NASCAR Thunder Special - Suzuka: Starting Grid
23 November 1997
SUZUKA, JAPAN - Starting grid for the NASCAR, Thunder Special -- Suzuka: Ps.No. Driver Sponsor Car Lap Time M.P.H. -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- Row 1 1 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 0:62.279 80.602 2 9 Jim Richards Pyroil Chev 0:62.605 80.183 Row 2 3 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 0:63.126 79.521 4 31 Mike Skinner Snap-On Chev 0:63.445 79.121 Row 3 5 5 Jack Sprague Rain X Chev 0:63.608 78.918 6 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 0:63.745 78.749 Row 4 7 01 Keiichi Tsuchiya Hot Version Ford 0:63.819 78.657 8 46 Wally Dallenbach Universal Studios Chev 0:63.836 78.637 Row 5 9 45 Ron Hornaday Xtreme-J Chev 0:63.869 78.596 10 02 Akihiko Nakaya Mooneyes Ford 0:63.933 78.517 Row 6 11 74 Randy LaJoie FINA Chev 0:63.978 78.462 12 96 David Green Caterpillar Chev 0:64.162 78.237 Row 7 13 3 Dale Earnhardt ACDelco Chev 0:64.345 78.014 14 67 Scott Gaylord SMS Motorsports Inc Chev 0:64.412 77.933 Row 8 15 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 0:64.495 77.833 16 4 Bobby Hamilton Kodak Gold Film Chev 0:64.732 77.548 Row 9 17 28 Kenny Irwin Caltex/Texaco Havoline Ford 0:64.810 77.455 18 9x Bill Sedgwick ADL Chev 0:64.921 77.322 Row 10 19 38 Butch Gilliland Stroppe Motorsports Ford 0:64.972 77.262 20 98 Kevin Culver Whole Sale Truck Parts Inc Chev 0:64.987 77.244 Row 11 21 1 Lance Hooper R&L Carriers Pont 0:65.241 76.943 22 61 Rick Carelli ReMax International Chev 0:65.295 76.879 Row 12 23 72 Kenny Wallace EA Sports Chev 0:65.306 76.866 24 23 Hideo Fukuyama Million Card Ford 0:65.397 76.759 Row 13 25 07 Sean Woodside Cinema Vehicles Pont 0:65.834 76.250 26 24 Ricky Craven Budweiser/DuPont Chev 0:67.097 74.815 Row 14 27 14 Jeff Davis Ultra Shield Products Ford 0:67.868 73.965 28 37 Larry Gunselman Lucas Oil Products Ford 0:67.863 73.970 Row 15 29 29 Kazuteru Wakida Gunblaster Chev 0:68.685 73.085 30 08 John Kinder PowerBase Motorsports Chev 0:69.158 72.585 Track Length : 1.3944 Miles