Primestar 500 Qualifying Results
Atlanta Motor Speedway
March 7, 1997

Pos #	Driver		Sponsor		Make  Time   Speed   Time   Speed
					      (sec.) (mph)   Behind Behind

 1 40 Robby Gordon	Coors Light	Chevy 29.378 186.507  0.000  0.000
 2  6 Mark Martin	Valvoline	Ford  29.471 185.918 -0.093 -0.589 
 3 17 Darrell Waltrip	Parts America	Chevy 29.564 185.334 -0.186 -1.173 
 4 90 Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers	Ford  29.607 185.064 -0.229 -1.443 
 5  8 Hut Stricklin	Circuit City	Ford  29.620 184.983 -0.242 -1.524 
 6  9 Lake Speed	Melling		Ford  29.640 184.858 -0.262 -1.649 
 7 16 Ted Musgrave	Primestar	Ford  29.655 184.765 -0.277 -1.742 
 8  7 Geoff Bodine	QVC		Ford  29.670 184.671 -0.292 -1.836 
 9 88 Dale Jarrett	Quality Care	Ford  29.675 184.640 -0.297 -1.867 
10 81 Kenny Wallace	Square D	Ford  29.710 184.423 -0.332 -2.084 
11 78 B. Standridge	Diamond Rio	Ford  29.731 184.292 -0.353 -2.214 
12 23 Jimmy Spencer	Camel		Ford  29.735 184.268 -0.357 -2.239 
13 25 Ricky Craven	Budweiser	Chevy 29.747 184.193 -0.369 -2.314 
14 37 Jeremy Mayfield	Kmart/RC Cola	Ford  29.759 184.119 -0.381 -2.388 
15 84 Bill Elliott	McDonald's	Ford  29.761 184.107 -0.383 -2.400 
16 75 Rick Mast	Remington		Ford  29.764 184.088 -0.386 -2.419 
17 28 Ernie Irvan	Texaco/Havoline	Ford  29.772 184.039 -0.394 -2.468 
18 43 Bobby Hamilton	STP		Pont. 29.784 183.965 -0.406 -2.542 
19 96 David Green	Caterpillar	Chevy 29.802 183.853 -0.424 -2.653 
20  4 Sterling Marlin	Kodak		Chevy 29.806 183.829 -0.428 -2.678 
21  1 Morgan Shepherd	Delco Remy	Pont. 29.812 183.792 -0.434 -2.715 
22  5 Terry Labonte	Kellogg's	Chevy 29.813 183.786 -0.435 -2.721 
23 24 Jeff Gordon	DuPont		Chevy 29.830 183.681 -0.452 -2.826 
24 31 Mike Skinner	Lowe's		Chevy 29.835 183.650 -0.457 -2.857 
25 10 Ricky Rudd	Tide		Ford  29.837 183.638 -0.459 -2.869 
26 99 Jeff Burton	Exide		Ford  29.840 183.619 -0.462 -2.888 
27 18 Bobby Labonte	Interstate	Chevy 29.885 183.343 -0.507 -3.164 
28 44 Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels	Pont. 29.889 183.318 -0.511 -3.189 
29 21 Michael Waltrip	Citgo		Ford  29.905 183.220 -0.527 -3.287 
30 97 Chad Little	John Deere	Pont. 29.906 183.214 -0.528 -3.293 
31 98 John Andretti	RCA		Ford  29.928 183.079 -0.550 -3.428 
32 19 Gary Bradberry	CSRI		Ford  29.945 182.975 -0.567 -3.531 
33 33 Ken Schrader	Skoal		Chevy 29.960 182.884 -0.582 -3.623 
34 91 Mike Wallace	Spam		Chevy 29.974 182.798 -0.596 -3.708 
35  2 Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite	Ford  29.978 182.774 -0.600 -3.733 
36 11 Brett Bodine	Close Call	Ford  29.982 182.750 -0.604 -3.757 
37 29 Robert Pressley	Cartoon Network	Chevy 29.991 182.695 -0.613 -3.812 
38 36 Derrike Cope	Skittles	Pont. 30.010 182.579 -0.632 -3.928 
39 42 Joe Nemechek	Bell South	Chevy 30.017 182.537 -0.639 -3.970 
40 41 Steve Grissom	Kodiak		Chevy 30.079 182.160 -0.701 -4.347 
41 20 Greg Sacks	Hardee's	Ford  30.087 182.112 -0.709 -4.395 
42 22 Ward Burton	MBNA America	Pont. 30.091 182.088 -0.713 -4.419 
43  3 Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench	Chevy 30.167 181.629 -0.789 -4.878 
44 30 Johnny Benson	Pennzoil	Pont. 30.175 181.581 -0.797 -4.926 
45 95 Ed Berrier	FTC		Chevy 30.192 181.479 -0.814 -5.028 
46 77 Bobby Hillin	Jasper		Ford  30.216 181.334 -0.838 -5.173 
47 71 Dave Marcis	Realtree	Chevy 30.337 180.611 -0.959 -5.896 
48 46 W. Dallenbach	First Union	Chevy 30.352 180.522 -0.974 -5.985 
49 08 Mike Miller	Miller Racing	Chevy 30.531 179.463 -1.153 -7.043