Interstate Batteries 500 Starting Lineup
Texas Motor Speedway
April 5, 1997
1 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care Ford 2 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 3 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Chevrolet 4 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 5 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 6 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 7 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Network Ford 8 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 9 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 10 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco/Havoline Ford 11 16 Ted Musgrave Family Cannel/Primestar Ford 12 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pontiac 13 22 Ward Burton MBNA America Pontiac 14 17 Darrell Waltrip Parts America Chevrolet 15 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet 16 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 17 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pontiac 18 25 Todd Bodine Budweiser Chevrolet 19 1 Morgan Shepherd Delco Remy America Pontiac 20 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RC Cola Ford 21 21 Michael Waltrip Citgo Ford 22 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Chevrolet 23 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pontiac 24 9 Lake Speed Spam Ford 25 31 Mike Skinner Lowe's Home Improvement Chevrolet 26 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford 27 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chevrolet 28 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 29 40 Robby Gordon Coors Light Chevrolet 30 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 31 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 32 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers Ford 33 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Ford 34 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 35 42 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chevrolet 36 71 Dave Marcis Realtree Chevrolet 37 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pontiac 38 97 Chad Little John Deere Pontiac 39 20 Greg Sacks Hardee's Ford 40 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chevrolet 41 77 Bobby Hillin Jasper Ford 42 91 Mike Wallace Spam Chevrolet 43 78 Billy Standridge Diamond Rio Ford