NASCAR Winston Cup Bud at Watkins Glen: Starting Grid
9 August 1997
WATKINS GLEN, NY - Starting grid for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, The Bud at the Glen: Ps.No. Driver Sponsor Make Lap Time M.P.H. -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- Row 1 1 34 Todd Bodine Hardinge Chev 0:73.192 120.505 2 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 0:73.253 120.405 Row 2 3 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 0:73.254 120.403 4 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 0:73.308 120.314 Row 3 5 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 0:73.308 120.314 6 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 0:73.346 120.252 Row 4 7 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 0:73.393 120.175 8 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chev 0:73.403 120.159 Row 5 9 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 0:73.413 120.142 10 40 * Robby Gordon Coors Light Chev 0:73.420 120.131 Row 6 11 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 0:73.472 120.046 12 14 Steve Park Burger King Chev 0:73.548 119.922 Row 7 13 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 0:73.602 119.834 14 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 0:73.618 119.808 Row 8 15 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 0:73.634 119.782 16 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 0:73.654 119.749 Row 9 17 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 0:73.748 119.596 18 22 Ward Burton MBNA Pont 0:73.787 119.533 Row 10 19 90 Dorsey Schroeder Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 0:73.818 119.483 20 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford 0:73.911 119.333 Row 11 21 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 0:73.930 119.302 22 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 0:73.977 119.226 Row 12 23 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 0:74.042 119.122 24 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 0:74.054 119.102 Row 13 25 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 0:74.121 118.995 26 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 0:73.870 119.399 Row 14 27 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 0:73.953 119.265 28 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RCA Cola Ford 0:74.139 118.966 Row 15 29 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 0:74.199 118.870 30 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 0:74.199 118.870 Row 16 31 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 0:74.216 118.842 32 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 0:74.256 118.778 Row 17 33 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 0:74.267 118.761 34 1 Lance Hooper R&L Carriers Pont 0:74.279 118.742 Row 18 35 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 0:74.339 118.646 36 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 0:74.375 118.588 Row 19 37 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 0:74.392 118.561 38 96 * David Green Caterpillar Chev 0:74.491 118.404 Row 20 39 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev Provsnl 0.000 40 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford Provsnl 0.000 Row 21 41 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford Provsnl 0.000 42 29 * Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev Provsnl 0.000 DID NOT QUALIFY: 78 Bobby Hillin Hanes Ford 77 Morgan Shepherd Jasper Engines Ford 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev * Rookie of the Year Contender Track Length : 2.4500 Miles