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1997 NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series Race Facts WHAT: Volusia 200 WHERE: Volusia County Speedway, Barberville, FL, 0.500 paved oval WHEN: Saturday night, July 5, 1997, 8:00 p.m. DISTANCE: 200 laps (100 miles) POSTED ...

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1997 NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series Race Facts

WHAT:        Volusia 200
WHERE:        Volusia County Speedway, Barberville, FL, 0.500 paved oval
WHEN:        Saturday night, July 5, 1997, 8:00 p.m.
DISTANCE:        200 laps (100 miles)
POSTED AWARDS:        $42,150
TV/RADIO:        None

FIELD: 30 cars. Starting positions 1-26 will be determined by time trials (2 laps). Positions 27-30 will be available to any of the top 30 eligible drivers in the current 1997 NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series Championship point standings, who have entered the event, but have not qualified for one of the original 26 starting positions. If a starting position(s) remains unfilled, then that starting position(s) will become available to the next eligible car from the qualifying procedure for the event.

SANCTION: National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR)

PROMOTER: Barberville Speedway, Inc.

CONTACTS: Jim Noltimier, NASCAR, (770) 486-3591 Bob Watson, Volusia County Speedway, (904) 985-4402

SCHEDULE:        Team Hauler Parking        9:00 a.m.
        Registration & Inspection        10:00 a.m.
        Practice        2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
        Mandatory Drivers' Meeting        4:15 p.m.
        Time Trials (2 laps)        6:00 p.m.
        Budweiser 200        8:00 p.m. approx.

THE RACE: The Volusia 200 is the 10th of 20 races on the 1997 series schedule. Consisting of 200 laps, the event will determine the Gatorade Front Runner Award, which equates to $2,500 and is distributed to the driver who is leading the Series points at the halfway point on the NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series schedule.

RECORDS: Track Qual. Record: Wayne Anderson, Wildwood, FL, Chevrolet, 16.206 secs., 111.070 mph, 2/17/96 Fastest Avg. Speed: (200 lap) Rick Crawford, Mobile, AL, Ford, 1 hr., 11 mins., 58 secs., 83.37 mph, 2/17/96 (250 lap) Mike Garvey, Muskegon, MI, Ford, 1 hr., 35 mins., 44 secs., 78.34 mph, 6/19/93

1996 REVIEW: Last July this event was rained out and was rescheduled and run on September 14, 1997. Pinellas Park, FL native Mike Cope drove his Penrose Meat Snacks/Greater Tampa Bay Auto Auction Chevrolet to the win before an enthusiastic crowd. The race was sponsored by Cope's associate sponsor, Greater Tampa Bay Auto Auction. Rounding out the top five were Steven Christian, Toby Porter, Wayne Anderson and Derrick Gilchrist.

NOTES OF INTEREST: ? Over 35 cars have pre-entered this 200 lap event which carries a maximum starting field of 30 racers. ? After competing in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series Pepsi 400 earlier in the day, STP Pontiac pilot will venture north on I-95 and will hop into his Bobby Hamilton, Inc. owned Pontiac and will compete in the Volusia 200. Also pre-entered are former Series regulars Billy Bigley, Jr. and Bobby Gill. ? Dalton, GA's Gill will be the only returning starter to have won a NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series event in the seven prior events that have been contested at the 0.500 oval. ? A large crowd should fill the stands as a result of race hungry NASCAR fans already being in the area for the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway.

STAT OF THE WEEK: After eight races in 1997 there have been no repeat winners. (When this document was printed, the ninth Series race on the 20 race schedule, to be held at Lanier National Speedway on July 3, 1997, had yet to be run.)

MEDIA SERVICES: NASCAR Online, NASCAR's Official Internet Site on the World Wide Web can be accessed at http://www.nascar.com and offers up to the minute information on the NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series and all of NASCAR's racing divisions.

HEADQUARTER MOTEL: Best Western Plantation Inn, 2251 Old Dixie Highway (I-95, exit 90), Bunnell, FL 32110, contact: Joe Mitri or Nicole, (904) 437-3737, 40 rooms single or double, $69 + tax.

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