Interstate 500 Saturday Practice Times
Texas Motor Speedway
April 5, 1997
Pos # Driver Sponsor Make Time Speed (Sec.) (mph) 1 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 29.606 182.395 2 1 Morgan Shepherd Delco-Remy/Cruisin Amer Pont 29.625 182.278 3 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Chev 29.645 182.156 4 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 29.765 181.421 5 11 Brett Bodine Close Call Ford 29.771 181.385 6 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 29.786 181.293 7 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 29.789 181.275 8 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 29.807 181.165 9 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 29.826 181.050 10 22 Ward Burton MBNA America Pont 29.828 181.038 11 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 29.835 180.995 12 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 29.861 180.838 13 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 29.870 180.783 14 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 29.902 180.590 15 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 29.922 180.469 16 9 Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts Ford 29.922 180.469 17 40 * Robby Gordon Coors Light Chev 29.940 180.361 18 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 29.948 180.313 19 20 Greg Sacks Hardee's Ford 29.961 180.234 20 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 29.968 180.192 21 77 Bobby Hillin, Jr. Jasper Engines Ford 29.978 180.132 22 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 29.980 180.120 23 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 29.996 180.024 24 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RC Cola Ford 30.001 179.994 25 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 30.010 179.940 26 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 30.032 179.808 27 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 30.046 179.724 28 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 30.051 179.695 29 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 30.057 179.659 30 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 30.059 179.647 31 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 30.083 179.503 32 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont 30.083 179.503 33 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 30.092 179.450 34 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Chev 30.122 179.271 35 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 30.144 179.140 36 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev 30.151 179.099 37 21 Michael Waltrip Citgo Ford 30.201 178.802 38 91 Mike Wallace Spam/Hormel Foods Chev 30.208 178.761 39 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 30.217 178.707 40 25 Todd Bodine Budweiser Chev 30.228 178.642 41 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 30.235 178.601 42 42 Joe Nemechek Bell South Chev 30.357 177.883 43 78 Billy Standridge Diamond Rio/Hanes Ford 30.410 177.573
