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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