev * Rookie of the Year Contender Track Length : 2.5000 Miles