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1997 Winston Open     Post NASCAR All Star preliminary race Saturday, May 17, 1997 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 50 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (75.000 miles) Time of race: 0:26:02 Average speed: 172.855 mph Pole speed: 181.22 mph Cautions: none Margin of victory: .529 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 2 Glossary    All Star Races

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 25   Ricky Craven Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 50 28000 running 22 2 8 41   Steve Grissom Kodiak   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 50 19000 running 0 3 2 9   Lake Speed Melling Engine Parts   (Harry Melling) Ford 50 15000 running 8 4 1 97   Chad Little John Deere   (Greg Pollex) Pontiac 50 13000 running 20 5 16 8   Hut Stricklin Circuit City   (Stavola Brothers) Ford 50 11200 running 0 6 4 46   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 50 10000 running 0 7 13 30   Johnny Benson, Jr. Pennzoil   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 50 9000 running 0 8 21 33   Ken Schrader Skoal Bandit Racing   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 50 8200 running 0 9 12 98   John Andretti RCA   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 50 7500 running 0 10 26 31   Mike Skinner Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 50 6800 running 0 11 14 16   Ted Musgrave Family Channel / Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 50 6100 running 0 12 9 90   Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers / Simmons   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 50 5400 running 0 13 24 27   Rick Wilson David Blair Motorsports   (David Blair) Ford 50 4900 running 0 14 20 77   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul   (Doug Bawel) Ford 50 4400 running 0 15 22 1   Morgan Shepherd Delco Remy America   (Richard Jackson) Pontiac 50 4000 running 0 16 18 37   Jeremy Mayfield Kmart / Kids Race Against Drugs   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 50 3650 running 0 17 6 75   Rick Mast Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 50 3300 running 0 18 15 36   Derrike Cope Skittles   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 50 2950 running 0 19 7 42   Joe Nemechek BellSouth   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 50 2600 running 0 20 17 96   David Green Caterpillar   (Buz McCall) Chevrolet 50 2500 running 0 21 5 29   Robert Pressley Cartoon Network   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 50 2400 running 0 22 31 95   Ed Berrier Feed The Children   (Sadler Brothers) Chevrolet 50 2300 running 0 23 23 81   Kenny Wallace Square D   (Fil Martocci) Ford 50 2200 running 0 24 27 78   Billy Standridge Diamond Rio / Hanes   (Jim Wilson) Ford 49 2100 running 0 25 28 79   Randy MacDonald Southern Foods / Colony Apparel   (Ted Walters / George Pywowariw) Chevrolet 48 2000 running 0 26 19 91   Mike Wallace Spam   (Joe Falk) Chevrolet 44 1900 handling 0 27 25 71   Dave Marcis RealTree   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 32 1800 engine 0 28 10 40   Robby Gordon Coors Light   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 27 1700 clutch 0 29 11 11   Brett Bodine Close Call Calling Card   (Brett Bodine) Ford 27 1600 handling 0 30 29 19   Gary Bradberry Child Support Recovery Intl.   (Mark Smith) Ford 16 1500 vibration 0 31 30 0   Delma Cowart Masters Economy Inns   (H.L. Waters) Ford 0   disallowed 0

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Morgan Shepherd 1 pitting during pace laps Dave Marcis 71 pitting during pace laps Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Joe Ruttman 55 Michael Waltrip Ford Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Chad Little 1 20 20   Lake Speed 21 28 8   Ricky Craven 29 50 22