NASCAR Winston Cup Pocono 500: 1st Round Qualifying Results

7 June 1997

LONG POND, PA  -- First round qualifying results for the NASCAR Winston Cup
Series, Miller 500:

Ps. No.  Driver                 Sponsor                   Make Lap Time M.P.H. 
-- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- -------- -------
 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
 3  22  Ward Burton            MBNA America              Pont 0:53.729 167.507
 4  40  Greg Sacks             Coors Light               Chev 0:53.741 167.470
 5  94  Bill Elliott           McDonald's                Ford 0:53.769 167.383
 6  10  Ricky Rudd             Tide                      Ford 0:53.775 167.364
 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
 9  98  John Andretti          RCA                       Ford 0:53.813 167.246
10  75  Rick Mast              Remington Arms            Ford 0:53.844 167.150
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
13  46  Wally Dallenbach, Jr.  First Union               Chev 0:53.997 166.676
14   6  Mark Martin            Valvoline                 Ford 0:54.027 166.583
15   8  Hut Stricklin          Circuit City              Ford 0:54.039 166.546
16   2  Rusty Wallace          Miller Lite               Ford 0:54.049 166.516
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
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
21  30  Johnny Benson          Pennzoil                  Pont 0:54.149 166.208
22  25  Ricky Craven           Budweiser                 Chev 0:54.160 166.174
23  18  Bobby Labonte          Interstate Batteries      Pont 0:54.163 166.165
24   7  Geoff Bodine           QVC                       Ford 0:54.165 166.159
25  96  * David Green          Caterpillar               Chev 0:54.169 166.147

DID NOT QUALIFY:

26  36  Derrike Cope           Skittles                  Pont 0:54.170 166.144
27  97  Chad Little            John Deere                Pont 0:54.201 166.049
28  31  * Mike Skinner         Lowe's                    Chev 0:54.202 166.046
29  21  Michael Waltrip        Citgo                     Ford 0:54.220 165.990
30   4  Sterling Marlin        Kodak Gold Film           Chev 0:54.262 165.862
31  29  Jeff Green             Cartoon Network           Chev 0:54.277 165.816
32  37  Jeremy Mayfield        KMart/RC Cola             Ford 0:54.290 165.776
33  81  Kenny Wallace          Square D                  Ford 0:54.316 165.697
34  33  Ken Schrader           Skoal                     Chev 0:54.345 165.609
35  90  Dick Trickle           Heilig-Meyers/Simmons     Ford 0:54.381 165.499
36  78  Billy Standridge       Hanes/Diamond Rio         Ford 0:54.384 165.490
37  41  Steve Grissom          Kodiak                    Chev 0:54.407 165.420
38  23  Jimmy Spencer          Camel Cigarettes          Ford 0:54.411 165.408
39  44  Kyle Petty             Hot Wheels                Pont 0:54.525 165.062
40  16  Ted Musgrave           Family Channel/Primestar  Ford 0:54.555 164.971
41  19  Gary Bradberry         Child Support Recovery    Ford 0:54.800 164.234
42  71  Dave Marcis            RealTree                  Chev 0:54.853 164.075
43  77  Bobby Hillin, Jr.      Jasper Engines            Ford 0:54.866 164.036
44  11  Brett Bodine           Close Call                Ford 0:54.898 163.940
45  42  Joe Nemechek           Bell South                Chev  No Time   0.000

* Rookie of the Year Contender

Track Length      :  2.5000 Miles