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1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Starting Grid for the NASCAR Thunder Special - Suzuka 100 Suzuka Circuitland Race No. 33/November 22
Pos No Driver Make Sponsor Lap Time Lap Speed 1 6 Mark Martin Pon Valvoline 01:02.279 80.60 2 9 Jim Richards Frd Pyroil 01:02.605 80.18 3 02 Rusty Wallace Frd Miller Lite 01:03.126 79.52 4 31 Mike Skinner Chv Snap-On 01:03.445 79.12 5 5 Jack Sprague Chv Rain-X 01:03.608 78.91 6 7 Geoff Bodine Frd QVC 01:03.745 78.75 7 01 Keiichi Tsuchia Frd Hot Version 01:03.819 78.65 8 46 Wally Dallenbach Chv Universal S 01:03.836 78.63 9 45 Ron Hornaday Chv Xtreme-J 01:03.869 78.59 10 02 Akihiko Nakaya Frd Mooneyes 01:03.933 78.51 11 74 Randy LaJoie Chv FINA 01:03.978 78.46 12 96 David Green Chv Caterpillar 01:04.162 78.23 13 3 Dale Earnhardt Chv ACDelco 01:04.345 78.01 14 67 Scott Gaylord Frd SMS MS 01:04.412 77.93 15 21 Michael Waltrip Frd Citgo 01:04.495 77.83 16 4 Bobby Hamilton Chv Kodak Gold 01:04.732 77.54 17 28 Kenny Irwin Jr. Frd Texaco/Havol 01:04.810 77.45 18 9 Bill Sedgwick Chv ADL 01:04.921 77.32 19 38 Butch Gilliland Frd Stroppe MS 01:04.972 77.26 20 98 Kevin Culver Chv Wholesale Tk 01:04.987 77.24 21 1 Lance Hooper Pon R+L Carriers 01:05.241 76.94 22 61 Rick Carelli Chv RE/MAX 01:05.295 76.88 23 72 Kenny Wallace Chv EA Sports 01:05.306 76.86 24 23 Hideo Fukuyama Ford Million Card 01:05.397 76.76 25 07 Sean Woodside Pon Cinema Vehic 01:05.834 76.25 26 24 Ricky Craven Chv Bud/DuPont 01:07.097 74.81 27 14 Jeff Davis Frd Ultra Shield 01:07.868 73.97 28 37 Larry Gunselman Frd Lucas Oil 01:07.863 73.96 29 29 Kazuteru Wakida Chv Gunblaster 01:08.685 73.08 30 08 John Kinder Chv PowerBase 01:09.158 72.58
