Talladega first round qualifying 97-10-10

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1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Qualifying Results DieHard 500 Talladega Superspeedway

Race No. 29/October 10

Pos    No.                 Name         Make         Time Speed
1  28  Ernie Irvan         Frd          00:49.547    193.271
2  98  John Andretti       Frd          00:49.574    193.166
3  23  Jimmy Spencer       Frd          00:49.674    192.777
4  99  Jeff Burton         Frd          00:49.690    192.715
5  36  Derrike Cope        Pon          00:49.691    192.711
6  5   Terry Labonte       Chv          00:49.716    192.614
7  18  Bobby Labonte       Pon          00:49.755    192.463
8  24  Jeff Gordon         Chv          00:49.771    192.401
9  2   Rusty Wallace       Frd          00:49.773    192.393
10 94  Bill Elliott        Frd          00:49.783    192.355
11 77  Robert Pressley     Frd          00:49.787    192.339
12 3   Dale Earnhardt      Chv          00:49.820    192.212
13 42  Joe Nemechek        Chv          00:49.834    192.158
14 33  Ken Schrader        Chv          00:49.848    192.104
15 25  Ricky Craven        Chv          00:49.870    192.019
16 31  Mike Skinner        Chv          00:49.922    191.819
17 11  Brett Bodine        Frd          00:49.932    191.781
18 88  Dale Jarrett        Frd          00:49.959    191.677
19 30  Johnny Benson       Pon          00:50.009    191.486
20 9   Lake Speed          Frd          00:50.040    191.367
21 90  Dick Trickle        Frd          00:50.065    191.271
22 41  Steve Grissom       Chv          00:50.077    191.226
23 75  Rick Mast           Frd          00:50.080    191.214
24 46  Wally Dallenbach Jr Chv          00:50.115    191.081
25 7   Geoff Bodine        Frd          00:50.118    191.069

Positions 1-25 will be guaranteed a starting position. The rest of the field will be determined following second-round qualifying.

26 21  Michael Waltrip     Frd          00:50.170    190.871
27 40  Greg Sacks          Chv          00:50.232    190.635
28 1   Morgan Shepherd     Pon          00:50.249    190.571
29 4   Sterling Marlin     Chv          00:50.253    190.556
30 6   Mark Martin         Frd          00:50.283    190.442
31 71  Dave Marcis         Chv          00:50.291    190.412
32 17  Darrell Waltrip     Chv          00:50.361    190.147
33 81  Kenny Wallace       Frd          00:50.376    190.091
34 10  Ricky Rudd          Frd          00:50.421    189.921
35 43  Bobby Hamilton      Pon          00:50.459    189.778
36 22  Ward Burton         Pon          00:50.459    189.778
37 91  Kevin Lepage        Chv          00:50.485    189.680
38 29  Jeff Green          Chv          00:50.528    189.519
39 44  Kyle Petty          Pon          00:50.568    189.369
40 16  Ted Musgrave        Frd          00:50.634    189.122
41 78  Gary Bradberry      Frd          00:50.636    189.114
42 37  Jeremy Mayfield     Frd          00:50.647    189.073
43 47  Billy Standridge    Frd          00:50.705    188.857
44 97  Chad Little         Pon          00:50.736    188.742
45 96  David Green         Chv          00:50.795    188.522
46 8   Hut Stricklin       Frd          00:50.944    187.971
47 95  Ed Berrier          Chv          00:51.304    186.652