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Announcers: Allen Bestwick and Barney Hall
1997 TOP 10
1 Jeff Gordon
2 Terry Labonte
3 Ricky Craven
4 Bill Elliott
5 Sterling Marlin
6 Jeremy Mayfield
7 Mark Martin
8 Ward Burton
9 Ricky Rudd
10 Darrell Waltrip
1997 DAYTONA 500 STATS
Busch Pole: Mike Skinner
Time of Race: 3 hrs 22 mins. 18 sec.
Average Speed: 148.295
Margin of Victory: under caution
Caution Flags: 8 for 29 laps
WINNER
POLE
1997 Jeff Gordon Dale
Earnhardt
1996 Dale Jarrett Dale Jarrett
1995 Sterling Marlin Loy Allen
1994 Sterling Marlin Kyle Petty
1993 Dale Jarrett Sterling Marlin
1992 Davey Allison Davey Allison
1991 Ernie Irvan Ken Schrader
1990 Derrike Cope Ken Schrader
1989 Darrell Waltrip Ken Schrader
1988 Bobby Allison Bill Elliott
Kenny Schrader was taken to Hailfax Hosp. for X-rays, He WAS
Alert. He suffered a cracked sternum and raced in the 500
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Gatorade 125 Qualifying Race # 1
1 40 Sterling Marlin
2 88 Dale Jarrett
3 18 Bobby Labonte
4 23 Jimmy Spencer
5 22 Ward Burton
6 30 Derrike Cope
7 12 Jeremy Mayfield
8 86 Mark Martin
9 43 John Andretti
10 94 Bill Elliott
11 97 Chad Little
12 73 Mike Wallace
13 7 Geoff Bodine
14 75 Rick Mast
15 24 Jeff Gordon
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16 46 Wally Dallenbach
17 96 David Green
18 29 Jeff Green
19 16 Ted Musgrave
20 08 Hut Stricklin
21 80 Mike Ciochetti (Wrecked)
22 35 Todd Bodine (Wrecked)
23 33 Ken Schrader (Wrecked)
24 26 Johnny Benson (Wrecked)
25 28 Kenny Irwin (Wrecked)
26 07 Dan Pardus (Wrecked)
27 41 Steve Grissom (Wrecked)
28 90 Dick Trickle (Wrecked)
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RACE TWO TWINS RESULTS
Gatorade 125 Qualifying Race # 2
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TID BITS FROM RACE TWO
Lap~~5 Ricky Craven has an Ignition box problem and losses a lot
of track position.
Lap~~9 D Waltrip, Mark Gibson, Steve Park, Ricky Rudd, Dave Marcis,
and Ricky Craven all get caught up in a wreck, in the tir-oval.
All drivers are okay.
Lap~10 Terry Labonte got out of his car. After awhile they were
able
to talk to him and he said,,,
"The car just wouldn't accelerate, I didn't want to take the chance
with it"
Lap 27~Kyle Petty went into the garage, apparent engine problem.
GO LAKE ,,, oops sorry :)
Lap 28~Brett Bodine and Billy Standrige get into each other. Bodine
lost a lap due to having to pit.
CAUTION LAP ON LAST LAP~~Kenny Wallace attempted to push loy Allen
around the tri-oval, Loy Allen spun 8 times.
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UNDER YELLOW AND WHITE FLAGS
1 3 Dale Earnhardt 9th consecutive win
2 21 Michael Waltrip
3 31 Mike Skinner
4 36 Ernie Irvan
5 2 Rusty Wallace
6 99 Jeff Burton
7 9 Lake Speed
8 95 Andy Hillenburg
9 91 Kevin Lepage
10 4 Bobby Hamilton
11 98 Greg Sacks
12 13 Jerry Nadeau
13 42 Joe Nemechek
14 77 Robert Pressley
15 81 Kenny Wallace
16 47 Billy Standridge
17 78 Gary Bradberry
18 11 Brett Bodine (wrecked)
19 71 Dave Marcis (wrecked)
20 79 Norm Benning
21 14 Loy Allen (wrecked)
22 44 Kyle Petty (engine)
23 50 Ricky Craven (wrecked)
24 59 Mark Gibson (wrecked)
25 10 Ricky Rudd (wrecked)
26 17 Darrell Waltrip (wrecked)
27 1 Steve Park (wrecked)
28 5 Terry Labonte (no acceleration)
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