1997 AC Delco 400

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1997 AC Delco 400
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Race 30 of 32 in the 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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The 1997 AC Delco 400 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt Jr.
DateOctober 27, 1997
Official name 33rd Annual AC Delco 400
Location Rockingham, North Carolina, North Carolina Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1.017 mi (1.636 km)
Distance 393 laps, 399.681 mi (643.224 km)
Scheduled Distance 393 laps, 399.681 mi (643.224 km)
Average speed 121.73 miles per hour (195.91 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 23.365
Most laps led
Driver Ricky Craven Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 139
Winner
No. 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises
Television in the United States
Network TNN
Announcers Eli Gold, Buddy Baker, Dick Berggren
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1997 AC Delco 400 was the 30th stock car race of the 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 33rd iteration of the event. The race was originally scheduled to be held on Sunday, October 26, 1997, but was postponed to Monday, October 27, due to rain. [1] The race was held in Rockingham, North Carolina, at North Carolina Speedway, a 1.017 miles (1.637 km) permanent high-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 393 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Petty Enterprises driver Bobby Hamilton would manage to make a late-race charge to lead to take his second career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season. [2] [3] To fill out the top three, Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett and Hendrick Motorsports driver Ricky Craven would finish second and third, respectively.

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Background

The layout of North Carolina Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Rockingham Speedway.svg
The layout of North Carolina Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

North Carolina Speedway was opened as a flat, one-mile oval on October 31, 1965. In 1969, the track was extensively reconfigured to a high-banked, D-shaped oval just over one mile in length. In 1997, North Carolina Motor Speedway merged with Penske Motorsports, and was renamed North Carolina Speedway. Shortly thereafter, the infield was reconfigured, and competition on the infield road course, mostly by the SCCA, was discontinued. Currently, the track is home to the Fast Track High Performance Driving School. [4]

Entry list

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
1 Morgan Shepherd Precision Products Racing Pontiac R+L Carriers
2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford Miller Lite
3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak
5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline
7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford QVC
8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford Circuit City
9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford Advantage Camo
10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford Tide
11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford Brett Bodine Racing
14 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet Burger King
16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford PrimeStar, The Family Channel
17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet Parts America
18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac Interstate Batteries
21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac MBNA
23 Jimmy Spencer Haas-Carter Motorsports Ford Camel Cigarettes
24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont
25 Ricky Craven Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Budweiser
27 Kenny Irwin Jr. David Blair Motorsports Ford Nerf, Winner's Circle
28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco, Havoline
29 Jeff Green (R) Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet Cartoon Network, Tom and Jerry, Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken
30 Johnny Benson Jr. Bahari Racing Pontiac Pennzoil
31 Mike Skinner (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Lowe's
33 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet Skoal
36 Derrike Cope MB2 Motorsports Pontiac Skittles
37 Jeremy Mayfield Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford Kmart, RC Cola
40 Greg Sacks Team SABCO Chevrolet Coors Light
41 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak
42 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet BellSouth
43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac Hot Wheels
46 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Team SABCO Chevrolet First Union
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Realtree
75 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford Remington Arms
77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford Jasper Engines & Transmissions, Federal-Mogul
78 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford Hanes
81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford Square D
88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford Quality Care Service, Ford Credit
90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford Heilig-Meyers
94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford McDonald's
95 Ed Berrier Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet Feed the Children
96 David Green (R) American Equipment Racing Chevrolet Caterpillar
97 Chad Little Roush Racing Pontiac John Deere
98 John Andretti Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford RCA
99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford Exide

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, October 24, at 2:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 25 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, October 25, at 9:45 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. [5] Positions 26-38 would be decided on time, and depending on who needed it, the 39th thru either the 42nd, 43rd, or 44th position would be based on provisionals. Four spots are awarded by the use of provisionals based on owner's points. The fifth is awarded to a past champion who has not otherwise qualified for the race. If no past champion needs the provisional, the field would be limited to 42 cars. If a champion needed it, the field would expand to 43 cars. If the race was a companion race with the NASCAR Winston West Series, four spots would be determined by NASCAR Winston Cup Series provisionals, while the final two spots would be given to teams in the Winston West Series, leaving the field at 44 cars.

Bobby Labonte, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 23.365 and an average speed of 156.696 miles per hour (252.178 km/h). [6]

Four drivers would fail to qualify: Brett Bodine, Dave Marcis, Ed Berrier, and Kenny Irwin Jr.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
118 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 23.365156.696
288 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 23.391156.522
36 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 23.423156.308
422 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 23.499155.802
544 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 23.539155.538
624 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 23.541155.524
77 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 23.542155.518
894 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 23.548155.478
925 Ricky Craven Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 23.551155.458
1031 Mike Skinner (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 23.553155.445
1199 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 23.563155.379
1290 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 23.575155.300
1310 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 23.585155.234
1436 Derrike Cope MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 23.589155.208
1596 David Green (R) American Equipment Racing Chevrolet 23.596155.162
1697 Chad Little Roush Racing Pontiac 23.606155.096
1721 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 23.611155.063
182 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 23.616155.030
1942 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 23.618155.017
2030 Johnny Benson Jr. Bahari Racing Pontiac 23.621154.998
2146 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Team SABCO Chevrolet 23.621154.998
2275 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 23.622154.991
238 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 23.642154.860
2437 Jeremy Mayfield Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford 23.646154.834
2581 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 23.650154.808
263 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 23.676154.638
2777 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 23.683154.592
2843 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 23.686154.572
2929 Jeff Green (R) Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 23.697154.501
309 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 23.700154.481
311 Morgan Shepherd Precision Products Racing Pontiac 23.710154.416
3214 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 23.724154.325
335 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 23.746154.182
3416 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 23.765154.058
354 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 23.767154.046
3678 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford 23.814153.741
3741 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 23.824153.677
3833 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 23.870153.381
Provisionals
3928 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford -*-*
4023 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford -*-*
4198 John Andretti Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford -*-*
4240 Greg Sacks Team SABCO Chevrolet -*-*
Champion's Provisional
4317 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet -*-*
Failed to qualify
4411 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford -*-*
4571 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet -*-*
4695 Ed Berrier Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet -*-*
4727 Kenny Irwin Jr. David Blair Motorsports Ford -*-*
Official qualifying results

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Race results

FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings
12843 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 39337running180$89,150
2288 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 39373running175$65,175
3925 Ricky Craven Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 393139running175$45,625
4624 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39323running165$41,150
51290 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 3930running155$30,800
636 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 3930running150$32,400
7335 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3931running151$38,400
8263 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 3930running142$32,800
9354 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 3930running138$32,200
101942 Joe Nemechek Team SABCO Chevrolet 3930running134$22,625
11118 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 39293running135$36,875
12894 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 3920running127$26,575
132777 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 3920running124$14,975
141721 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 3920running121$26,075
152437 Jeremy Mayfield Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford 3920running118$19,675
161697 Chad Little Roush Racing Pontiac 3910running115$18,475
17309 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 3910running112$18,175
18182 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 3910running109$30,975
1977 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 3914running111$24,575
201436 Derrike Cope MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 3910running103$19,175
212929 Jeff Green (R) Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 3910running100$17,775
22544 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 3912running102$16,475
231031 Mike Skinner (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 3910running94$16,275
243741 Steve Grissom Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3910running91$23,075
25238 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 3900running88$22,875
26422 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 3900running85$22,675
271596 David Green (R) American Equipment Racing Chevrolet 3900running82$15,475
283928 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 3890running79$27,375
294317 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 3890running76$22,275
303833 Ken Schrader Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 3890running73$21,675
314198 John Andretti Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 3890running70$21,050
323416 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 3880running67$18,950
333214 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 3870running64$11,850
34311 Morgan Shepherd Precision Products Racing Pontiac 3870running61$18,750
352146 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Team SABCO Chevrolet 3860running58$11,650
362030 Johnny Benson Jr. Bahari Racing Pontiac 3840running55$18,625
372581 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 3790engine52$18,600
381199 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 36521running54$30,050
394240 Greg Sacks Team SABCO Chevrolet 3650handling46$18,550
401310 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 2410crash43$26,550
413678 Gary Bradberry Triad Motorsports Ford 2390crash40$11,550
422275 Rick Mast Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 1780camshaft37$18,550
434023 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 1110crash34$18,550
Failed to qualify
4411 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford
4571 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet
4695 Ed Berrier Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet
4727 Kenny Irwin Jr. David Blair Motorsports Ford
Official race results

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