Report from Motorsport News International
NASCAR Public Relations
1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Starting Grid DieHard 500 Talladega Superspeedway
Race No. 29/October 11
Pos No. Name Make Time Speed 1 28 Ernie Irvan Frd 00:49.547 193.271 2 98 John Andretti Frd 00:49.574 193.166 3 23 Jimmy Spencer Frd 00:49.674 192.777 4 99 Jeff Burton Frd 00:49.690 192.715 5 36 Derrike Cope Pon 00:49.691 192.711 6 5 Terry Labonte Chv 00:49.716 192.614 7 18 Bobby Labonte Pon 00:49.755 192.463 8 24 Jeff Gordon Chv 00:49.771 192.401 9 2 Rusty Wallace Frd 00:49.773 192.393 10 94 Bill Elliott Frd 00:49.783 192.355 11 77 Robert Pressley Frd 00:49.787 192.339 12 3 Dale Earnhardt Chv 00:49.820 192.212 13 42 Joe Nemechek Chv 00:49.834 192.158 14 33 Ken Schrader Chv 00:49.848 192.104 15 25 Ricky Craven Chv 00:49.870 192.019 16 31 Mike Skinner Chv 00:49.922 191.819 17 11 Brett Bodine Frd 00:49.932 191.781 18 88 Dale Jarrett Frd 00:49.959 191.677 19 30 Johnny Benson Pon 00:50.009 191.486 20 9 Lake Speed Frd 00:50.040 191.367 21 90 Dick Trickle Frd 00:50.065 191.271 22 41 Steve Grissom Chv 00:50.077 191.226 23 75 Rick Mast Frd 00:50.080 191.214 24 46 Wally Dallenbach Jr Chv 00:50.115 191.081 25 7 Geoff Bodine Frd 00:50.118 191.069 26 47 Billy Standridge Frd 00:50.070 191.252 27 21 Michael Waltrip Frd 00:50.170 190.871 28 40 Greg Sacks Chv 00:50.232 190.635 29 1 Morgan Shepherd Pon 00:50.249 190.571 30 4 Sterling Marlin Chv 00:50.253 190.556 31 6 Mark Martin Frd 00:50.283 190.442 32 71 Dave Marcis Chv 00:50.291 190.412 33 17 Darrell Waltrip Chv 00:50.361 190.147 34 43 Bobby Hamilton Pon 00:50.385 190.057 35 81 Kenny Wallace Frd 00:50.397 190.011 36 97 Chad Little Pon 00:50.401 189.996 37 96 David Green Chv 00:50.402 189.992 38 91 Kevin Lepage Chv 00:50.417 189.936 39 16 Ted Musgrave Frd Provisional 40 37 Jeremy Mayfield Frd Provisional 41 10 Ricky Rudd Frd Provisional 42 44 Kyle Petty Pon Provisional
