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1997 Galaxy Foods 300

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NASCAR Busch Grand National Series race number 7 of 30
Saturday, March 29, 1997 at Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, NC
300 laps on a .363 mile paved track (108.9 miles)

Time of race: 1:50:40
Average Speed: 59.042 mph
Pole Speed: no time trials

Cautions: 14 for 80 laps
Margin of Victory: .770 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 8

Glossary 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series results / 1997 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
2	3	74	Randy LaJoie	Fina (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	300	23,505	running	255	170
1	5	64	Dick Trickle	Dura Lube (Dennis Shoemaker)	Chevrolet	300	21,130	running	25	180
3	9	33	Tim Fedewa	Kleenex (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	300	11,230	running	0	165
4	4	8	Jeff Green	Diamond Ridge (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	300	10,705	running	2	160
10	20	34	Mike McLaughlin	Royal Oak Charcoal (Frank Cicci)	Chevrolet	300	8,945	running	0	134
5	1	36	Todd Bodine	Stanley (Scott Welliver)	Pontiac	300	8,555	running	18	155
7	24	57	Jason Keller	Slim Jim (Joe Keller)	Chevrolet	300	8,195	running	0	146
20	19	88	Kevin Lepage	Hype (David Ridling)	Chevrolet	297	7,870	running	0	103
12	16	47	Jeff Fuller	Sunoco (Tad Geschickter)	Chevrolet	300	7,745	running	0	127
14	6	00	Buckshot Jones	Aquafresh (Billy Jones)	Pontiac	300	7,695	running	0	121
16	14	72	Mike Dillon	Detroit Gasket (Ron Parker)	Chevrolet	299	7,570	running	0	115
6	7	38	Elton Sawyer	Barbasol (Bob Sutton)	Ford	300	6,145	running	0	150
13	13	3	Steve Park	AC Delco (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	300	6,070	running	0	124
15	12	45	Greg Sacks	Hunters Specialties (Mike Laughlin)	Ford	300	5,820	running	0	118
8	11	29	Elliott Sadler	Diamond Ridge (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	300	5,795	running	0	142
9	8	37	Mark Green	Timber Wolf (Clarence Brewer)	Chevrolet	300	5,645	running	0	138
11	10	1	Hermie Sadler	DeWalt Tools (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	300	5,520	running	0	130
25	23	4	Tim Steele	Phoenix Racing (James Finch)	Chevrolet	279	5,395	overheating	0	88
17	22	96	Stevie Reeves	Big A Auto Parts (Donald Laird)	Ford	299	5,295	running	0	112
22	26	6	Joe Bessey	Power Team (Joe Bessey)	Chevrolet	295	5,020	running	0	97
23	30	85	Shane Hall	Luck's / Bama Foods (Don Stegall)	Chevrolet	293	4,995	running	0	94
18	15	43	Dennis Setzer	Lance Snacks (David Ridling)	Chevrolet	298	4,270	running	0	109
19	2	10	Phil Parsons	Channellock (Phil Parsons)	Chevrolet	298	4,245	running	0	106
26	17	63	Tracy Leslie	Lysol (Hubert Hensley)	Pontiac	275	3,945	running	0	85
24	18	99	Glenn Allen, Jr.	Luxaire (Bill Papke)	Chevrolet	291	3,945	running	0	91
30	27	17	Tim Bender	Kraft Singles (Robbie Reiser)	Chevrolet	76	3,945	crash	0	73
28	25	89	Johnny Chapman	Sherwin-Williams (Meredith Ruark)	Ford	226	3,945	overheating	0	79
31	29	61	Mike Olsen	Little Trees (Mike Olsen)	Chevrolet	62	3,145	overheating	0	70
21	28	32	Jason Jarrett	Hudson Technologies (Dale Jarrett)	Ford	296	3,045	running	0	100
27	31	48	Randy Porter	Unifirst Uniforms (James Porter)	Ford	270	2,945	engine	0	82
29	21	40	Jerry Robertson	Taylor Motorsports (Doug Taylor)	Ford	157	2,945	overheating	0	76

Failed to qualify: Johnny Rumley (#27), Wayne Grubb (#83), Chris Diamond (#68), Kevin Grubb (#82), Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (#31), Mark Krogh (#80), Rodney Combs (#78), Jeff Krogh (#56), Jeff McClure (#77)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	27	27
	28	37	10	#61,89,45 accident turn 2
	38	50	13
	51	55	5	#89 spun turn 4
	56	63	8
	64	68	5	#6 spun turn 3
	69	78	10
	79	88	10	#10,17,89 accident turn 2
	89	95	7
	96	98	3	#4,63 spun turn 4
	99	99	1
	100	101	2
	102	118	17
	119	124	6	#8,1 spun turn 4
	125	134	10
	135	139	5	#4 spun turn 4
	140	147	8
	148	152	5	#32 accident turn 4
	153	165	13
	166	171	6	#88,72,85,99 accident turn 1
	172	199	28
	200	201	2
	202	216	15
	217	220	4	#00 spun turn 2
	221	225	5
	226	229	4	#85 accident turn 2
	230	232	3
	233	245	13	#63 accident turn 2
	246	300	55
Percent of race run under caution: 26.7% Average green flag run: 14.7 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Todd Bodine	1	18	18
Randy LaJoie	19	105	87
Jeff Green	106	106	1
Randy LaJoie	107	116	10
Jeff Green	117	117	1
Randy LaJoie	118	199	82
Dick Trickle	200	202	3
Randy LaJoie	203	278	76
Dick Trickle	279	300	22

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Todd Bodine	1066
2	Randy LaJoie	1028	-38
3	Phil Parsons	1003	-63
4	Jeff Green	964	-102
5	Dick Trickle	927	-139
6	Elton Sawyer	874	-192
7	Tim Fedewa	854	-212
8	Buckshot Jones	852	-214
9	Mark Green	846	-220
10	Elliott Sadler	787	-279
11	Hermie Sadler	784	-282
12	Mark Martin	758	-308
13	Steve Park	742	-324
14	Greg Sacks	721	-345
15	Mike Dillon	716	-350
16	Jeff Fuller	710	-356
17	Mike McLaughlin	689	-377
18	Kevin Lepage	670	-396
19	Jason Keller	666	-400
20	Glenn Allen, Jr.	662	-404

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