NASCAR Winston Cup Series ACDelco 400: Starting Grid
26 October 1997
ROCKINGHAM, NC - Starting grid for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, ACDelco 400: Ps.No. Driver Sponsor Make Lap Time M.P.H. -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- Row 1 1 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 0:23.365 156.696 2 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 0:23.391 156.522 Row 2 3 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 0:23.423 156.308 4 22 Ward Burton MBNA Pont 0:23.499 155.802 Row 3 5 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 0:23.539 155.538 6 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 0:23.541 155.524 Row 4 7 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 0:23.542 155.518 8 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 0:23.548 155.478 Row 5 9 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 0:23.551 155.458 10 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 0:23.553 155.445 Row 6 11 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 0:23.563 155.379 12 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 0:23.575 155.300 Row 7 13 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 0:23.585 155.234 14 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 0:23.589 155.208 Row 8 15 96 David Green Caterpillar Chev 0:23.596 155.162 16 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 0:23.606 155.096 Row 9 17 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 0:23.611 155.063 18 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 0:23.616 155.030 Row 10 19 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chev 0:23.618 155.017 20 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 0:23.621 154.998 Row 11 21 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 0:23.621 154.998 22 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 0:23.622 154.991 Row 12 23 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 0:23.642 154.860 24 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RCA Cola Ford 0:23.646 154.834 Row 13 25 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 0:23.650 154.808 26 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 0:23.676 154.638 Row 14 27 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Engines Ford 0:23.683 154.592 28 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 0:23.686 154.572 Row 15 29 29 * Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev 0:23.697 154.501 30 9 Lake Speed Advantage Camo Ford 0:23.700 154.481 Row 16 31 1 Morgan Shepherd R&L Carriers Pont 0:23.710 154.416 32 14 Steve Park Burger King Chev 0:23.724 154.325 Row 17 33 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 0:23.746 154.182 34 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 0:23.765 154.058 Row 18 35 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 0:23.767 154.046 36 78 Gary Bradberry Hanes Ford 0:23.814 153.741 Row 19 37 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 0:23.824 153.677 38 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 0:23.870 153.381 Row 20 39 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford Provsnl 0.000 40 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford Provsnl 0.000 Row 21 41 98 John Andretti RCA Ford Provsnl 0.000 42 40 Greg Sacks Coors Light Chev Provsnl 0.000 Row 22 43 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev Provsnl 0.000 DID NOT QUALIFY: 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev 95 Ed Berrier Sadler Racing Chev 27 Kenny Irwin Action Performance Ford 11 Brett Bodine Bodine Racing Ford * Rookie of the Year Contender Track Length : 1.0170 Miles