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NASCAR Winston Cup Brickyard 400: Performance History (7/31/97 p.m.)

31 July 1997


1997 Brickyard 400
Performance History - Afternoon Practice
Thursday July 31, 1997
(By Session's Best Speed)

				     :---Session-------: :-Event Combined-:  Date
 R  Car	Driver		     Make    Laps Time	 Speed	 Laps Time  Speed    Best
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 1   9 	Speed, Lake	     Ford      6 51.216 175.726  22 50.983 176.529 7/31/97
 2  77 	Shepherd, Morgan     Ford      7 51.278 175.514  56 51.278 175.514 7/31/97
 3  29 	Green, Jeff	     Chevy    11 51.347 175.278  56 50.812 177.124 7/31/97
 4  78 	Hillin, Bobby	     Ford      3 51.716 174.027  48 51.646 174.263 7/31/97
 5  36 	Cope, Derrike	     Pontiac   6 51.726 173.994  61 51.501 174.754 7/31/97
 6  12 	Purvis, Jeff	     Chevy     6 51.829 173.648  35 51.829 173.648 7/31/97
 7  95 	Berrier, Ed	     Chevy     6 51.915 173.360  57 51.504 174.744 7/31/97
 8  61 	Steele, Tim	     Ford     15 51.960 173.210  53 51.936 173.290 7/31/97
 9  90 	Trickle, Dick	     Ford      6 51.966 173.190  57 51.442 174.954 7/31/97
10  16 	Musgrave, Ted	     Ford     32 52.022 173.004  98 50.874 176.908 7/30/97
11   6 	Martin, Mark	     Ford     27 52.055 172.894  73 51.012 176.429 7/31/97
12   7 	Bodine, Geoff	     Ford     14 52.070 172.844  53 51.633 174.307 7/31/97
13  71 	Marcis, Dave	     Chevy     8 52.079 172.814  42 52.079 172.814 7/31/97
14  99 	Burton, Jeff	     Ford     23 52.080 172.811  68 50.835 177.043 7/31/97
15   3 	Earnhardt, Dale	     Chevy    15 52.122 172.672  52 51.258 175.582 7/31/97
16  33 	Schrader, Ken	     Chevy    18 52.142 172.606  62 50.857 176.967 7/31/97
17  43 	Hamilton, Bobby	     Pontiac  17 52.214 172.368  61 50.624 177.781 7/31/97
18  94 	Elliott, Bill	     Ford     28 52.223 172.338  83 51.221 175.709 7/31/97
19  41 	Grissom, Steve	     Chevy     6 52.232 172.308  42 50.998 176.478 7/30/97
20  75 	Mast, Rick	     Ford     26 52.287 172.127  68 51.066 176.243 7/31/97
21  37 	Mayfield, Jeremy     Ford     14 52.299 172.087  69 51.321 175.367 7/31/97
22   5 	Labonte, Terry	     Chevy    11 52.322 172.012  41 51.117 176.067 7/31/97
23  22 	Burton, Ward	     Pontiac  17 52.356 171.900  65 51.313 175.394 7/31/97
24  98 	Andretti, John	     Ford      5 52.372 171.848  53 51.238 175.651 7/30/97
25  18 	Labonte, Bobby	     Pontiac  22 52.425 171.674  68 51.046 176.312 7/31/97
26   4 	Marlin, Sterling     Chevy    10 52.430 171.657  46 50.957 176.620 7/31/97
27  30 	Benson Jr, Johnny    Pontiac  13 52.441 171.621  47 51.139 175.991 7/31/97
28   8 	Stricklin, Hut	     Ford     13 52.509 171.399  61 52.013 173.034 7/31/97
29  21 	Waltrip, Michael     Ford     15 52.543 171.288  61 51.311 175.401 7/31/97
30  10 	Rudd, Ricky	     Ford     22 52.616 171.051  53 50.886 176.866 7/31/97
31  44 	Petty, Kyle	     Pontiac  21 52.618 171.044  75 51.131 176.018 7/31/97
32  97 	Little, Chad	     Pontiac  18 52.671 170.872  81 51.514 174.710 7/31/97
33   2 	Wallace, Rusty	     Ford     22 52.754 170.603  68 51.350 175.268 7/31/97
34  23 	Spencer, Jimmy	     Ford     15 52.767 170.561  71 51.139 175.991 7/31/97
35  25 	Craven, Ricky	     Chevy     7 52.921 170.065  50 52.280 172.150 7/31/97
36  92 	Barfield, Ron	     Ford     25 52.982 169.869  66 50.938 176.685 7/31/97
37  81 	Wallace, Kenny	     Ford      2 70.197 128.211  50 51.965 173.193 7/31/97
38  88 	Jarrett, Dale	     Ford      0  0.000   0.000  23 50.285 178.980 7/30/97
39  28 	Irvan, Ernie	     Ford      0  0.000   0.000  30 50.418 178.508 7/31/97
40  26 	Bickle, Rich	     Chevy     0  0.000   0.000  41 50.718 177.452 7/31/97
41  42 	Nemechek, Joe	     Chevy     0  0.000   0.000  32 50.754 177.326 7/31/97
42  46 	Dallenbach Jr, Wally Chevy     0  0.000   0.000  24 50.806 177.144 7/30/97
43  24 	Gordon, Jeff	     Chevy     0  0.000   0.000  43 50.864 176.942 7/31/97
44  40 	Gordon, Robby	     Chevy     0  0.000   0.000  37 50.912 176.776 7/31/97
45   9 	Speed, Lake	     Ford      0  0.000   0.000  14 50.932 176.706 7/30/97
46  17 	Waltrip, Darrell     Chevy     0  0.000   0.000  41 51.231 175.675 7/31/97
47  31 	Skinner, Mike	     Chevy     0  0.000   0.000  16 51.242 175.637 7/31/97
48  91 	Sacks, Greg	     Chevy     0  0.000   0.000  44 51.271 175.538 7/30/97
49  27 	Wilson, Rick	     Ford      0  0.000   0.000  44 51.302 175.432 7/31/97
50  96 	Green, David	     Chevy     0  0.000   0.000  41 51.445 174.944 7/31/97
51  31 	Skinner, Mike	     Chevy     0  0.000   0.000  11 51.637 174.294 7/30/97
52  11 	Bodine, Brett	     Ford      0  0.000   0.000  59 51.926 173.324 7/31/97
53   1 	Wallace, Mike	     Pontiac   0  0.000   0.000  45 51.993 173.100 7/31/97
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		Total Laps:          532	       2717