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1997 Coca-Cola 300

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NASCAR Busch Grand National Series race number 8 of 30
Saturday, April 5, 1997 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
200 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (300.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:27:03
Average Speed: 122.993 mph
Pole Speed: 180.054 mph

Cautions: 8 for 45 laps
Margin of Victory: 1.57 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 7

Glossary 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series results / 1997 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
35	6	3	Steve Park	AC Delco (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	142	10,800	crash	15	58
36	37	16	Mark Day	31-W Insulation (Wayne Day)	Chevrolet	130	9,700	crash	0	55
37	12	99	Glenn Allen, Jr.	Luxaire (Bill Papke)	Chevrolet	105	10,600	crash	0	52
38	10	33	Tim Fedewa	Kleenex (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	76	10,500	crash	0	49
39	40	48	Randy Porter	Unifirst Uniforms (James Porter)	Ford	64	9,500	crash	0	46
40	16	35	Lyndon Amick	Rockwell (Bill Amick)	Pontiac	27	9,500	crash	0	43
41	19	11	Jimmy Foster	Speedvision / Outdoor Life (Curtis Key)	Ford	20	9,500	crash	0	40
42	42	77	Jeff McClure	Lear Corporation (John Walsh)	Ford	9	9,700	crash	0	37
32	32	47	Jeff Fuller	Sunoco (Tad Geschickter)	Chevrolet	188	14,350	engine	0	67
34	29	37	Mark Green	Timber Wolf (Clarence Brewer)	Chevrolet	152	10,900	engine	0	61
1	20	60	Mark Martin	Winn-Dixie (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	61,450	running	13	180
2	24	20	Jimmy Spencer	Zippo (Allen Cretsinger)	Chevrolet	200	39,875	running	27	170
3	14	9	Jeff Burton	Track Gear (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	31,525	running	19	165
4	17	36	Todd Bodine	Stanley (Scott Welliver)	Pontiac	200	32,750	running	0	160
5	11	34	Mike McLaughlin	Royal Oak Charcoal (Frank Cicci)	Chevrolet	200	32,025	running	67	155
6	8	10	Phil Parsons	Channellock (Phil Parsons)	Chevrolet	200	23,500	running	0	150
7	4	00	Buckshot Jones	Aquafresh (Billy Jones)	Pontiac	200	22,250	running	0	146
8	23	88	Kevin Lepage	Hype (David Ridling)	Chevrolet	200	19,700	running	0	142
9	21	74	Randy LaJoie	Fina (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	200	20,250	running	0	138
10	26	63	Tracy Leslie	Lysol (Hubert Hensley)	Pontiac	200	17,600	running	0	134
11	7	38	Elton Sawyer	Barbasol (Bob Sutton)	Ford	200	16,250	running	14	130
12	27	57	Jason Keller	Slim Jim (Joe Keller)	Chevrolet	200	18,300	running	0	127
13	18	72	Mike Dillon	Detroit Gasket (Ron Parker)	Chevrolet	200	18,100	running	0	124
14	31	45	Greg Sacks	Hunters Specialties (Mike Laughlin)	Chevrolet	200	12,500	running	0	121
15	1	8	Jeff Green	Diamond Ridge (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	200	18,725	running	38	118
16	15	64	Dick Trickle	Dura Lube (Dennis Shoemaker)	Chevrolet	200	12,050	running	0	115
17	13	17	Tim Bender	Kraft Singles (Robbie Reiser)	Chevrolet	200	13,850	running	0	112
18	5	5	Terry Labonte	Alka-Seltzer / Bayer (Terry Labonte)	Chevrolet	200	11,500	running	0	109
19	3	1	Hermie Sadler	DeWalt Tools (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	200	13,400	running	0	106
20	2	29	Elliott Sadler	Phillips 66 (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	200	13,725	running	0	103
21	22	4	Tim Steele	HS Die (James Finch)	Chevrolet	200	14,050	running	0	100
22	25	85	Shane Hall	Bama Jellies (Don Stegall)	Chevrolet	200	13,100	running	0	97
23	30	32	Dale Jarrett	White Rain (Dale Jarrett)	Ford	200	11,000	running	0	94
24	28	89	Johnny Chapman	Sherwin-Williams (Meredith Ruark)	Ford	200	12,900	running	0	91
25	35	94	Ron Barfield, Jr.	New Holland Tractors (Bill Elliott)	Ford	199	13,000	running	0	88
26	36	21	Michael Waltrip	Band-Aid (Michael Waltrip)	Ford	199	10,700	running	0	85
27	33	6	Joe Bessey	Power Team (Joe Bessey)	Chevrolet	198	12,600	running	0	82
28	9	44	Bobby Labonte	Shell Oil (Bobby Labonte)	Pontiac	198	10,500	running	0	79
29	34	43	Dennis Setzer	Lance Snacks (David Ridling)	Chevrolet	197	12,400	running	7	76
30	41	97	Doug Reid III	MedPartners (Bart Walker)	Chevrolet	197	10,525	running	0	73
31	39	40	Jerry Robertson	MHCO USA (Doug Taylor)	Ford	193	10,200	running	0	70
33	38	96	Stevie Reeves	Big A Auto Parts (Donald Laird)	Ford	164	11,000	running	0	64

Failed to qualify: Kenny Wallace (#2), Mike Olsen (#61), Kenny Irwin, Jr. (#98)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	6	6
	7	13	7	#40 spun frontstretch
	14	15	2
	16	19	4	#11 accident backstretch
	20	27	8
	28	31	4	#35 accident frontstretch
	32	41	10
	42	45	4	safety vehicle
	46	66	21
	67	72	6	#48 accident turn 4
	73	76	4
	77	84	8	#33 accident turn 1
	85	106	22
	107	112	6	#99 accident frontstretch
	113	143	31
	144	149	6	#3 accident turn 1
	150	200	51
Percent of race run under caution: 22.5% Average green flag run: 17.2 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jeff Green	1	38	38
Elton Sawyer	39	52	14
Steve Park	53	67	15
Dennis Setzer	68	74	7
Jeff Burton	75	93	19
Mike McLaughlin	94	160	67
Jimmy Spencer	161	187	27
Mark Martin	188	200	13

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Todd Bodine	1226
2	Randy LaJoie	1166	-60
3	Phil Parsons	1153	-73
4	Jeff Green	1082	-144
5	Dick Trickle	1042	-184
6	Elton Sawyer	1004	-222
7	Buckshot Jones	998	-228
8	Mark Martin	938	-288
9	Mark Green	907	-319
10	Tim Fedewa	903	-323
11	Elliott Sadler	890	-336
12	Hermie Sadler	890	-336
13	Mike McLaughlin	844	-382
14	Greg Sacks	842	-384
15	Mike Dillon	840	-386
16	Kevin Lepage	812	-414
17	Steve Park	800	-426
18	Tracy Leslie	795	-431
19	Jason Keller	793	-433
20	Jeff Fuller	777	-449

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