NASCAR Winston Cup Pocono 500 Starting Grid

7 June 1997

LONG POND, PA - Starting Grid for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Pocono 500:
          
Ps.No.  Driver                 Sponsor                   Make Lap Time M.P.H.
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Row  1 
 1  43  Bobby Hamilton         STP                       Pont 0:53.543 168.089
 2  88  Dale Jarrett           Quality Care/Ford Credit  Ford 0:53.563 168.026
Row  2 
 3  22  Ward Burton            MBNA America              Pont 0:53.729 167.507
 4  40  Greg Sacks             Coors Light               Chev 0:53.741 167.470
Row  3 
 5  94  Bill Elliott           McDonald's                Ford 0:53.769 167.383
 6  10  Ricky Rudd             Tide                      Ford 0:53.775 167.364
Row  4 
 7   5  Terry Labonte          Kellogg's Corn Flakes     Chev 0:53.807 167.264
 8  17  Darrell Waltrip        Western Auto              Chev 0:53.808 167.261
Row  5 
 9  98  John Andretti          RCA                       Ford 0:53.813 167.246
10  75  Rick Mast              Remington Arms            Ford 0:53.844 167.150
Row  6 
11  24  Jeff Gordon            DuPont Automotive Finish  Chev 0:53.895 166.991
12   3  Dale Earnhardt         GM Goodwrench Service     Chev 0:53.983 166.719
Row  7 
13  46  Wally Dallenbach, Jr.  First Union               Chev 0:53.997 166.676
14   6  Mark Martin            Valvoline                 Ford 0:54.027 166.583
Row  8 
15   8  Hut Stricklin          Circuit City              Ford 0:54.039 166.546
16   2  Rusty Wallace          Miller Lite               Ford 0:54.049 166.516
Row  9 
17  91  Mike Wallace           Spam/Hormel Foods         Chev 0:54.064 166.469
18  99  Jeff Burton            Exide Batteries           Ford 0:54.072 166.445
Row  10 
19  28  Ernie Irvan            Texaco Havoline           Ford 0:54.093 166.380
20   1  Morgan Shepherd        R&L Carriers/Cruisin Amer Pont 0:54.116 166.309
Row  11 
21  30  Johnny Benson          Pennzoil                  Pont 0:54.149 166.208
22  25  Ricky Craven           Budweiser                 Chev 0:54.160 166.174
Row  12 
23  18  Bobby Labonte          Interstate Batteries      Pont 0:54.163 166.165
24   7  Geoff Bodine           QVC                       Ford 0:54.165 166.159
Row  13 
25  96  * David Green          Caterpillar               Chev 0:54.169 166.147
26  42  Joe Nemechek           Bell South                Chev 0:53.685 167.645
Row  14 
27  37  Jeremy Mayfield        KMart/RC Cola             Ford 0:53.795 167.302
28   4  Sterling Marlin        Kodak Gold Film           Chev 0:53.982 166.722
Row  15 
29  29  Jeff Green             Cartoon Network           Chev 0:53.989 166.701
30  81  Kenny Wallace          Square D                  Ford 0:53.999 166.670
Row  16 
31  16  Ted Musgrave           Family Channel/Primestar  Ford 0:54.019 166.608
32  21  Michael Waltrip        Citgo                     Ford 0:54.022 166.599
Row  17 
33  77  Bobby Hillin, Jr.      Jasper Engines            Ford 0:54.024 166.593
34  23  Jimmy Spencer          Camel Cigarettes          Ford 0:54.039 166.546
Row  18 
35  41  Steve Grissom          Kodiak                    Chev 0:54.067 166.460
36  19  Gary Bradberry         Child Support Recovery    Ford 0:54.099 166.362
Row  19 
37  11  Brett Bodine           Close Call                Ford 0:54.131 166.263
38  36  Derrike Cope           Skittles                  Pont 0:54.170 166.144
Row  20 
39  33  Ken Schrader           Skoal                     Chev  Provsnl   0.000
40  44  Kyle Petty             Hot Wheels                Pont  Provsnl   0.000
Row  21 
41  31  * Mike Skinner         Lowe's                    Chev  Provsnl   0.000
42  90  Dick Trickle           Heilig-Meyers/Simmons     Ford  Provsnl   0.000
     
* Rookie of the Year Contender
     
Did Not Qualify

#97 Chad Little
#78 Billy Standridge
#71 Dave Marcis

06-07-1997 / 13:37:15
Track Length      :  2.5000 Miles