TranSouth 400 Update - Starting Grid
Darlington Raceway
March 23, 1997
Starting grid for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, TranSouth Financial 400 scheduled for Sunday, March 23, 1997 at Darlington Raceway: Ps.No. Driver Sponsor Make Lap Time M.P.H. -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- Row 1 1 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 0:28.742 171.095 2 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 0:28.750 171.047 Row 2 3 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 0:28.773 170.910 4 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 0:28.801 170.744 Row 3 5 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 0:28.831 170.566 6 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 0:28.897 170.177 Row 4 7 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 0:28.928 169.994 8 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 0:28.946 169.889 Row 5 9 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Chev 0:28.949 169.871 10 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 0:28.961 169.801 Row 6 11 9 Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts Ford 0:28.980 169.689 12 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 0:28.993 169.613 Row 7 13 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 0:29.002 169.561 14 19 Gary Bradberry Child Support Recovery Ford 0:29.042 169.327 Row 8 15 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 0:29.063 169.205 16 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 0:29.094 169.025 Row 9 17 91 Mike Wallace Spam/Hormel Foods Chev 0:29.130 168.816 18 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 0:29.134 168.792 Row 10 19 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RC Cola Ford 0:29.135 168.787 20 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev 0:29.140 168.758 Row 11 21 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 0:29.142 168.746 22 96 * David Green Caterpillar Chev 0:29.145 168.729 Row 12 23 1 Morgan Shepherd Delco-Remy/Cruisin Amer Pont 0:29.155 168.671 24 20 Greg Sacks Hardee's Ford 0:29.155 168.671 Row 13 25 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 0:29.158 168.654 26 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 0:29.176 168.549 Row 14 27 21 Michael Waltrip Citgo Ford 0:29.191 168.463 28 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 0:29.210 168.353 Row 15 29 42 Phil Parsons BellSouth Chev 0:29.211 168.348 30 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 0:29.234 168.215 Row 16 31 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford 0:29.239 168.186 32 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 0:29.251 168.117 Row 17 33 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 0:29.268 168.020 34 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 0:29.276 167.974 Row 18 35 29 Robert Pressley Cartoon Network Chev 0:29.287 167.911 36 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 0:29.289 167.899 Row 19 37 77 Bobby Hillin, Jr. Jasper Engines Ford 0:29.330 167.665 38 40 * Robby Gordon Coors Light Chev 0:29.343 167.590 Row 20 39 43 Bobby Hamilton STP P Pont 0:29.563 166.343 40 22 Ward Burton MBNA America P Pont 0:29.603 166.118 Row 21 41 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto P Chev 0:29.547 166.433 42 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms P Ford 0:29.673 165.726 Row 22 43 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service P Chev 0:29.405 167.237 * Rookie of the Year Contender P=Provisional Starter Track Length : 1.3660 Miles DID NOT QUALIFY: 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 0:29.494 166.732 78 Billy Standridge Diamond Rio/Hanes Ford 0:29.554 166.394 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 0:29.623 166.006
