Interstate 500 Happy Hour Practice Times
Texas Motor Speedway
April 5, 1997
Pos # Driver Sponsor Make Time Speed (Sec.) (mph) 1 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 29.391 183.730 2 31 Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 29.704 181.794 3 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 29.705 181.788 4 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Chev 29.711 181.751 5 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford 29.723 181.677 6 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 29.784 181.305 7 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 29.830 181.026 8 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 29.837 180.983 9 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 29.843 180.947 10 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 29.866 180.808 11 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 29.866 180.808 12 20 Greg Sacks Hardee's Ford 29.870 180.783 13 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Chev 29.872 180.771 14 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 29.881 180.717 15 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 29.886 180.687 16 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 29.910 180.542 17 25 Todd Bodine Budweiser Chev 29.910 180.542 18 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 29.916 180.505 19 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 29.919 180.487 20 1 Morgan Shepherd Delco-Remy/Cruisin Amer Pont 29.940 180.361 21 9 Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts Ford 29.957 180.258 22 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 29.962 180.228 23 21 Michael Waltrip Citgo Ford 29.962 180.228 24 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 30.000 180.000 25 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 30.001 179.994 26 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 30.011 179.934 27 77 Bobby Hillin, Jr. Jasper Engines Ford 30.031 179.814 28 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 30.046 179.724 29 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RC Cola Ford 30.059 179.647 30 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 30.068 179.593 31 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 30.074 179.557 32 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 30.120 179.283 33 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 30.124 179.259 34 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 30.137 179.182 35 40 Robby Gordon Coors Light Chev 30.154 179.081 36 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 30.181 178.921 37 22 Ward Burton MBNA America Pont 30.220 178.690 38 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev 30.237 178.589 39 91 Mike Wallace Spam/Hormel Foods Chev 30.243 178.554 40 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 30.245 178.542 41 42 Joe Nemechek Bell South Chev 30.267 178.412 42 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 30.320 178.100 43 78 Billy Standridge Diamond Rio/Hanes Ford 30.658 176.137
