NASCAR Winston Cup Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400: Starting Grid
6 September 1997
RICHMOND, VA - Starting grid for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400: Ps.No. Driver Sponsor Make Lap Time M.P.H. -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- Row 1 1 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 0:21.648 124.723 2 27 Kenny Irwin Hasbro/Action Perf Ford 0:21.656 124.677 Row 2 3 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 0:21.671 124.590 4 40 * Robby Gordon Coors Light Chev 0:21.681 124.533 Row 3 5 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 0:21.684 124.516 6 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 0:21.697 124.441 Row 4 7 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chev 0:21.722 124.298 8 96 David Green Caterpillar Chev 0:21.734 124.229 Row 5 9 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 0:21.740 124.195 10 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 0:21.760 124.081 Row 6 11 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 0:21.797 123.870 12 22 Ward Burton MBNA Pont 0:21.800 123.853 Row 7 13 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 0:21.803 123.836 14 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 0:21.811 123.791 Row 8 15 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 0:21.815 123.768 16 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RCA Cola Ford 0:21.819 123.745 Row 9 17 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 0:21.828 123.694 18 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 0:21.832 123.672 Row 10 19 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 0:21.833 123.666 20 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 0:21.845 123.598 Row 11 21 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 0:21.846 123.592 22 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 0:21.850 123.570 Row 12 23 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 0:21.860 123.513 24 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 0:21.861 123.508 Row 13 25 29 * Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev 0:21.861 123.508 26 9 Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts Ford 0:21.866 123.479 Row 14 27 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 0:21.867 123.474 28 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 0:21.877 123.417 Row 15 29 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 0:21.892 123.333 30 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 0:21.894 123.321 Row 16 31 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 0:21.902 123.276 32 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 0:21.909 123.237 Row 17 33 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 0:21.913 123.215 34 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 0:21.929 123.125 Row 18 35 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 0:21.953 122.990 36 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 0:21.969 122.900 Row 19 37 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 0:21.987 122.800 38 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 0:21.995 122.755 Row 20 39 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford Provsnl 0.000 40 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev Provsnl 0.000 Row 21 41 1 Lance Hooper R&L Carriers Pont Provsnl 0.000 42 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont Provsnl 0.000 DID NOT QUALIFY: 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev 91 Ron Hornaday Pionite Chev 78 Gary Bradberry Hanes Ford 77 Morgan Shepherd Jasper Engines Ford 02 Mike Bliss Dickies/Team ASE Ford * Rookie of the Year Contender Track Length : 0.7500 Miles ###