NASCAR Winston Cup Series Hanes 500: Starting Grid
27 September 1997
MARTINSVILLE, VA - Starting grid for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Hanes 500: Ps.No. Driver Sponsor Make Lap Time M.P.H. -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- Row 1 1 22 Ward Burton MBNA Pont 0:20.272 93.410 2 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 0:20.284 93.354 Row 2 3 27 Kenny Irwin Hasbro/Action Perf Ford 0:20.328 93.152 4 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 0:20.329 93.148 Row 3 5 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 0:20.347 93.065 6 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 0:20.359 93.010 Row 4 7 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 0:20.363 92.992 8 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chev 0:20.394 92.851 Row 5 9 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 0:20.399 92.828 10 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 0:20.408 92.787 Row 6 11 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 0:20.428 92.696 12 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 0:20.435 92.665 Row 7 13 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 0:20.439 92.646 14 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 0:20.445 92.619 Row 8 15 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 0:20.453 92.583 16 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 0:20.457 92.565 Row 9 17 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Engines Ford 0:20.459 92.556 18 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 0:20.473 92.493 Row 10 19 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 0:20.478 92.470 20 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 0:20.485 92.438 Row 11 21 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 0:20.496 92.389 22 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 0:20.500 92.371 Row 12 23 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 0:20.521 92.276 24 9 Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts Ford 0:20.525 92.258 Row 13 25 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 0:20.527 92.249 26 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 0:20.369 92.965 Row 14 27 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 0:20.431 92.683 28 40 Steve Park Coors Light Chev 0:20.472 92.497 Row 15 29 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 0:20.487 92.429 30 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 0:20.492 92.407 Row 16 31 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 0:20.525 92.258 32 96 David Green Caterpillar Chev 0:20.531 92.231 Row 17 33 29 * Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev 0:20.535 92.213 34 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 0:20.544 92.173 Row 18 35 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 0:20.557 92.115 36 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev 0:20.572 92.047 Row 19 37 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 0:20.589 91.971 38 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 0:20.592 91.958 Row 20 39 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RCA Cola Ford Provsnl 0.000 40 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev Provsnl 0.000 Row 21 41 11 Brett Bodine Bodine Racing Ford Provsnl 0.000 42 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont Provsnl 0.000 DID NOT QUALIFY: 43 78 Gary Bradberry Hanes Ford 44 1 Morgan Shepherd R&L Carriers Pont 45 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev * Rookie of the Year Contender Track Length : 0.5260 Miles ###