NASCAR Winston Cup Series DieHard 500: Friday Practice Times
10 October 1997
TALLADEGA, AL - Friday practice times for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, DieHard 500: Ps.No. Driver Sponsor Make Lap Time M.P.H. -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- 1 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 0:49.225 194.535 2 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 0:49.339 194.086 3 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Engines Ford 0:49.424 193.752 4 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 0:49.446 193.666 5 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 0:49.484 193.517 6 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chev 0:49.523 193.365 7 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 0:49.540 193.298 8 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 0:49.606 193.041 9 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 0:49.623 192.975 10 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 0:49.627 192.959 11 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 0:49.630 192.948 12 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 0:49.644 192.893 13 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 0:49.663 192.820 14 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 0:49.677 192.765 15 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 0:49.707 192.649 16 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 0:49.729 192.564 17 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 0:49.812 192.243 18 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 0:49.848 192.104 19 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 0:49.853 192.085 20 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 0:49.866 192.035 21 9 Lake Speed Advantage Camouflage Ford 0:49.922 191.819 22 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 0:49.936 191.765 23 11 Brett Bodine Bodine Racing Ford 0:49.951 191.708 24 40 Greg Sacks Coors Light Chev 0:49.963 191.662 25 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 0:49.983 191.585 26 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 0:50.001 191.516 27 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 0:50.039 191.371 28 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 0:50.123 191.050 29 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 0:50.153 190.936 30 22 Ward Burton MBNA Pont 0:50.172 190.863 31 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 0:50.199 190.761 32 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 0:50.205 190.738 33 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 0:50.214 190.704 34 29 * Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev 0:50.304 190.363 35 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 0:50.353 190.177 36 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev 0:50.370 190.113 37 1 Morgan Shepherd R&L Carriers Pont 0:50.375 190.094 38 47 Billy Standridge Standridge Racing Ford 0:50.391 190.034 39 96 David Green Caterpillar Chev 0:50.416 189.940 40 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 0:50.449 189.815 41 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 0:50.505 189.605 42 91 Kevin Lepage Pionite Chev 0:50.509 189.590 43 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RCA Cola Ford 0:50.522 189.541 44 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 0:50.612 189.204 45 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 0:50.715 188.820 46 78 Gary Bradberry Hanes Ford 0:50.820 188.430 47 95 Ed Berrier Sadler Racing Chev 0:50.940 187.986 * Rookie of the Year Contender Track Length : 2.6600 Miles