Dover starting grid

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1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Unofficial Starting Grid Miller 500Dover Downs International Speedway Starting Grid / May 31

Pos No Name                Make                  Time      Speed
1  18  Bobby Labonte       Pontiac               23.5620   152.788
2  24  Jeff Gordon         Chevrolet             23.7090   151.841
3  44  Kyle Petty          Pontiac               23.7320   151.694
4  42  Joe Nemechek        Chevrolet             23.7670   151.471
5  71  Dave Marcis         Chevrolet             23.7910   151.318
6  88  Dale Jarrett        Ford                  23.7950   151.292
7  6   Mark Martin         Ford                  23.8400   151.007
8  96  David Green         Chevrolet             23.8440   150.981
9  22  Ward Burton         Pontiac               23.8480   150.956
10 28  Ernie Irvan         Ford                  23.8650   150.849
11 33  Ken Schrader        Chevrolet             23.8800   150.754
12 94  Bill Elliott        Ford                  23.9100   150.565
13 10  Ricky Rudd          Ford                  23.9110   150.558
14 8   Hut Stricklin       Ford                  23.9460   150.338
15 36  Derrike Cope        Pontiac               23.9480   150.326
16 97  Chad Little         Pontiac               23.9570   150.269
17 16  Ted Musgrave        Ford                  23.9690   150.194
18 2   Rusty Wallace       Ford                  23.9820   150.113
19 25  Ricky Craven        Chevrolet             24.0090   149.944
20 11  Brett Bodine        Ford                  24.0100   149.938
21 5   Terry Labonte       Chevrolet             24.0130   149.919
22 23  Jimmy Spencer       Ford                  24.0310   149.806
23 98  John Andretti       Ford                  24.0400   149.750
24 21  Michael Waltrip     Ford                  24.0430   149.732
25 37  Jeremy Mayfield     Ford                  24.0430   149.732
26 4   Sterling Marlin     Chevrolet             23.6620   152.143
27 29  Jeff Green          Chevrolet             23.7970   151.280
28 41  Steve Grissom       Chevrolet             23.8350   151.038
29 30  Johnny Benson       Pontiac               23.8880   150.703
30 75  Rick Mast           Ford                  23.9230   150.483
31 40  Wally Dallenbach Jr Chevrolet             23.9530   150.294
32 90  Dick Trickle        Ford                  24.0230   149.856
33 91  Mike Wallace        Chevrolet             24.0320   149.800
34 99  Jeff Burton         Ford                  24.0440   149.726
35 7   Geoff Bodine        Ford                  24.0460   149.713
36 1   Morgan Shepherd     Pontiac               24.0510   149.682
37 17  Darrell Waltrip     Chevrolet             24.0700   149.564
38 77  Bobby Hillin Jr     Ford                  24.0740   149.539
39 43  Bobby Hamilton      Pontiac               Provisional      
40 31  Mike Skinner        Chevrolet             Provisional      
41 81  Kenny Wallace       Ford                  Provisional      
42 19  Gary Bradberry      Ford                  Provisional      
43 3   Dale Earnhardt      Chevrolet             Past Champion Provisional 

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