BUSCH: Charlotte starting grid

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1997 NASCAR Busch Series Grand National Division Official Starting Grid Car Quest 300Charlotte Motor Speedway Starting Grid / May 23

Pos Car Name            Sponsor                   Make    Time   Speed
1   60 Mark Martin      Winn-Dixie                Frd     30.855 175.012
2   87 Joe Nemechek     BellSouth Mobility        Chv     30.882 174.859
3   64 Dick Trickle     Dura Lube                 Chv     31.032 174.014
4   47 Jeff Fuller      Sunoco                    Chv     31.067 173.818
5   3  Steve Park       ACDelco                   Chv     31.134 173.444
6   2  Ricky Craven     Raybestos                 Chv     31.142 173.399
7   57 Jason Keller     Slim Jim                  Chv     31.146 173.377
8   29 Elliott Sadler   Phillips 66               Chv     31.153 173.338
9   20 Jimmy Spencer                              Chv     31.159 173.305
10  44 Bobby Labonte    Shell Oil                 Pon     31.172 173.232
11  0  Buckshot Jones   Aquafresh                 Pon     31.182 173.177
12  92 Sterling Marlin                            Chv     31.195 173.105
13  11 Jimmy Foster     Key Motorsports           Frd     31.216 172.988
14  33 Tim Fedewa       Kleenex Brands            Chv     31.217 172.983
15  1  Hermie Sadler    DeWalt Industrial Tools   Chv     31.243 172.839
16  8  Jeff Green       Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chv     31.287 172.596
17  28 Jeff Purvis      TBA                       Chv     31.303 172.507
18  74 Randy LaJoie     FINA                      Chv     31.316 172.436
19  85 Shane Hall       Luck's-Bama Food          Chv     31.321 172.408
20  5  Terry Labonte    Alka-Seltzer              Chv     31.351 172.243
21  10 Phil Parsons     Channellock Tools         Chv     31.353 172.232
22  8  Kevin Simmons                                      31.357 172.210
23  6  Joe Bessey       Power Team                Chv     31.362 172.183
24  88 Kevin Lepage     HYPE                      Chv     31.369 172.144
25  9  Jeff Burton      Track Gear                Frd     31.392 172.018
26  72 Mike Dillon      Detroit Gasket            Chv     31.425 171.838
27  70 Dale Fischlein                                     31.429 171.816
28  37 Mark Green       Timber Wolf               Chv     31.438 171.767
29  36 Todd Bodine      Stanley                   Pon     Provisional
30  34 Mike McLaughlin  Royal Oak Charcoal        Chv     Provisional 
31  38 Elton Sawyer     Barbasol                  Frd     Provisional 
32  45 Greg Sacks       Hunter Specialties        Chv     Provisional 
33  4  Ernie Irvan      Phoenix                   Chv  1st Qualifying Race
34  49 Kyle Petty       N. W. O.                  Chv  2nd Qualifying Race
35  17 Matt Kenseth     Kraft Singles             Chv  3rd Qualifying Race
36  75 Rick Wilson      Food Country              Chv  4th Qualifying Race
37  96 Stevie Reeves    Big A Auto Parts          Frd  5th Qualifying Race
38  32 Dale Jarrett     White Rain                Frd  6th Qualifying Race
39  50 Morgan Shepherd  Rawlings/BIOMET           Pon  7th Qualifying Race
40  94 Ron Barfield     New Holland Tractors      Frd  8th Qualifying Race
41  80 Mark Krogh       Clearwater                Chv  9th Qualifying Race
42  7  Mike Wallace     Clabber Girl              Chv 10th Qualifying Race
43  63 Larry Pearson                              Past Champ. Prov.

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