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NASCAR: TRANSOUTH 400 RESULTS

03/25/97

DARLINGTON, SC-Provisional results for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series,
TranSouth Financial 400:

Ps.Ql.No.  Driver                 Sponsor                   Make Laps  Notes
-- -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- ----- -------
 1  1  88  Dale Jarrett           Quality Care/Ford Credit  Ford 293   Running
 2 21  16  Ted Musgrave           Family Channel/Primestar  Ford 293   Running
 3 10  24  Jeff Gordon            DuPont Automotive Refin   Chev 293   Running
 4  6  99  Jeff Burton            Exide Batteries           Ford 293   Running
 5  3  18  Bobby Labonte          Interstate Batteries      Pont 293   Running
 6 15   2  Rusty Wallace          Miller Lite               Ford 293   Running
 7 27  21  Michael Waltrip        Citgo                     Ford 293   Running
 8 13  33  Ken Schrader           Skoal                     Chev 293   Running
 9  4   7  Geoff Bodine           QVC                       Ford 293   Running
10 36  30  Johnny Benson          Pennzoil                  Pont 293   Running
11 41  17  Darrell Waltrip        Western Auto              Chev 293   Running
12 23   1  Morgan Shepherd        Delco-Remy/Cruisin Amer   Pont 293   Running
13 12   5  Terry Labonte          Kellogg's Corn Flakes     Chev 292   Running
14 30  81  Kenny Wallace          Square D                  Ford 292   Running
15 43   3  Dale Earnhardt         GM Goodwrench Service     Chev 292   Running
16 18  94  Bill Elliott           McDonald's                Ford 292   Running
17 19  37  Jeremy Mayfield        KMart/RC Cola             Ford 292   Running
18 40  22  Ward Burton            MBNA America              Pont 292   Running
19 42  75  Rick Mast              Remington Arms            Ford 292   Running
20 25  36  Derrike Cope           Skittles                  Pont 292   Running
21  8  28  Ernie Irvan            Texaco Havoline           Ford 291   Running
22 26  23  Jimmy Spencer          Camel Cigarettes          Ford 291   Running
23 16  10  Ricky Rudd             Tide                      Ford 291   Running
24  5   6  Mark Martin            Valvoline                 Ford 291   Running
25 33  98  John Andretti          RCA                       Ford 291   Running
26  7   8  Hut Stricklin          Circuit City              Ford 291   Running
27 32  97  Chad Little            John Deere                Pont 290   Running
28 20  71  Dave Marcis            RealTree                  Chev 290   Running
29 24  20  Greg Sacks             Hardee's                  Ford 289   Running
30 34  31  * Mike Skinner         Lowe's                    Chev 289   Running
31 29  42  Phil Parsons           BellSouth                 Chev 289   Running
32  9   4  Sterling Marlin        Kodak                     Chev 278   Running
33 28  44  Kyle Petty             Hot Wheels                Pont 264   Running
34 38  40  * Robby Gordon         Coors Light               Chev 232   Wreck
35 31  11  Brett Bodine           Close Call                Ford 224   OilLeak
36 11   9  Lake Speed             Melling Engine Parts      Ford 188   Trans
37 39  43  Bobby Hamilton         STP                       Pont 183   OilPump
38 14  19  Gary Bradberry         Child Support Recovery    Ford 170   Running
39 35  29  Robert Pressley        Cartoon Network           Chev 161   Wreck
40  2  25  Ricky Craven           Budweiser                 Chev 160   Wreck
41 22  96  * David Green          Caterpillar               Chev  69   Wreck
42 37  77  Bobby Hillin, Jr.      Jasper Engines            Ford  62   OilLeak
43 17  91  Mike Wallace           Spam/Hormel Foods         Chev  26   Wreck

* Rookie of the Year Contender

Time of Race      : 3 hours, 18 minutes, 12 seconds
Average Speed     : 121.162 mph
Margin of Victory : 0.169 seconds
Lap Leaders       : 15 lead changes among 7 drivers
Jarrett (1-28), JBurton (29-35), JGordon (36-41),
Jarrett (42-55), JBurton (56-63), Stricklin (64-67),
Irvan (68), Stricklin (69-70), JBurton (71-79),
Irvan (80-104), Skinner (105-112), JBurton (113-140),
Gordon (141-150), JBurton (151-154), Irvan (155-164),
Jarrett (165-293)
Cautions          : 10 cautions for 60 laps
Track Length      : 1.3660 Miles