NASCAR Winston Cup Goody's Headache Powders 500: Fact Sheet
19 August 1997
1997 NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES FACT SHEET WHAT: Goody's Headache Powders 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Race #22 of 32 WHERE: Bristol Motor Speedway 0.533-Mile Banked Speedway WHEN: Saturday, August 23, 1997 7:30 pm EDT DISTANCE: 500 Laps/266.5 Miles POSTED AWARDS: $1,566,036 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: Bristol Motor Speedway, Inc. TV: ESPN (Live) Airtime: 7:30 pm (EDT) Announcers: Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett Pit Reporters: Dr. Jerry Punch, Bill Weber and John Kernan RADIO: MRN (Live) Airtime: 7:15 pm (EDT) Announcers: Allen Bestwick and Barney Hall SCHEDULE: Friday, August 22 6:00 am : Team Haulers Enter 8:00 am : NASCAR Garage Opens 11:00 am : Rookie Drivers' Meeting 11:30 am : Qualifying Draw 12:00 - 2:00 pm : Practice 3:00 - 4:00 pm : Practice 5:30 pm : Qualifying (Positions 1-25) Saturday, August 23 9:00 am : NASCAR Garage Opens 10:30 am - 12:00 pm : Practice 12:30 pm : Qualifying (Positions 26-38) 1:00 pm : Final Practice 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: Mark Martin; Ford 126.093 mph; 15.339 seconds; 8/25/95 Race: Charlie Glotzbach; 101.074 mph; 2 hours, 38 minutes, 12 seconds; 7/11/71 THE TRACK: Degree of Banking in Corners - 36 degrees Degree of Banking on Straights - 16 degrees Length of Frontstretch - 650 feet Length of Backstretch - 650 feet 1996 REVIEW: Rusty Wallace led the last 161 laps, but still finished just 0.630-second ahead of Jeff Gordon to win the 1996 Goody's Headache Powders 500. Mark Martin started from the Busch Pole, his fourth straight at Bristol Motor Speedway, and led the first nine laps, but he wouldn't lead again. Wallace dominated the evening, leading four times for 353 laps to earn his sixth career win at Bristol. ###