Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, October 10, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 25 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, October 11, at 10:45 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time.[3] Positions 26-38 would be decided on time, and depending on who needed it, the 39th thru either the 42nd, 43rd, or 44th position would be based on provisionals. Four spots are awarded by the use of provisionals based on owner's points. The fifth is awarded to a past champion who has not otherwise qualified for the race. If no past champion needs the provisional, the field would be limited to 42 cars. If a champion needed it, the field would expand to 43 cars. If the race was a companion race with the NASCAR Winston West Series, four spots would be determined by NASCAR Winston Cup Series provisionals, while the final two spots would be given to teams in the Winston West Series, leaving the field at 44 cars.
Ernie Irvan, driving for Robert Yates Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 49.547 and an average speed of 193.271 miles per hour (311.040 km/h).[4]
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The 1997 DieHard 500 was the 29th stock car race of the 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 38th iteration of the event The race was held on Sunday October 12 1997 in Lincoln Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway a 2 66 miles 4 28 km permanent triangle shaped superspeedway The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete In the final three laps of the race with help from brother Bobby Labonte Hendrick Motorsports driver Terry Labonte would make a late race charge through the field to take his 19th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season 1 2 To fill out the top three the aforementioned Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bobby Labonte and Cale Yarborough Motorsports driver John Andretti would finish second and third respectively 1997 DieHard 500Race detailsRace 29 of 32 in the 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 1997 DieHard 500 program cover featuring Jeff Gordon DateOctober 12 1997Official name29th Annual DieHard 500LocationLincoln Alabama Talladega SuperspeedwayCoursePermanent racing facility2 66 mi 4 28 km Distance188 laps 500 08 mi 804 8 km Scheduled Distance188 laps 500 08 mi 804 8 km Average speed156 601 miles per hour 252 025 km h Pole positionDriverErnie IrvanRobert Yates RacingTime49 547Most laps ledDriverTerry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsLaps70WinnerNo 5Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsTelevision in the United StatesNetworkCBSAnnouncersMike Joy Ned Jarrett Buddy BakerRadio in the United StatesRadioMotor Racing Network Contents 1 Background 1 1 Entry list 2 Qualifying 2 1 Full qualifying results 3 Race results 4 ReferencesBackground edit nbsp The layout of Talladega Superspeedway the venue where the race was held Talladega Superspeedway originally known as Alabama International Motor Superspeedway AIMS is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega Alabama It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln The track is a tri oval and was constructed in the 1960s by the International Speedway Corporation a business controlled by the France family Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the unique location of the start finish line that s located just past the exit to pit road The track currently hosts the NASCAR series such as the NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2 66 mile long 4 28 km tri oval like the Daytona International Speedway which also is a 2 5 mile long 4 km tri oval Entry list edit R denotes rookie driver Driver Team Make Sponsor 1 Morgan Shepherd Precision Products Racing Pontiac R L Carriers 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford Miller Lite 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg s Frosted Flakes 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford QVC 8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford Circuit City 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford Advantage Camo 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford Tide 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford Brett Bodine Racing 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford PrimeStar The Family Channel 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet Parts America 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac Interstate Batteries 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac MBNA 23 Jimmy Spencer Haas Carter Motorsports Ford Camel Cigarettes 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont 25 Ricky Craven Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Budweiser 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco Havoline 10th Anniversary 29 Jeff Green R Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet Cartoon Network Tom and Jerry Dexter s Laboratory Cow and Chicken 30 Johnny Benson Jr Bahari Racing Pontiac Pennzoil 31 Mike Skinner R Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Lowe s 33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet Skoal 36 Derrike Cope MB2 Motorsports Pontiac Skittles 37 Jeremy Mayfield Kranefuss Haas Racing Ford Kmart RC Cola 40 Elliott Sadler Team SABCO Chevrolet Coors Light 41 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak 42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet BellSouth 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP 44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac Hot Wheels 46 Wally Dallenbach Jr Team SABCO Chevrolet First Union 47 Billy Standridge Standridge Motorsports Ford Cofab Steel Corporation 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Realtree 75 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford Remington Arms 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford Jasper Engines amp Transmissions Federal Mogul 78 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford Hanes 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford Square D 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford Quality Care Service Ford Credit 90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford Heilig Meyers 91 Kevin Lepage LJ Racing Chevrolet LJ Racing 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford McDonald s 95 Ed Berrier Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet Feed the Children 96 David Green R American Equipment Racing Chevrolet Caterpillar 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Pontiac John Deere 98 John Andretti Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford RCA 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford ExideQualifying editQualifying was split into two rounds The first round was held on Friday October 10 at 3 00 PM EST Each driver would have one lap to set a time During the first round the top 25 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run held on Saturday October 11 at 10 45 AM EST As with the first round each driver would have one lap to set a time 3 Positions 26 38 would be decided on time and depending on who needed it the 39th thru either the 42nd 43rd or 44th position would be based on provisionals Four spots are awarded by the use of provisionals based on owner s points The fifth is awarded to a past champion who has not otherwise qualified for the race If no past champion needs the provisional the field would be limited to 42 cars If a champion needed it the field would expand to 43 cars If the race was a companion race with the NASCAR Winston West Series four spots would be determined by NASCAR Winston Cup Series provisionals while the final two spots would be given to teams in the Winston West Series leaving the field at 44 cars Ernie Irvan driving for Robert Yates Racing would win the pole setting a time of 49 547 and an average speed of 193 271 miles per hour 311 040 km h 4 Five drivers would fail to qualify Ward Burton Hut Stricklin Gary Bradberry Jeff Green and Ed Berrier Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 49 547 193 271 2 98 John Andretti Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 49 574 193 166 3 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 49 674 192 777 4 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 49 690 192 715 5 36 Derrike Cope MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 49 691 192 711 6 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49 716 192 614 7 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 49 755 192 463 8 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49 771 192 401 9 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 49 773 192 393 10 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 49 783 192 355 11 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 49 787 192 339 12 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49 820 192 212 13 42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 49 834 192 158 14 33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 49 848 192 104 15 25 Ricky Craven Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49 870 192 019 16 31 Mike Skinner R Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49 922 191 819 17 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 49 932 191 781 18 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 49 959 191 677 19 30 Johnny Benson Jr Bahari Racing Pontiac 50 009 191 486 20 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 50 040 191 367 21 90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 50 065 191 271 22 41 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50 077 191 226 23 75 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 50 080 191 214 24 46 Wally Dallenbach Jr Team SABCO Chevrolet 50 115 191 081 25 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 50 118 191 069 26 47 Billy Standridge Standridge Motorsports Ford 50 070 191 252 27 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 50 170 190 871 28 40 Greg Sacks Team SABCO Chevrolet 50 232 190 635 29 1 Morgan Shepherd Precision Products Racing Pontiac 50 249 190 571 30 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 50 253 190 556 31 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 50 283 190 442 32 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 50 291 190 412 33 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 50 361 190 147 34 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 50 385 190 057 35 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 50 397 190 011 36 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Pontiac 50 401 189 996 37 96 David Green R American Equipment Racing Chevrolet 50 402 189 992 38 91 Kevin Lepage LJ Racing Chevrolet 50 417 189 936 Provisionals 39 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 40 37 Jeremy Mayfield Kranefuss Haas Racing Ford 41 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 42 44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac Failed to qualify 43 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 44 8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 45 78 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford 46 29 Jeff Green R Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 47 95 Ed Berrier Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet Official qualifying results Time not available Race results editFin St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 6 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 188 70 running 185 116 725 2 7 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 188 5 running 175 76 670 3 2 98 John Andretti Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 188 1 running 170 58 530 4 14 33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 188 6 running 165 53 715 5 1 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 188 11 running 160 57 275 6 15 25 Ricky Craven Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 188 0 running 150 41 500 7 42 44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 188 0 running 146 32 700 8 25 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 188 2 running 147 38 050 9 23 75 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 188 0 running 138 36 920 10 9 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 188 2 running 139 42 900 11 39 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 188 0 running 130 38 080 12 29 1 Morgan Shepherd Precision Products Racing Pontiac 188 0 running 127 35 025 13 10 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 188 0 running 124 35 280 14 4 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 188 0 running 121 39 410 15 35 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 188 0 running 118 36 760 16 37 96 David Green R American Equipment Racing Chevrolet 188 0 running 115 28 600 17 38 91 Kevin Lepage LJ Racing Chevrolet 188 0 running 112 23 835 18 5 36 Derrike Cope MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 188 0 running 109 27 280 19 19 30 Johnny Benson Jr Bahari Racing Pontiac 187 0 running 106 33 950 20 34 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 187 0 running 103 39 460 21 18 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 187 13 running 105 39 930 22 17 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 187 0 running 97 33 300 23 21 90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 187 0 running 94 26 290 24 3 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 187 11 running 96 32 940 25 32 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 187 0 running 88 22 460 26 40 37 Jeremy Mayfield Kranefuss Haas Racing Ford 184 0 handling 85 25 360 27 11 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 178 0 running 82 22 240 28 27 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 172 0 running 79 32 170 29 12 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 167 25 running 81 48 500 30 31 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 167 5 running 78 37 030 31 13 42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 165 0 running 70 24 440 32 22 41 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 163 0 running 67 28 870 33 16 31 Mike Skinner R Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 159 1 running 69 21 790 34 41 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 153 0 running 61 36 745 35 8 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 153 3 running 63 38 915 36 20 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 153 0 running 55 21 670 37 33 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 147 0 crash 52 28 660 38 30 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 139 27 crash 54 37 500 39 28 40 Greg Sacks Team SABCO Chevrolet 139 5 crash 51 28 500 40 36 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Pontiac 139 0 crash 43 21 525 41 24 46 Wally Dallenbach Jr Team SABCO Chevrolet 99 1 crash 45 21 500 42 26 47 Billy Standridge Standridge Motorsports Ford 51 0 oil cooler 37 21 500 Failed to qualify 43 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 44 8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 45 78 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford 46 29 Jeff Green R Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 47 95 Ed Berrier Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet Official race resultsReferences edit Poole David October 12 1997 Labonte Bros win for Terry That s Racin The Charlotte Observer Archived from the original on November 18 2000 Retrieved October 5 2022 Big crash punctuates Terry Labonte s win The Dispatch October 13 1997 p 32 Retrieved October 5 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp DieHard 500 The Charlotte Observer October 10 1997 p 17 Retrieved October 5 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp Ford Tom October 11 1997 Irvan s pole position a tribute The Tampa Tribune p 36 Retrieved October 5 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp Previous race 1997 UAW GM Quality 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1997 season Next race 1997 AC Delco 400 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 DieHard 500 amp oldid 1114293036, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,