NASCAR: Winston Cup Coca-Cola 600 Starting Grid
24 May 1997
CONCORD, NC - Starting grid for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Coca-Cola 600: Ps.No. Driver Sponsor Make Lap Time M.P.H. -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- Row 1 1 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 0:29.300 184.300 2 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 0:29.317 184.193 Row 2 3 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 0:29.444 183.399 4 29 Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev 0:29.451 183.355 Row 3 5 42 Joe Nemechek Bell South Chev 0:29.469 183.243 6 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 0:29.477 183.194 Row 4 7 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 0:29.514 182.964 8 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 0:29.538 182.815 Row 5 9 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 0:29.571 182.611 10 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 0:29.583 182.537 Row 6 11 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 0:29.585 182.525 12 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 0:29.588 182.506 Row 7 13 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 0:29.591 182.488 14 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 0:29.612 182.359 Row 8 15 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 0:29.624 182.285 16 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 0:29.625 182.278 Row 9 17 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 0:29.652 182.113 18 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 0:29.683 181.922 Row 10 19 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 0:29.684 181.916 20 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 0:29.689 181.886 Row 11 21 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 0:29.691 181.873 22 21 Michael Waltrip Citgo Ford 0:29.697 181.837 Row 12 23 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 0:29.701 181.812 24 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 0:29.701 181.812 Row 13 25 1 Morgan Shepherd Delco-Remy/Cruisin Amer Pont 0:29.737 181.592 26 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 0:29.751 181.507 Row 14 27 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 0:29.760 181.452 28 40 * Robby Gordon Coors Light Chev 0:29.763 181.433 Row 15 29 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 0:29.782 181.318 30 9 Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts Ford 0:29.791 181.263 Row 16 31 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 0:29.829 181.032 32 96 * David Green Caterpillar Chev 0:29.832 181.014 Row 17 33 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Chev 0:29.899 180.608 34 78 Billy Standridge Hanes/Diamond Rio Ford 0:29.923 180.463 Row 18 35 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RC Cola Ford 0:29.945 180.331 36 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford 0:29.945 180.331 Row 19 37 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 0:29.945 180.331 38 19 Gary Bradberry Child Support Recovery Ford 0:29.970 180.180 Row 20 39 22 Ward Burton MBNA America Pont Provsnl 0.000 40 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont Provsnl 0.000 Row 21 41 7 Todd Bodine QVC Ford Provsnl 0.000 42 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford Provsnl 0.000 DID NOT QUALIFY: 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 91 Mike Wallace Spam/Hormel Foods Chev 95 Ed Berrier Feed the Children Chev 77 Bobby Hillin, Jr. Jasper Engines Ford 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev * Rookie of the Year Contender Track Length : 1.5000 Miles