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NASCARFans E-Mail List Preview of Talladega Date: October 11, 1997 Track: Talladega Superspeedway City: Talladega, Alabama Race 28 of 32 on Winston Cup Circuit TV: CBS, 1:00 p.m. EDT Laps: 188 Track length: 2.66 miles Race length: 500 ...
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Preview of Talladega
Date: October 11, 1997 Track: Talladega Superspeedway City: Talladega, Alabama Race 28 of 32 on Winston Cup Circuit
TV: CBS, 1:00 p.m. EDT
Laps: 188 Track length: 2.66 miles Race length: 500 miles Banking: 33 degrees
Event qualifying record: Bill Elliott, 209.005 mph, 1986
Race record: Ernie Irvan, 176.309 mph, 1992
1996 Top 10 Finishers 1. Jeff Gordon (24), Chevrolet Monte Carlo 2. Dale Jarrett (88), Ford Thunderbird 3. Mark Martin (6), Ford Thunderbird 4. Ernie Irvan (28), Ford Thunderbird 5. Jimmy Spencer (23), Ford Thunderbird 6. Geoff Bodine (7), Ford Thunderbird 7. Jeff Burton (99), Ford Thunderbird 8. Bobby Labonte (18), Chevrolet Monte Carlo 9. Darrell Waltrip (17), Chevrolet Monte Carlo 10. Rusty Wallace (2), Ford Thunderbird
Past Champions:
1996 Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 133.387 mph 1995 Sterling Marlin, Chevrolet, 173.188 mph 1994 Jimmy Spencer, Ford, 163.217 mph 1993 Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 153.858 mph 1992 Ernie Irvan, Chevrolet, 176.309 mph 1991 Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 147.383 mph 1990* Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 174.430 mph 1989 Terry Labonte, Ford, 157.354 mph 1988 Ken Schrader, Chevrolet, 154.505 mph 1987 Bill Elliot, Ford, 171.293 mph 1986 Bobby Hillin, 151.552 mph 1985 Cale Yarborough, Ford, 148.772 mph 1984 Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 155.485 mph 1983 Dale Earnhardt, Ford, 170.611 mph 1982 Darrell Waltrip, Buick, 168.157 mph 1981 Ron Bouchard, Buick, 156.737 mph 1980 Neil Bonnett, Mercury, 166.894 mph 1979 Darrell Waltrip, Oldsmobile, 161.229 mph 1978 Lennie Pond, Oldsmobile, 174.700 mph 1977 Donnie Allison, Chevrolet, 162.524 mph 1976 Dave Marcis, Dodge, 157.547 mph 1975 Buddy Baker, Ford, 130.892 mph 1974 Richard Petty, 74 Dodge, 148.637 mph 1973 Dick Brooks, 72 Plymouth, 145.454 mph 1972 James Hylton, 71 Mercury, 148.728 mph 1971 Bobby Allison, 69 Mercury, 145.945 mph 1970 Pete Hamilton, 70 Plymouth, 158.517 mph 1969 Richard Brickhouse, 69 Dodge, 153.778 mph
Thanks to xdemp ========== Top 20 in Winston Cup points, from Chaz:
1. Jeff Gordon, 4,258. 2. Mark Martin, 4,133. 3. Dale Jarrett, 4,061. 4. Jeff Burton, 3,920. 5. Dale Earnhardt, 3,713. 6. Terry Labonte, 3,611. 7. Bobby Labonte, 3,512. 8. Bill Elliott, 3,412. 9. Ted Musgrave, 3,192. 10. Jeremy Mayfield, 3,132. 11. Johnny Benson, 3,129. 12. Ricky Rudd, 3,119. 13. Rusty Wallace, 3,103. 14. Ken Schrader, 3,075. 15. Ernie Irvan, 3,054. 16. Kyle Petty, 2,914. 17. Bobby Hamilton, 2,851. 18. Michael Waltrip, 2,764. 19. Jimmy Spencer, 2,732. 20. Ward Burton, 2,722.
Top 20 in Busch Series points, from Chaz:
1. Randy LaJoie, 3,974. 2. Todd Bodine, 3,728. 3. Steve Park, 3,633. 4. Phil Parsons, 3,253. 5. Elliott Sadler, 3,252. 6. Mike McLaughlin, 3,233. 7. Buckshot Jones, 3,191. 8. Elton Sawyer, 3,119. 9. Tim Fedewa, 3,094. 10. Hermie Sadler, 3,015. 11. Mark Green, 2,970. 12. Jason Keller, 2,963. 13. Kevin Lepage, 2,945. 14. Dick Trickle, 2,776. 15. Mike Dillon, 2,664. 16. Tracy Leslie, 2,607. 17. Glenn Allen, 2,563. 18. Joe Bessey, 2,485. 19. Stevie Reeves, 2,391. 20. Jeff Fuller, 2,221.
Top 20 in Craftsman Truck points, from Chaz:
1. Jack Sprague, 3,350. 2. Rich Bickle, 3,273. 3. Joe Ruttman, 3,194. 4. Ron Hornaday, 3,054. 5. Mike Bliss, 2,977. 6. Jimmy Hensley, 2,962. 7. Jay Sauter, 2,913. 8. Rick Carelli, 2,911. 9. Chuck Bown, 2,776. 10. Butch Miller, 2,744. 11. Kenny Irwin, 2,692. 12. Rick Crawford, 2,607. 13. Stacy Compton, 2,527. 14. Bob Keselowski, 2,437. 15. Boris Said, 2,386. 16. Dave Rezendes, 2,355. 17. Tony Raines, 2,334. 18. Tony Roper, 2,186. 19. Bryan Reffner, 2,177. 20. Tammy Jo Kirk, 2,079. ========== Ken tells me that his local newspaper had an ad today for tickets to the first ever IRL race at Dover Downs Int'l Raceway on July 19, 1998. ========== Happy Birthday Bill Elliott (Oct 8)!! McDonald's has signed a multi-year agreement with Elliott to remain the teams sponsor for years to come on the #94 Ford. No word on the second team yet(RPM2Nite/Jayski) ========== Dale Shaw has been let go as the driver of the #4 BGN Phoenix Chevy and Kevin LePage will drive the car at California (Jayski) ========== Andy Graves has taken over as Gary DeHart's full-time replacement as crew chief for Terry Labonte and the #5 Kelloggs Chevy, not sure who will take Graves spot as the #25 Bud crew chief(Fayetteville, NC Observer-Times)/Jayski ========== Look for WWW.JAYSKI.COM on the rear decklid of Billy Standridge's #47 Ford at Talladega. ==========
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