NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Carquest Auto Parts 420k: Results
9 November 1997
LAS VEGAS, NV - Provisional results for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Carquest Auto Parts 420 held November 9, 1997 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Ps.Ql.No. Driver Sponsor Make Laps Notes -- -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- ----- ------- 1 8 80 Joe Ruttman LCI International Ford 175 $83,000 2 1 24 Jack Sprague Quaker State Chev 175 Running 3 14 16 Ron Hornaday NAPA Brakes Chev 175 Running 4 10 3 Jay Sauter GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 175 Running 5 2 2 Mike Bliss Team ASE Racing Ford 175 Running 6 12 6 Rick Carelli RE/MAX International Chev 175 Running 7 30 52 Mike Wallace Purolator PureOne/Pep Boys Chev 175 Running 8 15 75 Kevin Harvick Spears Manufacturing Chev 175 Running 9 6 99 Chuck Bown Exide Batteries Ford 174 Running 10 17 14 * Rick Crawford Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford 174 Running 11 32 19 * Tony Raines Pennzoil Dodg 173 Running 12 23 86 * Stacy Compton Valvoline Instant Oil Chng Ford 173 Running 13 4 29 Bob Keselowski Mopar Performance Dodg 172 Running 14 27 90 Lance Norick NHL/Four Queens Casino Dodg 172 Running 15 31 43 Jimmy Hensley Cummins Engine/Touch 1 Dodg 172 Running 16 21 17 Rich Bickle Sears DieHard Chev 171 Running 17 36 63 Rick Johnson Precision Gear Chev 171 Running 18 13 50 Ken Schrader Power Team Ford 171 Running 19 39 71 Butch Gilliland Doran Enterprises Chev Chev 170 Running 20 28 32 Curtis Markham Active Truck Team Chev 169 Engine 21 22 92 Doug George Rotary Lift Chev 169 Running 22 38 9 Ron Esau Rhino Linings USA Chev 169 Running 23 35 77 Ken Bouchard Professional Auto Parts Chev 167 Fuel 24 18 20 Brendan Gaughan Orleans Hotel & Casino Chev 165 Running 25 11 98 * Kenny Irwin Raybestos Ford 162 Engine 26 33 35 Ron Barfield Ortho Lawn & Garden Care Chev 161 Engine 27 34 31 * Tony Roper Concor Tool & Machine Ford 148 Running 28 7 21 Butch Miller Orleans Hotel & Casino Chev 146 Running 29 25 97 Wayne Anderson Porter-Cable Tools Ford 137 Engine 30 20 61 * Randy Tolsma IWX/Dole Chev 134 Suspens 31 19 94 Bill Elliott Team ASE Racing Ford 113 Engine 32 37 55 Dave Rezendes Icehouse Beer Ford 96 Wreck 33 40 68 Frank Kimmel Lub-Tek Shock Oil Chev 91 Engine 34 3 7 Barry Bodine Bodine Racing Ford 74 Wreck 35 9 10 * Lonnie Rush A&G Coal Company Chev 73 Wreck 36 16 93 Mike Skinner Llumar Window Films Chev 24 Ignitn 37 26 44 * Boris Said Federated Auto Parts Ford 19 Engine 38 5 66 Bryan Reffner Carlin Burners & Controls Ford 18 Engine 39 24 06 Troy Beebe Farris Concrete Chev 2 Ignitn 40 29 57 * Brian Cunningham Cunningham Historic M'cars Ford 0 Wreck * Cintas Rookie of the Year Contender Time of Race : 2 hours, 5 minutes, 9 seconds Average Speed : 125.849 mph * Record Breaks Jack Sprague's 1996 record of 120.782 mph Margin of Victory : 1.512 seconds Lap Leaders : 9 lead changes among 4 drivers Sprague (1-9), Bliss (10-59), Sprague (60-66), Bliss (67-98), Sprague (99-114), Carelli (115-145), Sprague (146), Bliss (147-150), Carelli (151-172), Ruttman (173-175) Cautions : 5 cautions for 26 laps Track Length : 1.5000 Miles