NASCAR Winston Cup Pennsylvania 500 -- Fact Sheet

16 July 1997

           1997 NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES FACT SHEET

WHAT: Pennyslvania 500
      NASCAR Winston Cup Series Race #18 of 32

WHERE: Pocono Raceway
       2.5-Mile Banked Paved Speedway

WHEN: Sunday, July 20, 1997
      1:00 pm EDT

DISTANCE: 200 Laps / 500 Miles

POSTED AWARDS: $1,387,659

FIELD: 43 cars possible. Fastest 38 cars through time trials. Four 
provisional starting positions based on 1997 NWC owner points and one past
champion provisional.

SANCTION: National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc.

PROMOTER: Pocono International Raceway, Inc.

TV: TBS (Live)
    Airtime: 1:00 pm (EDT)
    Announcers: Ken Squier and  Buddy Baker
    Pit Reporters: Steve Byrnes, Mike Hogwood, Glen Jarrett, and Matt Yocum

RADIO: MRN (Live)
       Airtime: 12:45 pm (EDT)
       Announcers: Allen Bestwick and Barney Hall

SCHEDULE:
          Friday, July 19
             6:00 am : Team Haulers Enter
             7:00 am : NASCAR Garage Opens
             9:30 am : Rookie Drivers' Meeting
            10:00 am : Qualifying Draw
  10:30 am - 2:00 pm : Practice
             3:00 pm : Qualifying (Positions 1-25)

          Saturday, July 20
             7:00 am : NASCAR Garage Opens
     9:00 - 11:00 am : Practice
            11:30 am : Qualifying (Positions 26-38)
                       Final Practice following the ARCA event

PARTICIPATING AWARDS SPONSORS: Winston, AE Clevite Engine Parts, Aeroquip,
Auto Meter Products, Bowman Distribution, Busch Beer, Champion Spark Plugs,
Competition Cams, Craftsman Tools, Crane Cams, DuPont Automotive Finishes,
Edelbrock Manifolds, Fram Fuel Filters, Gatorade Sports Beverage, Goodyear
Tires, Goody's Headache Powders, Holley Carburetors, Hurst Shifters, JE
Pistons, Jesel Rocker Arms, Longacre Computerscales, MCI, Mac Tools, Mechanix
Wear, Moog Chassis Parts, Motorcraft Batteries, Opryland, Plasti-Kote Spray
Paint, RCA, Raybestos Brakes, Simpson Helmets, Spicer Drive Shafts, Stant
Radiator Caps, STP Oil Treatment & Oil Filters, 3M Automotive Products, True
Value Hardware, Unocal Gasoline, 76/NASCAR High Performance Motor Oil,
Western Auto Stores, Wiseco Pistons, Wix Air Filters
 
 RECORDS: Qualifying: Jeff Gordon; Chevrolet; 169.725 mph; 53.027 seconds;
                       6/14/96
 
          Race: Rusty Wallace; Ford; 144.892 mph;
                3 hours, 27 minutes, 3 seconds; 7/21/96
 
THE RACE: Pocono Raceway is a 2.5-mile paved tri-oval with 14 degrees
ganking in turn one, 8 degrees banking in turn two and 6 degrees banking in
turn three. The length of the front straight is 3,740 feet, the length of
the Long Pond straight is 3,055 feet and the length of the North straight is
1,780 feet. Pocono Raceway has hosted the Pennsylvania 500 since 1974.